The Mission Control Organization as founded on New Year's Eve 2010, did not appear in a vacuum. Far from it, the organization was formed within and by the fertile community and dedicated participants who have and continue to collaborate over time to establish the gestalt of what it has become. In fact, Mission Control itself was established as an idea and a place almost a decade before the Mission Control charter was actually written down.
Thank you to everyone who has participated in creating Mission Control, and thanks especially go to those early pioneers who blazed the trail, most especially Scott and Polly.