This is beautifully written as usual and expresses what a lot of us on the ecotrain and beyond are feeling. It's a shining example of an online global community indeed and like you, I'm really chuffed to be part of it.

I'm not a terribly socialable person either and I hear you. I also hear THIS:

Community to me, is not so much about who is living around you, I have got some really great friends who live close by for sure, but community for me is something bigger. It is finding those that share the same vision as you and that wish to be pro active in making that vision become a reality. This is the community I have always wanted.

Your pro-activity in this platform is just a delight and something to be proud of. And I'm happy to be on the ecotrain with you and agree with all your sentiments about it xx