I have also read the letter with interest, and have a couple of observations to make.
1. Puzzle weekend.
Sounds like a fabulous idea, but please don't make it the weekend with the bank holiday (around the 5th) because I am away then.
2. I hear what you are saying about the repeated puzzles, and I have a thought. While all that's going on, if we have already done some of the puzzles, why don't we have a big "catch up" session for those who don't ever quite get to finish puzzles? I thought it might be quite nice if people had ones they had done the first part of and never quite got to the end, we could all club together and help folk out on the appropriate threads? What do you think?
3. I'd like to say a big thank you to all those involved in this enterprise. An unbelievable amount of work goes on behind the scenes, and I for one think PB is worth every penny. In particular, thank you to Scurra for sticking with it. As the letter states, he's pretty much working full time PLUS from what I can make out. Scurra - it's about time you actually made at least a little bit out of this, so I for one am 100% behind you. Good luck with the publications, we're all rooting for you.
Also, of course, Gill (and Wulfruna) - where would we be without you?
The very best of luck to you too with the new enterprise, I am sure it will be a great success. I'm also equally sure that LAT will make an excellent "backside kicker"!! 
