I think the idea of a thread to send to Anu is great. Here are a couple thoughts of mine.

Each persons post should exemplify their personality over the past year.

Perhaps everyone should try to post at the same time in their respective time zones so they all come in about an hour apart. Most of you seem to be at work when you post, so would some time around 9:00 be good for everyone? (9:00 to 10:30 is pretty much the only time I have access to a computer at school.)

I think the header for each post after the first should be the city from which you are posting. (ie. Wellington, New Zealand" ; "Cincinnati, Ohio, USA") Also, each person should probably reply to the initial post so they're all in a straight line in threaded view.

And finally, I think everyone should conclude their post with their board name, real name, and date and time of joining.