Sorry for my up-and-down availability during this project, but I just wanted to touch base with everyone before we roll out everything to the userbase at large. I know there's been discussion via PM about this for a while, but i thought it'd be good to get everyone together, if only for the last bits here.
I still say some kind of formal announcement might be good, despite the backlash it may cause. I think they'd want to hear it from us first, before the bigwigs step in, well-intentioned though they may be.
Incidentally, do we know for sure who's being retained outside of the admin staff, at this point? I never got a final list.