anthony longtime poster, organizer of the faq, tdi fan and just plain personally interesting, anthony pops in very occasionally (but never actually leaves).

cetacean reserved designer of the newbug.org site, john comes down to all the dcnb meets from pennsylvania.

christa lisa's intrepid companion on the trip to roswell, christa will provide an outsider's viewpoint to help make the allpods documentary a richer experience.

dan recently graduated from college, dan owns a beloved old beetle named ghost and anxiously anticipates owning a new beetle.

david dauntless organizer of the r2k event and bugnut from way back in the day, without david's vision and energy none of this would be happening.

fred despite being a list member from the beginning and a frequent poster, fred maintains an air of mystery for many on the list. however he is always ready with a detailed scientific explanation for many of the curious phenomena with which our cars present us, and never shies away from a good vigorous argument.

gary tdi fanatic, continual source of technical information, protective foglight screens, and in private, jokes... his sudden and very unexpected death on february 29, 2000 was painful to many on the list, and the list is lessened without his knowlege and advocacy.

hanners we haven't met anyone else who actually have matching nb tattoos!

howie somewhere along the line, howie became the "list boss". we're not sure how it happened, or exactly what his duties are...

jenni incorrigably friendly and frustrated at the lack of enthusiasm of the other nb owners in las vegas, r2k will finally give jenni a chance to be with other nbad sufferers.

katie mitch's daughter and friend to many on the list. although i never met katie, like many others i was devastated by her death on christmas day, 1999.

lance we were both desperate for tdi nb's at a time when few were being made. we bonded over near misses and dealer treachery. after months of waiting we both got our cars at nearly the same time.

larry larry took his interest in collecting new beetle memorabilia and turned it into an online business.

lisa webmistress and head honcho of allpods, lisa is deeply attached to her spacepod and feels uncomfortable writing about herself in the third person :)

michael michael and rosiebear have been with the list since '98. they're regulars at the car shows in their area (and regular trophy winners), and regulars on the list as well.

mitch list mainstay and iron man during road trips, an atlanta to DC run is just a nice day's drive to mitch. he and his daughter katie posted extensive travelogues from their cross-country adventure in the summer of 1999.

naomi sweet, caring, and obsessed with herbies, naomi has made close connections with many on the list.

owlberg always ready to thoroughly argue a point of interest, yet kindhearted and caring, owlberg phases in and out of the list as development cycles at work allow. he was one of the most valuable contributors to the r2k mythology.

rosie by the time she reached knoxville, rosie had been up for 30 hours straight, but nothing as unimportant as sleep was going to keep her away from roswell.

russ list member, geek boy, caravan leader, and good friend. without russ we'd not have the killer caravan web site.

stephanie stephanie had the most extraordinary manicure-- every color of the NB rainbow was represented on her hands.

steve_z one of my best friends on the list, zim always challenges me to think, though usually not so much about nb's.

terri-n-kathy ohmygod. these women were totally nuts. every time we spoke with them we ended up laughing our asses off. and the costume they made for terri's car definitely got the "spacepod's choice" award!

tyler one of our youngest members, tyler has owned bugger since he was fourteen. because he doesn't have his license yet he won't be able to go to r2k but we'll be meeting him in knoxville.