I thoroughly enjoyed the Leiden meeting, especially because I was able to meet some of the members of this network for the first time. And meeting interesting people is always great fun. 
I also think we have achieved real communication and have been able to answer some of the questions we all had. Working with technology might not be as easy as it seems, but it is also not as difficult as we think. It is like exploring an unknown world which gets more familiar with time and with our attempts to understand it a bit better. It takes effort, it takes courage and it takes willing….but together we will make it. That’s the way I got into these virtual worlds.
I came because of the learning. And above all because of learning and connecting with others. I didn’t come because of the technology – oh no – God knows how bad I am with all of these apps (and how even worse I was back then when I first started my online journey). But I have always found people on the other side of the screen with whom I can actually interact. I see in the Internet a way, and a means, to extend my presence beyond my classroom, my office, my local whereabouts…. And that is the true value of the virtual world, and the communities we get to join and end up belonging to. It takes time to fit in, to feel we belong and build those trusty learning relationships which will help us take a step further and become more active, and thus more visible, in such online spaces. But it eventually happens. The more we get into it, the more we will like it and the eager we will be to get involved in collaborative activities. This all, of course, provided we really bond with people and make ourselves known in the network. The people – they are the ones who sustain the network – not the technology – and ironically also the ones who make the technology work.
And so I see this network site as a great opportunity to keep up with what has started face to face, and hopefully bring also other people in. We learn so much more when others share their perspectives and experiences. We might be countries apart, but here we are almost only one click. The first clicks are the hardest; after that everything will be more pleasant.
So start pushing those publish buttons. I am really looking forward to your contributions and ideas to start flourishing here in this joint space that belongs to us all! 
Cristina Costa