Consistently Helpful Posters....
From a personal standpoint I find Lambada, Bushbaby, Chris the moderator, Hillbilly and Rocky to be the people I find most helpful and knowledgeable on this board.
They're all intelligent, knowledgeable, long term residents who go out of their way to help people. I consider them all to be highly literate and able to present information in a clear and concise way, posting helpful links where appropriate.
I also get the impression that they're very much involved within their own communities and are physically willing to assist when it's needed. Lambada is currently involved in helping the flood victims in PP, Bushbaby has offered to pass on information to relevant authorities for people that are worried or unable to do so, Chris goes out of her way to gather information for people and answer their questions with good humour and patience, Hillbilly has volunteered to let people tag along on his 'cultural tours', regularly invites people to drop in and visit him in Santiago and actually volunteered to get me a BBQ gas bottle when I couldn't find one in Sosua and Rocky is very much involved in the collection for rebuilding the Scandinavian Bar at the moment. Unfortunately I've yet to actually meet any of these people as I've been very much tied up with settling in my children since I arrived last year.
These people really do give up a lot of their time and make a difference to locals, expats and 'would be' expats and people just dreaming about living in or visiting the DR. So for that I think they deserve a very big THANK YOU
I apologise if I've left anyone out who believes they make a valuable contribution to this board. I'm just thanking the people who I, personally, have found helpful.