Of course other opinions are allowed - after 9 years of REMF, there's been plenty of them expressed on NSC.
I'm sure your support and commitment would be more than welcomed next year by Gareth et al.
Rev - as you hope that there's 'fresh input' in the organisational side next year, why not volunteer to be part of it rather than declaring it to be 'my first and last'?
And isn't it all about the money raised at the end of the evening?