Ray Hendess has been volunteer webmaster for Cinnabar Theater since October, 2004, having previously created the Chili Cookoff website. We have declared him volunteer of the month to recognize his excellent work in creating and maintaining our website. Cinnabar's website functions smoothly and looks great, and Ray responds instantly when asked to make changes or create new pages.

Ray has provided this background information :
"Back in 1980, I thought I could get through the rest of my life without bothering to learn about computers; then in 1981 at the urging of a friend, I built my own HeathKit (in three intensive days, coming out only for meals). Ever since then, I've been hooked. Somehow, for me, it has been a natural - although I've never taken a computer course, I have developed the skills to be a systems administrator, Access database programmer, webmaster, and general computer nut. I now maintain the web sites for three non-profits (since I am retired, this is my new, non-paying career), and do a little for-profit web site design as well.

Before computers, I was a research chemist at Eastman Kodak, in Rochester, N.Y., and then owned and managed rental real estate (also in Rochester).

Rory Keller and I moved to San Francisco in 1988 when she got an opportunity to transfer there with Xerox. In 1996, we moved to Petaluma. Since we have always been avid theater goers (about 50 shows a year), we checked out Cinnabar; and found the shows to be wonderful.

When I'm not at the computer working on the Cinnabar website or going to theater, you'll find me in the garden growing our veggies and fruit, at the gym, hiking, biking, or doing maintenance in our 67-year-old house."