I echo Opys sentiments, what you pulled together (and all the generous Santas) for Christmas in July was remarkable and it certainly made me proud to me a member of the community.
Yes there will always be a small minority that will try and abuse and misuse any system, but what you orchestrated helped many new players. And I am sure in turn that those players in turn will give back to the game where they can.
This game has given me a lot of pleasure since I started playing, as have the forums and the community so giving a little bit back to new players is a pleasure.
The only failing IMO was the lack of publicity of the forums which is purely in WGT's hands. The players tried to raise the awareness via CC's talking to players in matches and keeping the threads active. This is an ongoing systemic failure on behalf of WGT. It probably took me a year to find the forums, and in that time I could have become a lot better at the game from the wisdom and help held within these forums and it would have also saved me money in wasted equipment upgrades.