I never thought about putting the year... that's a great idea!
Wish I didn't have such a loooong board name, and a looonger town - 15 letters. At least I have a short state and short real name!
I'm writing: full name, city, state, USA using a Pigma Micron .05 pen. It was in the quilting section at JoAnns on sale, and said it was archival and acid free. Works just fine.