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anna purrhapz afur itz dun den somecat whut knowz bowt pooterz can putit all
onna web thingy anna den newcatz kuld go anna read itsef, Tiger Ellie wrote in message ... I fink yoo hab hit on an eggsellant idea, Tiger. It wuld keep thuh heritage uf rpcc alife an eggsplain thuh tradishons tu alla thuh new kitties hoo come heer. It wuld be kwite a job, but Ize shur sumwon heer iz up tu thuh task. Princess Pasha "Stormmee" wrote in message ... you know that may be part of the problem, maybe we need a journalist kitty to go anna interveiw sum of da owldetimerz so newer houses can getta know demselvez... Tiger Ellie wrote in message ... Absolutely not, which is why I specifically said I was not referring to anyone who asked questions about it. It just so happened that Mietze resigned her position in a thread you started, and I replied to that. I think the Jellicle Ball is a lovely tradition that every year brings out many "old-timers" that are not usually able to post and I agree that it would be sad to see it go. I'm concerned that some here felt that we were inundating the group with stuff that didn't pertain to them, but without those who have gone before, this group would not exist. Some of the "old-timers" were here when the group actually started, and began the tradition of the Jellicle Ball, and some of the other meowchat things that are still going on today. I came along a little later. We all share a love of this group whether we're able to access regularly or only once a year. Mietze's work for the group through these many years has been above and beyond the call of "dooty" and I just hope everyone appreciates what a difficult job it has been. Purrs, Ellie An I fink Mietze and Auntie Melissa deserf uh big round uf fangful apaws! Princess Pasha, standing and applauding Phoebe & Emma also stand and applaud "Granby" wrote in message ... I hope that by asking questions it is understood I did not mean to deminish any worth of anyone to this site. It is a wonderful place to be. I have a vision problem and don't have a screen reader at this time so it is hard to read all the history. To not have a Jellica Ball would be a great loss. wrote in message oups.com... Hello to all. My cats Oprah Anne and Princess Pasha played here for years (starting in 1996) when I was able to get rpcc through newsgroups via my dialup account. When that dried up, and I had to rely on the more difficult to follow internet groups on a dialup account, I had to give it up for a variety of reasons, the biggest of which was lack of time, although I did check in occasionally to see what was going on. This group was always about fun and love for me, and I can only hope it will remain so for all of you.. I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the wonderful work that Mietze (by way of Melissa) has done for all of us over these last years. She alone has remembered the names of those cats, dogs, ferrets, other furs (even a snake or two), and hoomins who have passed to the rainbow bridge during the past years. She puts their names in her Walk of Remembrance and has worked tirelessly on the behalf of all of us to keep the names of those we've loved alive forever. This year, my beloved Lissa's name was called after she died shortly after last year's Jellicle Ball. There has been no one more dedicated to this task than Mietze/Melissa has been, and I wish to thank her for that. That said (and I wish to make clear this is not aimed at those who simply asked questions), I would like to add that those few of you who have *complained* should be ashamed. If rpcc no longer wishes to have a Jellicle Ball, that's fine, but it is a sad day when some in a group of people who have supposedly been brought together by love of their furs should attack someone who has done nothing but try to give some consolation and solace to those who have lost their loved ones. I have to wonder if those who have been so quick to criticize will step up to the plate and remember those who go to the bridge this coming year. Ellie Terrell, former rpcc-er and mom to kitties Princess Pasha, Phoebe & Emma |
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thank yousef fur sharin dat how dija kulet da wurdz? dija start gettin
demselves furm rpc, which wuz befur we hadda pooter anna net, Tiger squiffer wrote in message ... Ahem, I am Colette, a veddy smart kat, and my own dear sekretary started the glossary. It was long ago, and before this group existed. As I am of both a literary and scientific mind, I veddy much appreciate all the curious minds and their questions. Ahem. That is all fellow furrrrsons. Colette "Stormmee" wrote in message ... :I don't think anyone has ever complained about the work Melissa has done, if : anyone needs to se her dedication they need only go and look at the walk... : bear in mind that honest questions and a desire to understand the dynamics : of a group can often be interpreted incorrectly or not as they are : intended... it seems to me that all of the newer members are doing something : I did not have the courage to do when I first started reading here, I think : around 99 but am not sure... I always wondered how the ball started, how the : calling got started, Melissa is the only one I ever saw do it and I wondered : how that came to be, if there had been someone before, why/how did it : change... just like I wondered when reading the glossary for the first time : who could be that creative and wonderful to catalog all of that... the point : is, I think the group is filled with love and I think that some of us are : sensitive to keeping traditions alive, and others of us want to understand : the traditions keep them and add to the life here at the community, soft fur : her cats : wrote in message : oups.com... : Hello to all. My cats Oprah Anne and Princess Pasha played here for : years (starting in 1996) when I was able to get rpcc through : newsgroups via my dialup account. When that dried up, and I had to : rely on the more difficult to follow internet groups on a dialup : account, I had to give it up for a variety of reasons, the biggest of : which was lack of time, although I did check in occasionally to see : what was going on. This group was always about fun and love for me, : and I can only hope it will remain so for all of you.. : : I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the wonderful work that : Mietze (by way of Melissa) has done for all of us over these last : years. She alone has remembered the names of those cats, dogs, : ferrets, other furs (even a snake or two), and hoomins who have passed : to the rainbow bridge during the past years. She puts their names in : her Walk of Remembrance and has worked tirelessly on the behalf of all : of us to keep the names of those we've loved alive forever. This : year, my beloved Lissa's name was called after she died shortly after : last year's Jellicle Ball. There has been no one more dedicated to : this task than Mietze/Melissa has been, and I wish to thank her for : that. : : That said (and I wish to make clear this is not aimed at those who : simply asked questions), I would like to add that those few of you who : have *complained* should be ashamed. If rpcc no longer wishes to have : a Jellicle Ball, that's fine, but it is a sad day when some in a group : of people who have supposedly been brought together by love of their : furs should attack someone who has done nothing but try to give some : consolation and solace to those who have lost their loved ones. I : have to wonder if those who have been so quick to criticize will step : up to the plate and remember those who go to the bridge this coming : year. : Ellie Terrell, former rpcc-er and mom to kitties Princess Pasha, : Phoebe & Emma : : : : |
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wellz da gramby luked ad diz and like soft waz veri imprezed. It iz
wonnerful. Willow watching what gramby is doing. "squiffer" wrote in message ... Ahem, I am Colette, a veddy smart kat, and my own dear sekretary started the glossary. It was long ago, and before this group existed. As I am of both a literary and scientific mind, I veddy much appreciate all the curious minds and their questions. Ahem. That is all fellow furrrrsons. Colette "Stormmee" wrote in message ... :I don't think anyone has ever complained about the work Melissa has done, if : anyone needs to se her dedication they need only go and look at the walk... : bear in mind that honest questions and a desire to understand the dynamics : of a group can often be interpreted incorrectly or not as they are : intended... it seems to me that all of the newer members are doing something : I did not have the courage to do when I first started reading here, I think : around 99 but am not sure... I always wondered how the ball started, how the : calling got started, Melissa is the only one I ever saw do it and I wondered : how that came to be, if there had been someone before, why/how did it : change... just like I wondered when reading the glossary for the first time : who could be that creative and wonderful to catalog all of that... the point : is, I think the group is filled with love and I think that some of us are : sensitive to keeping traditions alive, and others of us want to understand : the traditions keep them and add to the life here at the community, soft fur : her cats : wrote in message : oups.com... : Hello to all. My cats Oprah Anne and Princess Pasha played here for : years (starting in 1996) when I was able to get rpcc through : newsgroups via my dialup account. When that dried up, and I had to : rely on the more difficult to follow internet groups on a dialup : account, I had to give it up for a variety of reasons, the biggest of : which was lack of time, although I did check in occasionally to see : what was going on. This group was always about fun and love for me, : and I can only hope it will remain so for all of you.. : : I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the wonderful work that : Mietze (by way of Melissa) has done for all of us over these last : years. She alone has remembered the names of those cats, dogs, : ferrets, other furs (even a snake or two), and hoomins who have passed : to the rainbow bridge during the past years. She puts their names in : her Walk of Remembrance and has worked tirelessly on the behalf of all : of us to keep the names of those we've loved alive forever. This : year, my beloved Lissa's name was called after she died shortly after : last year's Jellicle Ball. There has been no one more dedicated to : this task than Mietze/Melissa has been, and I wish to thank her for : that. : : That said (and I wish to make clear this is not aimed at those who : simply asked questions), I would like to add that those few of you who : have *complained* should be ashamed. If rpcc no longer wishes to have : a Jellicle Ball, that's fine, but it is a sad day when some in a group : of people who have supposedly been brought together by love of their : furs should attack someone who has done nothing but try to give some : consolation and solace to those who have lost their loved ones. I : have to wonder if those who have been so quick to criticize will step : up to the plate and remember those who go to the bridge this coming : year. : Ellie Terrell, former rpcc-er and mom to kitties Princess Pasha, : Phoebe & Emma : : : : |
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Ahem, I am Colette, a veddy smart kat, and my own dear sekretary started the
glossary. It was long ago, and before this group existed. As I am of both a literary and scientific mind, I veddy much appreciate all the curious minds and their questions. Ahem. That is all fellow furrrrsons. Colette "Stormmee" wrote in message ... :I don't think anyone has ever complained about the work Melissa has done, if : anyone needs to se her dedication they need only go and look at the walk... : bear in mind that honest questions and a desire to understand the dynamics : of a group can often be interpreted incorrectly or not as they are : intended... it seems to me that all of the newer members are doing something : I did not have the courage to do when I first started reading here, I think : around 99 but am not sure... I always wondered how the ball started, how the : calling got started, Melissa is the only one I ever saw do it and I wondered : how that came to be, if there had been someone before, why/how did it : change... just like I wondered when reading the glossary for the first time : who could be that creative and wonderful to catalog all of that... the point : is, I think the group is filled with love and I think that some of us are : sensitive to keeping traditions alive, and others of us want to understand : the traditions keep them and add to the life here at the community, soft fur : her cats : wrote in message : oups.com... : Hello to all. My cats Oprah Anne and Princess Pasha played here for : years (starting in 1996) when I was able to get rpcc through : newsgroups via my dialup account. When that dried up, and I had to : rely on the more difficult to follow internet groups on a dialup : account, I had to give it up for a variety of reasons, the biggest of : which was lack of time, although I did check in occasionally to see : what was going on. This group was always about fun and love for me, : and I can only hope it will remain so for all of you.. : : I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the wonderful work that : Mietze (by way of Melissa) has done for all of us over these last : years. She alone has remembered the names of those cats, dogs, : ferrets, other furs (even a snake or two), and hoomins who have passed : to the rainbow bridge during the past years. She puts their names in : her Walk of Remembrance and has worked tirelessly on the behalf of all : of us to keep the names of those we've loved alive forever. This : year, my beloved Lissa's name was called after she died shortly after : last year's Jellicle Ball. There has been no one more dedicated to : this task than Mietze/Melissa has been, and I wish to thank her for : that. : : That said (and I wish to make clear this is not aimed at those who : simply asked questions), I would like to add that those few of you who : have *complained* should be ashamed. If rpcc no longer wishes to have : a Jellicle Ball, that's fine, but it is a sad day when some in a group : of people who have supposedly been brought together by love of their : furs should attack someone who has done nothing but try to give some : consolation and solace to those who have lost their loved ones. I : have to wonder if those who have been so quick to criticize will step : up to the plate and remember those who go to the bridge this coming : year. : Ellie Terrell, former rpcc-er and mom to kitties Princess Pasha, : Phoebe & Emma : : : : |
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what can you tell us about the ball that might help with the history, the
story GM used to tell and that LK told this year seems to be the only real historical story that I can recall, Soft Cory wrote in message g... In article .com, says... Lee, I really agree with that -- I have been so glad for all the questions that people ask. There is a lot about the Jellicle Ball that I don't know, and the more I read about it, the more I can learn. I appreciate every question anyone has asked. Julie ITA. I've been around since even before the split, and while some people may think that that means I know more than most, I simply don't. IOW, I don't feel that there is such a thing as a "stupid question", and anyone who is stupid enough to come right out and say "That's a stupid question!" needs to get a new hobby... or life. --- Unca Cory On Nov 2, 2:45 pm, "Stormmee" wrote: I don't think anyone has ever complained about the work Melissa has done, if anyone needs to se her dedication they need only go and look at the walk... bear in mind that honest questions and a desire to understand the dynamics of a group can often be interpreted incorrectly or not as they are intended... it seems to me that all of the newer members are doing something I did not have the courage to do when I first started reading here, I think around 99 but am not sure... I always wondered how the ball started, how the calling got started, Melissa is the only one I ever saw do it and I wondered how that came to be, if there had been someone before, why/how did it change... just like I wondered when reading the glossary for the first time who could be that creative and wonderful to catalog all of that... the point is, I think the group is filled with love and I think that some of us are sensitive to keeping traditions alive, and others of us want to understand the traditions keep them and add to the life here at the community, soft fur her cats |
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I find that interesting and I just guess you had to be there, why were there
flame wars? was it an issue as to splitting in the first place or was it an issue as to how to split? soft Cory wrote in message g... In article , says... I have been so impressed by the quality of writing that happens in our events, especially the Jellical Ball and wedwinks...the narratives have been so meaningful, and I have been remiss in not saying so quite often. At this Jellical Ball, I even cut-and-pasted much of it, to read from time to time. I would be very happy and contented to see the traditions of rpcc continue without any change at all, This is NOT meant to come across as a flame or a criticism, so if it does, I truly, truly apologize. There isn't any way possible for RPCC to continue its traditions without any change at all. Kitties come and go now, for whatever reason, on an almost routine basis. There are many, many, many reasons for that. Back when RPC was the only cat group, there were a LOT of meowchatters who were VERY, VERY close with one another. A LOT of activities that went on in RPC actually no longer happen in RPCC today (Major and Mahler's plane activities being one such thing that I can actively recall off the top of my head). The split of RPC into its subgroups indelibly changed a lot of things... many, many more things than I think the newer kitties and their hoomans can understand, simply because they're newer and they weren't here before the split. As I recall, there were MASSIVE flame wars around the time of the discussion of the split, and feelings were hurt in the process. There are meowchatters who were quite active in the original RPC whom I've NEVER, EVER seen again since the split, and the reasons for that may have a lot to do with how the split happened and the flame wars that surrounded it. RPCC is NOT the same group that it was back in the day when it was RPC, and we had to preface our headers with "MEOW", so that those that wanted to filter out our meowchat could do so. Some people will say that in some ways, RPCC is a better group. Some will say that, in some ways, it's not as fun for some people (having said this, there ARE valid reasons that some RPC folks stopped posting, other than it just wasn't fun anymore [lost internet access at work... don't have the time anymore... there are even some people who still cannot access RPCC through their ISP or newsgroup provider, even though it's been around for a long time now. Some news feeds just don't carry it.]). I personally prefer to just think that RPCC is different these days... not in terms of "better" or "worse". You also have to remember, too, that people change as they grow older. What was once upon a time fun just isn't anymore... not because it's turned "bad", so to speak, but because the people have simply outgrown that kind of fun (which is what I think has happened to me, to some degree, as I've gotten older). Another reason things have changed is because kitties' likes and dislikes change over time, as well, not to mention that there ARE a LOT of newer kitties in the newsgroup. That, right there, will "shift" the interests of the group, and that's not a bad thing at all, I feel. Every kitty and hooman that *posts* here should feel welcome and have fun being here, and if that isn't the case for you anymore, then it's time to bow out gracefully, rather than ruining a fun time for everyone else. I don't mean or want to speak for anykitty or hooman, but the new kitties who've joined RPCC in recent years since the split ARE welcome here, IMNSHO. We ARE glad to have you here, and we DO want the new kitties to feel welcome and join in or start activities that are fun, not only for the rest of the group, but for the individual kitties, I believe. though I recognize that the job is difficult, it is extremely worthwhile, both in times of grief and times of joy. A huge Bravo and Thank You to those who work especially hard to make the above possible. Sylvia, Meowmee and sekkiterry tu Pitô.ônya. --- Unca Cory |
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