Next year's Jellical Ball

So I understand correctly that she gathers from several newsgroups,
over each year? What a sad, selfless task!
Sylvia

"HizMuther" wrote in message
. ..
Melissa's work has been a daily task for years. She's kept track of
the cats and other family members who've passed away over the years.
It's not been an easy task but has been a labor of love. Many of us
count on her, through thuh voice of Mietze, to keep track and post the
ceremony at the end of what's always a busy year for everyone. I
never remember the ball until it's almost here but always I check the
list carefully and try to pay proper respect. I personally don't want
anyone else taking over this task. I don't have faith that someone
else can do it as wonderfully as Melissa. Dolores

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yaya, vell all katz smart ist.
Frau Freya

: Fangu, buttid in reedin da lazt few dayz poztz,
: I iz nottid da olny wun hu sed deze tingz.
:
: Sqooz me, buttid I haff tu wype meowmeez eeyz wiff mine tayle, hur haz
MMS.
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: Pitô.ônya

: Dis furrson be smart...yaya.
: Frau Freya
:
: : Irealy think that these decisions are premature.
: : These positions were taken on voluntarily,
: : with all of the everyday work that they entailed,
: : culminating in one of our most poingnant traditions, the Ball.
: :
: : In past years, no one has volunteered to do the hard work,
: : or the creative effort of either doing nor modifying the doing
: : of these selfless tasks.
: :
: : I've olny been into rpcc for 5 or 6 years, but it has always been
: : a collaborative effort of creative, funloving and caring individuals.
: :
: : I am sick at heart at this turn of events. One has the right to their
: : viewpoint, but should not work to the detriment of the group.
: :
: : Do we need a cooling-off period, before making rash decisions?
: : I think perhaps so.
: : --
: : Pitô.ônya
: :
: :
: : "Mme. Anaïs ^..^" wrote in message
: : ...
: : On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 15:33:39 -0500, Granby's nimble, little paws
typed:
: :
: : Ok we all know we love this group, and we all know =how much we
: : appreciate
: : the gigantic efforts of those in the past. I think we cal all
agree
: that
: : we
: : like tradition, so now to look ahead.
: :
: : What kitty is interested in doing the calling of names? We should
: all
: : hang
: : our heads for not offering to help in this task in the past.
: :
: : if we want a host and hostess (an excellent idea from the past) how
: do
: we
: : want to go about picking them?
: :
: : I hope someone keeps looking back and posting on the history of the
: : group.
: :
: : Thank all of you who made this ball and wedding so wonderful. And,
I
: did
: : not get the idea, it was commented on, that no cat from past of
: present
: : was
: : not welcome.
: :
: : Lets us gather together and ask Bast's blessing on us all.
: :
: : I think that these positions should pass, from year to year, to
: : another cat so that ALL kitties in the community have the
opportunity
: : to become part of the Jellicle Ball. It seems to me that to share
the
: : positions is a fundamental part of being in a community, and the way
: : to be fair and inclusive to all.
: :
: : I'm no fan of "positions for life"; IMO that notion smacks of
: : dictators in downtrodden third-world countries.And the notion of the
: : Host and Hostess sounds wonderful to me.
: :
: : Anycat could be nominated by any other cat, or nominate themselves,
: : and we are so small that a simple consensus would decide it.
: :
: : How's that sound?
: : --
: : Purrs,
: :
: : Mme. Anaïs
: : 11/3/2007 5:36:09 PM
: :
: :
:
:
:
:

yes. I do not think that I could do it. She's an endlessly kind woman.
KathyG

: So I understand correctly that she gathers from several newsgroups,
: over each year? What a sad, selfless task!
: Sylvia
:
: "HizMuther" wrote in message
: . ..
: Melissa's work has been a daily task for years. She's kept track of
: the cats and other family members who've passed away over the years.
: It's not been an easy task but has been a labor of love. Many of us
: count on her, through thuh voice of Mietze, to keep track and post the
: ceremony at the end of what's always a busy year for everyone. I
: never remember the ball until it's almost here but always I check the
: list carefully and try to pay proper respect. I personally don't want
: anyone else taking over this task. I don't have faith that someone
: else can do it as wonderfully as Melissa. Dolores
:
: --
: I'm trying a new usenet client for Mac, Nemo OS X.
: You can download it at http://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo
:
:
:

On Nov 4, 1:05 pm, HizMuther wrote:
Melissa's work has been a daily task for years. She's kept track of
the cats and other family members who've passed away over the years.
It's not been an easy task but has been a labor of love. Many of us
count on her, through thuh voice of Mietze, to keep track and post the
ceremony at the end of what's always a busy year for everyone. I
never remember the ball until it's almost here but always I check the
list carefully and try to pay proper respect. I personally don't want
anyone else taking over this task. I don't have faith that someone
else can do it as wonderfully as Melissa. Dolores

--
I'm trying a new usenet client for Mac, Nemo OS X.
You can download it athttp://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo

Whut Anti Delores sed.

MuShu fur hizown Meowmie who has been around.

In article ,
"squiffer" wrote:

Dere's dis petishun fur keeping Melissa. She rezined after sumkitty's
sekretary flamed her off-line. Maybee Dan is gud, but I vote no on Dan.
Burt

I don't know about others, but I wasn't aware that someone had flamed
her. That's awful! For what it's worth, everybody in my clowder would be
very glad to see Melissa keep doing the awesome job she has been doing.
Having to keep track of the passings, just from posts on RPCA and RPCC,
would be a huge task. Incorpoprating information from mailing lists as
well would make the job much larger. And for having done such an
tremendous job for such a long time, she is to be thanked and praised.

Melissa, I don't know who said what, but us here on the list really do
appreciate you and the job you do.

Cleo for her whole house
including Dan

In article "Sylvia
wrote:
So I understand correctly that she gathers from several
newsgroups,over each year? What a sad, selfless task!
Sylvia

Not just newsgroups. It's also the mailing lists that Melissa and a
lot of us are on. Dolores

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On Nov 4, 8:28 am, Her Royal Highness Cleopatra Cleocat
wrote:
In article ,

"squiffer" wrote:
Dere's dis petishun fur keeping Melissa. She rezined after sumkitty's
sekretary flamed her off-line. Maybee Dan is gud, but I vote no on Dan.
Burt

I don't know about others, but I wasn't aware that someone had flamed
her. That's awful! For what it's worth, everybody in my clowder would be
very glad to see Melissa keep doing the awesome job she has been doing.
Having to keep track of the passings, just from posts on RPCA and RPCC,
would be a huge task. Incorpoprating information from mailing lists as
well would make the job much larger. And for having done such an
tremendous job for such a long time, she is to be thanked and praised.

Melissa, I don't know who said what, but us here on the list really do
appreciate you and the job you do.

Cleo for her whole house
including Dan


Weee in dis house r four da wunnerful team dat hassa been doin it, cat
and lady, to comtimue assa long assdey wanna doit. Iff dey wanna let
sumwun hep dem, dat mite bee a gudgud idea. Itwood bee eezier four dem
datwey. Iff dey DO wanna reetire, we r shoor datdey will hep hooeffur
succeeds dem set up for dis difficult job.

for da household uv Maggie May, Winnie, WooToo, Sunrise, Missy,
Meowmie Micki, Uncl Bill, Bear da noble d*g anna Buddy anna Tommy, da
totally unessassaree parrots.anna r frinz Wascal an Heather, da
Airdale Terrorist and Uncl Bruce.

An for dat FING hooo sent da mean anna naughty email

Everycat raises a front paw with claws out, Bear and Heather bare
their teeth

Maggie May

--

"Almost cut my hair It happened just the other day
It's gettin kinda long I coulda said it was in my way
But I didn't and I wonder why I feel like letting my freak flag fly
Cause I feel like I owe it to someone." "Almost Cut my Hair" by
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Exactly!

Ann


In article ,
says...
yes. I do not think that I could do it. She's an endlessly kind woman.
KathyG

: So I understand correctly that she gathers from several newsgroups,
: over each year? What a sad, selfless task!
: Sylvia
:
: "HizMuther" wrote in message
: . ..
: Melissa's work has been a daily task for years. She's kept track of
: the cats and other family members who've passed away over the years.
: It's not been an easy task but has been a labor of love. Many of us
: count on her, through thuh voice of Mietze, to keep track and post the
: ceremony at the end of what's always a busy year for everyone. I
: never remember the ball until it's almost here but always I check the
: list carefully and try to pay proper respect. I personally don't want
: anyone else taking over this task. I don't have faith that someone
: else can do it as wonderfully as Melissa. Dolores
:
: --
: I'm trying a new usenet client for Mac, Nemo OS X.
: You can download it at http://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo
:
:
:

I agreez wif yoo Pi2nya. Sinz wen izza a kittie holdin an offyss an bein
gudgud at it bidaway da saym fing az bein a diktaytor offa fird whirld
contri? Datz rilli rilli extreem. I fink dat no wun objetid until neow dat
Mietze kalled da naymz. Iffn sum kittie wantid tu tri diun it rilli rilli
badlee den dat kittie shud haf asked insted ov haffin his or hur meowmie or
paw send Mietze's meowmi a nasti emayl.

Sebastian

"Pi2nya AKA Sweetee" wrote in message
...
Irealy think that these decisions are premature.
These positions were taken on voluntarily,
with all of the everyday work that they entailed,
culminating in one of our most poingnant traditions, the Ball.

In past years, no one has volunteered to do the hard work,
or the creative effort of either doing nor modifying the doing
of these selfless tasks.

I've olny been into rpcc for 5 or 6 years, but it has always been
a collaborative effort of creative, funloving and caring individuals.

I am sick at heart at this turn of events. One has the right to their
viewpoint, but should not work to the detriment of the group.

Do we need a cooling-off period, before making rash decisions?
I think perhaps so.
--
Pitô.ônya


"Mme. Anaïs ^..^" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 15:33:39 -0500, Granby's nimble, little paws typed:

Ok we all know we love this group, and we all know =how much we
appreciate
the gigantic efforts of those in the past. I think we cal all agree
that we
like tradition, so now to look ahead.

What kitty is interested in doing the calling of names? We should all
hang
our heads for not offering to help in this task in the past.

if we want a host and hostess (an excellent idea from the past) how do
we
want to go about picking them?

I hope someone keeps looking back and posting on the history of the
group.

Thank all of you who made this ball and wedding so wonderful. And, I
did
not get the idea, it was commented on, that no cat from past of present
was
not welcome.

Lets us gather together and ask Bast's blessing on us all.

I think that these positions should pass, from year to year, to
another cat so that ALL kitties in the community have the opportunity
to become part of the Jellicle Ball. It seems to me that to share the
positions is a fundamental part of being in a community, and the way
to be fair and inclusive to all.

I'm no fan of "positions for life"; IMO that notion smacks of
dictators in downtrodden third-world countries.And the notion of the
Host and Hostess sounds wonderful to me.

Anycat could be nominated by any other cat, or nominate themselves,
and we are so small that a simple consensus would decide it.

How's that sound?
--
Purrs,

Mme. Anaïs
11/3/2007 5:36:09 PM

"Sylvia M" wrote:

So I understand correctly that she gathers from several newsgroups,
over each year? What a sad, selfless task!
Sylvia

Just to clarify, no, the only newsgroup names have come from is this
one, the Ball belongs to *this* group. Mietze would be in violation
of their charters to post to any of the other sub-groups as herself,
but there have been instances where a human who primarily posts in,
say, *.anecdotes also sent a notice to r.p.c.c when their cat died.
Mietze added that cat if the last name was given in the post, asked
for it if it was not, and explained about the Ball and the Walk.
Maybe they'd be back and post at the Ball, maybe they wouldn't, but
they'd know about it, and they could go to the Walk page right away
and see the name alongside all the others because the page was updated
as soon as the full name was given.

The other source is a couple of mailing lists I'm on where the
participants and their cats met on r.p.c and/or r.p.c.c. Their names
have been added with terrible frequency these last few years, as the
originals and second or third wave kitties become geriatric elders.

And, every once in awhile, a private email arrives from someone I
haven't heard from in ages, saying that a kitty has passed and to
please include them.

In Sept., usually around 4 weeks out from the Ball, the Draft list
would be posted. It went early so corrections and additions wouldn't
be left to the last minute, and also to serve as a little reminder for
anyone who wanted to (or was able to...sometimes the grief is just too
fresh) write something would have time to do so.

I have several cats who have been Honorees, I know firsthand that
being included can be a genuinely healing event. The Ball may be a
work of fiction, but it's also *real*...these are real cats, real
people in the process of moving past grief. Being a little compulsive
(yeah, ok, being a *lot* compulsive), my goal was that no cat, or
friend-to-cats someone wanted to honor, would be overlooked.

All right. I've been carefully writing this in the past tense, but
the last month has been literally one big headache and I'd really like
to be able to toss the whole thing out with the used litter and move
on. I've been watching and haven't seen another cat volunteer or
accept nomination. If I missed it, PLEASE let me know, or if
somekitty wants it but hasn't spoken up, please do so as soon as
possible. Otherwise, Mietze's retirement is deferred, to be
reconsidered after the 2008 Ball (Bast willing that we're both on this
side of the Bridge next October).

My heartfelt thanks to everyone who's written such kind words. I
appreciate it more than I could ever say.

Melissa

HAY! Duz dis meeen I don't git mine gold dish? Or mine partee?

Mietze

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