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[Seashore]

Originally Posted by Karen

Then a few days ago or week, whatever, since Colin quit, Gareth has been taking charge of the innards of the forum and changing a few things.

I think it would be nice if changes were announced to us at the time they take place...

[Karen]

Originally Posted by seashore

I think it would be nice if changes were announced to us at the time they take place...

I'll make sure Gareth sees your comment. I think since he now is singlehandedly in charge of admin he was just making a few tweaks to his preferences for running a forum. It is a bit of effort to announce all these things in this volunteer position which he must balance with full-time work and family obligations. I am just so glad he is still with us and has told Bill and Kerry that he is in for the duration. He told me yesterday he was well on the way to having the forum loaded up on the new server.

[Starlah]

Originally Posted by Karen

I'll make sure Gareth sees your comment. I think since he now is singlehandedly in charge of admin he was just making a few tweaks to his preferences for running a forum. It is a bit of effort to announce all these things in this volunteer position which he must balance with full-time work and family obligations. I am just so glad he is still with us and has told Bill and Kerry that he is in for the duration. He told me yesterday he was well on the way to having the forum loaded up on the new server.

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I was wondering Karen how Gareth knows the age of individual users of the Forum...don't recall telling him or anyone else how old I am...my age is "moot" on this Forum...I like to think my age span stopped at age 45...I've been rolling head over heels ever since...
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[Anchor]

Starlah,

They only know what you tell them.

There is no magic involved - promise.

A..

[Karen]

Originally Posted by Starlah

I was wondering Karen how Gareth knows the age of individual users of the Forum...don't recall telling him or anyone else how old I am...my age is "moot" on this Forum...I like to think my age span stopped at age 45...I've been rolling head over heels ever since...

What anchor said and I just took a couple of minutes to check this out.
For anyone interested ...
Go to your Control Panel
and you can make changes here:
Edit Your Details (age, birthdate, location, etc.)
Profile Privacy
Edit Profile Picture

I decided to let my age show.

Scroll on down the page looking on the left side - you can edit all kinds of options.
I like the Minty or green forum skin, so much easier on the eyes, so I made that my default. You can control who sees your visitor messages and on and on.

I don't know if Gareth could make changes that caused the age to show up for Luminari - and Luminari is not sure whether their age was showing before or not. I just know Gareth had made a "global" change that effected everyone - when the date and time changed to how long ago a post was made - and he could have made other changes as well. I've never seen the innards of vBulletin. I didn't even know we had all those options we could control - like how many posts show up per page.

Anyone can PM any member of the forum if you have questions. I'm not going to pester Gareth right now - as he hasn't yet processed the freebies I sent him last night and today. I do have three more to process for a total of 14 so far. So I'm off to do that!

[Paramartasaya]

"Kerry Cassidy has been most generous in extending free memberships to those who are low income and would like to participate in forum discussion. Also people who might fall into the researcher, witness or whistleblower category may ask for a free pass.
Send your request to karen@projectavalon.net. One or two sentences is all I need.
Please be sure to include your forum user name.
If you get a bounce-back, use this address: projectavalon@yahoogroups.com"

Thanks Karen

I think your post should be always on top, or in another place where every body could see it easily.

[hobbit]

So!,
The magician has re-opened the doorway, thank you.
I have been quietly making tea in the shires , waiting until common sense prevailed.
I must first apologise to Karen for giving Her so much ear ache when the fee business was been introduced, it smacked of a secret society, or masonic lodge to a little hobbit like myself, and I would rather not play by the rules of the devil thank You.

Time always shows the wiser, and I hope wisdom has been gained ?
There's a big ugly dragon that needs slaying, it will kill all to have all the gold for itself, that dragon is the corperate system that feeds the pigs called MPs, they have had their noses caught well and truly in the trough of greed, they have been serving their masters, not ourselves, WE the people.
It is easy to be enticed by the dragon, they are often good looking and very persuasive, but they always are seeking gold.

I loved this site when it was vibrant and almost electric with energy, the dragon has burn't You somewhat, lets take it down?

Kevin

[Karen]

Originally Posted by Paramartasaya

"Kerry Cassidy has been most generous in extending free memberships to those who are low income and would like to participate in forum discussion. Also people who might fall into the researcher, witness or whistleblower category may ask for a free pass.
Send your request to karen@projectavalon.net. One or two sentences is all I need.
Please be sure to include your forum user name.
If you get a bounce-back, use this address: projectavalon@yahoogroups.com"

Thanks Karen

I think your post should be always on top, or in another place where every body could see it easily.

Oh right! I forgot to make it "sticky". {Adding to list of things to do.}

[Karen]

We have added 20 members to our free subscription list! Do not hesitate to ask if you cannot afford the membership or are in a country where you have difficulty getting a payment to Kerry. It was never her intent to exclude anyone for lack of ability to pay. See the first post in this thread for instructions.

Karen

[rhythm]

this is a nice gesture

thank you .....

[NeoEmc2]

Originally Posted by rhythm

this is a nice gesture

thank you .....

Very nice gesture indeed. Thank you Karen!

[Humble Janitor]

After I got screwed over so many times on unauthorized payments, I finally figured out how to cancel my membership to Avalon. In the future though, if this stuff happens, Kerry needs to be made aware of it or cede the responsibility of this part of the site to someone who has the time to address it.

[Anchor]

I guess we can unstick this thread and close it