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
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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
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: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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