THE DIRECTORY. MY FINAL WORD

I'm confused? Was one of the criteria for inclusion the number of posts over
a two month period? Ill health, moving, computer problems, etc. can all
contribute to a member's lack of participation at any time. I don't always
respond to he group but to the individual. While difficult to type, I do try
to read most of the posts. (I'm only behind about 2mil, 647thou, 972 at this
point but still trying to catch up)! While "life" has prevented me from
participating as much as I would like to, I think membership since 1999
should give me some credence as a member worthy to be included in the
directory. If the directory has been reduced to a paper exercise that's sad.
I have always looked upon it as a way to bond kindred spirits who have
supported each other over the years, good and bad times, joy and
disappointment, etc. It's when you don't hear from a member that you pull
out the directory to send a squishy or a love note to let them know you have
them in your prayers.

- I assume I will not be included in this year's directory but I would still
like to get a copy. Please let me know! Thanks for letting me vent! It's my
chocolate deficient! Gotta get those cupcakes!

Niasha ,She who can eat no chocolate
If it doesn't kill you, it can only make you stronger!

No, Niasha, it is not merely a 2 month period of posting that determines
one's admission to the directory. While I'm sure Alice can speak for her
own process, it is my understanding that she searched back many, many months
(at least 6 months) to look for applicants who would be new to the directory
(as those already admitted had been scrutinized previously). She looked for
the number of posts and wanted to make sure that most were relevant to
quilting. (Not that you are... but we do get an occassional troll who
poses as one of us -- so our directory people take their job very
seriously). Only those who are IN the directory receive a copy of the
directory -- thus each member has a vested interest in protecting the
privacy of the information included.

While I speak for Alice (and probably shouldn't), please know that no
individual was not included out of malice or spite. Most of us were around
for at least a year before we were admitted to our first directory. While a
certain frequency of posts isn't required for admission -- you certainly
must post frequently enough so that those pulling the directory together
feel confident that you are a person who is truly a member of our community
and someone who can be trusted with our personal information.

While you can neither receive or be included in this release of the
directory, we hope you will stay around, post occasionally so we can all get
to know you, and then being included next time around will not be a problem.
(Remember -- when you respond privately to someone, there is no record on
the newsgroup -- so while you may be active in your communications with
other members privately -- there is no way our Directory Team would know
this.

Please try not to take this as a personal affront. You are new here, we are
happy to have you here, and hope you will hang around. You are welcome to
participate in any and all swaps that interest you (or host one of your
own!) You are welcome to become a part of the HUG group. Ask questions
when they arise in your quilting, post answers to others' questions when you
think you can help, join us offering hugs and prayers to fellow RCTQ'ers as
needed and before long it will be time for the next directory... and you
will be warmly welcomed and included.

Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves




"niasha" wrote in message
.. .
I'm confused? Was one of the criteria for inclusion the number of posts
over a two month period? Ill health, moving, computer problems, etc. can
all contribute to a member's lack of participation at any time. I don't
always respond to he group but to the individual. While difficult to type,
I do try to read most of the posts. (I'm only behind about 2mil, 647thou,
972 at this point but still trying to catch up)! While "life" has
prevented me from participating as much as I would like to, I think
membership since 1999 should give me some credence as a member worthy to
be included in the directory. If the directory has been reduced to a paper
exercise that's sad. I have always looked upon it as a way to bond kindred
spirits who have supported each other over the years, good and bad times,
joy and disappointment, etc. It's when you don't hear from a member that
you pull out the directory to send a squishy or a love note to let them
know you have them in your prayers.

- I assume I will not be included in this year's directory but I would
still like to get a copy. Please let me know! Thanks for letting me vent!
It's my chocolate deficient! Gotta get those cupcakes!

Niasha ,She who can eat no chocolate
If it doesn't kill you, it can only make you stronger!

Niasha isn't new here - she's been around here for a lonnnnggg time!
Doens't post as much as she used to - but she certainly is not new!
--
Donna in Idaho

"Kate G." wrote in message
. ..
No, Niasha, it is not merely a 2 month period of posting that determines
one's admission to the directory. While I'm sure Alice can speak for her
own process, it is my understanding that she searched back many, many
months (at least 6 months) to look for applicants who would be new to the
directory (as those already admitted had been scrutinized previously).
She looked for the number of posts and wanted to make sure that most were
relevant to quilting. (Not that you are... but we do get an occassional
troll who poses as one of us -- so our directory people take their job
very seriously). Only those who are IN the directory receive a copy of
the directory -- thus each member has a vested interest in protecting the
privacy of the information included.

While I speak for Alice (and probably shouldn't), please know that no
individual was not included out of malice or spite. Most of us were
around for at least a year before we were admitted to our first directory.
While a certain frequency of posts isn't required for admission -- you
certainly must post frequently enough so that those pulling the directory
together feel confident that you are a person who is truly a member of our
community and someone who can be trusted with our personal information.

While you can neither receive or be included in this release of the
directory, we hope you will stay around, post occasionally so we can all
get to know you, and then being included next time around will not be a
problem. (Remember -- when you respond privately to someone, there is no
record on the newsgroup -- so while you may be active in your
communications with other members privately -- there is no way our
Directory Team would know this.

Please try not to take this as a personal affront. You are new here, we
are happy to have you here, and hope you will hang around. You are
welcome to participate in any and all swaps that interest you (or host one
of your own!) You are welcome to become a part of the HUG group. Ask
questions when they arise in your quilting, post answers to others'
questions when you think you can help, join us offering hugs and prayers
to fellow RCTQ'ers as needed and before long it will be time for the next
directory... and you will be warmly welcomed and included.

Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves




"niasha" wrote in message
.. .
I'm confused? Was one of the criteria for inclusion the number of posts
over a two month period? Ill health, moving, computer problems, etc. can
all contribute to a member's lack of participation at any time. I don't
always respond to he group but to the individual. While difficult to
type, I do try to read most of the posts. (I'm only behind about 2mil,
647thou, 972 at this point but still trying to catch up)! While "life"
has prevented me from participating as much as I would like to, I think
membership since 1999 should give me some credence as a member worthy to
be included in the directory. If the directory has been reduced to a
paper exercise that's sad. I have always looked upon it as a way to bond
kindred spirits who have supported each other over the years, good and
bad times, joy and disappointment, etc. It's when you don't hear from a
member that you pull out the directory to send a squishy or a love note
to let them know you have them in your prayers.

- I assume I will not be included in this year's directory but I would
still like to get a copy. Please let me know! Thanks for letting me vent!
It's my chocolate deficient! Gotta get those cupcakes!

Niasha ,She who can eat no chocolate
If it doesn't kill you, it can only make you stronger!

Sorry -- I misunderstood... the name didn't ring a bell with me...

my apologies, Niasha.

--
Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves


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"Donna Aten" wrote in message
...
Niasha isn't new here - she's been around here for a lonnnnggg time!
Doens't post as much as she used to - but she certainly is not new!
--
Donna in Idaho

"Kate G." wrote in message
. ..
No, Niasha, it is not merely a 2 month period of posting that determines
one's admission to the directory. While I'm sure Alice can speak for her
own process, it is my understanding that she searched back many, many
months (at least 6 months) to look for applicants who would be new to the
directory (as those already admitted had been scrutinized previously).
She looked for the number of posts and wanted to make sure that most were
relevant to quilting. (Not that you are... but we do get an occassional
troll who poses as one of us -- so our directory people take their job
very seriously). Only those who are IN the directory receive a copy of
the directory -- thus each member has a vested interest in protecting the
privacy of the information included.

While I speak for Alice (and probably shouldn't), please know that no
individual was not included out of malice or spite. Most of us were
around for at least a year before we were admitted to our first
directory. While a certain frequency of posts isn't required for
admission -- you certainly must post frequently enough so that those
pulling the directory together feel confident that you are a person who
is truly a member of our community and someone who can be trusted with
our personal information.

While you can neither receive or be included in this release of the
directory, we hope you will stay around, post occasionally so we can all
get to know you, and then being included next time around will not be a
problem. (Remember -- when you respond privately to someone, there is no
record on the newsgroup -- so while you may be active in your
communications with other members privately -- there is no way our
Directory Team would know this.

Please try not to take this as a personal affront. You are new here, we
are happy to have you here, and hope you will hang around. You are
welcome to participate in any and all swaps that interest you (or host
one of your own!) You are welcome to become a part of the HUG group.
Ask questions when they arise in your quilting, post answers to others'
questions when you think you can help, join us offering hugs and prayers
to fellow RCTQ'ers as needed and before long it will be time for the next
directory... and you will be warmly welcomed and included.

Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves




"niasha" wrote in message
.. .
I'm confused? Was one of the criteria for inclusion the number of posts
over a two month period? Ill health, moving, computer problems, etc. can
all contribute to a member's lack of participation at any time. I don't
always respond to he group but to the individual. While difficult to
type, I do try to read most of the posts. (I'm only behind about 2mil,
647thou, 972 at this point but still trying to catch up)! While "life"
has prevented me from participating as much as I would like to, I think
membership since 1999 should give me some credence as a member worthy to
be included in the directory. If the directory has been reduced to a
paper exercise that's sad. I have always looked upon it as a way to bond
kindred spirits who have supported each other over the years, good and
bad times, joy and disappointment, etc. It's when you don't hear from a
member that you pull out the directory to send a squishy or a love note
to let them know you have them in your prayers.

- I assume I will not be included in this year's directory but I would
still like to get a copy. Please let me know! Thanks for letting me
vent! It's my chocolate deficient! Gotta get those cupcakes!

Niasha ,She who can eat no chocolate
If it doesn't kill you, it can only make you stronger!

Actually Niasha has been around since 2002, and was in the 2005
directory (the first I had), but missed the 2006 one when life must have
got in the way.

Just a thought, would it be a help if the Directory Form had a little
space for giving a date of the last time you appeared in a directory, or
something similar. This would assist the person compiling the directory
to check if the person applying was a newbie, or a long-term member who
had not posted much recently. They would have a place to start their check.

With so many names, remembering them is so difficult, and Alice did say
that the checking of 'credentials' was the hardest bit. I personally
would have no difficulty in Niasha receiving a directory, even though
she doesn't appear in it.

Niasha, if your info. is the same as in 2005, I will add you to my
directory.

--
Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin




Kate G. wrote:
No, Niasha, it is not merely a 2 month period of posting that determines
one's admission to the directory. While I'm sure Alice can speak for her
own process, it is my understanding that she searched back many, many months
(at least 6 months) to look for applicants who would be new to the directory
(as those already admitted had been scrutinized previously). She looked for
the number of posts and wanted to make sure that most were relevant to
quilting. (Not that you are... but we do get an occassional troll who
poses as one of us -- so our directory people take their job very
seriously). Only those who are IN the directory receive a copy of the
directory -- thus each member has a vested interest in protecting the
privacy of the information included.

While I speak for Alice (and probably shouldn't), please know that no
individual was not included out of malice or spite. Most of us were around
for at least a year before we were admitted to our first directory. While a
certain frequency of posts isn't required for admission -- you certainly
must post frequently enough so that those pulling the directory together
feel confident that you are a person who is truly a member of our community
and someone who can be trusted with our personal information.

While you can neither receive or be included in this release of the
directory, we hope you will stay around, post occasionally so we can all get
to know you, and then being included next time around will not be a problem.
(Remember -- when you respond privately to someone, there is no record on
the newsgroup -- so while you may be active in your communications with
other members privately -- there is no way our Directory Team would know
this.

Please try not to take this as a personal affront. You are new here, we are
happy to have you here, and hope you will hang around. You are welcome to
participate in any and all swaps that interest you (or host one of your
own!) You are welcome to become a part of the HUG group. Ask questions
when they arise in your quilting, post answers to others' questions when you
think you can help, join us offering hugs and prayers to fellow RCTQ'ers as
needed and before long it will be time for the next directory... and you
will be warmly welcomed and included.

Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves

The form does have a field for indicating if you are in the current
Directory or not.

13 who said they were, weren't
3 who said they didn't know, were
26 said they didn't know
65 said they weren't

Every name submitted regardless of response, was checked against the
previous Directory. I do not recommend asking us to check back to the
previous Directories to determine when last a person was in it.

Alice

"Happiness is good health and a bad memory."
- Ingrid Bergman (1917-1982)


"Sally Swindells" wrote in message
...
: Actually Niasha has been around since 2002, and was in the 2005
: directory (the first I had), but missed the 2006 one when life must have
: got in the way.
:
: Just a thought, would it be a help if the Directory Form had a little
: space for giving a date of the last time you appeared in a directory, or
: something similar. This would assist the person compiling the directory
: to check if the person applying was a newbie, or a long-term member who
: had not posted much recently. They would have a place to start their
check.
:
: With so many names, remembering them is so difficult, and Alice did say
: that the checking of 'credentials' was the hardest bit. I personally
: would have no difficulty in Niasha receiving a directory, even though
: she doesn't appear in it.
:
: Niasha, if your info. is the same as in 2005, I will add you to my
: directory.
:
: --
: Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
: http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin
:
:
:
:
: Kate G. wrote:
: No, Niasha, it is not merely a 2 month period of posting that
determines
: one's admission to the directory. While I'm sure Alice can speak for
her
: own process, it is my understanding that she searched back many, many
months
: (at least 6 months) to look for applicants who would be new to the
directory
: (as those already admitted had been scrutinized previously). She looked
for
: the number of posts and wanted to make sure that most were relevant to
: quilting. (Not that you are... but we do get an occassional troll who
: poses as one of us -- so our directory people take their job very
: seriously). Only those who are IN the directory receive a copy of the
: directory -- thus each member has a vested interest in protecting the
: privacy of the information included.
:
: While I speak for Alice (and probably shouldn't), please know that no
: individual was not included out of malice or spite. Most of us were
around
: for at least a year before we were admitted to our first directory.
While a
: certain frequency of posts isn't required for admission -- you certainly
: must post frequently enough so that those pulling the directory together
: feel confident that you are a person who is truly a member of our
community
: and someone who can be trusted with our personal information.
:
: While you can neither receive or be included in this release of the
: directory, we hope you will stay around, post occasionally so we can all
get
: to know you, and then being included next time around will not be a
problem.
: (Remember -- when you respond privately to someone, there is no record
on
: the newsgroup -- so while you may be active in your communications with
: other members privately -- there is no way our Directory Team would know
: this.
:
: Please try not to take this as a personal affront. You are new here, we
are
: happy to have you here, and hope you will hang around. You are welcome
to
: participate in any and all swaps that interest you (or host one of your
: own!) You are welcome to become a part of the HUG group. Ask questions
: when they arise in your quilting, post answers to others' questions when
you
: think you can help, join us offering hugs and prayers to fellow
RCTQ'ers as
: needed and before long it will be time for the next directory... and
you
: will be warmly welcomed and included.
:
: Kate in MI
: http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves
:
:
:
:

AliceW wrote:
The form does have a field for indicating if you are in the current
Directory or not.

13 who said they were, weren't
3 who said they didn't know, were
26 said they didn't know
65 said they weren't

Every name submitted regardless of response, was checked against the
previous Directory. I do not recommend asking us to check back to the
previous Directories to determine when last a person was in it.

Alice

"Happiness is good health and a bad memory."
- Ingrid Bergman (1917-1982)


:

So it does, Alice - apologies. I keep a copy of things I send like
forms, so can see mine. I did know where I was then - now I'm not so sure!
--
Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin

In article ,
"AliceW" wrote:

Every name submitted regardless of response, was checked against the
previous Directory. I do not recommend asking us to check back to the
previous Directories to determine when last a person was in it.


I can't blame you there, Alice. The directory is already a monumental
task, and expanding the search to previous versions is just
hair-tearing-out mind boggling. Besides, some of us don't keep the old
directories!

--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sfoster 1 (at) embarqmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net

Txs Sally. I joined in 1998/1999.
--
Niasha
If it doesn't kill you, it can only make you stronger!ally
--

Actually Niasha has been around since 2002, and was in the 2005 directory
(the first I had), but missed the 2006 one when life must have got in the
way.

Just a thought, would it be a help if the Directory Form had a little
space for giving a date of the last time you appeared in a directory, or
something similar. This would assist the person compiling the directory to
check if the person applying was a newbie, or a long-term member who had
not posted much recently. They would have a place to start their check.

With so many names, remembering them is so difficult, and Alice did say
that the checking of 'credentials' was the hardest bit. I personally would
have no difficulty in Niasha receiving a directory, even though she
doesn't appear in it.

Niasha, if your info. is the same as in 2005, I will add you to my
directory.

--
Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin

niasha wrote:
Txs Sally. I joined in 1998/1999.
Google Archives are having senility problems - they have me as joining
at the end of last year. Perhaps they are making us three years younger!

--
Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin