Who appointed them?
Can they be turned off?
Better yet, can they be removed?
p.
The Welcome Committee
You being self destructive again, our dear old grizzled freedom fighter? 
You don't think we've all forgotten our own 'welcome to the chatroom' from your one-man welcoming committee do you?
...and if you accuse me of being 'nice' to you again I'll have to assume that you've become re-infected
Jo
You don't think we've all forgotten our own 'welcome to the chatroom' from your one-man welcoming committee do you?
...and if you accuse me of being 'nice' to you again I'll have to assume that you've become re-infected
Jo
"... to make a pale imitation of reality with twenty-six juggled letters"
"... all words are lies because they can only represent one of many levels of being"
Sober noises of morning in a marginal land.
"... all words are lies because they can only represent one of many levels of being"
Sober noises of morning in a marginal land.
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tom.d.stiller
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"Welcome, welcome cries a voice..." But then a self-appointed critic, or a self-ordained professor, or a self-centered mockingbird croaked:
1. I'd rather be part of a "welcome committee" than be the head and only lonely member of a shy-away group, whose sole issue is to scare people off. For a while I tried to believe what you assured me of in another thread, but this post proves I was wrong in that.
2. There is an easy way to turn it off: just don't start your computer. It won't relieve only you...
3. When you start wanting to "remove" people, you reach yet another level of being mean and nasty.
You're beginning to qualify for a final change of names. I should call you "Fortunato" and invite you to "A Cask of Amontillado"...
Tom
PS: For a while I had thought "Partisan isn't that bad". Now I know: "He's worse."
PartisanThe Welcome Committee
Who appointed them?
Can they be turned off?
Better yet, can they be removed?
1. I'd rather be part of a "welcome committee" than be the head and only lonely member of a shy-away group, whose sole issue is to scare people off. For a while I tried to believe what you assured me of in another thread, but this post proves I was wrong in that.
2. There is an easy way to turn it off: just don't start your computer. It won't relieve only you...
3. When you start wanting to "remove" people, you reach yet another level of being mean and nasty.
You're beginning to qualify for a final change of names. I should call you "Fortunato" and invite you to "A Cask of Amontillado"...
Tom
PS: For a while I had thought "Partisan isn't that bad". Now I know: "He's worse."
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John the Shorts
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Partisan
When I was a bachgen (boy) I was taught by my parents that when you first meet someone it is polite and friendly to say Shwmae (Hello).
Now even though I am approaching the ripe old age of 38 I still try and live by the rules that my mother and my late father instilled in me. I will accept that as I have gained experience and formulated my own rules for living some of these have been modified. One that still remains however is that it is polite to and friendly to greet people, I would go so far as to say it would be considered ill-mannered not to.
The result is that when I walk through town plugged in to my walkman half the time I unplug myself and stop and chat to people I know. Even though there is no physical contact on a message board such as this is for like minded people (LC fans) to get together and discuss his work, their work, pass on news and arrange meetings (as for example Manhattan next year).
It seems to me passing strange that anyone would be prepared to meet someone in the flesh but be unwilling to greet them electronically.
JTS (This may seem like a diatribe but it is not a personal attack I'm just stunned)
PS While on the subject of meeting in the flesh There are a few of us here hoping to arrange a meeting in Port Talbot (South Wales) on the evening of 20th June if anyone is interested in attending then please e-mail me or PM me (No need for the organiser to do so you've done all the work and I'm getting the publicity but it seemed like an appropriate time to mention it. Sorry
) and I will provide further details
When I was a bachgen (boy) I was taught by my parents that when you first meet someone it is polite and friendly to say Shwmae (Hello).
Now even though I am approaching the ripe old age of 38 I still try and live by the rules that my mother and my late father instilled in me. I will accept that as I have gained experience and formulated my own rules for living some of these have been modified. One that still remains however is that it is polite to and friendly to greet people, I would go so far as to say it would be considered ill-mannered not to.
The result is that when I walk through town plugged in to my walkman half the time I unplug myself and stop and chat to people I know. Even though there is no physical contact on a message board such as this is for like minded people (LC fans) to get together and discuss his work, their work, pass on news and arrange meetings (as for example Manhattan next year).
It seems to me passing strange that anyone would be prepared to meet someone in the flesh but be unwilling to greet them electronically.
JTS (This may seem like a diatribe but it is not a personal attack I'm just stunned)
PS While on the subject of meeting in the flesh There are a few of us here hoping to arrange a meeting in Port Talbot (South Wales) on the evening of 20th June if anyone is interested in attending then please e-mail me or PM me (No need for the organiser to do so you've done all the work and I'm getting the publicity but it seemed like an appropriate time to mention it. Sorry
) and I will provide further details
Welcome committee
Greetings and welcome to all who venture here.
Be prepared to dodge the slings and arrows of the nay saying game players. Ignore all whose snide remarks are a vexation to the spirit.
Give us words and music of inspiration.
Let good humour be your pilot.
Let not the hollow one undermine the common purpose.
Cheers,
Be prepared to dodge the slings and arrows of the nay saying game players. Ignore all whose snide remarks are a vexation to the spirit.
Give us words and music of inspiration.
Let good humour be your pilot.
Let not the hollow one undermine the common purpose.
Cheers,
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Dear John ~
Regardless of your reasons, and I enjoyed seeing how yours came to be, I love seeing your Shwmaes. I agree with your principles that accompany your continuation. What's most important is that I know how welcome your words and the welcoming ones of others are to any newcomer!
~ Lizzytysh
OK, OK....I'll withdraw my credit, so you don't have to keep trying to elude. However, thank you for bringing it here and giving me a great laugh. Don't give up the faith on Leonard showing up on that channel either.
Regardless of your reasons, and I enjoyed seeing how yours came to be, I love seeing your Shwmaes. I agree with your principles that accompany your continuation. What's most important is that I know how welcome your words and the welcoming ones of others are to any newcomer!
~ Lizzytysh
OK, OK....I'll withdraw my credit, so you don't have to keep trying to elude. However, thank you for bringing it here and giving me a great laugh. Don't give up the faith on Leonard showing up on that channel either.
Partisan ~
A "Welcome Committee" ~ formal or informal ~ has never been perceived to be the entire lot, or it would lose its meaning by definition. An absurdly, unrealistic expectation, such as you've thrown into the ring, would better be replaced by simply not denigrating those who are motivated to offer a genuine and friendly welcome and hello. It's a personal choice to give and for them to receive.
~ Lizzytysh
A "Welcome Committee" ~ formal or informal ~ has never been perceived to be the entire lot, or it would lose its meaning by definition. An absurdly, unrealistic expectation, such as you've thrown into the ring, would better be replaced by simply not denigrating those who are motivated to offer a genuine and friendly welcome and hello. It's a personal choice to give and for them to receive.
~ Lizzytysh
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George.Wright
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welcome commitee
Hello!
where is that Commitee?
where is that Commitee?
~ Hi Sandra! Did you miss out on a "Welcome," or are you inquiring as to its official membership...well, it appears to be rather Partisan-appointed in terms of officialdom. However, informally, I would include John the Shorts, tom.d.stiller, and myself. That is only without reviewing the postings, and going with the ones of late that spring to mind. I know there are others.
As I'm recalling, from way back, I welcomed you when you first appeared in the Forum Member's Poetry section. If not, well, I do now.....welcome! In any case, you're welcome to join the Committee [though you may need to check with Partisan for official inclusion]
. You may be pleased to know that we don't hold meetings, so it shouldn't interfere with your schedule 
. ~ Lizzytysh
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tom.d.stiller
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Welcome to this thread, Sandra... 
('T sure would look strange, if I welcomed you to the forum, comparing our "joined dates"...)
I agree with lizzytysh: "You're welcome to join the Committee." Everyone who can be pleased by other people's presence, regardless of age and gender, will always be welcome.
The only qualification needed is the ability to send heartfelt greetings to a complete unknown. This includes, and to a degree proves, the capability to give some credit to a stranger. A poor soul is (s)he who cannot do this.
Whoever "officially includes" people in groups, whoever thinks that groups must be "appointed", "organized", "tightly scheduled and led" ignores the beautiful evolutionary fact of "emergence". All good things originally have "emerged", and they have been organized and, in some cases, petrified to parties but later, if at all...
So I'd say again, to you, Sandra, to every member or member-to-be: welcome to the forum, welcome to the Committee!
Tom
('T sure would look strange, if I welcomed you to the forum, comparing our "joined dates"...)I agree with lizzytysh: "You're welcome to join the Committee." Everyone who can be pleased by other people's presence, regardless of age and gender, will always be welcome.
The only qualification needed is the ability to send heartfelt greetings to a complete unknown. This includes, and to a degree proves, the capability to give some credit to a stranger. A poor soul is (s)he who cannot do this.
Whoever "officially includes" people in groups, whoever thinks that groups must be "appointed", "organized", "tightly scheduled and led" ignores the beautiful evolutionary fact of "emergence". All good things originally have "emerged", and they have been organized and, in some cases, petrified to parties but later, if at all...
So I'd say again, to you, Sandra, to every member or member-to-be: welcome to the forum, welcome to the Committee!
Tom