Happy holidays to all of you!

Since the beginning I've been welcoming new members but it didn't show to all of you because I wasn't using the right "button". So sorry about that, so here goes:

    I would like to welcome all members old and new

Simos T.,         Debbie P,           Starr H,            US commi SL V,           Dimi, Angela B,         Kathleen H,        Yelda K,            Molly M,                     Lamia J,  Valerie H,         Frances M.A.,     ALPHA W,         Rachel M,      Diana T.,          Sharon S,          Kat Mosi Y,       Animal A,                    KarenS,            Leonor A,          Mick G,             Willy M,                           Leila A,             Peter H,           Glenda LaP.J.,     Matsi Y.,                     Jessica C.,        AJ R.,               Rita K.,             TheresaS.,                Stephanie C.,

Hercolena O.,   Stephanie M.,      Chhiv Leng K.,   Dale H.,

Terrie W.                            

Welcome to our new member Amy H.

A big  *welcome* to all the new members!!!Thank you for joining!!!:)

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Hello everybody!

I resurrected from my sepulchre

and found the time to make some modifications.

I inverted the order of the posts inside the topics, so that the newest posts are at the top and it is easier to read.

I also added a new topic for petitions close to the deadline, so that there can be more attention dedicated to them. Please remember to check that out regularly as I think it will be updated very often.  If you know of any petition close to the deadline feel free to post it in it.

I also dedicated a topic to human rights actions, so if you know of any petition in support of human rights feel free to post it in there, the topic is under the "news" section.

Thanks to everybody for keeping this group up and a special thanks to Jacinthe who is doing a brilliant job as a Co-Host :)

I hope I will be able to come back regularly asap.

Sending you lots of hugz and blessings!

Alice :x

Welcome to our new member Gary S

Welcome to our new members: Deborah C. and Chad P.

I would like to take time to welcome our new members, thank you for joining us: Radwen T. Deborah C. Lisa V. Laurel W. Alisa K. Ross A. Mary L. Nancy V. Michele M. Bonnie D.

Hi everyone! Alice as asked me to be her co-host, so if you have any question or commentary, you now have two person you can contact. I will try to be up to the challenge. Thank you Alice for that confidence in me. Jacinthe

Hi everybody!

I was contacted by a member today...I had to delete her posts as she posted in the wrong section.  If you read on the rules you see that there is a topic to comment signed petitions, and that all comments in petitions topic that doesnt concern petitions will be canceled.  Before canceling I normally send a little message to the member explaining why the post has been canceled and apologizing -I definately don't like doing it!

The member told me of her deep disappointment because she said she received no message and just found out her posts were deleted.

I am so sorry about what happened and if someone else did not receive my message when their posts have been deleted. I have no idea why this doesn't seem to work...my fault for assuming straight away it did.  I am going to contact the technical help of care2 and explain this problem, it's not the only problem I found with my account and it might depend on this.

I really apologize again to everybody, and at this point until things are sorted I will open a topic and post the actions of erasing or moving posts there for all to be able to check in case the message was not received.

Please try and post in the correct topic, no comments or news are allowed in the petition topics, there are topics for this.....there are not many rules, but they are necessary as it is to the present day 150 of us and we all need to cohoperate. I would like the petitions topics to remain as light and comment-free as possible, so that they are easier to consult. For all the rest there are topics and if there are none please feel free to open one. I set up the labels so that you all can flag your own topics if you like to (or else I can do it, as u prefere).

When in doubt, please read the rules, they're not many, but I'd like everybody to read them.

Thanks again for your time and for your patience, I want to apologize once more.

Big Big hugs to everyone!

Aly  :x

I'm sorry to add one more rule, but as we are getting more and more, it is important to respect the areas and the subjects,so to avoid confusion.

* There is a topic about comments and discussion on petitions, please post petitions comments there and not on the thread, otherwise the thread would become heavy and would penalize people who post petitions after a discussion for instance.

* For the same reason, a topic was opened about news. Please post news of any kind there, so to keep the petitions topics as easy to read as possible. * To make it easier for you to find these topics I will move them both under the new "area" : "news and socializing".

* One more thing. I like to see this space as everybody's little hut in the forest (me<--naive&silly lol me knows ) so feel free to open topics if there is none apt to what you would like to talk about

* Right because it's a little hut and we're growing rather fast, let's try and avoid spamming and anonymous posting. I found an anonymous post about grants and removed it straight away....that's not what we're here for and I find anonymous posting utterly disrespectful for all the other users.

Thanks a bunch people and hope to read you all soon!!! Huggiezzzz to all of ye!

Aly *doggyhug3* *kittyhug5*

Welcome back!

I just updated most of the topic of the group, please check for the new petitions to sign!   Thanks a bunch :)

Aly

This post was modified from its original form on 07 Aug, 13:50