I left another group because it was unmoderated. I don't like what's going on here so I'm leaving this one...
--- In [email protected], "milly*" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi to both of you and everyone who has been reading this unfolding saga. > > To put you all the picture My name is Milly* I am English and I have lived in South Australia now for 32 years I think, I have had 2 Labradoodles one tragically died 11 months ago at the age of 21 months, my present dog is Rupert Bear who will be 1 year old tomorrow , June 3rd, ..[ the land of Oz is almost a day in front, so I'm awake whilst most of you are asleep.] > A little while ago I tried without success to trace the owner of our group as it was becoming obvious she might need some help with our growing list, I am an older woman with plenty of time on my hands so I offered to help moderate this list with her, I wrote to 2- 3 different places traced her to a baby group but still without success, I then contacted Yahoo who advised that all I could do was to keep trying to contact her which I have done, my reason was not in anyway to upset anyone within this group but to ensure that it continued, I have belonged to other lists and left because I started to dislike the content that sometimes arrived, I used to receive bad mail in one of my groups that stupidly I left open and unmoderated, I would hate that to happen here > So to sum up I opened Mylabradoodle as an offer of a moderated group for you all, if it continues it will be exactly as this one with just a few nice differences like pictures of our dogs on the home page, etc and anyone who I feel that has stepped over the line a little will go on moderation until I have written to them personally , I do not suppose I will be able to stop everything coming thru the first time, but it won't be without trying. > I am in no way connected to TeaganManor I do not even know who the person is do you? > I do hope this has helped clear up any confusion > MyLabradoodle will be open for a month or two to see if there is any interest, if not .....well I'll work that one out when I come to it. > Hugs > milly* > > > Smiles. I believe Karen was referring to TeaganManor in her letter > m* > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ken Hix > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 1:14 AM > Subject: [labradoodles] Re: Australian Labradoodles > > > With all due respect Karen, I must say that I belong to many groups > and have been invited to a lot of them via groups to which I > previously belonged, and I continue to belong to those groups. While > some of those invites said "With the Moderator's permission I'd like > to invite members to join my new group", it was also apparent to > Milly and most of us that there was no longer a moderator for this > group. I was almost ready to leave this group myself many times > because I'd open my mail just to get an advertisement such as on > message 1297 that is inviting me to refinance my home. I've stayed > only because of the great members in this group and the knowledge > I've learned from them. I wish that someone like yourself would take > over the moderator's position. Again, I respect your feelings, but > please don't take offense to Milly's invite. I think there is room > for both Labradoodle groups. > > --- In [email protected], "karenchaos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Please note that I have nothing against closed-membership groups. > I > > have initiated them myself. However, I have never marketed them on > > other groups, nor tried to recruit members from other groups. The > > manner in which this invitation was issued was ostrasizing at its' > core > > and divisive to the original group. Usually, individual > invitations > > are sent to those members of the group that you think would like to > > join the new group. It takes some time and research but it shows > > respect to the original group. > > > > I also have no problem with my mutt being a breed unto itself. I > > consider Labradoodles to be a breed, however, the official, > sanctioning > > canine community does not. Oh well, their loss. This information > does > > not minimize how I feel about my dog. Just because I see him as > > brilliant, gorgeous, and otherwise adorable doesn't make him a > > true "breed" and I'm OK with that. He fits my requirements. > > > > I knew I would raise some ire in posting the message and while I > > appreciate the input it generated, I stand by my original message. > The > > invitation to the new AUSSIES ONLY group was exclusionary and > elitist > > and could/should have been handled differently. > > > > Karen > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/labradoodles/ > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! 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