Scott and al.
I am the co-administrator of All Poster Forum (http://www.allposterforum.com
). First time poster on MOPO. I understand Holiday did not come
across as the most understanding and loving individual. I guess he
was a little frazzled to find himself under attack a day after opening
our forum. I personally didn't see much of an attack in Claude's
comments, but he did, answered with his usual verve, and later
apologized for overstepping his boundaries. We all have bad days. I
know you guys don't know me, but I can tell you this is not who the
guy is. I personally talked to Claude via emails and buried the
hatchet. I hope you can too and join us. Lots of newbies need your
input.
Now, it's true that you guys don't know us. Holiday and I have been
friends for 3 or 4 years now, sharing a common interest in posters and
slowly building our respective websites. You know his, mine can be
seen at http://www.eatbrie.com/. We both know that our collections
are not the best in the world (contrary to what Holiday said) but we
are quite proud of what he have achieved in a very small amount of
time. Holiday is a lawyer in Miami, I live in L.A., worked in
development at Disney, DreamWorks and Amblin and am currently trying
to build a career as a writer. Oh, and I'm French, which doesn't make
it easier :)
Now, regarding our forum... For the longest time, Holiday and I have
had an urge to create a new forum that would not only deal with film
posters (which has been covered by you and a few others), but with all
kind of posters, music posters, general advertising posters and such.
There was recently a bit of a disagreement between two forums and
their respective members and we decided to seize the opportunity to
start APF. It is a new forum, and as such, there is a lot of work to
be done to make it beneficial to the hobby, to newbies and long time
collectors. I believe we can all live and prosper under the same
roof. It's our attempt anyway.
Happy holidays to all.
Thierry
On Dec 20, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Scott Burns wrote:
First let me wish good luck to Holiday's new group. The more the
merrier I say!
But now some friendly words of advice from someone doing this since
1995: Thick skin is required to run an *any* Internet discussion
group...make that VERY thick skin.
Resist the temptation to fire back at critics and your group will be
more successful (and you'll live longer!) Trust me on this one.
So much for a friendly "hello" to the poster community! ;)
Again, best of luck,
Scott
MoPo List Owner
From: MoPo List On Behalf Of Holiday Russell
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 10:24 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] New Poster Forum/Group
Wow, did you not read my post? I am the owner. I gave my full name
and a link to my collection. I don't give a rats ass if you visit
or not. We are not a store and I'm not selling you anything. You
ARE a naysayer and you're one of those haughty-type mopo'ers that
thinks your above all others. I'm an attorney with 20 years of
experience, a collector of many things over my life, and I am highly
intelligent. So intelligent that I can spot blowhard like you a
mile away. Please, do not visit us because we need not your type,
Claude.
Just in case you missed it last time:
My name is Holiday Russell. Yes, that is my real name. If you care
to check the Florida Bar's website to confim that you can. I don't
care one way or another. I have one of the finest collections of
advertising and Japanese posters in the World. The next time you
care to rant, don't assume that were all dumbasses.
Now, go take a pill, have a glass of wine or smoke a joint - just
chill the frak out dude.
Sent from my iPhone
Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com
___________________________________________________________________
How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List
Send a message addressed to: [email protected]
In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L
The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com
___________________________________________________________________
How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List
Send a message addressed to: [email protected]
In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L
The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
