Re: Re: The future of the Yahoo Blender Group?

Sorry, young Steve, I was born 16th September, 1939, passed the eleven-plus exams, went to grammar school, then art school, have had two novels published, paint portraits and landscapes in oils,and used to be a quick learner. An accurate description of me now would be that I'm a quick forgetter. Did I say I went to art school? I may have done, but I'm never sure about things these days. I do remember that, despite having purchased the official Blender manuals, I have had problems with the program's operation which were solved for me by other group members, for which I am eternally grateful.
There have even been occasions when I was able to offer solutions to others, so this group, for me, would appear to have the philosophy of 'take when you need, give when you can', which is a nice way to live one's life.  Oh, and Ingie, if you're listening, I'm currently working on a futuristic novel where there is no natural birth, the next generation arrives fully grown, and learns everything in seven days, so that beats your birthing of a seven year old, and sets you a challenge. Stick around and let us know if you can beat the record, perhaps you could produce a new-born grandfather.

You have earned our affection. 

Alan   ---- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steve Kennedy 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 6:17 PM
  Subject: Re: [Blender] Re: The future of the Yahoo Blender Group?


  I may the grandpa of the group at 61 but I too hope the group goes on. 
  I'm not artistic, not creative, and not a quick learner but I'm amazed 
  at what Blender can do !!! A lot of you boys and girls have some real 
  talent !!

  Ben wrote:
  >
  > Although I am just a quiet onlooker who try to learn tips on blender
  > from this group. I very much wish that this group will be keep alive.
  > I am sure there is a lot of person like me just here to learn. Even
  > though we are the quieter group :)
  >
  > --- In [email protected] <mailto:Blender%40yahoogroups.com>, 
  > "ingiebee1" <ingiebee@...> wrote:
  > >
  > > Hi everyone. First off, I would like to thank everyone for being a
  > > part of this group, it's been so much help for so many in the past.
  > > Unfortunately, I feel it's become rather obsolete. Worse still, it
  > > has so many spammer members, that the new post check has not been kept
  > > up with. I don't see too much legitimate activity (though some is,
  > > and even just now, I may have accidentally deleted a good post (so
  > > sorry!)) So I'm wondering if it's time to let this group die a
  > > peaceful death? At the time I took it over, it was still quite
  > > active, but not so much anymore. There are other very helpful groups
  > > that are far more active, and I myself have been inundated with life
  > > (3 kids keep me very busy!) so that I can't even answer questions
  > > anymore!
  > >
  > > So if anyone is still out there :) Please let me know how you feel
  > > about my closing this group down?? After I close it, I'm sure someone
  > > could reopen it afresh or something like it. If it's wanted, a
  > > rebirth is probably in order at this point. It's such a stagnating
  > > group right now.
  > >
  > > I do think people found it originally to be a friendly place for utter
  > > newbies to ask all their "stupid" questions and feel comfortable doing
  > > so. It would be nice to have that around again, but I think this
  > > group has had it's usefulness in the past and desperately needs
  > > refreshing.
  > >
  > > Again, thanks so much for being here! I'll wait a week to see if I
  > > hear back from people, in case someone has a better idea. I can't see
  > > how to reset the way this group accepts new members, and it's very
  > > contaminated with spammers which makes it very hard to manage. I
  > > think a complete shut down and rebuilding by an active blenderhead :)
  > > would be a great thing!
  > >
  > > Thanks, Ingie
  > >
  >
  > 

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