live and learn
we have changed to a google group : il-corral
(the sign up is on the site www.ilcorral.net or you can go to google)
i lost all my photos of the place when the password was changed, but i will think of it as a new start. the password was apparently changed on january 29th. i read an email on the 30th that stated so. this was after i had been unable to login with the il corral i.d. since i had posted about the benefit. bob has apparently not been able to reset the password with his knowledge, so i have counted it off as a sign to move forward.
sean let everyone know how well the benefit was supported, and also about the article in the times. we discussed at yesterday's house meeting that he would also send something out to the yahoo group letting everyone know that we have changed to google groups.
i haven't explored the new setup very much yet, but it seems more interactive for the group members (i guess you can make your own pages etc.)
i wanted to post about ladies night! we have some fabulous and enthusiastic performers, and already we're getting a donation of 8 brand new dresses! we're going to be having a benefit for killradio.org sometime soon as well. and i'm working on getting a vegan informance night together (learn & eat & hear some music) so if there are any vegan bands or bands who support the cause who would like to do a benefit please contact me.
also, i have finally been able to email a little bit with bob, and for the record he has admirably returned the speakers that were donated to the corral, and the donation money we had paid to him for the p.a.. i do believe he tried to help us with the yahoo group problem.
i apologize that i had to process all of this experience in public, but i didn't know how else to defend this place.
i had a situation in school where i was put into a much bigger public/media realm than i was ready for and i felt that i did not defend my cause adequately. i am shy of media because of this, and it was very hard for me to be brave enough to address the group, but i had come to know the people and i felt that it was something i could do for the space since no one else could. i told the truth about the money, and if my outrage at the accusations was too much i apologize. i was terribly hurt by this whole event.
if i did the wrong thing at any time it has not been my intention. even the silly posts on the noise board were just some relieving sense of poetic justice.
what we do here is really hard. i am trained to read and write poetry not business agreements, but if we as 'artists' want to continue to keep this place open for 'artists' then we have to do everything. we have to be the bouncer, the recycler, we have to work the door, we have to clean up, check email, update the site, keep the bills up to date etc. it's just us, and a few other devoted volunteers when they can help. that's it.
i am not at all perfect, but i learned so much from bob, and he was always much older than us, more established financially and world wise. he called us the kids. we went thru great steps to make sure the place could continue after he left in september. we have done a lot of work on the place, and when he came back for turn the screws he helped. and then came all of the rest of the history which is why his email was so shocking and sad.
as i have said, i forgive him. and i wish him well of course, but he is not welcome here now. it is too fresh a wound, and still i do not understand why he did it. there would have to be time...for everyone...to heal.
if i am weak in this regard i apologize, but i can only do so much.
right now we have our new pa coming! it should begin to arrive wednesday and we'll have the core set. there are still other components necessary which we will need to raise money for, but i don't know if people want updates on that or not. sean has said people are tired of hearing about money. i would have wished to simply be able to provide a pa, but it was something that we had to go to the community for help with. and you helped with stellar response! thank you.
(the sign up is on the site www.ilcorral.net or you can go to google)
i lost all my photos of the place when the password was changed, but i will think of it as a new start. the password was apparently changed on january 29th. i read an email on the 30th that stated so. this was after i had been unable to login with the il corral i.d. since i had posted about the benefit. bob has apparently not been able to reset the password with his knowledge, so i have counted it off as a sign to move forward.
sean let everyone know how well the benefit was supported, and also about the article in the times. we discussed at yesterday's house meeting that he would also send something out to the yahoo group letting everyone know that we have changed to google groups.
i haven't explored the new setup very much yet, but it seems more interactive for the group members (i guess you can make your own pages etc.)
i wanted to post about ladies night! we have some fabulous and enthusiastic performers, and already we're getting a donation of 8 brand new dresses! we're going to be having a benefit for killradio.org sometime soon as well. and i'm working on getting a vegan informance night together (learn & eat & hear some music) so if there are any vegan bands or bands who support the cause who would like to do a benefit please contact me.
also, i have finally been able to email a little bit with bob, and for the record he has admirably returned the speakers that were donated to the corral, and the donation money we had paid to him for the p.a.. i do believe he tried to help us with the yahoo group problem.
i apologize that i had to process all of this experience in public, but i didn't know how else to defend this place.
i had a situation in school where i was put into a much bigger public/media realm than i was ready for and i felt that i did not defend my cause adequately. i am shy of media because of this, and it was very hard for me to be brave enough to address the group, but i had come to know the people and i felt that it was something i could do for the space since no one else could. i told the truth about the money, and if my outrage at the accusations was too much i apologize. i was terribly hurt by this whole event.
if i did the wrong thing at any time it has not been my intention. even the silly posts on the noise board were just some relieving sense of poetic justice.
what we do here is really hard. i am trained to read and write poetry not business agreements, but if we as 'artists' want to continue to keep this place open for 'artists' then we have to do everything. we have to be the bouncer, the recycler, we have to work the door, we have to clean up, check email, update the site, keep the bills up to date etc. it's just us, and a few other devoted volunteers when they can help. that's it.
i am not at all perfect, but i learned so much from bob, and he was always much older than us, more established financially and world wise. he called us the kids. we went thru great steps to make sure the place could continue after he left in september. we have done a lot of work on the place, and when he came back for turn the screws he helped. and then came all of the rest of the history which is why his email was so shocking and sad.
as i have said, i forgive him. and i wish him well of course, but he is not welcome here now. it is too fresh a wound, and still i do not understand why he did it. there would have to be time...for everyone...to heal.
if i am weak in this regard i apologize, but i can only do so much.
right now we have our new pa coming! it should begin to arrive wednesday and we'll have the core set. there are still other components necessary which we will need to raise money for, but i don't know if people want updates on that or not. sean has said people are tired of hearing about money. i would have wished to simply be able to provide a pa, but it was something that we had to go to the community for help with. and you helped with stellar response! thank you.
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