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Posted by Roots (U2273958) on Saturday, 20th February 2010
For opening Cat Club each month:
January - should have been Flakey, but as she was ill, gj opened.
February - Stripey, aka Rusters.
March - gj (RIP), now Roots.
April - Mitch.
May - Flakey.
June - LaRA.
July - Dougal.
Really hope I've got this right. Please say if I've got anyone in the wrong place or lumbered anyone when they hadn't volunteered!
We've been thinking about ways to change the opening post to make it more welcoming to new visitors or lurkers,and I'm planning on changing the format slightly when I open next month, but it's really up to the opening poster how it's done.
Whatever people want to do, whether they want to copy the last opening post or do something different, I think it's important to give the links to other threads which may be of interest to CC people, and to always keep the warning about our club advice not being a replacement for professional veterinary advice.
HTH and doesn't put people off volunteering to sign up to the rota. We've still got August onwards to fill!
Thank you for updating Roots.
Flakes xx
Thanks for starting a new Cat Club Rota thread, Roots.
I can't do August, but am happy to open up in September.
Rusty
So all we need is a volunteer for August, October, November and December and then someone else can sort out 2011.
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:16 GMT, in reply to Roots in message 4
Well if all you servants are struggling I'll do December as well - after all you do need a handsome cat around the place.
Many purrs
Dougal
Le Bump
Volunteers still needed for opening duties.
Flakes
I can take November, once 2010 is filled I can update.
Flakey
I'll do August....I'll put a reminder in Outlook now.
Jo x
Update Rota
August - Jo Bo
September - Rusty
October - nice kind volunteer required
November - Flakey
December - Dougal
Who wants October ?
Going going ....
Flakes x
le bump
I'll do October as no one else seems to want to. It's not the actual opening that worries me, just trying to get all the links to work properly.
So that's this year sorted isn't it?
It is Roots
Now 2011
Flakes
Flakes dear one, you have really taken up the cudgels here. I am now filled with shame, and offer myself up for the January 2011 slot.
xxx
Well done you Ali Hone, If I can manage you can!!
Flakes xx
Just Feb through December 2011 to go. I think we are quite far enough in advance. Unless of course ....
I will do a final update at the end of May.
Flakes x
Ooh, Flakes, you're being so masterful.
Okay, I'll do February 2011.
Rusty
OOh sorry Rusters, just being helpful, you have released the inner boss !!
Flakes x
I'd like to open September or October's CC thread
but only with a small bit of advice, please.
Is it basically adding the usual cat threads
and of course the previous months' Cat Club thread?
Thanks
Rosalind
I don't mind doing November or December as long as I can just copy what everyone else has put plus the link to the previous month. Or I can get Baldrick to do it for me....
, in reply to message 18.
Posted by Dougals Servant (U7470526) on Sunday, 1st August 2010
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:05 GMT, in reply to AelM in message 18
Rosalind and AelM
Are you both talking about 2011?
The rota is sorted out up to and including February 2011.
Yes of course Balders can do it, after all I can and so can Stripey and Thorky. (Apologies to any cats I have forgotten.)
Many purrs
Dougal
PS the only "trick" that you have to remember when doing a copy and edit on an earlier post is that the external web links won't work if they start w w w - they must start h t t p : / /
Those spaces between letters are not for use; I just put them in to stop the MB trying to treat the strings of letters as html code here and not letting you see them.
Duh, I missed that post. My brain is completely fried at the moment (that's my excuse, senility is most definitely not settling in.....).
In that case, I would like to volunteer for any time in 2011
Dougal
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:05 GMT, in reply to AelM in message 18
Rosalind and AelM
Are you both talking about 2011?
The rota is sorted out up to and including February 2011.
Yes of course Balders can do it, after all I can and so can Stripey and Thorky. (Apologies to any cats I have forgotten.)
Many purrs
Dougal
PS the only "trick" that you have to remember when doing a copy and edit on an earlier post is that the external web links won't work if they start w w w - they must start h t t p : / /
Those spaces between letters are not for use; I just put them in to stop the MB trying to treat the strings of letters as html code here and not letting you see them. Â
Dougal, thanks for the tips, I'll try to remember them, but why can't I just copy&paste over the links, like I've done with this quoted message?
Because I could just open several tabs (related CC sites) and work that way?
I was thinking of October 2010 or later on.
Otherwise March 2011??
Rosalind
, in reply to message 21.
Posted by Dougals Servant (U7470526) on Monday, 2nd August 2010
Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:17 GMT, in reply to RosalindF in message 21
Rosalind
You can copy and paste *nearly* everything, including internal links, but it won't work for external sites due to the odd way the board works.
To get it to recognise a URL as being one, and clickable, it insists that you type in the h t t p :// bit (in the "old days" you always had to type it in everywhere but browsers now tend just to insert it for you). However when it displays the link in a message the h t t p :// doesn't show on the screen and so when you do a copy it isn't there on the screen so you can't copy it.
I'm afraid I have no idea *why* it works like this; we just learnt the hard way when we first started including external links that this is *how* it works.
Dougal's Servant
Thanks Dougal's servant,
That's what I'll do for March 2011 unless someone
is already going to do that month's CC thread.
If get it slightly wrong, let me know and I'll do
my V. best to sort it out.
Rosalind
I'll do April 2011.
Mitch x
In that case, better put me down for May. I'll get Balders to remind me close to the time....
, in reply to message 25.
Posted by Dougals Servant (U7470526) on Monday, 2nd August 2010
Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:23 GMT, in reply to AelM in message 25
After the flurry of activity I thought another summary might be a good idea.
2010
September - Rusty
October - Roots
November - Flakey
December – Dougal
2011
January – ali-cat
February - Rusty
March - Rosalind
April - Mitch
May – AelM (Balders to issue reminder)
Dougal [organising cat]
Thanks Dougal
I'll do my best to remember to start the CC in
March but it's 7 months ahead.
Rosalind
BTW I bookmarked this thread for future helpful
reference
Balders has been suitably briefed and will remind me in time for 1st May.
, in reply to message 28.
Posted by laReine-Astrid (U10636638) on Wednesday, 1st September 2010
OK, I did June 2010 so I'll do June 2011!
Won't count on Billy boy to remind me, but Astrid might be a bit more reliable.
I'll do July 2011 Dougal
Flakes x
It's so good to see so many people volunteering to start up.
Is there anyone who would be willing to start CC in October (2010) for me? I'll gladly offer to do a swap for either later this year or early next year. Just that with so many computer problems lately I fear I won't have it sorted out in time and wouldn't want to let everyone down. Purchase of new computer is planned, but I need to research it thoroughly. (Hope that doesn't make me sound like Helen)
, in reply to message 31.
Posted by laReine-Astrid (U10636638) on Wednesday, 1st September 2010
I can do October, Roots.
With it being next month, I maybe won't even forget.
Do hope you can get your computer problems sorted out.
laRA
Sorry I forgot to add a link to the Animal Portraits thread when I opened up this month's (September) thread.
If others think it a good idea to include it in the first post in future, here it is:
F2693944?thread=7665932
, in reply to message 33.
Posted by Portia Antrobus (U14257929) on Wednesday, 29th September 2010
Just a reminder (and a request) to whoever is "opening up" to include the Portraits link as Rusty suggested above.
Thank you!
, in reply to message 34.
Posted by RosalindF (U11043377) on Thursday, 30th September 2010
Portia, I could try to open the Cat Club tomorrow, 1st October?
But I miss something out or forget.
Please let me know or add it.
I'll do my best.
Rosalind
, in reply to message 35.
Posted by laReine-Astrid (U10636638) on Thursday, 30th September 2010
Hi Rosalind,
I'm lined up to open up tomorrow's club, but I would be delighted if you could do it.
For the text, all you need to do is copy the text at the beginning of this thread and addi your own contribution - whatever you want to say.
However, for the links, you can't just copy from the opening thread. You have to open each link and copy the URL at the top of your browser, including the http://
You can do that by opening each link in a different window from the one where you're preparing the new CC thread.
Does that make sense? If you want to try this afternoon, I can pop in and help if necessary.
However, tomorrow, I'm absolutely up to my eyeballs in work, so I won't be able to do anything.
Can you let me know very quickly if you want to try, because I was just about to start the new thread.
All the best
laRA
, in reply to message 36.
Posted by RosalindF (U11043377) on Thursday, 30th September 2010
LRA, Go ahead with October's CC thread but I'll
check before I do anything by midday (1pm French time) you've not had time to do the new thread,
then I will.
Is that ok?
Rosalind
Rota Update
December 2010 -Dougal
2011
Jan - Ali Cat
Febuary - Rusty
March - Rosalind
April - Mitch
May - AeLm ( assisted by Balders)
June - La Reine -Astrid
July - Flakey
Flakey Taking her duties seriously xxx
Should that not read for May - balders assisted by Aelm.
Mitch x
Good point Mitch, I was just trying to make Aelm look good
Flakes x
Snork, the way Balders is taking over I won't even be allowed to help him.
Come on, you know Balders is pretending to need your help so you don't feel bad.
He is such a sensitive boy
Flakes x
Hmmm.... At the moment, OH is sitting with Baldrick on his lap having a very strange conversation with him. Baldrick is looking at him as if to say "jeez, you do talk rubbish sometimes, man".
Please may I open June 2011 in place of LaRA? 'Cos I owe her that much as she rescued me when my pooter was broken, and by then I might just have got used to how the new one works.
, in reply to message 44.
Posted by laReine-Astrid (U10636638) on Tuesday, 2nd November 2010
I'm OK on that, Roots (I just typed Toots!)
And Flakes, you can put me down for October, when I'm pretty sure I'll be around (not so sure about August or September).
if we can finish 2011 then I will update for next year.
So Roots replacing LaR and LaR doing October
Roll up roll up we need a few more volunteers.
That way we can just bump it as part of the opening each month - is that Ok ?
Flakes x
, in reply to message 46.
Posted by Dougals Servant (U7470526) on Tuesday, 2nd November 2010
Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:40 GMT, in reply to Flakey in message 46
You can put me down for August
Purrs
Dougal
le bump
If we're sorted for the next six months or more then I would let it rest for a bit. Give newcomers a chance to settle in and get to know people then they might feel able to offer to open. Just a thought!
Bump the CC rota thread for December and next year, 2011.
I will still do my turn of opening the CC March thread.
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