Wednesday, October 25, 2000 at 10:00 p.m. EDT Announced Topic: The Founder's Message Attendees: damsel_in_ddk, mistybunny, sharonlower, clubfoundersclub, amonij, ArrylT, lulabelle16 sharonlower says, I am new here hope to learn something here... mistybunny says, Hello amonij says, Hi Misty...a belated Happy Birthday to you dear mistybunny says, Hi Sharon, welcome to the club mistybunny says, thanks! clubfoundersclub says, anyway, my puter crashed in the middle of the dl and so I need to check something sharonlower says, Thank you clubfoundersclub says, can you hold the fort for a minute or two mistybunny? mistybunny says, I'm sure I can amonij says, go ahead CFC mistybunny says, so whats happening tonight? amonij says, misty...do you have a topic set for tonight ?? mistybunny says, we were supposed to be talking about Founders messages in teh club mistybunny says, suggestions on how to make them welcoming etc amonij says, yes,ok...sorry brain fog here sharonlower says, that would be great sharonlower says, pen and paper ready amonij says, how do you put your founder message in notebook?? mistybunny says, we have been visiting some of the clubs and there certainly are some very unwelcoming founders messages sharonlower says, like what sharonlower says, if you dont mind me asking mistybunny says, well you can type it in there and save it as a file, but I'm not sure what Angel means by that damsel_in_ddk says, hi gang...dont say hi I have a mintue to read everything I missed...lol sharonlower says, Hi amonij says, how about setting up a grade system,for the clubs that are members, so they will be aware of what is needed mistybunny says, some people just put in their club stuff like: "HI come and chat about anything don't spam please" mistybunny says, well amonij, we are not here to critisize but to help and offer assistance damsel_in_ddk says, I thso what are ideas you came up with sharonlower says, mistybunny are a founder of this club? mistybunny says, something that we see in a club may not suit us..........but the club members and founder may just be happy with it mistybunny says, Yes sharon, I'm a co-founder in CFC sharonlower says, Ok thank you amonij says, I didn't mean for it to sound offencive mistybunny says, no prob damsel_in_ddk says, BASE HIt I missed it mistybunny says, its okay amonij, I didn't take it that way sharonlower says, can we start on some good ideas for a Founders Message?? damsel_in_ddk says, what ideas do you have? mistybunny says, sure mistybunny says, me? sharonlower says, yes damsel_in_ddk says, I like to see the dates on founders messages damsel_in_ddk says, makes me know the club is still alive mistybunny says, hang on I'll send you to my club and you can see mine damsel_in_ddk says, at least the month should be there somewhere sharonlower says, ok sharonlower says, I agree mistybunny says, http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/guidingonthego mistybunny says, DID, that would be a good thing to bring up to Warren damsel_in_ddk says, my team just scored! damsel_in_ddk says, yes damsel_in_ddk says, I put the date on my founders message damsel_in_ddk says, i used to change it EVERY day sharonlower says, I do too amonij says, as in a monthly update,with the Founders message?? amonij says, really?? everyday.. damsel_in_ddk says, no as in on the top of my founders message I type the Date.. mistybunny says, thats a very good idea DID, why not post that idea in the club on the message board damsel_in_ddk says, yes I did it every day for a year mistybunny says, I just don't have time for that! LOL damsel_in_ddk says, because I dont think about stuff like this until we bring it up mistybunny says, I only have one club to look after, AngelPie does CFC damsel_in_ddk says, so you can share my idea damsel_in_ddk says, I'm at your club sharonlower says, I make a note of all the news of the day in the club, birthdays, events, new members names and the Post # when I post amonij says, how old is your club,DID damsel_in_ddk says, this is what I think about founders messages damsel_in_ddk says, 2 years and a week damsel_in_ddk says, the people coming in who REALLY read the messages are the newbies damsel_in_ddk says, the stuff for them should be more at the top damsel_in_ddk says, your members will notice "changes" but not read the whole thing damsel_in_ddk says, you want to get the newbies to STAY, thats the poit damsel_in_ddk says, so putting important stuff for new people, lower on the message might NOT get their attention mistybunny says, thats true DID, and I have the basic message, but change other parts of it damsel_in_ddk says, you have 2 seconds before someone "Clicks" to another club clubfoundersclub enters damsel_in_ddk says, I see you use ***** to divid the topics like most of us mistybunny says, wb Angel mistybunny says, yes I do damsel_in_ddk says, put the newbie info in its own section clubfoundersclub says, Boy, I hate that. I even checked to make sure I could log in at 5 p.m. this afternoon. clubfoundersclub says, geesh damsel_in_ddk says, I didn't even notice the newbie info at first amonij says, wb cfc clubfoundersclub says, thank you damsel_in_ddk says, hi cfc clubfoundersclub says, okay, that kind of distracted me far too long damsel_in_ddk says, I dont think most people read the founders messages unless they have clubs of their own and really care amonij says, very true there damsel_in_ddk says, I know I read every message I go into, to see if it changed damsel_in_ddk says, I do too damsel_in_ddk says, but I dont think the average Joe does clubfoundersclub says, it is what persaudes me whether this club is worth it to join mistybunny says, brb phone amonij says, k clubfoundersclub says, like what is different about this club than all the other clubs in category damsel_in_ddk says, how many times have you seen someone ask a question and the answer is right on the founders message clubfoundersclub says, that is true sharonlower is away (Auto-Away) clubfoundersclub says, like my request to enter your clubname in comments. Everyone seems to miss it. damsel_in_ddk says, my point was "newbie" info should be on the top of the messages sharonlower is back. sharonlower says, Question? damsel_in_ddk says, right clubfoundersclub says, Ask away, sharonlower. sharonlower says, Should Founders Message be a post sharonlower says, Iam confused and new sorry damsel_in_ddk says, divid that up with some **** and use CAPS maybe they will see it clubfoundersclub says, this is unmoderated chat so you can just speak up sharonlower says, ok amonij says, if it is about the club,I could see about answering it in founders mesg...but other then that no,would take up too much time sharonlower says, Should it change often? damsel_in_ddk says, YES clubfoundersclub says, That depends. There are parts of our welcome that I change weekly. damsel_in_ddk says, I think when you change it around they notice it clubfoundersclub says, LOL amonij says, shouldn't it be with co-founders also adding into the message,or just the founder?? clubfoundersclub says, but then I am doing something rather specialized in the founder message clubfoundersclub says, That's a possibility...to allow cofounders to take turns or a divider and message, divider and message damsel_in_ddk says, either can change it damsel_in_ddk says, but the name only shows the "last" founder that edited the message clubfoundersclub says, multiple messages, as long as they do not contradict each other could work damsel_in_ddk says, it would be SOOO cool to have different areas for different founders clubfoundersclub says, not if they sign in the body of the text amonij says, that I know,but as a founder,you don't want additional info put in,without you knowing whats up sharonlower says, Can at times be too much clubfoundersclub says, you know...message (club foundersclub clubfoundersclub says, yes, and they only increased us from 500 words to 1000 clubfoundersclub says, and then you have to cheat to get them all in sharonlower says, I have news posted with the Posts# and other messages so I dont have My own Founders Message amonij says, its hard to keep to that,when there is so much to say...lol mistybunny is away (on the phone) clubfoundersclub says, Well, I think it is important to say something at the top about club topic damsel_in_ddk says, what's your club sharon? sharonlower says, Which ones LOL clubfoundersclub says, and then the next line, probably something about what makes you different in category damsel_in_ddk says, you have the sub heading for a club topic too clubfoundersclub says, Sharonlower has several clubs. sharonlower says, LOL you noticed You Really Noticed amonij says, lol clubfoundersclub says, BTW, CFC is about to change its Founder Message so this topic is pretty timely clubfoundersclub says, of course, I've visited three of your clubs already clubfoundersclub says, but I saw on your profile that you belong to many more. sharonlower says, I think My messages are good But still what really gets the members to posting and coming to chats sharonlower says, Yes clubfoundersclub says, <--AngelPie_Mouse BTW sharonlower says, AH Ok clubfoundersclub says, I was working on the homepage before I came in. amonij says, With mine having so many chat times,that has become first,on the message. sharonlower says, Love the LOGOS!!! clubfoundersclub says, thank you sharonlower says, So impressed with them and this club amonij says, The newsletter was so refreshing...and informative clubfoundersclub says, I don't mean to hide from people, just that when working on the homepage, I hate switching IDs back and forth clubfoundersclub says, thank you again amonij says, understandable sharonlower says, I was up late last night working on a Regional Website for LDSEmployment the first in Southern California sharonlower says, Oh I understand sharonlower says, Lots of work!!! My son did a Java script thats ON the page now damsel_in_ddk says, see you next inning clubfoundersclub says, that's cool. I haven't seen your websites yet, just the three clubs. amonij says, l did amonij says, ok sharonlower says, http://www.oocities.org/ldsemploymentcenter clubfoundersclub says, okay, so who wants to post their sick founder message first? amonij says, whats the 'lds' stand for,sharon?? clubfoundersclub says, who's going to be our guinnea pig? amonij says, I didn't understand about putting it in the notebook?? clubfoundersclub says, LDS = Latter Day Saints sharonlower says, Latter Day Saints (the Mormons) sharonlower says, Yes Thank You amonij says, ok,sharon, ty clubfoundersclub says, note pad clubfoundersclub says, a cut and paste sharonlower says, I have music clubfoundersclub says, I figured if you opened your Windows Notepad you could copy the message to it and from it easier sharonlower says, thats great idea amonij says, where is the notepad?? amonij says, as you can see,its not something I use clubfoundersclub says, Your notepad is in Windows Accessories clubfoundersclub says, hit Start button, go programs (that's usual), click accessories, click notepad clubfoundersclub says, it is a plain text editor and saves files in format .txt amonij says, you copy the founders message first,tho...correct?? sharonlower says, It worked clubfoundersclub says, highlight it on your page, CTRL-C, place your cursor on the notepad, CTRL-V clubfoundersclub says, That's a cut and paste clubfoundersclub says, or copy and paste clubfoundersclub says, You can copy all sorts of things that way. clubfoundersclub says, I use that routine to copy out the membership list in this club every Friday. sharonlower says, Then print it out? clubfoundersclub says, That's security, BTW, in case your club is hacked. With the names of your members you can invite them to your new club. sharonlower says, Yes but Do you print out your Members names too clubfoundersclub says, Well, I get a bit fancier because I take that list and then make a list of everyone's clubs. sharonlower says, I print them out monthly and add them to my list weekly damsel_in_ddk says, did I miss anything good amonij says, ok,I have it notepad,had to word wrap it...lol clubfoundersclub says, I seldom commit to paper, if that's what you mean, but I do mail a copy to ArrylT, Mistybunny, and NOWAYWINS amonij says, now what do I do with it?? clubfoundersclub says, you have your notepad open? amonij says, yes damsel_in_ddk says, do you save the chats with notepad too? sharonlower says, So you are saying to Copy the Membership TO the Notepad and save it that way? clubfoundersclub says, okay, you can save this in your club notes folder as foundermessage-date.txt damsel_in_ddk says, I always wondered how you have what everyone says clubfoundersclub says, You mean in the thread digest? sharonlower says, interesting clubfoundersclub says, or in chat? damsel_in_ddk leaves damsel_in_ddk enters clubfoundersclub says, what do you mean "I always wondered how you have what everyone says?" sharonlower says, Yeah what does that mean? damsel_in_ddk leaves clubfoundersclub says, in chat, the software I am using allows me to save copies of the text. amonij says, would I do save...or save as and make the folder for club?? amonij says, brb...light blew damsel_in_ddk enters clubfoundersclub says, click the save, then in the upper corner of the menu, you'll see a little yellow folder with a star, that's for creating a folder if you don't have one clubfoundersclub says, click that folder, tell it what you want to call the folder clubfoundersclub says, clubname would probably be a good choice clubfoundersclub says, then you can save e-mail to it and all that sharonlower says, wow clubfoundersclub says, once you have the folder, click it, to enter it clubfoundersclub says, then save the message as whateveryoucallit.txt damsel_in_ddk says, I think I missed the answer about saving the chats clubfoundersclub says, now, when you want to find the folder again, to work in it or something, click MyComputer, the drive and it should show up as a folder icon called your clubname clubfoundersclub says, that's a function of cheeta chat clubfoundersclub says, it allows us to save transcripts of sections of chat when we click a button damsel_in_ddk says, whats cheeta chat? clubfoundersclub says, I piece the sections together when I prepare them for the homepage clubfoundersclub says, Cheeta Chat is just chat software and a lot nicer to use than Yahoo! chat damsel_in_ddk says, are you using some other kind of chat to be in here besides Yahoo? clubfoundersclub says, it accesses Yahoo! Chat clubfoundersclub says, yep damsel_in_ddk says, where do you get cheeta chat? damsel_in_ddk says, you have to buy it or can you download it somewhere? amonij says, I have cheeta...less booting with it damsel_in_ddk says, I dont get booted much only when I do something stupid, I have T1 connection clubfoundersclub says, http://www.cheetachat.com/ clubfoundersclub says, it is freeware sharonlower says, Before i get off..doing a Halloween party for my Church Saturday.expecting calls..When will Yahoo Founders Edit Club colors get fixec? ArrylT enters clubfoundersclub says, okay, the thing is if we change our club colors we lose our background graphic sharonlower says, What background graphic? [missing section] mistybunny says, okay I'm back mistybunny says, geeze sharonlower says, How do I add a Background I have saved to my club? amonij says, wb misty clubfoundersclub says, yahoo! mistybunny says, sorry Angel amonij says, and hello Arry clubfoundersclub says, that you cannot do at the moment sharonlower says, Ok sharonlower says, too bad mistybunny says, Hello Arryl ArrylT says, hi MB clubfoundersclub says, yah, I am looking forward to having holly and ivy on CFC for Christmas...I hope mistybunny says, oohh that would be nice Angel ArrylT says, and of course everyone else mistybunny says, I won't be holding my breath for backgrounds .....or anything else from yahoo..... clubfoundersclub says, yes, and I will be going into overdrive making custom backgrounds when it happens [Continued on Page Two] Chat Session Transcripts CFC Main Page You are visitor to this page. This page and its graphics were created by exclusively for The Club Founders' Yahoo! Chat Club. 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