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| ~M~
Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 25073 Registered: 11-1998 |
Dearest Membership – This announcement is being made to make you aware of some staffing changes upcoming here at Wild Poetry Forum. The following three long-term members of Wild have graciously accepted our offer to join the moderator team. We are certain they are going to make excellent staff members. Here is more information about these three unique individuals: Jim Doss – Effective Date: 4/12/07 – Jim joined Wild Poetry forum in December of 2003. He will be joining Lisa in moderating the BIOFEEDBACK forum. He was the driving force behind and head editor of the Poets Gone Wild Anthology. Jim was born and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains (yes, it is the home of Jerry Falwell and the Moral Majority, the place where Chapstick and Fleet enemas were invented, and nuclear power plants are designed; it is also the town where Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe learned to play tennis, Desmond T. Doss internalized the Ten Commandments and Thomas Jefferson ate the “love apple” while building his summer home, “Poplar Forest”). In spite of majoring in business and computer science at UVa, Jim did manage to take some creative writing classes with Gregory Orr (featured in one of Wild’s challenges), Kate Daniels, and Sandford Lyne. His poetry, translations and short stories have appeared in journals such as Poetry East, Words-Myth, Poems Niedergasse, Loch Raven Review and numerous other publications. Along with Chris George, he co-edits the Loch Raven Review, one of the seven wonders of the web, and a damn fine e-zine that is always in search of first rate work. In his spare time, he is translating the complete writings of Georg Trakl, which can be found at www.literaturnische.de/Trakl/english/index-trakl-e.htm, and is the most comprehensive site on the web for all things related to Georg Trakl. He earns his living as a software engineer, and lives with his wife and three children in Maryland. You can contact Jim by writing jim@wildpoetryforum.com. Bren Gentry -- Effective Date: 4/16/07 – Bren joined Wild Poetry Forum in December of 2001. She will be moderating for us part-time and will float mainly between BIOFEEDBACK and SUBLUXATION, and the other forums as needed. She has been an active and treasured participant for so long we can hardly remember being without her. In her words, she is one of those dreaded vampires at work (which we hope means she’s a phlebotomist, as the alternative is pretty scary *LOL*), always searching for a good vein which is something like searching for the right word in poetry . . . impossible! Her hobbies are people watching, reading and listening very closely to the stories of other people. She comes from a long line of colorful folk and their images have kept her (nearly) sane for most of her life. She insists she learned almost everything she knows about poetry by being at Wild. We helped through her first poem and Lisa turned her on to cinquains. She opened her own board two years ago (one of our sister boards -- Pen Shells) and has been published online in Amaze the Cinquain Journal, Tryst, Niederngasse, The Rose and Thorn, The Women of the Web Anthology and Wild Poetry's Poets Gone Wild Anthology. You can contact Bren by writing bren@wildpoetryforum.com Gary Blankenship -- Effective Date: 04/20/07 – Gary joined Wild Poetry Forum in July of 2001. He will be joining me in moderating CREATIVE VISUALIZATION and Kathy in moderating SUBLUXATION, although we’re sure we’ll not be able to stop him from wandering through all the forums and exhausting himself. If it were not for Gary, Wild Poetry Forum would not be an IBPC (Interboard Poetry Competition) participating board as he was a staff member with them at the time he made us aware of this valuable resource. Gary is a retired federal manager who dabbles in poetry and publishing. He is CEO of Santiam Publishing and published the online journal, MindFire Renewed and its companion, FireWeed, both at www.mindfirerenew.com. Gary has been widely published on the web and in a variety of paper publications in the States and abroad, including in the Tanka Journal of Japan 2005 anthology, The Tanka Society of America Quarterly and the Seattle PI. His day is divided between stray cats, poetry forums, and chores. You can contact Gary by writing gary@wildpoetryforum.com. Each of their Wild-related mailboxes will be operational as of their respective effective dates if you need to write to any of them individually with problems or requests for assistance. Of course, they will also be receiving all mail (as everyone on staff does) addressed to moderators@wildpoetryforum.com which you may use if you need to speak to us as a group. Thanks for your attention, folks. If anyone has any questions regarding these staffing changes, please don’t hesitate to write us at adminwpf@wildpoetryforum.com. Please join us in giving them a big Wild welcome to their new positions. We thank them all most sincerely for being so generous with their time, skills, and hearts in order to benefit all of us! Love, M (Administrator) | ||
| Jana Bouma
Valued Member Username: violamama Post Number: 225 Registered: 06-2006 |
Thanks so much, Gary, Bren, and Jim for agreeing to look after us! May the tantrums be few, the laughter loud, and the hackers impotent! Courageous souls, all! Jana | ||
| KA
Valued Member Username: kerryann Post Number: 279 Registered: 10-2002 |
I'm so happy for you guys, being promoted to such high status within these Wild Walls. I feel poetically safer now. *sigh of relief*  | ||
| penny
Senior Member Username: funnyoldlady Post Number: 3498 Registered: 06-2006 |
Congrats you guys - and thanks for watching over us! penny (-:= | ||
| K L Monahan
Advanced Member Username: klhmonahan Post Number: 1504 Registered: 08-2004 |
Oh!! How cool is that?! I adore each of these picks-- one more than the others. ((((((((lol))))))))) Karen | ||
| LJ Cohen
Moderator Username: ljc Post Number: 7100 Registered: 07-2002 |
I couldn't be happier to have Jim, Bren, and Gary joining the Wild Moderator group. Not only are they all outstanding poets, but they are outstanding people and I look forward to working with them all. Welcome aboard! xo ljc Once in a Blue Muse Blog LJCohen | ||
| Hephaestes
Valued Member Username: hephaestes Post Number: 245 Registered: 12-2006 |
Oh no! A new set of bullies. Psych. Look forward to your help and guidance. Thought I was the only software engineer. Cool, Jim. And wow, Maryland, my home state -- well the state I grew up in. Congrats, Heph | ||
| Jeffrey S. Lange
Intermediate Member Username: runatyr Post Number: 633 Registered: 10-2005 |
I had it in my head that Jim was already a moderator, so he must be fit for the position.  Thank you all for taking on the new mantles! | ||
| Gary Blankenship
Senior Member Username: garydawg Post Number: 987580 Registered: 07-2001 |
You know what they say -- Smile. Gary (hackers, what hackers?) | ||
| MV
Senior Member Username: michaelv Post Number: 444 Registered: 11-2003 |
Although a long-time Senior Member, I have always regarded the House Dawg a Moderator. And now officially, so. Also a Warm Welcome to your new titled (and entitled) positions: Lady Moderator Bren and Sir Doss MV | ||
| Gary Blankenship
Senior Member Username: garydawg Post Number: 987582 Registered: 07-2001 |
Sometimes Dawg Gone? S/g | ||
| Fred Longworth
Advanced Member Username: sandiegopoet Post Number: 1255 Registered: 05-2006 |
Wonderful choices, ~M~! Although I must say that, as your "right hand women," Lisa and Kathy have been doing a splendid job! Fred | ||
| Bren
Intermediate Member Username: bren Post Number: 728 Registered: 12-2001 |
Thanks you all, I'm very excited! What I said in my Bio about learning at Wild is true and the learning never stops. This is the best poetry board on the web. If I'm not in my Shell this is the only other place that I want to be. : ) | ||
| Christopher T George
Senior Member Username: chrisgeorge Post Number: 4480 Registered: 12-2004 |
Hi Jim, Gary, and Bren Great to have you here on the staff. I know you will all do a fantastic job. Chris | ||
| Kathy Paupore
Moderator Username: kathy Post Number: 4930 Registered: 12-2003 |
Yipee, Yahoo, and Way Cool Beans!!! Welcome Jim, Bren, and Gary as fellow Moderators. I have learned so much from each of you, I wouldn't have hung around WILD and become a moderator myself without all of you! KYou're invited to: Wild Flowers The bricks of language. A stone, a leaf, an unfound door. Words. Worlds. Magic. Life and immortality. Power.-- Stephen King, The Stand | ||
| Zephyr
Advanced Member Username: zephyr Post Number: 1958 Registered: 07-2003 |
 . Wonderful choices joining a wonderful team. Congrats to all and thank you in advance. | ||
| Will Eastland
Valued Member Username: dwillo Post Number: 210 Registered: 07-2006 |
Great choices! Thanks to each of you for taking on this task. | ||
| Morgan Lafay
Advanced Member Username: morganlafay Post Number: 2327 Registered: 08-2005 |
This is so wild! So great! So real, real good. (You can see I'm speechless) All three I admire so much. WE are the lucky ones to have you....so CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL US WILDEES!!!! And 3 bows to each of you! | ||
| Emusing
Senior Member Username: emusing Post Number: 4232 Registered: 08-2003 |
Oh my gosh! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEE! Wonderful wonderful news. Three greats and I couldn't be more delighted. Go get em troops! Love, E | ||
| Frances
New member Username: ffyredrop Post Number: 34 Registered: 12-2003 |
A VERY BIG BUNCH OF THANK YOUs - straight from my very grateful heart! Of course, I thought you were already moderators if not co-owners~so sincerely glad yo'all knows whats, whys and wheres, how to!-how too! f. or c. (Message edited by ffyredrop on April 14, 2007) (Message edited by ffyredrop on April 14, 2007) | ||
| GA Sunshine
Intermediate Member Username: ga_sunshine Post Number: 628 Registered: 06-2006 |
This is awesome. I already feel very comfortable with each of you and respect you immensely. Congratulations Jim, Bren, and Gary! *Hugs* GA | ||
| Lazarus
Advanced Member Username: lazarus Post Number: 1316 Registered: 10-2005 |
Awesome! I am so delighted that these fine gents and lady are willing to give of themselves for us. Thanks so much, and thanks to all the staff at Wild for all you do. "The trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry" ~Billy Collins | ||
| SarahJ
Member Username: sarahj Post Number: 61 Registered: 02-2007 |
Congratulations, though I think the members here are the lucky ones on this news! cheers the rain in my purse |
