Thank you too, Callie <3
When I first found KittyCatS last spring, I found that this was the best community I have ever been a part of in SL. -As I told Callie on various occasions, I do believe we much owe it to her and the rest of the KittyCatS team. They set a good foundation and a great example for us all, and when someone in chat strays from what is kind and correct, they do not hesitate to take it to IM, always in a very kind and understanding way.
An example from my early days with KittyCatS:
A week or so after joining KittyCatS, someone in chat made an advert. I was in an impatient mood at the time, and wrote "Please don't advertise here" or something like that - and then I got an IM from Callie, kindly explaining to me that the best approach when little things like this happen is to either ignore it, or take it to IM - since it would be very bad for the whole "feel" in the community if the chat erupted in impatient remarks and eye rolling whenever someone made the mistake of posting an advert.
-I quickly realized that of course Callie was right, and also that keeping a community like this is not something that happens by itself. It takes a lot of monitoring, a lot of patience and a LOT of kindness. Callie was a complete stranger to me at the time, and I to her - but we talked for a bit, and I never sneered at anyone posting adverts in chat again ;-) Lesson well learned indeed. Thanks, Callie.
I will never be as "flowery" as Callie is - ;-) - but I learned to appreciate it greatly, and to keep my impatience to myself or at least in private. It was just a little things what Callie did that day I guess - IM'ing a complete stranger about a little issue like this - but I sincerely believe that little things like these are exactly what makes this community so great.
So right back at you, Callie - again - Thanks!
-Saga
A BIG THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY
