Some thoughts about The Grid-Wide AuctioN Calendar for KittyCats

[LyricaBlues Resident]

Let's be clear: I did not say I dont want her "near" my auction time. It is public record if you search the forum Auctions that her time has been 1pm for well over a year and recently changed. Anyone can verify that. I have never and would never try to get anyone fired or any such thing. I merely pointed out that your auctioneer not only continues to schedule over my established auction as part of an silly old "war" she and her "team" persist in but also Vocally rants and curses about me going over my - which I do not even despite the tp bombing halfway through my auction. Those who go to those auctions know this is true because they have heard and read the rants. It was you who said you would not allow that nonsense to persist. Your decisions are your own and you are entitled to them. However, we should take ownership of our choices and not try to deflect or avoid our ownership of choices we feel are good ones. That's all I will say on this matter. You went back on your written word on a decision You told me you made and then told me straight out it was because of something that had Nothing to do with me - that I auction at ScratchN Post. Anyone who knows me knows I'm a straight shooter, I have friends on All sims and I don't play those divisive wargames that hurt Everyone.

(09-05-2015 12:50 PM)Kendrah Vantelli Wrote:  You asked me not to hire Dei, and you also didn't want her near the time you done your auction.
I told you, while you was working for Lickn at the Scrach N Post that.. I asked Lickn for the same favor he refused. He refused to play nice and fair by saying may the best auctioneer win the time slot.
The issue of her working for me is my decision. Its funny how people can be friends one moment and enemies the next. I do give second chances even thirds and more. I forgive and move on and so should you with this auction time slot fight you have going on with Dei. You guys need to sort that out as she has had it way longer then you. It's not for me to fight out.

(09-05-2015 11:32 AM)PrettyPoizen Resident Wrote:  Hello, my issue with this is that it was always said this was just a calendar of listings...Not Management. However, by nature of such "rules" it Is Management. Listing is Listing, Rules Are Management. And while I do see a need for some guidelines I also think this particular rule is too rigid and unless the Manager is going to attend All auctions listed, it cannot be equally managed. The only ones validated and upheld would be their friends' auctions they attend. No, this is either management or it's not.

In just this short time this topic has been open, a quick glance at the replies already shows me that there is a definite tendency towards divisiveness within our community. So please, let's not create a "Us vs Them" climate. I Know which My Auction times are and will work them as I have for almost 2 yrs. I dont need a calendar to tell me or my regular patrons where we are supposed to be...but If there is to be mananagement, then let it be also include that the same way you will drop mine if I dont do them for 2 wks for whatever reason, you will not list your friend's auctions added on top of mine...Manage or Not. I know where I am supposed to be.

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(09-05-2015 11:31 AM)Kendrah Vantelli Wrote:  This simply looks like you just want to split the community even more, and punish Bree for having a job in secondlife @ Too Adorable. And that is not fair, she has been doing this calendar for a long time even when she was at another sim.
Please remember she is a breeder too. She does this auction schedule on her own time, free for the community to use.
I have never had anything to do with the auction schedule Bree maintains, if an auctioneer needs to be added, just like everyone else Bree is contacted via notecard with that information.
I don't know why all of a sudden this has became an issue.
This will confuse all the new breeders and they will eventually see this division you have created between other breeders and sims.

Kendrah, You know I have Never had an issue with you and I happen to have always liked BreeAnn..so this is not true in my case. But please do not speak here of dividing the community and punishing others when You Assured Me that you would not Allow your newest auctioneer to auction over my Established time slot of almost 2 yrs on Mon and Wed...and then you went back on your word. Your explanation to me was Punitive...You actually Told me you were doing it because of some issues between you and LickN. That is exactly what you are speaking out against here but Exactly what you did to me. You said that if your auctioneer did that she would be out of there because you wanted no drama and thanked me for coming to you and not assuming you knew. So you Punished Me for no reason After you did know.

Again I ask, Let's play fair.

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Back to the purpose of this topic: the needed flexibility in the schedule Rules. Its true that illness, vacation, internet/SL problems can affect auctions. If I am sick, as I recently was, I dont feel that after I have worked so hard to open/develop and work my auctions I should feel threatened to lose my auction time. We are human beings with a RL and Real issues that must take priority.

I will continue to do my auctions on my established schedule as I have done for a long time. The schedule is a wonderful tool for both auctioneers looking to begin and for buyers/sellers and I hope it continues. But what I see as a potential problem is that if this is not done sensitively, at a time when its becoming like the wild and wooly West in auctioning, many will go Off Script and just act with No consideration at all as I see trending.

So I think to avoid people just giving up on Trying to be cooperative, it would be best to be fair and reasonable. I do try, and because I do several auctions and realize slots are few I have even released more than 4 auction times in the past few weeks. Cooperation - Thats All We Need

(09-04-2015 08:58 PM)Beloved Ruby Wrote:  Hello everyone,

A couple of days ago, I was informed by Bree that she has a new assistant, Sierra, and told me that a lot of changes were happening with the calendar, and mentioned a few to me and I was very excited to hear about them and also that she had extra help. Sierra got in touch with me about The ScratchN Post schedule and I filled out all the questions required for the renovated calendar.

A day after I sent that notecard back, it was brought to my attention that there is a new rule in the calendar which is that any auctioneer who doesn't do their auction for two weeks in a row, would be dropped from the calendar.

I immediately sent a note to Sierra, to ask if this is true. I had to wait a couple of days for a response, and in the meantime I sent a copy to Bree. Today I did get a response which was not really a response, not denying nor confirming this information, but the way the note read, it led me to believe that I did get a correct information and I replied about that.

I do not think that the grid wide calendar should impose this rule on any auctioneer because we are talking about people, not just simple Second Life dolls/avatars. People need vacations, people get sick, people go into the hospital, people have deaths in their families, people have a real life that cannot be controlled, and much less be penalized to lose a time slot they have been doing for a long time over an illness or a well deserved vacation.

If the people in charge of the grid wide calendar cannot see this very realistic point of view, I believe that there is a huge problem ahead of all of us. I understand a rule not to keep TBA's forever, when someone could be using that time, but really, there needs to be respect for the working auctioneers of Second Life.

I understand that there are a lot of auctioneers, and I also understand this rule would benefit them as far as snatching a long standing time slot, but it is not fair to the auctioneer that has been doing this for a long time and suddenly now, they cannot have a break or real life.

I sent Bree a note today, stating this. She was online and I did not get a reply, not even an acknowledgement of receipt. This is something I was not expecting, especially when I respond to all my IM's, regardless of who is IMing to let them know I got what they sent or their question.

A new calendar has come up now, grid wide as well, that will not be attached to any sim in particular, but for the benefit of the community. Should you want to be listed there, send a note to LickN Wonder. This calendar at least will be a fair one and not connected to ScratchN Post whatsoever, except for being hosted by the website until further notice.

http://scratchn-post.com/auctions/kittyc...-calendar/

That is the url, and if you have an emergency or go on vacation it will be listed as such. I think that way we uphold a respect for everyone's time and real life.

Thank you.