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As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
That said, PassPorter is not going away. Most of the resources will remain online for as long as we can support them, and after that we will find ways to make whatever we can available. PassPorter means a great deal to us, and to many of you, and we will do our best to keep it alive in whatever way we can. Our server costs are high, and they'll need to come out of our pockets, so in the future you can expect some changes so we can bring those costs down.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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11-06-2004, 09:48 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
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Do you ever get tired of attending meetings?
I'm off to a meeting this morning I know it will last over 3 hours (on Saturday morning that is bad). I have another long board meeting on Monday evening and one on Wednesday--I hate the second week of the month. Plus I have a early IEP meeting Monday morning--to amend an IEP for a little handicapped boy I teach who has now become a huge behavior problem (but that's another story). I guess I'm just dreading no ME time.
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11-06-2004, 09:54 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Do you ever get tired of attending meetings?
Gosh Linda, yuck! I dread meetings! I hope it goes by quickly for you!
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11-06-2004, 10:02 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Do you ever get tired of attending meetings?
You're not the only one - I have to attend evening Council meetings usually at least twice a month and they don't start until 7.00. I hate it whenever they go on much past 9.00.  |
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11-06-2004, 10:47 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: Do you ever get tired of attending meetings?
I don't have meetings to go to, but DH does all the time, and they get to be a bit much sometimes.
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11-06-2004, 11:14 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: northern california
Posts: 9,588
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Re: Do you ever get tired of attending meetings?
Linda,
I hope this week go by quickly for you. You deserve lots of me time.
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11-06-2004, 12:58 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: Do you ever get tired of attending meetings?
It'll be OK, Linda. Hopefully some 'me' time is coming up for you soon!
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11-06-2004, 02:16 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: Do you ever get tired of attending meetings?
Linda - you mean there are times YOU AREN'T in meetings???/ I go from meeting to meeting to meeting when I am in the office - and if not I am traveling to a meeting. And I wonder why I work overtime to get everything done - cause I am always in MEETINGS!!!
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11-06-2004, 03:32 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: Do you ever get tired of attending meetings?
Oh yeah - and it's gonna get worse. I am a teacher in a special program for emotionally handicapped students. Every one of them has an IEP. Let's see - Next Monday - I have a meeting with a sensory integration materials sales rep, then another staff meeting to discuss our weekly use of DI (differentiated instruction) in our classrooms. Tuesday - I have an after school IEP meeting on one of my students (Every one of our kids has an IEP). It goes on from there!
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11-06-2004, 03:38 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: NC
Posts: 3,536
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Re: Do you ever get tired of attending meetings?
I understand exactly what you mean. There are always meetings going on at work. Staff develop, committee meetings, IEP meetings, workshops, there is always something going on.
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11-06-2004, 03:43 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: San Diego
Posts: 1,038
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Re: Do you ever get tired of attending meetings?
Yes I HATE meetings. That's why I stopped going to them! Yep that's right I just quit going. I'm a librarian and there is always some committee meeting or seminar or training or something and I used to go to everything and I got so sick of it that I stopped going. Now I just keep my head down and fly under the radar.
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11-06-2004, 03:56 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 23,859
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Re: Do you ever get tired of attending meetings?
I hope the second week of the month flies by for you, Linda!!! 
Signed,
Down with meetings!! |
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11-06-2004, 04:35 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Do you ever get tired of attending meetings?
 for you to find a few minutes of time for yourself! |
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11-06-2004, 05:36 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: California
Posts: 3,878
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Re: Do you ever get tired of attending meetings?
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11-06-2004, 06:59 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 4,488
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Re: Do you ever get tired of attending meetings?
I can over committ myself and then I crave that ME time, too. I hope you get through them all!
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11-06-2004, 07:10 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,929
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Re: Do you ever get tired of attending meetings?
I can't stand meetings, and working in Social Services we have then ALL the time  . It's not so bad when the meeting is productive, but more often than not its a bunch of people who like to hear themselves talk  ! |
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