With the chaos on CC (they appear to have lost posts between very early 2003 and late February of this year), wouldn't it have been particularly lovely if a post by "Bernis" had been high on the list of remaining ones?

:)

george

Yes. But she has gone to a better place.

Too funny.Just checked. She's there on the first page and some of the best posts are there. I think the one that got her thrown off!!

I have always been puzzled about what was so awful that berniss was tossed off the board.

I even went back to look and can't imagine what was taken as inappropriate. Although there were several times when one individual was particularly rude and santimonious to all who participated in the discussion about board inclusivity issue - so clue me in! (Please!)

Margo:

I could be wrong (it happened once before), but the way that I understand it.....

Berniss posted whatever she posted. This other person was offended over a wide range of issues that I will not go into here. He saw Berniss as a target. He bitched to CC management.
Since CC is a business, it was ever so much easier to make the 'problem' go away by getting rid of the poster being complained about.
Hence, Berniss was barred.

The ultimate irony (if there ever is such a thing in this world) is that other folks complained about the complainer - totally different issues AND a diff CC board. He was then barred.

While I think that we may be talking about the same individual, I do not know for sure.

You have to remember through all the nonesense that happened that CC is a business. As such, it is not always concerned with what you or I might see as Right or Wrong. They had a problem - someone complained about a poster. They wanted to make it go away.
It did.
We all did.
Ain't this board great?

Doug

It's so nice that CC is not the only game in town.

I was lost, too, Margo - but am happy that difficult people are not here - Denise: so right not the only game in town!!!! Joanna

Doug, I never could figure it out either why Andi was barred, and I read all those posts as it was irksome at the time.

It certainly is refreshing to belong to a message board where people are amicable and don't get into a snit at the slightest comment.

Well, their loss, our GAIN! While our desertion will not make one iota difference to CC, I am very grateful to Ngaire and others that created a wonderful place to carry on the tradition that this terrific group of cruisers created.

I always felt that the RSSC board was unique from all the others - created by the enthusiasm of many individuals. It could have easily disappeared during that "hostile" period, but we have survived!

As someone else said, there's no place like home.... :)

Let's not forget that we enjoyed a marvelous run on CC and there was no angst or hostility for ages. Folks gravitated to the RSSC CC board because it was just like it is here. Then some trolls started to invade and management didn't do anything about it early enough and it became ugly.

I think Ngaire really created this board to also circumvent the "rules." It is nice that the only rule here is that we must be nice. Some tough rule, huh?

as one last note: I hope that everyone understands what happened.

A person or persons created havoc.
Innocents were hurt.
I think that CC was hurt a bit too.
Whatever, the board was damaged.

As Sedona says above, "the only rule here is that we must be nice". I believe that this group can manage that easily!

We have a wonderful space here - Thank you! Ngaire!

Let's all try to prevent anyone from peeing in our well!!!

Doug

hear, hear to all of the above. Doesn't it just FEEL better on this board than on that one???

Good point about the well, Doug. It's up to us to set the tone and maintain an ambiance we all enjoy.

Thanks for the recap on what happened. Apparently I was away from the CC board for a few days when the worst of the havoc occurred, because I never knew what the "final straw" was. Too bad, but as Margo said above, this board truly is our gain. The tone here is so convivial -- as Bobbi says, it just feels better -- that I for one feel much freer about posting here. Thanks again to Ngaire for hosting us, and to Ken, John and Karen for making it all work!