Thursday, April 10, 2008

On being transplanted

So, an online board I have been a member of for almost 6 years has had some technical difficulties. The host failed and we've lost the board. Or at least, they can't seem to restore it. Anyway, no one can get on it. Ok, I know, so, whoopty do, but these women have been a daily part of my life for a long time. It's a big deal to me.
One member was wonderful enough to start up a quickie board so we can at least congregate SOMEWHERE while we figure out what's going on next. It's good to connect, but it feels WEIRD, ya know? We've gone through board changes before, but most things were moved as we moved, and it was a planned thing, and everyone knew where we were going. This time, everything is lost and we're all reaching out trying to find everyone. it's kind of like a house fire where all our possessions were lost, and in the chaos, everyone was separated.
I fear we may have lost some people for good. Some we don't have recent addresses for, as we can usually only see them occasionally on the board. Some have dropped out of sight for awhile, and may decide to just not rejoin.
Anyway, I feel a bit disjointed. There are so few of us together yet, and fewer still posting. we don't even know what to do about the board. Keep trying to have to old one restored? Stay where we're at? Find a different place to host our board?
I'm feeling very uprooted and disjointed and I'm not liking it one bit.

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