EricNoah
Adventurer
You all know about "Eric's Grandma," right? She's one of the driving forces behind the great community feeling here at EN World. By using her attitude as a guide, I was able to establish a simple ground rule that has worked on these forums for years.
She doesn't know much about the Internet or D&D or EN World, but she knows a lot about treating people with respect and yet letting people have their conversations and not butting in too much. By pretending that she was around, reading the forums, folks understood what level of profanity, crude talk, rudness, etc. we would tolerate. My values, the ones I tried to show in the way I ran the forums, in many ways are a reflection of hers.
Last summer someone gave me the idea that it might be fun to see if we could get a whole bunch of people to send "Eric's Grandma" post cards. Well, I think the time is right. She's spending the winter with my parents while she has some medical treatments, and I think she'd love to see tons of cool postcards. It would make her holiday season a lot more cheerful.
So, here's the scoop: If you would like, please send a post card to:
Nettie Hoguieson
c/o Cheryl Noah
3164 Co Rd N
Boyceville, WI 54725
Can I give you some tips, hints, suggestions?
1) Assume she knows about EN World (I'll make sure she's filled in).
2) If you're timing it for the holidays a holiday greeting would be appropriate.
3) The cards will be screened before she gets them so ... you know...
4) When selecting a post card, I bet she'd love to see "geographical" cards -- highlighting some famous place or the terrain of your state or country.
5) If you have a thought about how your time at EN World has been improved by "having her around," even metaphorically, I'm sure she'd love to hear that sort of thing.
6) You may address her as Mrs. Hoguieson or Nettie.
Thanks, folks -- I'm looking forward to hearing what she thinks about all of this when they start rolling in!
She doesn't know much about the Internet or D&D or EN World, but she knows a lot about treating people with respect and yet letting people have their conversations and not butting in too much. By pretending that she was around, reading the forums, folks understood what level of profanity, crude talk, rudness, etc. we would tolerate. My values, the ones I tried to show in the way I ran the forums, in many ways are a reflection of hers.
Last summer someone gave me the idea that it might be fun to see if we could get a whole bunch of people to send "Eric's Grandma" post cards. Well, I think the time is right. She's spending the winter with my parents while she has some medical treatments, and I think she'd love to see tons of cool postcards. It would make her holiday season a lot more cheerful.
So, here's the scoop: If you would like, please send a post card to:
Nettie Hoguieson
c/o Cheryl Noah
3164 Co Rd N
Boyceville, WI 54725
Can I give you some tips, hints, suggestions?
1) Assume she knows about EN World (I'll make sure she's filled in).
2) If you're timing it for the holidays a holiday greeting would be appropriate.
3) The cards will be screened before she gets them so ... you know...
4) When selecting a post card, I bet she'd love to see "geographical" cards -- highlighting some famous place or the terrain of your state or country.
5) If you have a thought about how your time at EN World has been improved by "having her around," even metaphorically, I'm sure she'd love to hear that sort of thing.
6) You may address her as Mrs. Hoguieson or Nettie.
Thanks, folks -- I'm looking forward to hearing what she thinks about all of this when they start rolling in!
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