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Topic: Brand new moderator announcement
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Alex Pepple
Administrator Posts: 1122
From:San Jose, CA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted April 26, 2008 04:58 PM |
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Dear Eratosphereans,I'm pleased to introduce our brand new co-moderator for the Non-Metrical forum, Janice D. Soderling! She's also displayed a critical presence second to none all around the Sphere and has done so with skill and commendable disposition. She will be co-moderating with Dee Cohen who has done and keeps doing an outstanding job at Non-Met. Janice replaces Katy Evans-Bush who has been away for a while and is no longer able to attend to Non-Met. Although Janice is new to the Sphere, she comes to us with boundless potential as a poet, Met and Non-Met and, even as a writer. She has already garnered substantial recognition for her work as can be seen from her bio: Janice D. Soderling is a self-employed copywriter/translator/editor for the business sector and academia. Her work in English and Swedish—fiction, poetry and literary translations—has appeared in such literary journals as Beloit Poetry Review, Glimmer Train, the Malahat Review, the Fiddlehead, Acumen, Anon, Other Poetry, Staple. She is represented in anthologies and at a number of online sites.Janice was born and raised in the US, but lives in Sweden in a smallish village in a largish house where roe deer play havoc with her crocuses and fruit trees. Her children are fledged and flown.
Please join me in giving a hearty Erato welcome to Janice! Cheers,
...Alex
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Maryann Corbett
Administrator Posts: 2731
From:Saint Paul, MN
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted April 26, 2008 05:02 PM |
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Go, Janice! Thanks for your energy and enthusiasm.
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Seree Zohar
Member Posts: 1358
From:
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted April 26, 2008 05:18 PM |
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yes, warmly welcomed!
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Dee Cohen
Moderator Posts: 3518
From:Lake Forest CA USA
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted April 26, 2008 06:25 PM |
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Congrats Janice. Welcome a board! Best, Dee
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Joshua Coberly
Member Posts: 166
From:Seattle, Washington, USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted April 26, 2008 11:40 PM |
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Glad to have you here Janice. J
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Janice D. Soderling
Moderator Posts: 428
From:Sweden
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted April 27, 2008 03:48 AM |
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Thank you very much Alex, for your very kind words.I will do my best to emulate the high example set by all your other moderators. I remember well how Maryann and Dee kindly steered me on course when I was a newbie. Eratosphere is an invaluable tool for learning and sharing writing skills. For those who are expats in a non-English speaking community, as for those who live in a remote area without writer cohorts, Eratosphere provides a venue to develop writing skills in ways unthought of before the advent of the Internet. I am proud to be associated with one and all in the far-flung and stimulating Eratosphre community, one that holds out a welcoming hand to seasoned veterans and beginners alike. Finally, I am looking forward to taking part in this circular learning process, and I hope I can make a worthwhile contribution. Best
Janice
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Duncan Gillies MacLaurin
Member Posts: 907
From:Denmark
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted April 27, 2008 09:51 AM |
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Good on you, Janice!Duncan
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Rose Kelleher
Member Posts: 2863
From:Maryland, USA
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted April 27, 2008 10:46 AM |
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Thank you for volunteering, Janice. I'm sure you'll do an excellent job.
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Susan McLean
Member Posts: 2670
From:Iowa City, IA, USA
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted April 27, 2008 01:54 PM |
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Thanks, Janice, for your time and efforts. The role of moderator is largely unsung, and the people in it take more than their share of grief during the periodic outbreaks of fussing and name-calling. But without moderators, a board like this could not function as smoothly and helpfully as it usually does.Susan
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John Beaton
Moderator Posts: 3841
From:Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, Canada
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted April 28, 2008 02:59 AM |
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Welcome, Janice. It's great to see the moderator slate strengthening like this. Most of the time, the moderator job is a very pleasurable one--you see good writing get better and feel part of the process. I'm sure you will find it so.John
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Tim Murphy
Lariat Emeritus Posts: 8348
From:Fargo ND, USA
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted April 28, 2008 07:50 AM |
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"Those who live in rural areas remote from writer cohorts."
In NW Minnesota there are still villages where the elderly prefer to speak Swedish! Well, the Eratovillage spans the globe, and we need people to run it. Thanks for taking this on, Janice.
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C. Chandler-Oliveira
Member Posts: 1421
From:Canada (formerly of PA)
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted April 28, 2008 08:18 PM |
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Great news, Janice! As one "expat" living in a rural village in French-speaking Quebec, I know just what you mean. C.
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Wendy Sloan
Member Posts: 539
From:New York, N.Y. USA
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted April 29, 2008 09:46 AM |
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Thank you, Janice!
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Margaret Moore
Member Posts: 2303
From:
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted April 30, 2008 09:08 AM |
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Janice,A very warm welcome. And how good (see General Talk thread) to know that Dee will continue to give of her time, patience and wisdom to this board! Margaret
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