Sorry

[Nokia]

Earlier I posted about editing posts and I wanted to apologize to the administrators. I didn't realize that there was an alternate forum that posts about certain things could be discussed (sensative issues). I really do think you folks do a great job, sorry for confusion.

[warraghiyagey]

Chagrin Falls can be quite beautiful, any time of year.

[Sly]

Yeah, we all get upset when post are edited or deleted. It's a difficult balancing act and for the most part the mods do a great job.

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

:::: Dino wraps a loving tail around Nokia ::::

Nokia, no problem. It was a tough day for all of us. As Sly says (Sly is one of the moderators) it is a difficult balancing act. Even the moderation team doesn't always have 100% agreement on how to handle some of these situations. The senseless loss of a member of the hiking community hits us all hard - moderators included. We are real live human beings and members of the hiking community.

Unfortunately, I have some idea what Meridith Emerson's family is going thru right now. I have lost a two-year-old child of my own (leukemia) and lost a dearly-loved adult step-child to senseless violence. We went thru several days of wondering if he was alive before his body was found. No matter how hard I try not to let my own experiences affect how I see things that are posted, it does.

The Sensitive Trail topics forum (Thick Skinned forum) mentioned is a forum members must join to see. To join this forum:

1. Click USER CP on the top navigation bar on this page.
2. The page that opens will have a left-side navigation bar. The third item from the bottom is GROUP MEMBERSHIPS
3. This will open a page that will allow you to choose to see some additional forums:

• Thick-skinned forum (this is also called the sensitive trail topics)
• Non-AT forum (general discussion of non-hiking related topics)
• Political forum (be afraid, be very afraid )

[dixicritter]

In total agreement with what Dino and Sly have said. We are human, and I know I only try to do what I feel is in the very best interest of this site and its members at all times (whether they feel that way or not...LOL). I know I can't make everyone happy all the time, that's impossible.

Thank you Nokia for the apology, don't worry about it.

[kayak karl]

:::: Dino wraps a loving tail around Nokia ::::

Nokia, no problem. It was a tough day for all of us. As Sly says (Sly is one of the moderators) it is a difficult balancing act. Even the moderation team doesn't always have 100% agreement on how to handle some of these situations. The senseless loss of a member of the hiking community hits us all hard - moderators included. We are real live human beings and members of the hiking community.

Unfortunately, I have some idea what Meridith Emerson's family is going thru right now. I have lost a two-year-old child of my own (leukemia) and lost a dearly-loved adult step-child to senseless violence. We went thru several days of wondering if he was alive before his body was found. No matter how hard I try not to let my own experiences affect how I see things that are posted, it does.

The Sensitive Trail topics forum (Thick Skinned forum) mentioned is a forum members must join to see. To join this forum:

1. Click USER CP on the top navigation bar on this page.
2. The page that opens will have a left-side navigation bar. The third item from the bottom is GROUP MEMBERSHIPS
3. This will open a page that will allow you to choose to see some additional forums:

• Thick-skinned forum (this is also called the sensitive trail topics)
• Non-AT forum (general discussion of non-hiking related topics)
• Political forum (be afraid, be very afraid )

ty. i never knew that

[GOA Fatboy]

How do you go to the forum after you join? I can not seemed to find it.

[Gaiter]

when in the home page, click on forums (top left), scroll down, you'll find the subscribed forums down at the bottom, also entries from those will appear w/ the rest of the new post, look on the right column to see which group its under