That's a shame...with such tight control over the group held by Jim
alone...it might be difficult to keep this group relevant now that he has
passed. I am starting to have misgivings about the groups future. But then
again, it lasted this long, despite long periods of Jim's absence due to
ill health before his untimely death.
On 15 September 2014 20:07, scrapperbd_at_yahoo.com [SkunkworksAMA] <
SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>
> Ok, I've played around and it appears JMH liked to keep a very high level
> of control and there appears to be very little I can do in my moderator's
> account - nearly everything is greyed out.
>
>
> I can approve members and messages, but I can't change the group status
> for whether approval is needed, change any descriptions or even view member
> lists! I can adjust (or delete!) myself, but that hardly seems helpful. I
> don't seem to be able to view member lists, so this prevents me from
> promoting anyone else to moderator. :-( Totally agree there should be
> more than one, preferably in another very different time zone.
>
>
> I have reviewed the links and removed anything that doesn't work or is so
> out of date as to be pointless. I can adjust files (move, rename, delete)
> and polls, but the main engine-room stuff seems to be out of my control.
>
>
> Turns out I can send 'special messages', which I will do once I compose
> with relevant parts a message about Jim passing away so that anyone on the
> group who is set to 'special messages only' will have heard - maybe even an
> old moderator may still be out there?
>
>
> I did find this interesting message - it is sent out to new members - have
> a read and reflect on the group's purpose, as written by JMH (I can't edit
> this neither):
>
>
> Welcome to the Yahoo! Skunkworks AMA group! This group was initially
> started several years ago by Thylacine, who had noticed there was no such
> group for the artwork of James Hardiman. After hashing out the details,
> Thylacine set the group up, and it's been going on ever since.
>
>
> The main purpose of this group is to provide a forum setting which allows
> members to ask questions (to one another, Jim Hardiman, or Des Lee),
> discuss stories, comics or artwork, and to preview new works by either
> artist. Fan art is strongly encouraged, as are fan fiction pieces. If you
> have something to add to the mix, by all means, share it with the rest of
> us!
>
>
> There are, however, a few rules in this group, listed below:
>
>
> 1) No flame wars are permitted. We encourage discussion, but rudeness,
> namecalling, and trolling are not tolerated. Likewise, be respectful of
> other's opinions, even if they do not mirror your own. It's important to
> be civil to one another.
>
>
> 2) No artwork of characters not copyrighted to Jim Hardiman, Desiree Lee,
> or the author of the post is permitted. Generally, if you're going to draw
> a fan art picture and want to include your own character, just make sure it
> has at least one character from either Jim's or Des's roster in the image.
> We do not allow parody works of other studio's characters (no WB or Disney
> stuff, for example). If you're unsure, please feel free to contact a
> moderator about the matter.
>
>
> 3) No spamming allowed! This is pretty self-explanatory. The "Links"
> section is available if you wish to post a link to your website, and you
> can advertise the new link in a message to the group. But steer clear of
> advertising "Thousands of hot sluts waiting for your throbbing manhood" or
> similar crap like that.
>
>
> If you have any questions you would like to ask Jim Hardiman, there is a
> file folder in the "Files" section titled "Questions for Jim". Leave your
> question there, in text format, and Jim will answer it ASAP.
>
>
> Thanks for joining!
>
>
>
> Scrapper, Black Dragon, (partially) trusted guardian of the gates of SAMA
> Group.
>
>
>
>
Received on Tue Sep 16 2014 - 23:22:57 CDT