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Sherin
congrats to Scrabby.. The next group meet in Bangalore will be a treat by Sherin for having taken up the role of a new moderator of IR :D
why can't Adi stay as a moderator while Sherin is brought in as a mod??
Smitha wrote: "Hi friends,a bitter n' sweet news.
Adi, my first friend in this group, who was the person responsible for reviving the group which was in its death throes, one who prodded us on to newer heights..."
I thought he was continuing as an honourary mod :(
Smitha wrote: "a warm welcome to Sherin"
Thanks Smith!
Vinoth wrote: "congrats to Scrabby.. The next group meet in Bangalore will be a treat by Sherin for having taken up the role of a new moderator of IR :D
why can't Adi stay as a moderator while Sherin is brou..."
Sudarshan has reserved the rights for the treat.. ;)
Sherin wrote: I thought he was continuing as an honourary mod :( "i think he should , after what he has done for this group , he deserves to be (at least)a honorary Mod if not a moderator ,like viper is. what say guys???
Sherin wrote: "Vinoth wrote: "congrats to Scrabby.. The next group meet in Bangalore will be a treat by Sherin for having taken up the role of a new moderator of IR :D
why can't Adi stay as a moderator w..."
ok. then we will go to blossoms and you give us all a treat!!! there :D
Congrats Sherin :)@ Vinoth-- it was his decision :(
Congrats Sherin! Am sure u will have a wonderful time with the other mods and the group(s) ;)Over the last few months, the list of things to do (for the group) is just increasing and am unable to work on it at all. And I just didn't want to stay on as mod when am not even having enough time to read, forget abt doing smthng for the group.
@Smitha n all, will miss u a lot guys, but situation demands i plug out of the virtual world and spend smetime with the real world. Anyways good luck to all of u, wish to be back soon, if not sooner.
R. Sun Moon wrote: "Congrats Sherin! Am sure u will have a wonderful time with the other mods and the group(s) ;)Over the last few months, the list of things to do (for the group) is just increasing and am unable to..."
hope to see you back in IR soon...
R. Sun Moon wrote: "Congrats Sherin! Am sure u will have a wonderful time with the other mods and the group(s) ;)Over the last few months, the list of things to do (for the group) is just increasing and am unable to..."
Come back soon.. And all the best for your new responsibilities :)
@Aditya: We'll definitely miss you buddy. Come back soon..@Scrabby: A Warm Welcome.. As Vinoth suggested, ready to treat us when we meet up next.. :)
Anbu wrote: ready to treat us when we meet up next.. :) "yeah.. you cant escape Sherin ;)
Adi, we will miss you :( Hope you will stay as a "simple" member.And congrats to Sherin!
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Thanks all you guys, who pitch in as moderators. Your efforts keep this group alive and kicking (or shall I say, alive and reading!). While I am a newbie here, I will still say: Adi, thanks so much. Welcome Sherin and happy moderating.
Smitha wrote: "@Adi, I dont know who helped you in deleting yourself from moderator list. Did you manage it by yourself. I was surely planning not to help you out on that account :("Even me.. I am still wondering how did he manage to do it.. I dont want to try though.. :P
:-) I managed it myself, i was just experimenting, suspecting it wouldn't work, but voila it worked! And in a sudden shock of nostalgic depression i found myself out :-|
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Just saw this thread. I was wondering where Aditya has disapeared and man, am i disappointed! Is he ever gonna come back? Even as a normal member?
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Akanksha wrote: "Just saw this thread. I was wondering where Aditya has disapeared and man, am i disappointed! Is he ever gonna come back? Even as a normal member?"He has taken a sabbatical.. He will be back.. :)
I was wondering who the new mod is :p :)
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I accepted moderatorship of this group in 2010 and its been a decade now. Aditya was the first co moderator with me, who soon gave up his position as he became busy in his private life. Then came Anbu, Mansi, Hazel, Sherin...
Later on Shoa and Manju....
Past few months ( or almost a year) I have been very lax in my commitment to the group as I was embroiled in personal and professional activities. The subsequent moderators who came in to share the work too unfortunately find themselves very busy.
When one of the members enquired about Secret Santa, I felt very guilty and decided to take things in hand.
So here come ... Fresh mod blood to the group..... perhaps one, hopefully two. I am just waiting for them to agree to the work ahead.
I will be haunting this space, mostly inactive with occasional spurts of activity (like today), and hopefully we will again rediscover the lively Indian Readers of the late 2000s and early tens...
Hope you all will cooperate in making this a fun place to be, Not only in word association game and Toy with a letter game, but in reading and discussing books, ( I dont mean self book promos here)
wish you all a happy diwali and a good day ahead.
Em*bedded-in-books* wrote: "Dear IR membersI accepted moderatorship of this group in 2010 and its been a decade now. Aditya was the first co moderator with me, who soon gave up his position as he became busy in his private l..."
Smitha,
This group has always been a motivator for picking books whether through BOTM, PIFM and other beautiful challenges. I've read books that I never could have picked otherwise & all thanks to mods such as yourselves who've made it possible for us.
Even the last years Secret Santa was well managed and successfully executed by a group of mods which made the book exchange flawless and much desirable.
I'd like to convey my thanks to you and all the other mods who've been spending time to keep this group alive.
It's quite unfortunate that we've been experiencing quite less traffic and I think people will surely bounce back soon and hoping for the same. Also, hoping that people contribute as much as they can to keep the conversation flowing and the group alive.
Thank you, again :D
Hope GR introduce something like an AutoModerator (like in reddit) to reduce the burden on moderators.Till then Doc should continue 👀 P
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But then I got two live blood and flesh mods ( or I assume they are, haven't met in person... They very well can be Bots too )
Welcome Girish and Gorab who agreed to help us out (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)(✷‿✷)
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We're in safe hands, again! ;)Welcome Girish and Gorab :D
Em*bedded-in-books* wrote: "Hope so. Though never heard of it before .But then I got two live blood and flesh mods ( or I assume they are, haven't met in person... They very well can be Bots too )
Welcome Girish and Gorab wh..."
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Welcome New Mods )
Em*bedded-in-books* wrote: "Hope so. Though never heard of it before .But then I got two live blood and flesh mods ( or I assume they are, haven't met in person... They very well can be Bots too )
Welcome Girish and Gorab wh..."
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Congratulations to the new mods and lets hope they won't disappear like the other ones :D
And I agree with Makrand: thanks to all the mods of these years that kept the group alive! I wish I would have more time to be as active as in the past and maybe take part in some group read, but life has been very busy in these last months/couple of years.
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Thank you all once again :)
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The group has been an inspiration to me over the years thanks to the fantastic bookworms who make the group. Hope we can do our bit by building on what has been achieved so far. In the words of Newton (who plagiarised it) : "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants."
Thank you all for the good wishes :)
Girish and Gorab, congratulations on being mods!!! Really wish to see the group back on track. All the previous mods have done a fantastic job over the years balancing the mod duties with their offline lives. And kudos to all the active members that keep visiting this group over the past decade!I fondly remember all the fun we had over the years. A special shout out to Col., Hazel, Mansee, Anbu, Sherin, Harsha, Shoa, Dely, Carol, Axy, Meenakshi, Cincinattusc, Kunal, LitBug, Claussius, Parikhit and many more such members from all over the world who lit up this place!!!
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a bitter n' sweet news.
Adi, my first friend in this group, who was the person responsible for reviving the group which was in its death throes, one who prodded us on to newer heights, has resigned as a moderator. He tried his best to cope with the moderator duties, but work and personal pressure made him decide leave. We wouldnot have let him go, but somehow he has managed to delete him out as a moderator.
Good news is that to share our burden/joy, one of our oldest and very active members has graciously agreed to step into moderator boots...