Open House Discussion with @Laura
Hello my friends!
Been a while since our last big open house discussion! So I wanted to host a few during the month of September! These topics of these meetings are decided by YOU! You can submit a topic you would like to discuss here.
Teens!
Date: Wednesday, September 13
Time: 4:00 PM EST
Where: Laura's Office!
RSVP: By posting to this thread
Adults!
Date: Friday, September 15
Time: 12:00 PM EST
Where: Laura's Office!
RSVP: By posting to this thread
Yay! Excited to connect with the community!
Note: While both listeners and members are invited to these chats, we will focus primarily on concerns rasied by members in this open discussions. Listener community discussions will be hosted the following week. Learn more about the listener open house disccussions & RSVP here.
@Laura
A good topic would be 'Why are the chat rooms still the Wild, Wild, West?' Anything and everything goes; site rules are broken with regularity, Admin needs to get serious; when are they going to get serious?
@rebel11 admins can't be everywhere all the time.
and mods are volunteers, so the same.
it would be hard to get volunteers supervising the room 24/7.
@TortueDesBois
I'm interested in the things they can do, there is a lot they can do. The site reminds me of The Three Wise Monkeys.
@rebel11
Completely agreed with rebel. When mods discriminate and allow inappropriate language/behaviour from people they know, while intimidating new users for exactly the same or lesser offenses, it does not create a supportive or inclusive environment. Lines must be fairly drawn and followed, if volunteers aren't able to meet expectations it's better to not have a mod than to have a biased mod. Or allow far more people to volunteer and let the best be chosen based on merit alone, not contacts.
I'll be on a plane to Spain at that (teen) time and so will miss everything for a week omggg
@Laura
I would like to come. I am an adult so I would like to come Friday September 15 @ noon.
Self harm or ptsd
I'd like to come to the one on the 15th:)
Laura, I will be attending, thanks! :)
I'm going to try my best to attend. I'm curious if there are these open house discussions specifically for therapists as I'm new to the site! Looking forward to it! :)
Hi @BriannaWeber if you want to meet therapists they have an open house but they call it something else where a therapist answers questions for an hour. @Laura may be able to tell you when next one is.
@soulsings
@Laura .... Sure, I'll come. Provided I remember the day/time! 
I could bring .......... (thinking) .............. apples! 
lol for that it is September so we can bring them to our teachers haha. and also umm Snickerdoodles for all FluffyUnicorns and Oreo cookies for all other (M) and (L) and (T) - if they come. And so then we need milk .... cause you know, "Milk's Favorite Cookie." 
you guys! ~ Platy
@Laura and all dear friends of the Open House ....
So sorry to report that I will be unable to come this Friday. I've been waiting to go to this conference since March, I think; it's kind of weird to think the weekend is here! 
(Hence the forgetting part.... ) I hope you have a super Open House! (I can overnight the Oreos to @Laura if you'd like) LOL Platy
@Laura Sounds like fun, I would love to be there on the 13th. One question though, what does RSVP or something like that stand for??
@JayTheBird14
RSVP is indeed French and it stands for répondez s'il vous plaît. It literally means "please respond". RSVP is now a fixed idiom, even in French.
@rebel11 Oh right, sounds cool. English is not my native language, and especially the abrevations are hard to learn sometimes. Thank you for the explanation :)
I want to attend the adult discussion too! I'm looking forward to it!