Please welcome a new moderator!

[Guest guest]

I everyone! I am pleased to announce that Robillard, Yahoo!

Id station_carbone, is a new moderator here at Orthognathic Surgery

Support. He has some great experience in the cyber community and I

believe he will be just what we need. Plus, he's very nice and

personable, which was basically the selling point . Please address

all technical questions to him. I will allow him to post his own e-

mail address!

--~:-)

[Guest guest]

Thank you, , for trying to fix our broken axle here.

I welcome Ray's expertise, interest and willingness to take on what

I'm sure can be a large task.

And as always, I am grateful to you for having thought up the club --

now group -- in the first place. I have made many most kind and

excellent friends here, and have learned much from them.

Regards,

Cammie

> I everyone! I am pleased to announce that Robillard, Yahoo!

> Id station_carbone, is a new moderator here at Orthognathic Surgery

> Support. He has some great experience in the cyber community and I

> believe he will be just what we need. Plus, he's very nice and

> personable, which was basically the selling point . Please

address

> all technical questions to him. I will allow him to post his own e-

> mail address!

>

> --~:-)

[Guest guest]

Yes, I'm axcited about it too Cammie! He's very enthusiastic about

helping us tidy up around here. If the task proves very large, then

we can always add another moderator, but for now, I'm going to let

Ray do his work! He's seems very capable and has done this sort of

proctoring before. Thanks for welcoming him! Have a great day!

--~:-)

> > I everyone! I am pleased to announce that Robillard,

Yahoo!

> > Id station_carbone, is a new moderator here at Orthognathic

Surgery

> > Support. He has some great experience in the cyber community and

I

> > believe he will be just what we need. Plus, he's very nice and

> > personable, which was basically the selling point . Please

> address

> > all technical questions to him. I will allow him to post his own

e-

> > mail address!

> >

> > --~:-)

[Guest guest]

Thanks for introducing me :-)

Some of you may know me from previous postings. I was first scheduled for

October, but

since then my former surgeon had, let's call it, a change of heart, and kindly

forgot to tell

it to me. I waited, waited, then waited more, untill one day he finally told me

(or had his

assistant, rather) that it didn't work well between the two of us. Since then,

I met with a

new surgeon and I'm now scheduled for a " full kit " (upper, lower, genio) on June

the 2nd,

2004. And, I'd say it's a good thing, the hospital already called to fill

certain forms over

the phone. I should get an appointment for a pre-op exam within two weeks.

That being said, here's a little about me: I'm a computer analyst-programer, for

a

telecommunication company, where I mainly do tech support with a touch of

software

development and maintenance. I live and work in Montreal, Canada. I'm 37 y.o.

and I will

be 35 next year (ok, just kidding... I wish it worked that way!)

I'm an active member on some Adobe Forums (mainly Photoshop Elements) where I

help

people with all sorts of questions from installation, to using the software, to

applying

special effects " to create that special touch missed at shooting time " :-)

I'm also an on-line graphics teacher, and I help on another Yahoo! private group

(Photoshop Elements students' group). Rest assured, I didn't volounteer for

this job so

that I can advertise my own activities, far from it. I think I can help

in maintaining

this site it good functionning order, while making sure every member is " safe

while being

onboard " .

Finally, I can be reached by e-mail at: carbone AT videotron.ca (remove the AT

and

spaces, and replace that with the @ symbol). As I've told , I cannot

supervise this

group during daytime, as my work is very demanding. However, I can log in over

lunch,

from time to time. And I will also monitor activities before leaving to work

and once I get

back.

If you have questions, comments, feel free to e-mail me. I will answer to the

best of my

abilities.

Ray

[Guest guest]

ok, ok, I just have to jump in here. To those who don't know me,

I'm a post-op vet (upper & genio in Sept. 2001) who received

invaluable advice and support here, and I've always continued

checking in daily though no longer posting. Fiddlesticks and Cammie

were here way back then (hello, ladies!) and are both completely

dedicated to this group as well as extremely knowledgable. is

obviously more than capable of moderating here, considering that she

created OSS2.

I just want to express my disappointment in the way this is turning

out. No offense to you, Ray, but reading 1,000 posts just doesn't

compare to the multitude that and Cammie have been involved

with. When I had my surgery, we were at about 31,000 posts. Now

we're at somewhere around 70,000 I believe.

I don't expect this to make a difference in 's decision, but I

just needed to comment. While Ray sounds very tech savvy, he's

still pre-op. and Cammie's knowledge, experience, and proven

dedication make them the right people for the job.

~Nadine

[Guest guest]

I think you need to remember what the capacity of moderator actually

is...it is a technical position, nothing more, nothing less. A

moderator does not have to be a counselor or a confidant. Ray is not

required to offer support or advice of any kind, (although he is more

than capable of doing so), he is strictly someone to keep the group

operating at full capacity. He never even has to post. His being

pre-op has nothing to do with it. He could be pre-op or he could be

a licensed medical professional, it simply doesn't matter, and it

doesn't affect his ability to moderate this group. The problems that

have been addressed to me, such as porn postings, spam, photo

contraints and the like, can be taken care of by anyone, and I have

chosen Ray to take care of the concerns of this board, which have

been voiced to me. I have asked Ray to take care of the things that,

due to time constraints, I cannot handle on my own, and he has

graciously accepted this task. Whether or not I need another person

later on is quite inconsequential.

> ok, ok, I just have to jump in here. To those who don't know me,

> I'm a post-op vet (upper & genio in Sept. 2001) who received

> invaluable advice and support here, and I've always continued

> checking in daily though no longer posting. Fiddlesticks and

Cammie

> were here way back then (hello, ladies!) and are both completely

> dedicated to this group as well as extremely knowledgable.

is

> obviously more than capable of moderating here, considering that

she

> created OSS2.

>

> I just want to express my disappointment in the way this is turning

> out. No offense to you, Ray, but reading 1,000 posts just doesn't

> compare to the multitude that and Cammie have been involved

> with. When I had my surgery, we were at about 31,000 posts. Now

> we're at somewhere around 70,000 I believe.

>

> I don't expect this to make a difference in 's decision, but

I

> just needed to comment. While Ray sounds very tech savvy, he's

> still pre-op. and Cammie's knowledge, experience, and proven

> dedication make them the right people for the job.

>

> ~Nadine

[Guest guest]

I'd just like to add, hopefully to conclude this matter, that the reason I

haven't posted

often here, is that I can't possibly add more than what is already said. You

guys have all

the answers, medically and emotionnaly speaking. I won't go listing names

because I

would surely miss a few ones, but those regulars members and less who post here

have

done (and continue to do) a trumendous job.

Also, being tech savvy is nice, sure, but I'm also a human being, and rest

assured, I

understand pain and despair, and the trauma that comes with it. I was left with

a semi-

paralyzed right arm and leg, back in 1998, following a car accident. With a

year of

physical therapy and chiropractor's treatments, I regained all my mobility, and

most of my

strenght. It wasn't easy and there days (weeks in fact) when I looked at the

work done and

the results that I had acheived and told myself it wasn't worth it. But, I

learned to take it

one day at time, nothing more, nothing less. And I believe the orthognatic

surgery is

about living by the day, as you wake up, do your best, and tomorrow is another

game.

So, if I see someone who's in need of help and no other will answer, I will jump

in, have no

fear. But so far, this hasn't happened.

Ray

[Guest guest]

Agreed... now if Ray can just figure out how to post so his line

wrapping works... LOL... SORRY RAY, couldn't resist!!!

Seriously, Ray, thanks for taking up the charge of keeping the tech

end of this site working. Doing such, it frees up Ms. Cammie and

Ms. Fiddlesticks to focus on what they do extremely well, which is

provide guidance and counsel to all.

Dammit

> I'd just like to add, hopefully to conclude this matter, that the

reason I haven't posted

> often here, is that I can't possibly add more than what is already

said. You guys have all

> the answers, medically and emotionnaly speaking. I won't go

listing names because I

> would surely miss a few ones, but those regulars members and less

who post here have

> done (and continue to do) a trumendous job.

>

> Also, being tech savvy is nice, sure, but I'm also a human being,

and rest assured, I

> understand pain and despair, and the trauma that comes with it. I

was left with a semi-

> paralyzed right arm and leg, back in 1998, following a car

accident. With a year of

> physical therapy and chiropractor's treatments, I regained all my

mobility, and most of my

> strenght. It wasn't easy and there days (weeks in fact) when I

looked at the work done and

> the results that I had acheived and told myself it wasn't worth

it. But, I learned to take it

> one day at time, nothing more, nothing less. And I believe the

orthognatic surgery is

> about living by the day, as you wake up, do your best, and

tomorrow is another game.

>

> So, if I see someone who's in need of help and no other will

answer, I will jump in, have no

> fear. But so far, this hasn't happened.

>

> Ray

[Guest guest]

> Agreed... now if Ray can just figure out how to post so his line

> wrapping works... LOL... SORRY RAY, couldn't resist!!!

>

> Seriously, Ray, thanks for taking up the charge of keeping the tech

> end of this site working. Doing such, it frees up Ms. Cammie and

> Ms. Fiddlesticks to focus on what they do extremely well, which is

> provide guidance and counsel to all.

>

> Dammit

Yeah, well... the lines... I think it's because I'm on a Mac (I know,

I know, a tech guy, on a Mac, it sounds inconsistent... hahaha!)

R

ay

(lol!)