My Resignation as Amyrlin

You know I love you dearly, and this site too. Thank you for making and nurturing this place so many of us call home. I know now why they use the term "Mother"


but it has got to be said.... There isn't a single solitary other person on this site who can do what you do as well as you do it Melissa. Not a single solitary person as loved and respected as you are. Not one. Its not "a site" its a home, and you are the one who makes it that.

I am very happy for you in many ways, but part of me is far too upset still to say yay or anything of the sort. I can say I am beyond proud you are a Green, and we will love having you as a more active member of the ajah In the words of Tony Asher, "God only knows what i'd be without you"

<3

Refuse to accept this..... you cannot step down as Mother..... yes I'm thinking I'm dreaming this.....

What can be said had been said...

So all that is left to say is Thank you.

Sincerly with the most heart felt feelings, thank you.

I stand up and applaud you now. Thank you Melissa, thank you Mother.

Wow... all this from the girl in the jeans and ponytail.

"I have this little site. You should come check it out," you said to me, nearly 8 years ago.

Love you, Mel. Always.

Still crying, btw. Everyone at work thinks I'm hurt. I love you, Melissa. I'm glad you're my frontierville neighbor.

Well, the cows are gone from the banner, so I guess we can take your statement that this is not an April Fool's prank for fact. :geek



Melissa, this announcement does not surprise me, other than I thought it would be after Euro 10th Anni. I imagine that this is truly your choice and this is the right choice for you at this point in your life and, assuming this is the case, then I am truly happy for you in your decision. You have devoted 10+ years as the public leader of this site. This site has grown and thrived under your leadership and the other Execs and Admins who have been a support to you and TV.net over the years.

I applaud you and appreciate you more than you will ever know

I know that the foundation is in place for TV.net to continue to thrive and grow with it's non-profit status and Board in place. And I know with the transition period this change can be weathered. Thank you for all you have done and will continue to do for TV.net and for all of us!!!

:clap :joy

:cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry

I don't really know what to say that hasn't already been said. I haven't been around very long, but I found this site years ago and I wish I joined then. I first met you at JordanCon, and I didn't really get to spend any time with you, but you seemed like someone I would enjoy and someone I wanted to know, so I joined your site. And friended you on Facebook.

I can't imagine anyone else as Amrylin. I couldn't even imagine there being another Amrylin on another site somewhere else! It's late and I'm sleep deprived, so sorry if that didn't make sense, haha.

I am very grateful to you for this site and all you have done. It must be a great sense of accomplishment to know that you can step down and it will keep on going. You created a self sustaining organizational family! Hopefully your stepping down means you'll have more time at events to hang out!

I want to believe this is an April Fools Joke. IT was, after all, April 1st *somewhere* when this was posted.

I really do.

However in the event its not a fool on us, Good Luck Mother!!!!! and thank you for creating this place!

Wow that was not something I expected to read today.

Congrats on making such a momentous decision - it must have been such a hard decision for you but I know that you would not have done it if it wasn't what was right for both you and the site.

Congrats Melissa on achieving all of your goals - let's hope you keep exceeding them in everything else you choose to do

I'm not even sure where to begin, or where to end. I am sitting here with tears streaming down my face...which I didn't expect when I got the texts earlier this evening from fellow members asking whether I knew about this yet. The Tower has been a home to me for almost 9 years. I can't believe that it's been that long, and that I'm part of the old timers guild of people who have been around almost 'forever'. I'm so grateful for my Tower Family, and Melissa, it all began with you and Wendy some Goldschlager and the X Files and wondering about becoming Aes Sedai. And now, we have achieved all of the goals that you felt lofty...because of you. You have created so much here, and we have strong bonds holding us together that will not easily let loose. I love you like a sister, from the bottom of my heart, and always will. I want you to be happy, and I hope that this is just another step in making that happen for yourself. You should be proud of yourself for what you have created here and I will be forever grateful for this Family that you have created. Thank you for all of your hard work, and best of luck to whomever is chosen to fill those shoes...for I do not envy the work that needs to be done.

Now, it's time for comfort food (pizza and ice cream) and a movie (Tangled). :tug

:dance :beer :kiss :beer :dance

Khisanth al'Danya said:

Somehow the idea of you no longer as Amyrlin seems so wrong to me.

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This, so totally

Mother, you've made this place into the awesomeness it is, and it feels like the end of an era. I congratulate you on your brave choice, and hope that our next ten years are as successful as those you've led us through. Someone's got some awfully huge, ginormous shoes to fill.

Hi, i have to say, i havent been on very much, but i was here years ago, and even then i remember you from it i didnt know you guys then to well but i did chat a bit and read a bit, and i found this site caus of books, thanks for the interesting site, thanks for hte fun, thanks for the conversations which is what in part i found so entrancing in the books as well as here, its always something i enjoy hearing about how others are interacting, etc i commented a bit back then but i was transitioning as a person, and i said a few stupid things possibly, hopefuly nothing to offensive just a touch bizare, which is sadly where my personality is, on the plus side glad you are staying at hte site alive etc.

Goodbye Mother, and I thank you for being a friend.

Everyone's acting like Melissa died or something. It's making me feel incredibly sad reading these replies. But, I'm gonna go ahead and join in the funeral.

You've done a lot for me, Melissa, whether you've been aware of it or not. The site and its members have been a savior to me when things were rough, and I've always known that the Tower is the light at the end of the tunnel, and you're the reason for that. You were the first spark, the start but certainly not the end. I've come to care for you as a mixture of all sorts of relatives that I can think of - mother, sister, that lesbian second cousin that we don't talk a whole lot about... you've also been a good friend and fag hag, and I say that with love. You'll always be the Amyrlin to me, whether or not you wear the Stole. Maybe someone will step up and they'll do a great job and eventually, with years and years of service, will actually become the Amyrlin to me. But you'll always be the original, and always be that first spark that I thank for this wonderful family that I've found.

I did mean what I said earlier, though. If you retire, there's no excuse for you to lurk and be inactive! I expect to see you post EVERYWHERE. I want a 100 posts/day in public forums! People need to meet the awesomeness that is you. <3

I have trust in there being someone that can take over and do a good job, but you'll always be THE Amyrlin in my head, Melissa.

It is indeed sad, but I choose to focus on everything that you have made possible by running this place for ten years. Honestly, without this community, it's unlikely I'd be alive today. That speaks for itself.

Love you a lot, Melissa, and I'm sure we will see you on here. We won't let you go anywhere! *plans on having several Greens help make sure of that*

If not for you founding Tar Valon I wouldn't have the best friends I've ever had. I wouldn't have met my incredible fiance (no getting a big head if you read this Doc).

Your fault Melissa

When I saw the thread I was like and :eek and then I indeed thought it was an April fools joke (the timing for me gives April 1 at 2 am ). But reading your post, I realize it is for real...

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I can only second what has been said. You are the Amyrlin and always have, and it will be hard not to have you for Mother anymore. I wonder if I will ever be able to adress you as Eleyan and not Mother

But well, you've done so much for us, now you deserve a break :bow Have fun being an (almost) ordinary Green sister

And, I know we're an official organization and cannot have a gender preference, but a male Amyrlin ? I don't mean our gaidin are not capable, of course not, but we've always said we were sticking to the White Tower described in the first books :\

Morwynna Raevyn said:

If not for you founding Tar Valon I wouldn't have the best friends I've ever had.

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Ditto!

If you had not started this site, I would not have found some of the bestest friends I have ever had, and whom I do consider my Sisters and Brothers! I owe a lot to you for that, almost like I owe you a large degree of toh.


Thank you!

(Psst...I am so looking forward to giving you a BIG hug in September!)

Wow, this is going to be weird.

Thank you for *everything* you've done of our community Melissa. It's probably a lot more than most of us know.
I hope you easily find your place as a Green Aes Sedai