There are 14 messages totalling 403 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. PRAYER: update on my mom 2. KtK poll comments 3. KtK (4) 4. Raising $$$ to Promote FK--Re: KtK poll comments (2) 5. KtK/Season 3 6. Visiting Toronto This Summer - Advice or Tips? 7. Today's Birthday: March 29 8. FK Moment 9. PRAYER: please send thoughts my way 10. Heifer International and KtK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:25:36 -0800 From: Laura Davies <brightfeather1.geo@y......> Subject: PRAYER: update on my mom Mom just got home from the hospital... for now. She has three ulcers, and they think she also has ovarian cancer and a bad gallbladder. Surgery is being scheduled to take care of the problem, but she's home with us for now. Thanks, y'all for keeping her in your prayers. Laura ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:30:14 -0800 From: litbeing <litbeing@y......> Subject: Re: KtK poll comments Greetings all, I just voted in the poll. I think there should be a third selection--"either/or". I am comfortable with the money going for either cause. Barbara ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:34:21 -0500 From: Sierra Mayberry <bluefaerymagick@a.......> Subject: Re: KtK Like was being said about people being busy with their own lives, well, i think that's what happens when someone asks us to write e-mails to get the 3rd season of FK on dvd. I can only speak for myself, but i always get those requests too late because often times i am behind on reading the digests. Next time, can the deadline be longer? I've had people e-mail me privately to say that they also didn't bid in the auction like the lady who posted to the list. Okay i'm gonna ask cause a lot of us want to know. What was up with that cow? Were all of us bidding on stuff to help pick a cow to be slaughtered? Or was it for dairy purposes? If it's the latter, i agree that was just in poor taste. I'm not a vegetarian, but geeee. I want the 3rd season on dvd, and if running ads helped to get the first two seasons out, then why not continue in the same fashion until we get the 3rd season? That's all i was saying. It's been a long time and i don't feel like we're going to get the 3rd season :( ~Sierra ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:56:55 EST From: SField8067@a....... Subject: Re: Raising $$$ to Promote FK--Re: KtK poll comments KtK has in the past given to the hurricane relief fund, also we have several times donated to the charitys associated with LCA ,and yes we have in the past given to the Childrens hospital, although that particualer cause is usually covered by Gers fan club. hugs, susan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:45:58 -0600 From: Nancy Kaminski <nancykam@c.......> Subject: Re: Raising $$$ to Promote FK--Re: KtK poll comments Deborah Hymon wrote: > ***Good Point, but not all of us here know how KtK works or > what it is. > Perhaps a brief description of what it is and their purpose > should be > posted, especially for the new people. You can learn about KtK by visiting the Crusader website, located at www.nancykam.com/crusader > ***I would love to donate money for an ad, just let me know > the details. > Whoever is in charge, contact me off list. You can contact Susan Ellen Field, the head of KtK, sfield8067@a........ Other staff members' emails are also listed on the Crusader website. > ***I may have this confused with another FK auction, but I > recently saw an > auction, and the money wasn't used for children's hospital? > Isn't the KtK > auction used for that charity? If I recall, it was > something about helping > animals? I may be confused, as I've been scanning through > an abundance of > emails, barely reading their contents. I would appreciate > someone explaining > this confusion. You can also learn about the recent auction on the website. The most recent beneficiary was Heifer INternational, a charity devoted to giving needy people around the world animals with which they can earn a living. In our most recent auction, we are "purchasing" a cow. This animal will be given to a needy family. They will benefit from the cow's milk, which they can both drink and sell, and they are obligated to give the cow's firstborn calf to another family. This way they propagate the gift and double the benefit of the donation. It's a very wonderful, reputable charity. Nancy Kaminski KtK webmaster ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:52:59 -0600 From: Nancy Kaminski <nancykam@c.......> Subject: Re: KtK > Sierra Mayberry wrote: > us to write e-mails to get the 3rd season of FK on dvd. I > can only speak for myself, but i always get those requests > too late because often times i am behind on reading the > digests. Next time, can the deadline be longer? People are usually given several weeks to a month to get emails to Susan. It should take about ten minutes max to write an email---we do hope that people can work this into their schedules somehow. > list. Okay i'm gonna ask cause a lot of us want to know. > What was up with that cow? Were all of us bidding on stuff > to help pick a cow to be slaughtered? Or was it for dairy > purposes? If it's the latter, i agree that was just in > poor taste. I'm not a vegetarian, but geeee. The Crusader website had three links to the charity's website, Heifer International (www.heifer.org). If the people who were concerned about this followed those links they would have discovered the wonderful work that this charity is doing. It is well-regarded and highly reputable. Yes, the cow that KtK will be buying will be used for dairy purposes. She will be given to a family who needs some means of earning a living, and who needs the benefit of fresh food they can produce themselves. The family will sell the milk and milk products to help support themselves. They are also obligated to give the first heifer the cow produces to another family so they too can improve their lives. Given the ongoing jokes about Nick's relationship with cows, the KtK committee thought it was particularly appropriate to use the money earned to buy a cow. Nancy Kaminski KtK Webmaster ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:45:09 -0800 From: Libby Singleton <libratsie@s.......> Subject: Re: KtK Sierra Mayberry <bluefaerymagick@a.......> wrote: ** Were all of us bidding on stuff to help pick a cow to be slaughtered? Or was it for dairy purposes? If it's the latter, i agree that was just in poor taste. I'm not a vegetarian, but geeee.** Heifer International is a WELL KNOWN, international help and aid organization that believes you can give a man food to eat today, or you can give a man the means to raise his own food and he'll eat for a lifetime! Excuse me, but it is HARDLY in "poor taste" to give a starving person anywhere in the world a cow from which milk will provide nutrition and whose offspring will continue this food source. Google "Heifer Project International" (if I've spelled Heifer right<g>) Their current main office is across the street from where I work, although their new campus near the Clinton Library was just dedicated. I don't think you'll consider it "poor taste" after you see the work they do. While we are chatting away on e-mail, people are STARVING in this world. Some people here may not be aware of it, but FK fandom is known for its charity work. Bridging the Knight, the first charity auction after the show was cancelled, saved a pediatric AIDS clinic in Canada. From what we were told, literally saved. **I want the 3rd season on dvd, and if running ads helped to get the first two seasons out, then why not continue in the same fashion until we get the 3rd season? That's all i was saying. It's been a long time and i don't feel like we're going to get the 3rd season :(** If fans sit around and don't let TPTB know we "demand" a 3rd season, there won't be one. There was a time some fans set around and said there'd never be FK on professional format at all. They were wrong. Let's prove them wrong again. There's only one season to go. I want it, and I know many fans who do. If you don't want the 3rd season, well, that's your business but some of us will continue working for that goal. --Libs Libratsie@s....... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:20:17 -0600 From: Kristin <kris1228@e.......> Subject: Re: KtK/Season 3 Regarding the 3rd season on DVD - I did speak with someone at Sony recently and they said it is still a "potential" release, but no dates have been set. They're certainly taking their time. I also heard they may be holding off because of the new format war between "HD DVD" and "Bluray." At this point, only the actual "sales" of season 1 and 2 will really help us get season 3. If no one buys it, it doesn't matter how many emails you send them (according to Gord at tvshowsondvd.com). Sony is looking at sales now. However, I think letters are important if KTK is still interested in pushing for return movies and other merchandise (like special feature dvds with lost footage or bloopers). I also think it would be fantastic if another KTK ad is published in the near future in SCIFI magazine. Kristin http://www.avenuepotter.com/~kristin/Forever_Knight/ http://www.avenuepotter.com/~kristin/Christian_Bale/ >>> Let's prove them wrong again. There's only one season to go. I want it, and I know many fans who do. If you don't want the 3rd season, well, that's your business but some of us will continue working for that goal.>> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:35:03 -0500 From: sfryar@a....... Subject: Re: KtK Libs wrote: Let's prove them wrong again. There's only one season to go. I want it, and I know many fans who do. If you don't want the 3rd season, well, that's your business but some of us will continue working for that goal. (de-lurking for a bit...) I've read the impassioned posts from Libs, Nancy K. and Susan about KtK and its future with great interest, and I've been pondering what's happened to FK fandom over the last decade or so since the show ended. Fandom seems to go in an ebb-and-flow pattern and FK fandom's not that much different from other genre-type fandoms ("Buffy" and the like). At times, there's a great surge of interest, and then... it seems to go into retreat. Perhaps it's because of FK's absence which may have contributed to the erosion of the fandom, along with new interests that have captured the attention of some FK fans and the basic hecticness of daily life which doesn't always allow some FK fans the time or energy to devote to fandom. Of course, since we've had no new Sony-sanctioned FK in the last few years, there is a tendancy to believe that FK fandom is D.O.A. because of the seeming lack of response by the fandom to any proposed new effort to encourage Sony to take a second (or third) look at FK, and not allow a potentially lucrative franchise to languish in obscurity. Yet, this shouldn't discourage those of us who love the show and the message within it and desire to see it continue in some form. The charitable efforts of the FK fandom can't be ignored (Bridging the Knight and KtK's fundraising endeavors have been most impressive), and if memory serves, it was because of FK fans writing cards and letters to GNP Crescendo that we got TWO FK soundtrack albums. So, I don't think that it's unreasonable to politely (and frequently) ask Sony to complete the FK Trilogy by releasing the third season of the series on DVD. For those who don't want the third season of FK on DVD, as Libs said, that's strictly a matter of personal choice, but there are those who believe Sony should finish what it started by releasing the third season of FK on DVD, and they have the right to demand that the trilogy be concluded. What happens next will be determined by the fandom, as well as the new technology which Sony is busily tinkering with. In any case... a trilogy isn't complete without a third chapter, and the FK Trilogy on DVD has to have that last chapter. (back to lurking....) Stephie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 02:54:39 -0600 From: Kristin <kris1228@e.......> Subject: Visiting Toronto This Summer - Advice or Tips? Hi everyone, I am planning to finally visit Toronto for the very first time this June. I bookmarked some useful fk touring sites, but I would love to hear from those who have visited. Do you have any tips for me? What is the best way to get around the city and does Marg still offer FK tours? Any hotel recs? Thank you very much, Kristin http://www.avenuepotter.com/~kristin/Forever_Knight/ http://www.avenuepotter.com/~kristin/Christian_Bale/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:12:30 -0600 From: eowyn23@j....... Subject: Today's Birthday: March 29 Hi Y'all! Today is the birthday of: Emily Lacey laceyem@b....... You may send birthday greetings to Emily at the above email address. Please NOT to the list! Others who share this birthday: Jennifer Capriati, Tennis Player Lucy Lawless, TV Actress Marina Sirtis, TV/Movie/Stage Actress Man O' War, Racehorse Samuel Moore "Sam" Walton, Businessperson Significant events on this date: 1597, "Dafne," the first opera, is performed in Florence. 1798, Republic of Switzerland formed. 1812, the first wedding was performed in the White House. 1886, the first batch of Coca Cola was brewed over a fire in a backyard in Atlanta, GA. I hope you have a very Happy Birthday, Emily! If you would like to be added to the birthday announcements, please send your name, birthdate (no year needed) and email address to me, eowyn23@j......., privately, and I'll be glad to add you. Terri eowyn23@j....... GWDFC, FK X-Stitcher, Proud Survivor of FK Fic Wars 8-12, Texas Knight Dreamers, Knighties List Owner, Keeper of the FK Birthday List ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:52:08 -0500 From: Mildred Cady <mildred.cady@g.......> Subject: FK Moment Watching my other obsession, La Femme Nikita, I got to the episode "Rescue" which has our favorite Nigel Bennet in it playing another serious strategical bad ass. *grin* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:16:05 +0800 From: eruve erundun <eruveerundun@y.......> Subject: Re: PRAYER: please send thoughts my way Hey Kristen, Positive energy being sent your way as we speak. I hope little Nico returns safe and sound ASAP. Good luck with the move too. Having moved twice in two years (one of them across an international border) I know how tough that can be. Ell Kristen Fife <fenix23fyre@y......> wrote: My life has turned chaotic this last few days and I have a lot to take care of, including finding a missing kitty that has never been outside in his short life. His name is Nico and he's named after our favorite vampire, so any thought sent his way are completely ON TOPIC :) (He's the subject of my story "Foundling" which is on the FTP site if you want to read it.) I'm in the middle of a really abrupt move and all the financial struggles that entails. Luckily I'm employed well and have a strong support network in place, but any good thoughts are greatly appreciated! "The price for this gift is the darkness of the night, and the blood of humanity to sustain you." -THICKER THAN WATER, Kristen Fife in progress See my blog at http://spaces.msn.com/members/landinn/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:02:10 -0500 From: Lisa McDavid <mclisa@m.......> Subject: Heifer International and KtK Here is the url for Heifer International, http://www.heifer.org/ Heifer International, originally called the Heifer Project, is a well-respected international charity organization for agricultural aid to individual farmers. Recipients of whichever type of animal the donor chooses to give are responsible for passing offspring of the animal (or flock if its something like chickens) along to other families in need of livestock. The name came from a farmer in the 1950s who responded to an appeal at his church for donations to buy a milk-cow for a poor village in South America by offering one of his heifers, whose name was Faith. I cataloged a children's book about this some time ago. Faith was trucked to the nearest seaport and shipped to a family whose circumstances were greatly improved by having their own cow. When Faith had her first calf, the calf was given to another family in the area who needed a cow. Nowadays a whole range (no pun intended) of farm animals are made available. What KtK is proposing to do is to contribute the proceeds of the next auction to Heifer International. To drag this post, kicking and screaming, on to topic <g>, I can imagine the deBrabant Foundation supporting this charity. Think of all the cows Nick must have drunk from in the fields over the years, for which meant he would want to repay society. McLisa, who will go back to work now :) mclisa@m....... ------------------------------ End of FORKNI-L Digest - 28 Mar 2006 to 29 Mar 2006 (#2006-89) **************************************************************
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