From: "Lost Lakes Member Community" <eva@lostlakes.net>
To: eva@lostlakes.net
Subject: Lost Lakes Newsletter Preview
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:09:21 -0000
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Dear Lost Lakes Members and Staff,

There has been a very important change in the way Lost Lakes will be run.

For those of you who do not know, over the past few days I have been consulting 
with both members and staff about the state of the dream. As hard a pill it is 
to swallow, one thing is unanimous: The dream's time has come.

Like all things, Lost Lakes has seen its day in the spotlight, and that day has 
passed. The dream will never be what it was. The futile attempts I have made to 
resurrect the dream were a bit foolish. Even if someone better suited than I 
(and I am sure there are many) were to take over the project, it would never be 
what it was when it was infused with the personality of Alexsi, and it would 
die eventually.

So where does that leave us? To keep this letter as brief as possible: there 
will be changes in the way Lost Lakes will be operated. The changes are as 
follows:

1.) We are revoking our status as a Guild - Despite ensuring us a place in the 
Furcadian landscape, and having the oldest active charter, having a guild 
offers nothing substantial to the dream except pressure. Furthermore, as the 
Furcadian structure moves away from the idea of guilds and more towards groups 
and dream packages, Lost Lakes can pick and choose for pay services that suit 
us and free us from dependency on the bot. Furcadian URLs give us universal 
access to the dream, and scattering the dream around parts of Furcadia allow us 
to serendipitously pick up new members.

2.) The dream will be reduced in size - About 50 to 75% of what exists in Lost 
Lakes will be eliminated through a map reduction. By creating a smaller dream 
with a new feel and old features, we can create a more tight nit, easier to 
maintain locale - a home for those few users who are in the dream. The excess 
space is unneeded.

3.) The forum idea will be eliminated - To further our sense of community and 
intimacy, Lost lakes will be replacing a forum with Newsletter communication. 
Monthly or so, I willl send out the latest news of members: Projects in and 
outside of Furcadia we are working on, dream updates and questions/ideas. All 
mail in response will be harvested and used to construct response in the next 
edition of the newsletter. This is much more personal, I feel.

For the readers of this letter, make it known your names are archived and will 
be forwarded to the new email system. If you have any questions, comments or 
concerns about these vast changes, please email me.

Eva
eva@lostlakes.net