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Hi Teresa

Just seen this......

Congratulations to Michelle and her friends for getting off their behinds and doing something....first of all. It´s a shame about the lack of response but don´t let it put them off trying again....sometimes it takes a few goes. Good luck to them all for the next time.

Juliexx

Make sure the youth forum is represented at the next council meeting.Three councillors were there,they will be the ones to carry forward your ideas.
It was extremely rude of the other bodies to ignore your invitations,a reply would have been a start.
Get a copy of the presentation to the clerk to the council so that it will be circulated to all the councillors.
You may find that this is making a better start than having everybody there as the official bodies will be made aware by other official bodies who actually have a bit of clout and can get things moving.
Did you get the names of the councillors who attended.Write a covering letter thanking them for their attendance,this will make their presence known.
There is more than one way to skin a cat you know!

Gillian Jennifer would never have written as that Gillian did, however much she hurts GJ is always friendly and polite.
Hope things get better for your daughter and her friends and they find their efforts are rewarded with more interest.
Good luck to them
Lizx

Thanks everyone for your responses. I do not believe the Gillian, Sharon refers to is the Gillian we know who's son died as a result of SADS. That Gillian was already a contact of mine and the new Gillian didnt come up in my contacts list

I am so glad that many of you respnded. I still havent shown Michelle the thread but will do over the coming days.

Young people are our future, however we choose to look at it. As our carers or simply as tax payers paying towards the welfare state...............At some point we will each need a nurse and you can guarentee that that person will not be a peer............

Invest in your future, the youth of today!

love Theresa

Well done to you all Teresa,

It is the same old story with not enough people being interested...we have been involved in youth projects and it can be disheartening,


Good luck for the future,

Caz xx

I can't imagine she is feeling joyous about having posted it at this moment.She has taken it down,that is probably all she feels strong enough to do.

Are the Gillian Sharron refers to and the one who posted the same?
Last night I had the weird sense that someone was talking to themself here, but when I hovered on their name they were two different people called Margaret!

I did see the post and it was complaining about having to trawl through "inane drivel" to find information relating to genealogy.

I am sorry to hear that Gillian ( presuming it's the same Gillian who posted on here) has had a hard time lately, but there was absolutely no need to be so rude.................tips and records are bursting with information, so I have no idea why she chose to post on this thread in the first place.

You're probably right Sharron about the raw nerve. But it is not really any excuse to be rude to others. I didn't see the post either, but from others responses I would say that it was totally uncalled for, whatever your personal circumstances. And at the end of the day the poster can't have had the courage of their convictions, because they deleted it.

I didn't read Gillian's comment but I believe she has had big tragedy and I am sure that Teresa writing with such justified pride about her daughter hit upon a very raw nerve.As I have no children I can neither relate to Gillian's unimaginable grief nor to Teresa's pride and feeling of injustice but I can understand that either could cause spontanious thoughtless angry outbursts.Nobody is perfect and we do all sometimes findour burdens a little hard to bear.

I am amazed that someone can be so rude and nasty.
Theresa, your daughter Michelle and friends are doing a great job, showing that most young people are good and caring.We mostly hear about the yobs that give teens a bad name.

Theresa,Well done to your daughter.Gillian what a very rude person you are. Annie

CONGRATUATE YOUR DAUGHTER
TELL HER
NEVER STOP TRYING

HOW VERY RUDE AND HOW VERY DARE YOU GILLIAN - WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!

To say I was angry reading your post is an understatement.

I hope you never want any help on this board or answers because I certainly will not help you.


To Theresa - well done to your children, I am sure there are a lot more of them out there just like them but they are not interesting enough to press officers who write stories. Only the naughty ones appear to get press which is a crying shame. Lets hope we hear more of the good children we have in this world.
My husband was brought up in Ireland and I only have the greatest respect for the way he was brought up.
Tina xxxx

Gillian

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Theresa is well within her rights to post whatever she please on this board. If she'd posted on tips then maybe you'd have a reason to be so rude. But as I see it the only inane and VERY rude drivel I see is your post!!!!!


Theresa

Unfortunatly, it's the way of the world it's all to easy to moan about things going wrong ( i know I do it so very often) but it's much harder to comment when things are going right.
Chin up Michelle
xx

Gillian - how rude ! ! !

There are 2 boards on this site for general chit chat ................

There are FOUR boards relating to research !!

I respectfully suggest you find your way to those other 4 if research is your 'thang' !

I can't imagine how you mistakenly stumbled onto the Inane Drivel Board without realising ? ? ?

Theresa,
Very well done to your daughter and her friends. You said the press were there. was anything printed in the paper about it. If not I would get them to precise the speeches and what they were all about at the meeting, indicate the lack of interest from the people who should have been there and send it to local and national papers asking why media press about teenagers is all negative.

Please don't let them be despondent about the reaction, I am sure they enjoyed doing the presentation, and what good practice for their careers.

Gillian, how rude of you, you may read the 'drivel' on here but the first time I have seen you post you can certainly write it! If you don't like the gen board please stick to tips and Records. and I hope, as has already been said, if you ever need help it wont be somebody who just read your post that could have helped you.

Genealogy covers many things, not just tracing back as far as you can and adding hundreds of names to a tree. Genealogy is about history and your daughter Theresa, and her friends are trying to make history. It will be interesting to future generations to see how they approached the problems in their presentation, and indeed how they presented them.

Ann
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Theresa

I applaud your daughter and her friends for the work they are doing. It makes me proud to see many of the young people of today proving to one and all that they are worthwhile human beings, and should all not be labelled bad because of a small minority.

Gillian

Sadly for you luv, many of the people who have read your rude comments may be members who also frequent the more genealogically based boards on this site.

They may be the next person who you ask for help.

They also may remember you calling their friends posts, for no good reason "Inane"--- and hopefully will walk away without helping you.

Gillian

Why did you look at the thread then?

Pat

well done to your daughter for doing what she did .
we need to encourage them .
take no notice of gillian and others like her , i for one never go on chat but always read general so would have missed your post.
dawn x