Our blog has been neglected of late. That's one of the hazards when your organisation is completely volunteer-run, and those volunteers are Doulas, Moms, or working full-time in gainful employment! Let me, on behalf of all of the Birth Vine team (and MACFE also) apologise, dear reader, for this.
I am working towards ideas to help keep this blog active and going, which involves recruiting more people to submit their thoughts. If you have ideas or suggestions, or an article or poem you'd like to submit, please do- you can post a comment on this blog post, or send it to birthvine@gmail.com. Any and all comments left on our blog ARE read.
We're finding we have a very low (IE, almost nothing) response to our Wisdom Question. Don't be afraid to share it with us! If you're worried about privacy, you can E-mail it to us instead of posting a comment, and your response will be posted without your name.
The Birth Vine has been an important part of the Manitoba Birthing Community since its inception, and we would very much like it continue that way, but we do need input from our readers!
Sincerely,
The Birth Vine Team
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2012-09-21
2012-02-02
Answers to Wisdom Question: "Farewell to Print"
First of all, a brief explanation and/or apology:
About a month ago, we asked our first Wisdom Question here on the Birth Vine Blog. We've been silent for some time, focussing on our homes and families (What is it about January that always brings on so many colds?!), but we are back now, and we would like to get back on-task with our work here at The Birth Vine!
So, the question we'd asked our readership was:
What will you miss most about the print edition of the Birth Vine, or what do you like best about the blog edition of The Birth Vine?
Below are some of the answers we received- as we did with our Print Edition, we are posting your comments with the names withheld for privacy. If, for future Wisdom Questions, you would like your name included with your comments, please let us know and we will post it along with your comment!
"What will I miss the most about the print edition of the Birth Vine? Probably the small thrill of opening my mailbox and seeing something there addressed to me, that familiar large orange envelope. Especially the fact that it's NOT a bill!
I think I will enjoy the immediacy of the blog, being able to easily look for an older article without having to store a stack of paper magazines in my home!"
I will miss flipping through a paper copy page by page, but I like that the BV will still be around in the form of a blog. I also like that the BV is trying to stay true to the paper copy by still doing Wisdom questions.
I will miss getting that BV in the mail and sitting down right of way and reading it all right of way in an hour but I won't miss them piling up in my house!!! I'm excited to read updates and stories all the time!!
About a month ago, we asked our first Wisdom Question here on the Birth Vine Blog. We've been silent for some time, focussing on our homes and families (What is it about January that always brings on so many colds?!), but we are back now, and we would like to get back on-task with our work here at The Birth Vine!
So, the question we'd asked our readership was:
What will you miss most about the print edition of the Birth Vine, or what do you like best about the blog edition of The Birth Vine?
Below are some of the answers we received- as we did with our Print Edition, we are posting your comments with the names withheld for privacy. If, for future Wisdom Questions, you would like your name included with your comments, please let us know and we will post it along with your comment!
"What will I miss the most about the print edition of the Birth Vine? Probably the small thrill of opening my mailbox and seeing something there addressed to me, that familiar large orange envelope. Especially the fact that it's NOT a bill!
I think I will enjoy the immediacy of the blog, being able to easily look for an older article without having to store a stack of paper magazines in my home!"
I will miss flipping through a paper copy page by page, but I like that the BV will still be around in the form of a blog. I also like that the BV is trying to stay true to the paper copy by still doing Wisdom questions.
I will miss getting that BV in the mail and sitting down right of way and reading it all right of way in an hour but I won't miss them piling up in my house!!! I'm excited to read updates and stories all the time!!
2011-12-11
Wisdom Question- Farewell to Print
The Birth Vine going green and turning into a blog is definitely a bittersweet moment. For me, anyhow.
I have to say there was something nice about getting getting your paper copy in the mail and flipping through it, page by page. I loved the creativity and thought that went into each editorial and cover and definitely into all the articles! However, we are saving our planet, one issue at a time. We're also "getting with the times". Heck, everyone I know has a computer, iPhone or iPad now.
We at MACFE would love to see the Birth Vine stay around and with your help (and submissions!), we can. Please send in your articles, poems, thoughts, etc. ... To birthvine@gmail.com. We still plan on doing "Rants" and wisdom questions to keep the original Birth Vine spirit alive in the blog!
And with that we ask our very first blog-style wisdom question; What will you miss most about the print edition of the Birth Vine, or what do you like best about the blog edition of The Birth Vine? Please send submissions to birthvine@gmail.com by December 16th. Don't forget to check back to see everyone's responses!
Abbey
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