Hail to the STAR MEMBER OF MARCH, Sir DANNY CLARK!!
*applauses*
^_^
We can't really say it has been a very hard-fought election, but all the people who voted for Danny had very clear and strong reasons:
"He’d been so helpful to all members and explain how he corrects the grammar usage, tenses, prepositions, phrasal verbs and tons of useful tips" ~Risty Aven
"I do aprecciate a lot his effort to make our English better, to teach us here for free, invest his time in scolding stupid innocent people like me and somehow forcing them to start doing sth! Danny, it is awesome to have you here and all words aren't enough to express my big thank you for everything" ~Luci
"I totally agree with everything Luci said about Mr. Danny Clark. [That's] what makes him so valuable to us. ~Rose
"He constantly gives us his test and his knowledge and help us soooooo much to improve our English!! His help is precious here in EC. I admire how patient he is with us. He has so many corrections to make for each one of us and explanations to say again and again! ~Elen
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Pretty good reasons for being a Star, right? :)
I think we all agree Danny is a very good choice, no matter whether you voted for him or not, because his great contribution to the site it's not only because of his knowledge, but also because of his personal values: kindness, politeness, empathy... These are very important things for being a good and well-liked member. So here I want to say a big THANKS to Danny for being part of this English Community :)
Another good thing of this 'EC Democracy's Experiment' is that other members also recieved a well deserved appreciation and recognition for their activity. We can see that checking how it was the final vote count:
Total votes: 14
Danny Clark: 6 votes
Luci: 3 votes
Risty Aven: 3 votes
Since some of you also made a great campaign for Luci and Risty, I'd like to give them an honorary treatment as well! ^_^
...And also BIG THANKS to all the EC Members and especially to all of you who participated in this 'Democrazy Game'! ;)
Let's celebrate now!
Comments
Danny plz, don't be so dramatic :P
I know pretty well your will is good and how much you respect women. It's just maybe that you come from a more 'traditional' education and you can't see some things as 'sexist' as they actually are nowadays. For this reason it's good to talk about it, that's how ppl can understand each other, right? :)
Sorry if I'm being a lil pain in your a*s, but I'm glad we can talk about it. Thanks.
Well, I'm the first one who laughs about her own shadow and say funny silly comments all the time in EC (that probably many ppl don't find 'funny' at all) But if you could be a woman at least for a week you probaly could understand my complaint. Don't be naive thinkin' that we've reached an 'equal' position in the society: A woman has to deal with sexist comments, situations or microaggressions on a DAILY basis, and even worse things in some parts of the world. What I'm trying to say here is that patience has a limit: A woman has to ignore lot of little silly comments and situations everyday, and here I just want you to understand that, at some point, we can 'burst' for a silly comment because we had to ignore a dozen before.
I only wanna ask for a 'walk a mile on my shoes' reflection. Again, I'm the first one who likes to write silly comments and jokes, and probably they're innapropiate sometimes too... but I think we all are smart enough to recognize an offensive joke after all. I couldn't say any joke about jew people while visiting Auschwitz, for instance. And it's not a good idea either to make some sexist jokes that lot of women here can read... Because women still are fighting a (long) battle and that's what make us to feel so sensitive about it.
Okay guys, thanks for dropping by again and to AG for showing us how bad he's playing pranks.
The only thing is that you should know that is not a good idea to play the 'Macho Men Club' right at my face, because you can end up 'scratched' ¬¬
Danny, you know that I appreciate you but plz, don't say things like "Risty needs only a man to make her feel a woman". A woman doesn't need any 'guy' to feel like a woman same as any guy needs a woman to feel like a guy. That's a very old sexist comment that we just better leave for these old corny romantic songs from the 80's.
And when you say "what a pity you refuse from being my SECOND muse! Sure, any woman prefers to be THE FIRST and unique", you make it sound as if you were a gift that women can't share ¬¬ I refused 'cause I'm not any 'muse'. I'm the artist myself.
And I would like to make clear that I'm not any 'feminist', but some comments are so innapropiate for this 21st Century that I can't keep quiet, sorry...
Congratulations, dear winners!
Wow, congrats! Keep it up!
Risty, Thanks to you for your great comments and activity! EC would be much better if at least a 5% of the newcomers were half as active as you are :)
But I go along with Luci: To be modest is nice, but you're one step of being overmodest! You deserve the recognition for making this site more lively (in my opinion, EC needs a lot of that) So allow yourself to boast a lil bit about it too! ;)
Luci! Thanks for helping me to make clear that this was just a kind of 'game' and I can't be doing this every month 'cause I've a life XD And thanks a lot for your nice words; right after this experience I could see that to be a 'Star' here is kind of stressful... I'm SO HAPPY of being just an ordinary member!! XD
Hey Danny, I'm so glad if this election almost made you cry... I love to make ppl cry! hahaha
But it's funny that you're like the antithesis of Risty about modesty; I hope you can teach her something about it too! :D
Thanks a lot for your nice words, but I really didn't do anything but to suggest people to vote and it happened that many of them just picked you for some obvious reasons. You're the only one to blame if you were elected for being active on March! You did it! ;)
P.S. Second muse? hahaha... Thanks but I kindly decline; I'm fine just showing up from time to time being a catwoman on this hot tin roof :D
Eva! I hope you didn't come to the site these days just for not being voted as Star! :D
Thanks for your always lovely and nice words; you're my star ^_^
Oh, AG a.k.a. 'The party pooper' hahaha... I think you and Fr@nk should party together. But don't go too wild! XD
Ofc you can have an opinion about the result but as I said in another comment, I always find very 'funny' that people who decide not to participate are the ones who complain the most later :P Anway, all of you who took their time to vote and cared about it decided, and that's how it works.
I also said before that what I find more interesting about this 'experiment' is to make a reflection of how much we participate when we have to make a decision altogether and how we face it before and after. So I thank all of you who participated voting or just commenting and giving your impressions.
Seeker, Adaline, Hope, thanks also for dropping by and leave your comments :)
firstly I would like to congratulate to Danny.. So dear Danny CONGRATULATIONS on being Starmember of month March, I am glad you won because you are the one who deserved it ;) Risty, stop being modest because you deserve it too! Congratulations ;)
Secondly, thank you guys for giving me votes, I am really surprised :o and also happy I didn't win :D It would be really weird :p
Thirdly, ehmmmm Frankkkk.....whaaat??? I took this all like something entertaining what EC member created for other EC members ..just exactly like I came up with Miss and Mr EC contest in prehistorical times... I don't see any problem in such activities and wouldn't take it so officially. Like Mary said and I also got it like this it was just about one month, nothing more... I m just wondering where are votes for Top Star Member 1 :o ;D yeah I had to say it...sorry :D
Anyway..my dear Mary, thank you for coming up with something creative, entertaining and new..you are definitely Starmember of April and I am so proud of you ;) thanx!
Hey Fr@nk! I knew someone could say something about the low rate of participation, taking in mind the number of total members in EC. So, that 'someone' was you! :D Well, what can I say... It's just like when there are elections in any country: Lot of people don't vote and then complain about the system or who was chosen XD
I get what you say, but still this is not any 'hall of fame' of mine... I didn't say anybody who they should to vote and people who were voted were clearly some of the most active members, so it makes pretty much sense that they were chosen.
But one of the things I'd like ppl to think about with this 'Game' is this exactly: To make a reflection of how the democracy works in our real life, how we make (or not) use of it, how much we care (or not) about it, what reasons we take in mind to vote this or that, etc.
So, probably now the question/reflection we all should try to answer/make is: Why the active people here are always the same few members? Why we don't usually see new members posting things? Why people don't feel like participating more in the site?
At least I hope this silly 'experiment' of mine bring us some reflections ;)
Thanks for your comment and participation!
P.S. I never wanted to do anything 'official' of this. I made clear in my comments that this is like a GAME or 'experiment' . I never had the intention to keep doing this the rest of the year, this was just for this Month.
Thank you so much, Mary!! I know your intention is really good, once again you made EC vibrant and alive. To be honest, it;s you who is a Star, you are an inspiration, and you are the charming EC member, I mean it.
To those who cast their votes for me, the honor doesn't belong to me. (all praises to God). You guys are so dear to me. BIG HUGS!!! :) :) :)
I'm just a new member, I don't deserve a thing, really. I'm just doing things out for learning, though I don't know if I'm moving or stationary. Meeting new people here and get to know them, learn from them elevates my motivation to come back and write again and again. In real life, it's different. I asked people to be my online relatives, 'cause I don't have that in real life. EC helped a lot, more than you can imagine.
Waiiiiittttttttttt, before I drop my tear..:D
Let me congratulate our brightest STAR- SIR DANNY CLARK!!! Peace, don't tear my ears off, teacher. :D I know I'm such a pain in your neck, yes!!! Don't worry, I will save the emergency number, in case you need some ambulance. :D.. Thanks for all the help and additional scolds I got almost every day. Haha! So happy you are here to teach us. :D(more than words)
Congrats, Luci!!! You are so awesome, I couldn't agree more! Aside from that "april fool's day blog"..:D
Thanks Mary!Guys, thanks!