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We're trying a new exercise in our team spaces, and we thought we'd share it with our members, too. On Mindful Mondays, we invite you to do a personal check in here. You can use this thread to talk about how you're doing, how your week was last week, what's on deck for you this week, what's stressing you out or giving you joy right now. It's a way for us to connect with each other and to be able to gain insight into what other folks may be holding or where they're coming from when they're sharing in these spaces.

Hey Superstars,

We wanted to give you an update about some changes that are happening with VP. We think they're going to help things run more smoothly, help us keep our spaces safer, and give more people access to VP's community.

• LJ Maintainer Team: The VP universe has gotten huge! At one time, we were only on LJ, but now, we're in many corners of the internet. In the past, all of our maintainers were in charge of helping with all of this content, but now that our work is so spread out, we're reorganizing to give maintainers specific tasks. Our maintainers who will be focusing solely on maintaining VP@LJ are kaberett, scientivity, and valleyofwolves. You're always welcome to reach out to any of our team members using their VP email addresses, but these folks will be handling the majority of LJ related queries and issues.

• VaginaPagina.com: We know, our website is outdated. We've wanted to bring it up-to-date for a while, but trying to do too many things at once has prevented us from doing that. We now have a group of maintainers -- barrelofrain, poppleshatesyou, and frolicnaked -- who are focused on moving VP's site to a WordPress platform for easier use, integrated social media, and a modern look. If you have WP experience and might like to do volunteer tech support for us, let us know!

• MMMMondays/Maintainer-Curated Content: Over the summer, we told you that we were temporarily suspending our Maintainer Curated Content, including MMMMondays and the Links Round Up. We wanted to update you that while we test out our new reorganization structure and build you a better website, we've put this content on hold. We love running this content and hope to bring it back in a few months. In the meantime, you can help give us direction by filling out this poll about our MCC.

• NEW Facebook Group: More and more of us are living life on a more mobile platform, especially with Facbeook. Some people will only want to use VP@LJ, and that's ok, but if you want to use VP on the go, check out our new Facebook group, which will operate similarly to our LiveJournal VaginaPagina community. You can ask and answer questions in a safer space, which will be moderated by longtime SSMs rockstarbob, jennifer0246, and shyshutterbug. While you're on FB, don't forget to like our Facebook Page, maintained by mangofandango, where we share and discuss articles about broader VP-related issues.

For now, these structural changes and our new FB group are on a temporary, trial basis. We expect to evaluate how the trial went at the close of 2015 and see if this arrangement is one that works for us. We'll keep you posted and let you know when you can look for a shiny new website. In the meantime, we'd love to have your help promoting our new Facebook group, so please share it with your friends! We're happy to answer any questions you might have about this post, and we appreciate your patience during this period of adjustment for us.

Cheers,
cat
For the VP Team