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frolicnaked.livejournal.com

Hi VPers,

As you may have noticed, we've been experiencing some technical issues with our VP.com site -- which includes, among other things, VP's rules. Obviously, we want to preserve and continue those community standards, but we think it's only fair that if we ask people to follow VP's rules, we should have them available and accessible at all times. To that end, this post (which will be stickied) will serve as a working version of those rules for the time being.

Thanks for understanding,
Tori
For the VP Team

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( Rules and guidelines under cut (for length). )

frolicnaked.livejournal.com

Hi, VPers!

We're happy to announce that, as of this posting, VP on LJ is back open for business!

Our current maintainer team is

rockstarbob,

mangofandango,

frolicnaked,

poppleshatesyou,

kaberett, and

scientivity. We wanted to take a minute to outline some of the steps we've taken and are considering to help make VP a sustainable safe space.

First, we've revised and streamlined our internal structure, including consensus and action policies, to account for our rather smaller team. We're hopeful that this will go a long way in helping us respond more efficiently and effectively to any safer space issues that come to our attention.

Additionally, as some of you offered in this post, we want to let you know that the possibility of hiring additional Safe Space Maintainers is one that remains on the table. However, it's not one that we're going to act on immediately, both because we want to take some time to see how the above-mentioned changes are working (so we get a more complete and accurate idea of our needs going forward) and so that we can tailor our hiring process, if necessary, to best meet those needs. Basically, hiring is a big step, and we want to make sure that when we do it, we do it right. :)

In the meantime, while we remain committed to safer and accountable space, we may not have the immediate capacity for quick response times -- and we want to be really transparent and upfront about that fact. We would love it if, especially in the short-term, y'all would take the time to flag up any concerns in

contact_vp. The more an issue is "up front," so to speak, the sooner and better we'll be able to address it.

Thanks for your understanding on this -- and happy VPing!

Tori
For the VP Team

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frolicnaked.livejournal.com

Hello Superstars,

I'm writing on behalf of the VP Team to let everyone know about the pretty big -- but temporary -- change

mangofandango mentioned here.

At 8:00pm EDT on March 16, 2015 (that's about 24 hours from now), VP will temporarily become a moderated community and will not be accepting new entries. VP on LJ will remain closed through that same time on March 30, 2015. At that point, it'll be business as usual once again. Any entries submitted during our two-week LJ hiatus will be rejected (with a copy of this notice) and not posted.

We are taking this step to re-evaluate, re-assess and rejuvenate. The VP Team will be using this hiatus to discuss policy, to discuss focus, and to better equip ourselves to continue to make VP a safe and valuable space. In short, we're doing it because we care about VP.

Because we want our fabulous members to have a part in VP's "renovation," we encourage you to visit

contact_vp to leave us your honest and helpful feedback. A post will be available for your helpful comments on Saturday, March 28. Be advised, however, that although we plan to keep an eye on CVP, we don't plan to respond to non-urgent situation until after VP on LJ re-opens. We also encourage you to use CVP in the meantime to contact us regarding any comments on current entries that need our attention.

We care deeply about our members, and want you to know that we're taking this step to help you. It might seem scary, but remember that not all VP resources will be out of your reach! You can always make use of the links on the VP on LJ sidebar (accessed through the community main page), VP on LJ's tagged posts, and our VP community on Dreamwidth.

We thank you in advance for your understanding and assistance, and we look forward to re-opening the community on March 30th!

¡Vulva la revolución!
Tori
For the VP Team

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Edit 3/16 -- Just confirming that VP is now set to moderation -- and will be closed to new entries for the next 2 weeks.

jennifer0246.livejournal.com

Hey there Superstars!

We're writing to remind you abour our cool new facebook discussion group! You may have seen a couple posts about it here over the last week or so as we prepared to launch, but it's taking off in a really neat way and we'd be happy to have you join the conversations. For example, today we are talking about alternative menstrual products and dissecting a really terrible article we stumbled upon about the importance of wives sexing up their husbands every night (WHAT?).

The rules are pretty much the same as they are here on LJ, with a few tweaks because Facebook is not LJ (see: privacy). Our group is closed (but not secret--read more about FB group privacy settings over here), which means that it will show up in searches but all the posts and comments are private and viewable only to members. It also means that you need to ask to be added; we're usually pretty fast at that part but don't take it personally if it takes a bit for us to click the button. Also, the rules are stickied at the top of the group--please look them over once you gain access.

Queries, concerns, virtual high fives? We'd love to hear from you.

-- Jen, Gracie, and Tasha
Your VP on FB admin
For the VP Team

barrelofrain.livejournal.com

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

valleyofwolves.livejournal.com

Hey, Superstars!

LiveJournal recently contacted us about updates made to the Community Directory. With this new update, we'll be categorizing VP so that new folks can find us and get a feel of what we're about. This means that posts to VP with the Security setting set to 'public' will start appearing in the Recent Posts tab at http://www.livejournal.com/browse/ for the topics VP will be categorized under, and VP itself will show up on the Communities tab.

This may result in heightened traffic for public posts and is therefore something to keep in mind when choosing to make a post public versus members-only. Posts set to 'members-only' will still only remain hidden to anyone who is not a member of VP. If anyone has any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to reach out to the VP team by commenting on this post, or sending us an email!

Rock on, superstars!

Guadalupe
for the VP Team

barrelofrain.livejournal.com

Hi Superstars!

We noticed today that LJ's mobile app is not displaying LJ-cuts properly. We wanted to make you aware of this because if you're viewing VP on LJ's mobile app, you may see NSFW pictures without a descriptive cut and/or you may see material that is triggering.

We'll be in touch with LJ to see if they're aware of the issue and how it can be addressed, but for now, you may want to view VP on the desktop site or via your mobile web browser, which does not appear to be affected.

Thanks for helping us keep this community safer by putting your NSFW images and triggering material behind a cut... and for being awesome!

Cheers,
cat
For the VP Team

kaberett.livejournal.com

Hi all!

This is just a quick heads-up to let you know that our main website might be down overnight: we're transferring to new hosting/servers, and it can take a few hours for everything to update.

This is the first step in a serious website revamp: the contacts page doesn't have all our new SSMs, for instance, and we're well aware that our links section is pretty much a dinosaur! Over the next few weeks and months we're expecting to provide a series of posts requesting feedback on new content.

In the meantime, please bear with us. If you've got questions, there's a CVP post and I'll answer to you as quickly as possible!

Cheers!
-alex
for the VP team

barrelofrain.livejournal.com

Hi again!

If you're not up for writing a whole guest post by yourself, but you think you could tackle writing a short paragraph for us, check out the collaborative topics below. (See our World Day of Social Justice post for an example.)

As mentioned in our other call, we are looking for guest posters to write for VaginaPagina (prefer woman-identified or someone under the trans*/genderqueer umbrella; people of color and people with disabilities strongly encouraged to apply) for upcoming MMMMonday featured posts.

We're currently seeking 200 word paragraphs on the following topics:

• Body Image & Summertime
• Online Dating (especially from a queer & trans* perspective)
• Friends with Benefits

Deadlines for these topics are in July, August, and September.

Please send an email to cat@vaginapagina.com if you're interested and indicate which topic you'd like to write on.

barrelofrain.livejournal.com

Hi Superstars!

We're looking for guest posters to write for VaginaPagina (prefer woman-identified or someone under the trans*/genderqueer umbrella; people of color and people with disabilities strongly encouraged to apply) for upcoming MMMMonday featured posts.

We're currently seeking blog posts on the following topics:

• Exercising While Fat
• World Contraception Day
• Using Midwifery for Routine Care (instead of or in addition to births)
• Asexuality
• Sex & Disability (as part of an ongoing series)

Deadlines for these topics are in July, August, and September. Most posts will be between 500-1500 words in length and could be a personal essay or a factual PSA type of piece.

Please send an email to cat@vaginapagina.com if you're interested and indicate which topic you'd like to write on. We'll also take proposals for other topics. Feel free to share with someone you think would be great for this!

Comments are screened, so if you'd like to suggest a topic for a future MMMMonday, please feel free to do so in the comments below!