The only time I went on just to peek and see what was going on.
But today or last night, whatever time span it was, had a dream involving gaia.
It involved one of my gaia friends Naeyru and that she was going away or something like that. Or quitting gaia.
Either one, and it seriously disturbed my dream self.
Random note, I was in a two layer dream where I was dreaming of my self, dreaming of the certain event happening.
My dream self, in the first layer of dream, went to go check on the comptuer to see what happened on gaia.
So I woke up in real life and now I find myself on the computer.
I check the thread, Utopia, not really sure if it was still alive. I have been a member of the thread since the summer of 2009. (Oh God I feel so ancient for a 16 year old girl)
But I went on an check and LORD AND BEHOLD the exact announcement from 2 days ago.
Quote:
ANNOUNCEMENT:
As you know I've been wayyy too inactive on Gaia lately, and managing UTOPIA has been rather unsustainable. I also do not want to see the funds rotting away in the mule.
I plan to eventually convert this thread to a chat/friends thread and move it to the friend's chat forum, but before doing so, I'm planning on giving away approximately 80% of all UTOPIA funds over the summer.
This is around 150-200m worth, not sure I will need to do an inventory check sometime soon. Half of the funds will be given to OTHER CHARITIES (you can nominate them or I'll go through the forum and scout for some), and half will be given to users (whether they are new to UTOPIA, regulars, etc. Obviously the weight/value of what you get will depend on how familiar you are with the charity).
This summer giveaway will be done in a new thread, not this one since the post count can be intimidating to non-regulars.
What of the other 20%, you ask? This will stay on the mule as some sort of backup funding, so if perchance we decide to host mini giveaways in the future (when this place will no longer be a "charity", but more of a "chat thread" ), we will not be completely broke.
As of now, there is really no way to go around extending the life of UTOPIA as a charity since the system is so complicated. I'd much rather see this place thrive as a chat thread. Thanks everyone for being a part of this place for the past 6 years, but it's time for UTOPIA to take on a new lifeform. <3
Best wishes,
Nae
As you know I've been wayyy too inactive on Gaia lately, and managing UTOPIA has been rather unsustainable. I also do not want to see the funds rotting away in the mule.
I plan to eventually convert this thread to a chat/friends thread and move it to the friend's chat forum, but before doing so, I'm planning on giving away approximately 80% of all UTOPIA funds over the summer.
This is around 150-200m worth, not sure I will need to do an inventory check sometime soon. Half of the funds will be given to OTHER CHARITIES (you can nominate them or I'll go through the forum and scout for some), and half will be given to users (whether they are new to UTOPIA, regulars, etc. Obviously the weight/value of what you get will depend on how familiar you are with the charity).
This summer giveaway will be done in a new thread, not this one since the post count can be intimidating to non-regulars.
What of the other 20%, you ask? This will stay on the mule as some sort of backup funding, so if perchance we decide to host mini giveaways in the future (when this place will no longer be a "charity", but more of a "chat thread" ), we will not be completely broke.
As of now, there is really no way to go around extending the life of UTOPIA as a charity since the system is so complicated. I'd much rather see this place thrive as a chat thread. Thanks everyone for being a part of this place for the past 6 years, but it's time for UTOPIA to take on a new lifeform. <3
Best wishes,
Nae
I don't know what I feel right now. Sad that one of the best people I know is quitting gaia or that what I dreamt did come true.
So with this heavy thoughts I will resume my relurking on gaia.
