Post by Brian Germain on Jan 25, 2007 11:10:13 GMT -5
Fellow Dark Elves, You have access to the private yahoo group, if you don't then it would be a good thing to speak up and tell someone. as part of the company it is your responsibility to check the group for new messages or receive them in your mail, if you choose not to do so then if something goes down that you don't like or approve of then perhaps you shouldn't feel the right to complain about it when it does. The people who responded to the Role Call or responded to me in some way are the people that have been integral in pushing the company forward. They have been active in promoting themselves in some form or another. The people who aren't probably even reading this are the ones I am specifically intending this letter for however.
Now the rest of you that are keeping up with the activity on this group (which shouldn't be hard as very often it's minimal) might be thinking "how does this matter?" if the people aren't reading it? Well I think these people know who they are and I think that by you reading this when it all goes down then you will back me up on saying "well he told you" So here is the deal we are entering the next phase of what we are to become. Many of you have elected on being a part of that. Some have elected to leave already, and we hate to see anyone go but I believe that makes us a stronger company knowing who is really in and who really is just along for the ride "if" we succeed.
For years now I have watched other small press companies open up shop grow slightly and then close up shop all around us. We however are stronger than ever. We do have some new investors and we have several new products coming out this year. "Dream Weaver" is slated for later this year, along with a possible color version of "MoonShadow" #0, The long awaited release of "Venterra Chronicles" The soon to be finished "The Gryphon", we have someone working on "ChelleFire" one of our newest Elves Levi Hinton as well as some finished concept and possibly a variant of "Chellefire" done by Ray Callicoat, Josh Skeel has some new stuff for us, and J.S. Earls The Sorrow Anthology's long awaited debut will take place this year. Parisel (Paris Watkins) is continuously coming up with great new stuff, and Doug Brian and Zhen Dil Oloth are moving along with great stuff Christy's first project just released this year and the best is yet to come including a Movie related project with Jerry Seward and Jason Carter producing. William Loebs and I have been working on Novel Illustrations for COM publishing our partner company. AND THERE ARE MANY MORE PROJECTS AVAILABLE!!!
So those of you who feel like you have been sitting on your haunches let's kick it into high gear! If you aren't on a project but would like to be then let me know!
Due to his overflowing workload David Alan Flanary would like help in the project coordination dept. making sure everyone is synching on projects etc.
anyway if you have or haven't been following the yahoo group then be advised we will be having a MANDATORY MEETING that means barring personal injury or sickness or some other very important event YOU WILL NEED TO BE THERE if you can't be there you need to let Derek Baillie, Myself, or David Flanary know or post it here in the group and leave a reason why you can't make it. It will be online and according to the vote it will be done through yahoo messenger so if you don't have a good working version of Yahoo messenger I suggest you clear off whatever version you do have and download the latest version and install it. It will be THIS WEEKEND SUNDAY, JANUARY 28th at roughly 7:00pm. It will last for one hour so be prepared to clear your schedule. We will have a MAKE-UP meeting scheduled for MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5th at 2:00pm again people who can't make these meetings should let me know and then should read about them on the web.
The Meetings will be held in an orderly fashion everyone will introduce themselves tell what they do what projects they are working on (if any) and then I will type and or talk for a good portion of the meeting followed by your questions.
Be prepared for at least an hour. After an hour you may check out as needed. WE WILL ONLY WAIT FIVE MINUTES TO START THE METING AFTER THE SCHEDULED TIME, anyone coming in after will have to get their information filled in from the meeting minutes posted to the private yahoo group.
IF YOU ARE A CURRENT MEMBER OF DARK ELF DESIGNS AND NOT ON THE PRIOVATE YAHOO GROUP MAILING LIST THEN YOU NEED TO E-MAIL ME AT BRIAN@DARKELFDESIGNS.COM TO LET ME KNOW.
Now the rest of you that are keeping up with the activity on this group (which shouldn't be hard as very often it's minimal) might be thinking "how does this matter?" if the people aren't reading it? Well I think these people know who they are and I think that by you reading this when it all goes down then you will back me up on saying "well he told you" So here is the deal we are entering the next phase of what we are to become. Many of you have elected on being a part of that. Some have elected to leave already, and we hate to see anyone go but I believe that makes us a stronger company knowing who is really in and who really is just along for the ride "if" we succeed.
For years now I have watched other small press companies open up shop grow slightly and then close up shop all around us. We however are stronger than ever. We do have some new investors and we have several new products coming out this year. "Dream Weaver" is slated for later this year, along with a possible color version of "MoonShadow" #0, The long awaited release of "Venterra Chronicles" The soon to be finished "The Gryphon", we have someone working on "ChelleFire" one of our newest Elves Levi Hinton as well as some finished concept and possibly a variant of "Chellefire" done by Ray Callicoat, Josh Skeel has some new stuff for us, and J.S. Earls The Sorrow Anthology's long awaited debut will take place this year. Parisel (Paris Watkins) is continuously coming up with great new stuff, and Doug Brian and Zhen Dil Oloth are moving along with great stuff Christy's first project just released this year and the best is yet to come including a Movie related project with Jerry Seward and Jason Carter producing. William Loebs and I have been working on Novel Illustrations for COM publishing our partner company. AND THERE ARE MANY MORE PROJECTS AVAILABLE!!!
So those of you who feel like you have been sitting on your haunches let's kick it into high gear! If you aren't on a project but would like to be then let me know!
Due to his overflowing workload David Alan Flanary would like help in the project coordination dept. making sure everyone is synching on projects etc.
anyway if you have or haven't been following the yahoo group then be advised we will be having a MANDATORY MEETING that means barring personal injury or sickness or some other very important event YOU WILL NEED TO BE THERE if you can't be there you need to let Derek Baillie, Myself, or David Flanary know or post it here in the group and leave a reason why you can't make it. It will be online and according to the vote it will be done through yahoo messenger so if you don't have a good working version of Yahoo messenger I suggest you clear off whatever version you do have and download the latest version and install it. It will be THIS WEEKEND SUNDAY, JANUARY 28th at roughly 7:00pm. It will last for one hour so be prepared to clear your schedule. We will have a MAKE-UP meeting scheduled for MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5th at 2:00pm again people who can't make these meetings should let me know and then should read about them on the web.
The Meetings will be held in an orderly fashion everyone will introduce themselves tell what they do what projects they are working on (if any) and then I will type and or talk for a good portion of the meeting followed by your questions.
Be prepared for at least an hour. After an hour you may check out as needed. WE WILL ONLY WAIT FIVE MINUTES TO START THE METING AFTER THE SCHEDULED TIME, anyone coming in after will have to get their information filled in from the meeting minutes posted to the private yahoo group.
IF YOU ARE A CURRENT MEMBER OF DARK ELF DESIGNS AND NOT ON THE PRIOVATE YAHOO GROUP MAILING LIST THEN YOU NEED TO E-MAIL ME AT BRIAN@DARKELFDESIGNS.COM TO LET ME KNOW.