tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922585999776797616.post8130705293698921758..comments2024-02-10T16:16:31.499+08:00Comments on menopausal mumma: The Tall Poppy Syndrome Alive and Well in the Land of BloggersKakkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16376864098492915312noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922585999776797616.post-12882591047203452302011-04-04T19:27:52.449+08:002011-04-04T19:27:52.449+08:00Thanks Being Me, it is nice to know I was not on m...Thanks Being Me, it is nice to know I was not on my own with my feelings. xxxKakkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16376864098492915312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922585999776797616.post-15155166011121655232011-04-04T19:04:16.360+08:002011-04-04T19:04:16.360+08:00Hmmmm. I wholeheartedly agree with you, K. As the ...Hmmmm. I wholeheartedly agree with you, K. As the only other commenter here who attended the conference, I can see where you are coming from. And I too am bitterly disappointed with the post-fracturing that has gone on.<br /><br />I'm not going to comment further, either way, suffice to say I really hear what you are saying and very much appreciate the way you have said it.Being Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600427311498297800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922585999776797616.post-33900394231292801912011-04-02T11:08:32.801+08:002011-04-02T11:08:32.801+08:00Hi Madmother, I hope you are right and that there ...Hi Madmother, I hope you are right and that there is room for 2, and we better make sure the timing is right for you to attend. And Melissa at Suger Coat It too - she is another lady I want to meet - there are so many of them and meeting the few I did only whet my appetite more about meeting so many others.Kakkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16376864098492915312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922585999776797616.post-48564674751348052582011-04-02T10:58:31.880+08:002011-04-02T10:58:31.880+08:00You didn't say nasty ot spiteful - but to me, ...You didn't say nasty ot spiteful - but to me, anyone who tore down or commented about the festival purely due to envy or tall poppy abolition would have to be so in my opinion. That is why I commented that the people I have spoken to (as I said, am not on Twitter, so have no idea about any comments there) are not. Disappointed about some bits, yes. Snarky, no.<br /><br />I will be trying to attend the festival - again, it depends on timing. Am hoping Melissa from Suger Coat It will too. And a few others. <br /><br />I certainly think there is room for two, especially as AMB are aiming smaller, more focused.Madmotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18189416781378632230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922585999776797616.post-37894786064960834912011-04-02T10:50:05.257+08:002011-04-02T10:50:05.257+08:00Hi Madmother, I don't believe I said anyone wa...Hi Madmother, I don't believe I said anyone was spiteful or nasty, and I am certainly not adverse to people having their own opinions or blogging or saying what they need to say.<br /><br />But I am surprised with comments like 'A' listers and the like as I do not believe anyone at the Conference acted like they were better than anyone else. As soon as words like that are used I see Tall Poppy Syndrome - sorry but that is just me.<br /><br />The conference itself was full on. it was hard to get time to talk to anyone - apart from lunch and morning and afternoon tea. Even at dinner the music was loud and there was lots of noise and yes it is hard to break into other people's conversations. I experienced that myself, but I certainly didn't feel that was because I was a lesser blogger - maybe that means my self esteem is good.<br /><br />I too was sorry that Veronica did not get to speak, and I don't know why except reading somewhere that they were running out of time, which we were, and I suppose if you are on the committee you get dropped rather than someone else. I hope that was the only reason. It was nice that Kim posted a link to Veronica's post (the one she was going to read).<br /><br />I believe, and this is only my opinion, that Brenda has narrowed the 2012 ABC to 'mummy' bloggers now because of the feedback received from other who felt that was the focus of this years conference. I am still bewildered by those type of statements.<br /><br />Sorry, long reply and my only concern about 2 conferences next year is whether both can be viable and I would hate to see either or both of them fail because Australia does not have enough bloggers to attend both.<br /><br />And you need to let me know which one you are going to so we can finally meet IRL - I was so disappointed that it didn't happen in 2011 - although the year is young, maybe somehow I will get up to the Sunshine State. And I am so jealous you get to talk to other bloggers IRL - being from WA I only know 2 other bloggers and that is my daughter and my mother. I can't remember meeting anyone else from WA at the conference. Although I know there were others there, I just didn't happen to bump into any of them.Kakkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16376864098492915312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922585999776797616.post-82190015280015124932011-04-02T08:43:11.626+08:002011-04-02T08:43:11.626+08:00I agree wholeheartedly, Karen. There is no chance...I agree wholeheartedly, Karen. There is no chance at all that I will be able to afford to go to two conferences (I'll barely be able to manage one). I'm really kind of sad about the rift that seems to have occurred (again, like you - I'm looking from the outside, not privvy to the details).<br /><br />I said to Kirrily - I'm going wherever you two are.TheThingsIdTellYouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06864291645372635512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922585999776797616.post-73273880837002198062011-04-02T08:17:04.328+08:002011-04-02T08:17:04.328+08:00I see what you are saying, and I wasn't there ...I see what you are saying, and I wasn't there so don't know what went down.<br /><br />The people I am hearing this from are not nasty nor spiteful. The words they are saying are THEIR experiences and disappointment. It is not ner, ner, sour grapes.<br />And the A list cliquey thing I was told about (which to me does not sound like cliquiness, meerely some people who could use some social skills), were NOT the committee people.<br /><br />There also were a lot of people disappointed that Veronica did not get the chance to speak. At all. and she WAS one of the organisers.<br /><br />I'm not on twitter, this is from TALKING to people irl.<br /><br />And to be honest a lot of bloggers I know do not fit the mummy blogger mold, so there is room for two conferences.Madmotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18189416781378632230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922585999776797616.post-33256294018410764092011-04-02T07:13:34.671+08:002011-04-02T07:13:34.671+08:00How frustrating....and good for you to stand up an...How frustrating....and good for you to stand up and let them have it with both barrels blazing. It is always the way though...people work their butts off, everyone stands back and lets them, and then they spend the next little while ripping the whole thing apart. Get off your butt and participate if you don't like the way things are being done. Be a part of the solution not part of the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com