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1. When & why did you join Kidlink?
I joined Kidlink in 1994 mainly to allow me to be involved with KIDCAFE and
Kidlink IRC. I have always been interested in the 'other' and data
communication technology gave me the ability to connect with many other
people of the same age worldwide. I soon became involved with KIDCAFE
reorganization and with management of Kidlink IRC. I also met many lifelong
friends whom I correspond with today. Later, following my ineligibility to
remain directly involved with KIDLINK as a participant I became the manager
of the LISTSERV mailing lists and oversaw the transition to multiple
language-based mailing list
2. What was you duty on the Kidlink Board of Directors?
I was the board member for the Pacific Rim region. I must admit that I
don't remember much of what this meant.
3. What are you views of the world today, as opposed to when you joined
Kidlink?
In my answer to the KIDLINK 4 questions I wrote as a 15 year old "I think
that if we can all learn to work together for mutual happiness then that
would be a great accomplishment. In my lifetime I hope to see kids using
computers as part of their daily routine..and imperticular the InterNet.".
I was surprised to re-read these words recently, when a friend, Steve Edney,
sent me a personal email saying that he'd found my answer email to the four
questions and that I'd written this. He made the comment "WOW! look what I
found! You were hyper-active even back when you were 16! I've never known
anyone to do SO many things at once as YOU!!!!! UNBELIEVABLE"
KIDLINK showed me that connecting with people effects change. I changed as
I sought, in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi, 'to understand rather than
to be understood'. I think that this remains a potential key to unlocking
the chains of oppression worldwide.
4. What are you doing now?
I am now 25, married, with three children, a
career in Nursing with a post-graduate dual emphasis on International health
and development and gerontology (aged care). I am also studying a Law degree
part-time. --- It was an honour to interview this former Kidlinker. To see who is currently involved in Kidlink IRC, visit the chat to check it out.
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