❤ FAREWELL from MALLORY ❤

[Mallory {The Boss}]

Dear KITG,

The day has finally come... after six long years, I'm leaving the site.

Donation time has always been excruciatingly frustrating, but this

year has been exceptionally bad: I can never get answers from 

Dvhour because he is never around. I've been carrying the site for

four years now, doing 95% of the work and all I ask of Dvhour is for

him to handle the whole donation headache, but every year, I can

never reach him to get answers on how we're doing. We were supposed

to talk this weekend to figure out what to do with the site from here,

but as usual, he was not around and it is IMPOSSIBLE to get an answer

out of him. I have reached the end of my patience.

Even worse, only 56 people donated this year, with only 5 days left

before the deadline. 56 out of 8000 members!! Every year, we get

at least 100 loyal members to keep this site going, and even that is

pathetic, considering we have 8000 members. But, this...this is an

all-time low. I can't tell you how disheartening this feels to me. With

all the time and energy I put into this place, it is beyond insulting.

If only 56 people think this site, and my work, is not even worth a few

dollars, why the fuck are we here?? This tells me that it is time to go.

Whether or not you make the deadline, I am done here. I want to thank

all who donated the past five years and kept us online. I want to thank

all who shared their wonderful videos and pictures and stories because

we couldn't exist without your contributions. I want to thank the core

of the community, the dedicated who made this site a family...it was

you that I stayed for to make this site a HOME. And as utterly frustrated 

as I am right now with him, I want to thank Dvhour for trusting me to

run the site...I had some wonderful experiences because of it, and there

may be a couple more in the works ;) But most of all, I want to thank all

of you who shared your experiences and stories and lives...your hearts

and souls, with me...I stayed this long because of you.

(see: http://kickedinthegroin.ning.com/forum/topics/looks-like-goodbye)

(see: http://kickedinthegroin.ning.com/forum/topics/ask-mallory)

I will leave this open for a week, until I leave. Please feel free to leave

any hellos or goodbyes, any final thoughts, good or bad...or say hi on

chat. I don't want this to be a somber last week...I want to celebrate 

it, so I will be answering any last questions and sharing my thoughts on

blogs, discussions, stories, etc. Let's make it a happy final week :)

~ Mallory ~

[Mallory {The Boss}]

Josh and Frans and Dvhour... group hugg :)

[Frans Elmendorp]

group hugg!!!

YEAAAAAH!!! and with all the other 8000 members!!!! hahaha!!!!

big kisses for sweet Mallory!!! ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

[09pena9ld32gj]

Is ning really the way to go? There has to be some kind of alternative... 800 Dollars through donations every year is a lot (i know, in comparison to the members it shouldn't be that big of a deal if 800 from 8000 would donate 1 dollar, but still...). Even if KITG would have less features it would be still better than fearing to lose the community every year again.

[Mallory {The Boss}]

Ning has the perfect set-up for us, the lay-out ...and the chatroom! That is our

biggest feature. We didn't use the chatroom at first - it was one of our members

who pushed for it...thank you Jimmyrocks! By the way, Jimmy was one of our jr.

admins early on...but he couldn't take the stress and left :( Seeee, peeps?? haha

[09pena9ld32gj]

But still... wouldn't it be better to have a free or low-cost site with less individualism?... A forum with a Chatbox or something similar for example? Better than losing the entire community and it already really hurts to lose you and the donation problem comes back every year... maybe its time to consider a different solution? :/ Just my opinion about it :(

[3dk1tm29uk1v2]

Mallory, I also hope you will reconsider. At least maybe have someone else be in charge of the fundraising every year.. That way you can do the part you love, and not deal with the part you hate. I also would hope you keep in touch with us, regardless of your decision. 

[Mallory {The Boss}]

umm we do have someone else in charge of the fundraising: Dvhour! That's his part.

He's insanely busy though...but honestly, he's not the bad guy. It's the super-low 

turnout of site supporters that did me in. You can send me your info in an inbox msg

if you'd like...thanks for donating and for your support overall, LM - truly appreciated :)

[giordy]

Mal I loved the decorations and the announcements, it cheered up the place and made this site a very friendly one...Hope u'll change your mind :-(

[Mallory {The Boss}]

Decorating was wayy funn, G...plus i love to promote new videos filmed by our members!

It all added up to making the site inviting and friendly, cozy & cheerful, if I do say so

myself :) The net has enough of the hardcore side...we succeeded as being the alternative.

[33jcg9ty3lvam]

Thanks for all the hard work Mallory, and thanks for putting up with all us goofs for so long ha ha :)

[Mallory {The Boss}]

Most welcome, Eric...you goof :) 

[S. Spencer]

Yeah yeah yeah. You're probably not going anywhere. Lol.