Greetings!

Birdy here, with a quick list of guidelines for the Bold Kitten Brigade, to keep us purring along and the spats to a minimum.

Bold Kitten Brigade Bylaws & Guide to Community Zen-ification

1. We may be Bold Kittens, but we are also human adults. We pledge to remember this as often as we can manage.

2. Bold Kittens are bold & audacious. This means that we need to remember to make our boundaries clear.

2a. It also means we need to remember to respect the boundaries of others.

Give what we wish to receive, and a’that.

3. Bold Kitten have a lot of wisdom, both individually & collectively. We are also out to Change the World. This means that we tend to have Opinions.

A lot of them.

And THIS means that we need to be Very Clear when asking Qs as to the kind of responses we want, as our fellow Bold Kitttens will have a lot of Opinions which we may or may not be interested in hearing..

• Do we want Advices?
• Do we want Cheerleading?
• Do we just want a friendly ear to Listen Quietly?

Any or all of these are fine.

We just need to remember to define which we want at any given moment.

Communication is key!

4. Bold Kittens are often Headstrong and Firm in their Opinions. This means that we need to think before we speak or type.

• Is this truly helpful to the person we are interacting with?
• Is this in reaction to our own stuff, and not about the other person at all?
• Is this fitting in with what they have asked for in terms of what kind of responses they desire?

Also remember that individuals are just that. Individual. So what WE would want in any given situation may or may not be what THEY would want in any given situation. (Read Pace & Kyeli’s ‘The Usual Error’ for more information & Signs to Watch Out For.)

5. Bold Kittens have done a lot of living. This means that we all have our BattleScars and our Stuff.

5a. We take responsibility for our own Stuff, while remembering to be kind to ourselves about it.

5b. We allow others to have their own Stuff, while remembering that other people’s Stuff is theirs, and nothing to do with us, no matter what it may seem like at the time.

5c. We do our best not to stand, sit, or lay in judgment about other people for their Stuff. We haven’t walked in their shoes at all, we have no clue of where they are coming from, no matter what they’ve chosen to share with us.

6. Bold Kittens have Bold Ideas. This means that many of the Ideas being given Safe Haven here will seem… odd. Out there. Perhaps even a bit zany.

We pledge to support our fellow Bold Kittens as best we can, while remaining true to what is True for us.

We will not stand, sit, nor lie in Judgment about any one else’s Idea, no matter how Out There it may seem to us.

We will remember to say only what we can truly say in support, while being willing to make that effort to find SOMETHING to support a fellow Bold Kitten in need.

7. Bold Kittens have many different Worldviews and understand that there are many different variations on Truth.

We stand firmly in what we believe to be True, while both allowing for change and allowing others to have their Truth as well, even when it differs from ours.

And there you have it, Bold Kittens!

If we can at least remember most of these most of the time, we will all being doing well.

It’s mostly about Respect.

• Respect for yourself.
• Respect for others.

Operate from that place of Respect and all will be well.

Chirp, chirp!
-Birdy :>

P.S.: If you came over to this page to see if this community is for you and the answer is a resounding ‘YES!’, then click here to be taken to the Sign-Up Page for the Bold Kitten Brigade. :>