TotallyOz Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 This is GayPattayan's message to his Yahoo Group. As GayPattayan, I have been active in the gay community in Pattaya for about 15 years now, and have found the scene to be one of great vitality and good graces. We have an absolutely astounding (and extremely successful) Pattaya Gay Festival which has raised millions of baht to support the efforts to contain the threat of AIDS and HIV infection in the gay community, and to promote community awareness. The Pattaya Gay Festival has had such incredible success it is hard to believe how it can keep being more successful year after year. Some truly fine people are behind that organization, and make it what I would think is one of the most successful gay community support functions ever. I hope the community continues its support. I am now recommending that this group, GayPattayanGroup of yahoogroups.com be formally discontinued. Wally and Printer Graham who have come up with a tremendously successful PG Weekly Report provides all the information available on what is going on in the gay community in Pattaya and Bangkok, and when called to their attention, in any other area of Thailand. The PG Weekly Report is on line each Wednesday at http://www.pgreport.com and provides some great photography and a fine report on what has happened and what is due to happen in the next week or so. I regret that I cannot reasonably produce a Weekly Report on Thailand any longer on any reasonably reliable basis, and I regret that my physical condition, though markedly improved from December 2006 remains at least somewhat "fragile" and militates that I not undertake too much on my own. My sincere thanks to all who have supported the Gay Pattayan Weekly Report on Thailand over the past many years, and I wholeheartedly urge that you rely on the "successor", http://www.pgreport.com which is a work under way throughout the week, with publication each Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. -- Allen (G.P.) The First Message: Hi, Guys, It is with a great deal of regret that I must advise you that those of us who have been trying to head up the Weekly Report on Pattaya have decided that it is time to cease our efforts and put all efforts into the "locally produced but internationally available" "PG Weekly Report" published by Wally and Graham since the serious illness of GayPattayan in December, 2006. We have tried to keep some semblance of a weekly report going, and the PG Report found at http://www.pgreport.com each week is the best answer. Printer Graham and Wally have recommended that all attempts to keep the GayPattayanGroup weekly report going be abandoned, and that we request that the group be closed down. Although I personally (GayPattayan) am now back at work for the most part, I still have many problems resulting from the brain trauma of December, 2006, and I have been unable (to some extent unaware of) some of the problems that have arisen. I therefore join with Wally and Printer Graham in advising that the Gay Pattayan Group on yahoogroups.com be terminated. I note from seeing some of the detail of the last couple of months that the weekly report has been "bounced" more often than published, and this has led to additional confusion. For all these reasons, I, as the founder of the GayPattayanGroup, am now recommending that the group be formally dissolved. I apologize that some messages to me have apparently gone unanswered, messages that I never was aware of until today, for the most part. Please check out the PG Weekly Report each Wednesday at http://www.pgreport.com . It has very complete coverage on most issues of gay concern in the Bangkok and Pattaya areas of Thailand. Printer Graham and Wally, the producers of the PG Report, do a remarkable job of gathering information and posting it currently to keep anyone interested in events fully informed. Thank you for your support of the PattayaGay Report over the past many years. "Gay Pattayan" (Allen), Wally and Graham all continue to be active in the gay community in Pattaya and will be pleased to answer any questions addressed to them. In conclusion, Wally advises as follows: "1. Graham and I happy to continue to produce and publish the PG Weekly Report on www.pgreport.com " "2. We are NOT INTERESTED in GayPattayan Yahoo Groups." Accordingly, I, "GayPattayan", as the founder of the GayPattayanGroup on yahoogroups.com will be requesting that the GayPattayanGroup be formally disbanded and taken down. I thank you for all your support over the years. Quote
Guest luvthai Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Thank you for all your hard work and best wishes for continued good health. Quote
