So I thought I would experiment with my blog to see if anyone is interested in what I am writing. With all the coronavirus news and having to stay at home, I have been spending more time with the RRDi writing posts and trying to get donations. It is mind boggling to me that with over 1300 members no one is posting and the donations are basically nothing to speak of and I wrote this post on March 20 explaining that if the RRDi doesn't get donations we will have to dissolve the non profit for rosacea and everyone will just have to live with the NRS, the AARS, the ARSC, or the AAD as what would be left since these organizations have lots of donations. Watch this video about the RRDi:
So I thought I would write about what the RRDi has accomplished:
(1) A website with a huge amount of rosacea data in the member forum. The subjects are organized in methodical categories on rosacea topics.
(2) Received a total of three education grants from Galderma. Now if you want to help with this, it is a painstakingly arduous task and if you ever wonder why grant writers get paid for this, why not VOLUNTEER like two of our members did and see what hoops you have to go through to get an education grant. Right now, volunteers are basically down to two of us and I am keeping the website going and Apurva is helping. Basically we are it. There are no other volunteers, period.
(3) We have done all this with volunteers. No one has a salary or is employed. Now check out the other non profit organizations and see if they do what they do for rosacea sufferers with only volunteers, and if you really investigate, what is the motive behind the other non profit organizations for rosacea?
So today I discovered that the PayPal donation button wasn't working at all and discovered in the PayPal community that this is a common issue with the donate form button and changed how we use PayPal with the PayPal Giving Fund and using the PayPal.me/ link which seems to be mo'betta as they say in Hawaii. That took a while to figure out.
RF still has some members that post, so I check out what's happening there and posted a bit over there. Yesterday I wrote an incredible post about the Risk-benefit Ratio in Rosacea Research & Development. I then checked what I did yesterday and it was a lot, adding several items to the RRDi affiliate store and calling Steve Johnson, D.O., who has served on the RRDi board of directors for many years and couldn't get ahold of him but managed to talk to his receptionist who after consulting with Steve tells me he is too busy to volunteer anymore for the RRDi and resigned so I posted all about this. If you note on Steve's website he shows he serves on our board of directors. I mentioned this to the receptionist.
By the way, you can create your own blog and it will be controlled by you. Every member can have their own blog and it is included when you donate for a subscription. Besides that, we have galleries and everyone can have their own gallery. You would think that with over 1300 members we would have at least 1300 photos of rosacea from our members but alas, the members are not only silent, they are also shy. I won't even mention clubs, but I think I just did. I still haven't figured out the difference between a blog and a club. Maybe Invision Community might explain it.
So a while back I experimented going over to Reddit and Facebook rosacea groups and discovered that the rules over there are completely different, like PRIVATE groups, that don't allow you to refer to anything they post since it is PRIVATE and by doing this I committed an unforgivable sin. I removed the links that some were so offended I referred to about their rosacea post from our RRDi website and they treated me like I was Adolph Hitler or Judas. Also, linking to any RRDi page or post is absolutely forbidden in these private groups, even though these same private groups allow links to the NRS or the AAD non profit organizations and frequently refer to these two non profits.
To me, I just don't understand why rosaceans prefer Reddit or Facebook. It is so difficult to navigate through all the posts on a particular search on a topic. And what I found is that the ones in the 'private' groups are very opinionated and judgmental, and berated the RRDi, preferring the AAD or the NRS. So I decided to simply work more on the RRDi website and try to keep it going. Who knows, it may not work, and all the data on the RRDi website will be lost. Oh, I forgot, there is the wayback machine. However, sometimes even the wayback machine doesn't have what I am looking for.
So how am I controlling my rosacea?
I try to stay on my Rosacea Diet. However, I do cheat. I also take tons of vitamins and supplements. I take 12.5 mg of Carvedilol twice a day. I take ElaineA's salt/borax bath just about every day. If I get any pimples/pustules I dab on the ZZ cream. I have been having some issues with SD on the back part of my scalp near my neck so I sometimes use Sulfur Butter or Equate Coal Tar Shampoo, and recently I just purchased Yesto Tree Tea Scalp Treatment (too early to tell if it helps). My review of Soolantra and the ZZ cream. I will post in my blog what I am currently doing to treat my rosacea/SD. If you scroll to the last post you will see the latest treatment.
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So I thought I would experiment with my blog to see if anyone is interested in what I am writing. With all the coronavirus news and having to stay at home, I have been spending more time with the RRDi writing posts and trying to get donations. It is mind boggling to me that with over 1300 members no one is posting and the donations are basically nothing to speak of and I wrote this post on March 20 explaining that if the RRDi doesn't get donations we will have to dissolve the non profit for rosacea and everyone will just have to live with the NRS, the AARS, the ARSC, or the AAD as what would be left since these organizations have lots of donations. Watch this video about the RRDi:
So I thought I would write about what the RRDi has accomplished:
(1) A website with a huge amount of rosacea data in the member forum. The subjects are organized in methodical categories on rosacea topics.
(2) Received a total of three education grants from Galderma. Now if you want to help with this, it is a painstakingly arduous task and if you ever wonder why grant writers get paid for this, why not VOLUNTEER like two of our members did and see what hoops you have to go through to get an education grant. Right now, volunteers are basically down to two of us and I am keeping the website going and Apurva is helping. Basically we are it. There are no other volunteers, period.
(3) We have done all this with volunteers. No one has a salary or is employed. Now check out the other non profit organizations and see if they do what they do for rosacea sufferers with only volunteers, and if you really investigate, what is the motive behind the other non profit organizations for rosacea?
So today I discovered that the PayPal donation button wasn't working at all and discovered in the PayPal community that this is a common issue with the donate form button and changed how we use PayPal with the PayPal Giving Fund and using the PayPal.me/ link which seems to be mo'betta as they say in Hawaii. That took a while to figure out.
RF still has some members that post, so I check out what's happening there and posted a bit over there. Yesterday I wrote an incredible post about the Risk-benefit Ratio in Rosacea Research & Development. I then checked what I did yesterday and it was a lot, adding several items to the RRDi affiliate store and calling Steve Johnson, D.O., who has served on the RRDi board of directors for many years and couldn't get ahold of him but managed to talk to his receptionist who after consulting with Steve tells me he is too busy to volunteer anymore for the RRDi and resigned so I posted all about this. If you note on Steve's website he shows he serves on our board of directors. I mentioned this to the receptionist.
By the way, you can create your own blog and it will be controlled by you. Every member can have their own blog and it is included when you donate for a subscription. Besides that, we have galleries and everyone can have their own gallery. You would think that with over 1300 members we would have at least 1300 photos of rosacea from our members but alas, the members are not only silent, they are also shy. I won't even mention clubs, but I think I just did. I still haven't figured out the difference between a blog and a club. Maybe Invision Community might explain it.
So a while back I experimented going over to Reddit and Facebook rosacea groups and discovered that the rules over there are completely different, like PRIVATE groups, that don't allow you to refer to anything they post since it is PRIVATE and by doing this I committed an unforgivable sin. I removed the links that some were so offended I referred to about their rosacea post from our RRDi website and they treated me like I was Adolph Hitler or Judas. Also, linking to any RRDi page or post is absolutely forbidden in these private groups, even though these same private groups allow links to the NRS or the AAD non profit organizations and frequently refer to these two non profits.
To me, I just don't understand why rosaceans prefer Reddit or Facebook. It is so difficult to navigate through all the posts on a particular search on a topic. And what I found is that the ones in the 'private' groups are very opinionated and judgmental, and berated the RRDi, preferring the AAD or the NRS. So I decided to simply work more on the RRDi website and try to keep it going. Who knows, it may not work, and all the data on the RRDi website will be lost. Oh, I forgot, there is the wayback machine. However, sometimes even the wayback machine doesn't have what I am looking for.
So how am I controlling my rosacea?
I try to stay on my Rosacea Diet. However, I do cheat. I also take tons of vitamins and supplements. I take 12.5 mg of Carvedilol twice a day. I take ElaineA's salt/borax bath just about every day. If I get any pimples/pustules I dab on the ZZ cream. I have been having some issues with SD on the back part of my scalp near my neck so I sometimes use Sulfur Butter or Equate Coal Tar Shampoo, and recently I just purchased Yesto Tree Tea Scalp Treatment (too early to tell if it helps). My review of Soolantra and the ZZ cream. I will post in my blog what I am currently doing to treat my rosacea/SD. If you scroll to the last post you will see the latest treatment.