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In lugnet.people.newbie, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> Clayton Berry wrote:
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> > Newbie to this group and don't know exactly where to post this request
> > (ie, didn't see a "request/wanted" group and my request is not
> > strictly local). Anyway, my goal is to create a 2 foot tall (roughly)
> > Christmas Tree. I tried some things myself, but frankly I'm not that
> > good. Thus I'm wondering if anyone has ever made such a thing, or is
> > bored enough to do so now.
>
> Just an untested idea:
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> It may give an interesting effect, if you use a stack of the old flower
> bases for branches.
>
> Play well,
>
> Jacob
hi how do i post in this site it doesnt work
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In lugnet.people.newbie, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> Clayton Berry wrote:
>
> > Newbie to this group and don't know exactly where to post this request
> > (ie, didn't see a "request/wanted" group and my request is not
> > strictly local). Anyway, my goal is to create a 2 foot tall (roughly)
> > Christmas Tree. I tried some things myself, but frankly I'm not that
> > good. Thus I'm wondering if anyone has ever made such a thing, or is
> > bored enough to do so now.
>
> Just an untested idea:
>
> It may give an interesting effect, if you use a stack of the old flower
> bases for branches.
>
> Play well,
>
> Jacob
hi how do i post in this site it doesnt work
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The announcement was made on June 6, 2013 on BrickLink.com
Statements made both Eliska Jezkova Mother of Daniel Jezek and Jung-Ju “Jay” Kim
the new owner of BrickLink.com
From BrickLink website:
To the BrickLink Community:
About a week ago I posted a special message to thank all of you for supporting
us over the nearly three years since my son Dan died. I thank all those who sent
personal messages to me about what BrickLink has meant to them. In my message, I
mentioned some progress we made, and also the challenges we faced. Good news
remaining is that, despite the challenges, business has been brisk and even
impressive. When I took over the website in the name of my son, the
representational visitor log (front page of BrickLink) was at about 50 million
visitors. Today, it is at nearly 144 million visitors and counting. Nearly
two-thirds of all those who visited BrickLink over the 13 years since its
inception have arrived here in the short time we’ve run BrickLink.com. Also,
we’ve partnered with security experts and have been able to make the website
safer than it has ever been. I’m proud of these facts and I again thank all of
you for your patience in sticking with us to this day.
But it’s a new era, and much needs to be done to bring BrickLink to a higher
level and to become the site whose potential all of you see and we want to reach
as well.
Thus, I am announcing that I am stepping down as CEO of BrickLink and have
handed the website over to the committed and competent hands of a new owner,
Jung-Ju “Jay” Kim, founder of Nexon, one of the world’s largest online game
companies.
I completely endorse Jay to take the reins of BrickLink. He has the knowledge,
resources and capabilities needed for the job. He has a passion, not just for
all things LEGO, but also for BrickLink. Like most of you, he has been a member
of the community for years. He has tremendous respect for what Dan accomplished
while he was alive. He also has a compelling desire to carry forward Dan’s
vision and his guiding principles that were laid down more than a decade ago.
Jay and his team are ready to work toward “BrickLink 2.0”, as well as continuing
hardware architecture and application upgrades.
It’s a bright future for BrickLink, and I intend to be a part of it along with
the rest of the BrickLink Community. Larry and I will be staying on in an
advisory-consulting role to the new owners. Eric Smith will be staying on as
Admin to ensure a smooth, seamless transition with minimal interruption.
Part of that transition will include relocation of the BrickLink site to a
different data center. Later today you will learn more about that server
relocation and the migration schedule, which has been carefully designed to
minimize downtime.
It’s been a great three years. I did my best and I am sorry that the hacking
incidents waylaid us from doing more, earlier. I am proud of the amazing growth
of BrickLink, thanks to all of you.
As hard as it was to give up our treasured BrickLink that Dan loved so much, I
felt it was the right thing to do, not for me, but for the Community. And, as
always, it is that worldwide community that matters to me most, just as it
mattered to Dan. That is why I am passing the torch to new leadership. It is
what Dan would have wanted me to do.
As I mentioned, I will remain on with BrickLink and will act as an ambassador
and link to BrickLink’s lineal past. Please feel free to contact me any time at
eliska@bricklink.com. I still want to hear from you.
Thank you and let’s all look forward to tomorrow.
Best regards,
Eliska Jezkova, former CEO of BrickLink.com
Message from Jung-Ju “Jay” Kim, founder of the online game company Nexon,
incoming owner of BrickLink.com:
(As of June 5th, the Hong Kong-based company Bricklink Limited has acquired the
assets of BrickLink.com. Bricklink Limited is a subsidiary of NXMH.)
Dear BrickLink Community,
I am extremely pleased to be taking over the operations of BrickLink.com. I’ve
been a LEGO fan for 40 years and an avid user of BrickLink.com for over a
decade. My first plans are to upgrade the website, and do our best to make users
happier and more prosperous, while staying true to the original vision of
BrickLink.com founder, Daniel Jezek. We will work hard in order to ensure that
BrickLink.com becomes stable, secure and as user-friendly as possible.
I want to sincerely thank the family of Daniel Jezek, especially his mother
Eliska, as well as the BrickLink.com Community, for the opportunity to upgrade
and operate such a beloved website as BrickLink.com. In order to expedite the
process of renovating BrickLink.com, I and Bricklink Limited will be asking
users to e-mail us with their ideas for the improved functionality of the site,
as well as any current issues that need to be addressed in order to provide
users with the best possible selling and buying experience. We’ll establish
those lines of communication very soon.
Thank you for your continued patronage and support of BrickLink.com
Jung-Ju Kim, incoming owner of BrickLink.com
Note:
About Jung-Ju “Jay” Kim assuming the information is correct. Source from
Forbes.com http://www.forbes.com/profile/kim-jung-ju/
General information:
Name: Jung-Ju “Jay” Kim
Net Worth: $1.6 Billion as of April 2013
At a Glance
Age: 45
Source of Wealth: Nexon, self-made
Country of Citizenship: South Korea
Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Seoul National University; Master of
Science, Korea Tech
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2
Forbes Lists
#11 Korea’s 50 Richest
#882 Billionaires
#11 in South Korea
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Good afternoon everyone,
If you have not heard, Brickworld 2013 will be held at a new home - The
Renaissance Hotel & Convention Center in Shaumburg, IL. This move is in
response to the attendees desire to hold the event in a single room. We will be
starting this year with a 50,000 square foot room for the fun.
This will be an entirely new and fun experience for all the attendees.
You can learn more at Brickworld’s web site.
Also, Geek Nation Tours will be hosting a special tour to the event if they
generate enough interest. Stay tuned as they will post additional information.
As always, we look forward to seeing everyone at the event in June.
Warm Regards,
Adam, Bryan and the entire Brickworld Team
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From CallCentre UK website.
Posted August 30, 2012.
Sophie Patrikios, Senior Director Consumer Services, LEGO
Sophie Patrikios is Senior Director of Consumer Services at LEGO. She has taken
the multi-lingual, multi-skilled LEGO customer service operation to new heights
since joining in 1999. The division’s 200 staff handle more than 1.5million
contacts every year, all at an NPS of more than 84%. Sophie loves data
crunching, managing people, and...Quorn.
How did you get into customer service?
I had been a category manager for Mars Confectionery, Walt Disney Company and
then LEGO Group and in that process discovered that I liked managing people
almost as much as I liked data-crunching. Running a contact centre was the
logical collision of two passions.
And how did you end up in your current role?
I sat on an acorn and waited. I was the operational manager for our European
contact centre, then an EU Director position was created and I got it, then a
senior director position was created to take responsibility for customer service
globally and I got that too. Our company continues to grow and change so quickly
that even if I’d stayed in my original role it would be almost unrecognisable
now.
How has the industry changed since you’ve been involved in it?
There’s a lot more focus on NPS, a greater willingness to make the leap of faith
that service excellence will pay off even if you can’t prove it to your CFO and
a stronger conviction that to achieve service excellence you have to have happy
employees.
What is your greatest achievement?
Winning the European Call Centre Awards ‘Best Customer Service’ Award in 2007,
the same year that Richard Stollery won ‘Best Business Strategist’ after I
submitted a secret entry for him.
What is your biggest regret?
That I thought we wouldn’t win so I didn’t invite the whole team to the gala
dinner.
What is the best thing about your job?
The variety. Every sixty minutes I seem to need to activate a different part of
my brain, team up with a different group of people, focus on a different country
or product. And if I can sneak a second thing in, it’s no secret that I love the
fact that my job allows me to present to large audiences where I’m the only one
with a microphone and no-one is allowed to interrupt my monologue.
Who has had the greatest influence over your life or your career?
Richard Stollery, now Global CRM Director at Adidas. He chose me in the first
place even though I had no contact centre experience, he believed in me, pushed
me, and set a vision so compelling it was easy to deliver it for him.
Which companies do you admire and why?
I visited British Gas in Cardiff recently and was really impressed by the way
they have invested in their people and the clarity with which they can all tell
that story.
What do you do for fun?
I read voraciously and watch non-competitive cookery programmes (I like the
total absence of drama or even human interest).
Tell us one unusual thing about yourself.
Despite being a huge attention-seeker, I’m actually an introvert and after being
surrounded by people I have to go off on my own and re-charge. It’s why I love
my long drive home after work, it’s a chance to de-compress.
Name one thing you couldn’t live without.
Quorn. Really, how did vegetarians ever feed themselves before those beautiful
nuggets of laboratory grown goodness were invented?
What keeps you awake at night?
Pretty much everything! I don’t like being caught off guard, so most of the
night is spent contingency planning for every possible eventuality. I’m aware
that other people find spontaneity fun but to me, suddenly deciding to go to the
cinema is the thin end of the wedge...
www.callcentre.co.uk
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