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1. Well first off, we need  to announce some changes around  the office.   Spot

and iCE have gone seperate  ways.  Root88 was  promoted to Senior Staff, and

Mass Delusion took a bow (maybe not his final one, but only time will tell).

That leaves Slothy and Root88 as iCE's new Senior Staff pair.   We certainly

wish Spot a lot of luck and will miss him.

2. We have to apologize for the  downtime of Digital Art Core.   The problem is

domain-related,  so we'll get it back online when we finally get the 3-count

against NSI.

3. Upon hearing the news,  Root88 waxed his  bikini line and  shaved his  legs.

When people asked, "What does being Senior Staff of iCE have to do with body

hair removal?", Root88 simply said,  "You have no idea the  kind of tail you

get by telling women you're Senior Staff of the biggest digital art group in

the world."   Behind him,  Mynx was  seen nodding.   IceMan then  added, "Y0

D00dz!  G0t any cardz?  Can eye be IRCop?" and everyone seemed to agree that

the Teletubbies episode must be over.

4. I (Slothy) just wanted to take  this time to thanks  MassD for his years and

years of  service to iCE (since 1995!).   He certainly  deserves a  rest and

some time off to relax a bit.  Mass Delusion singlehandedly pulled the group

through some  rough times and  deserves a round  of applause and an  ld50 of

alcohol.   Mass Delusion will remain in the  group as an Inactive  Member of

iCE, and will still buy the lolipops when iCE goes bowling.

5. Root88 started  his dynasty,  err rule, err chance  to server his fellow iCE

members  by decreeing that  everyone must  tell him  that he is "sexy as all

hell".   When  fellow  members told  him that  Slothy is  really sexier,  he

demoted  them to  Couriers.   We are  sad to  announce that  Devastator  and

MrMister are both now Couriers.  But hey, it had to be done.

6. We're in quilt heaven this  month!  We finished 3  major quilts that had iCE

Members working on them.   First off, we have our  Lord of the Rings  quilt.

Then we have two "Spree" quilts  which are done just to  crank them out in a

night or two with a crowd of artists on irc (irc.ice.org #tiles).   We think

you'll enjoy them.

6a. Additionally, we need to  steer you all to the  Breed/Raster quilt that was

completed this month.   Unfortunately, since it  was just Breed  and Raster

but no iCE members,  we can't  really put it  in our pack  (damn! :).   But

maybe we can do an  iCE/Raster/Breed joint  quilt in the  future?   But the

boys over at Breed and Raster did a really amazing job with this quilt, and

we just can't resist giving it some extra promotion.

The Breed/Raster quilt can be found at

http://tiles.ice.org/index.php?quilt_id=29

7. You'll notice some changes in  our presentation this month.  Be sure to read

our interview  with Jamie McCarter  this month and TonchyZ's tutorial on his

Darth Maul  image from last month.   We'll continue to  expand the "pack" in

the future.

Doorbells and Sleighbells and Warm Woolen Mittens,

Slothy and Root88

Lord Soth                    Root88