Plural Archives

"Our purpose is to improve things for alternatives, by creating and providing resources for them, networking with both alternatives and mainstream society to improve relations, and to keep an eye out and get involved in activism when it is needed" (H.O.P.E., 2001, April 22b, paragraph 3).

"Below is a list of offenses which are against HOPE policy. [...]
5.) Failure to Destroy Paperwork
7.) Making Public Statements About HOPE without Authorization
14.) Unnecessary/Excessive Use of Violence
39.) Endangerment of Life" (2000, April 26)

Source Name: H.O.P.E., AKA the Human/Otherworldly/Paranormals/Exchange

Creator/s: Zahira Aetheyrscat (webmaster), SilverFox (Content/Layout/Advice), Morose (Alternative Resources Directory Assistance), Elderchild (Purely Magickal Elements), Cha'tai'naira, and Elobryon. Logo by Aszira.

Years Active: October 1999-October 2002ish? There are archives of pages after that, but October 2002 is the last activity I can date for sure (H.O.P.E., 2002, October 2).

About: Ostensibly a coalition group for various oddballs, including pagans, otherkin, queer people, plurals, polyamourous people, people with paranormal abilities, hackers, and goths. Noble wallpaper over a sketchy group.

Archives:

• http://mypage.goplay.com/HOPEteam: 2000, Wayback Machine archive (major data loss)
• http://go.to/alternativenet: 2001-2003, Wayback Machine archive
• http://www.angelfire.com/weird/alternativenet*: 2001-2005, Wayback Machine archive
• http://www.hopeorg.com: 2001-2003 Wayback Machine archive (data loss minimal; sort by oldest first to sort through domain squatters)
• http://groups.msn.com/HOPEorg/: 2002-2003 Wayback Machine archive (data loss major)

Notes: Advertised in Kinships magazine, which is the only reason I found out about these folks. "Need a Supportive [sic] word, or some time to relax with other nonjudgemental [sic] oddities? Need some tutoring in behavioral sciences, thaumaturgical potence, or how to survive in a conservative community? Longing for word of political activists looking out for your unique needs? Well that's just what H.O.P.E. is for! Visit us at: www.hopeorg.com" (Issue #5, pg. 16; Issue #4, pg. 5).

Was apparently hoping to host an unconventional convention in Boston in 2003 (2001 April 22a). Also had resource directory and mailing list. Projects included Glamourbombing for Beltane 2001 (2001, April 30)

There are two plural pages, but it's not clear who made them (December 2001a and b). There is also a link to Crisses' Otherkind-Hosts website and Yahoo Group. (H.O.P.E., 2001, July 24).

Apparently accepted members younger than 13 years old (2000, November 3a). Members over the age of 13 (but not multiples, strangely, or certain other demographics) were required to also send their legal name and their membership numbers (which included zip codes) through extremely suspicious-sounding means to a strange email and I'm wondering if this was just some elaborate phishing scam (November 3b). Apparently it was also accused of being a cult, during a mysterious "November Incident" from 1999 which is not discussed (2000, April 22), and they also claim to have had a run-in with a "neighborhood fundie militia" in December 1999 (2000, August 24). Extremely overcomplicated; they had ten different membership levels (2000, May 20; Membership Info: Jobs) and eleven different "branches" which all contain various jobs (2000, May 20, Membership Info: Jobs), despite only having a membership of three dozen (2001, April 22b).

They continued until October 2001 or so (H.O.P.E., 2001, April 22b, paragraph 1), then claimed to have changed everything and remade itself (2002 February 27) and trudged on until sputtering out once again late that year, whereupon they apparently merged with another group called CORDE and sought nonprofit status in 2003 (2003, February 7). That's the last activity I find of them.

Sources Cited:

H.O.P.E. (2000, April 22). HOPE Intro: Index. http://hopeorg.com/about/hopeouting/ Wayback Machine archive. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20010504014732/http://hopeorg.com/about/hopeouting/

H.O.P.E. (2000, April 26). HOPE Org Info: Policies and Procedures. http://www.hopeorg.com/about/orginfo/policies.html Wayback Machine Archive. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20001001062532/http://www.hopeorg.com/about/orginfo/policies.html

H.O.P.E. (2000, May 20). Membership Info: Membership Types. http://hopeorg.com/about/membership/membtypes.html Wayback Machine archive. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20010308060531/http://www.hopeorg.com/membership/membtypes.html

H.O.P.E. (2000, May 20). Membership Info: Jobs. http://www.hopeorg.com/membership/membjobs.html Wayback Machine archive. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20010506112903/http://www.hopeorg.com/membership/membjobs.html

H.O.P.E. (2000, August 24). Contingency Prevention Core: Index. http://www.hopeorg.com/ccpc/ Wayback Machine Archive. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20000824171202/http://www.hopeorg.com/ccpc/

H.O.P.E. (2000, November 2). Membership Number Policy. http://www.hopeorg.com/membership/memnum.html Wayback Machine Archive. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20010309234548/http://www.hopeorg.com/membership/memnum.html

H.O.P.E. (2000, November 3a). HOPE Application Process FAQ. http://www.hopeorg.com/membership/appfaq.html Wayback Machine Archive. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20010506111506/http://www.hopeorg.com/membership/appfaq.html

H.O.P.E. (2000, November 3b). HOPE Application Instructions. http://www.hopeorg.com/membership/newapp.html Wayback Machine Archive. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20010308061209/http://www.hopeorg.com/membership/newapp.html

H.O.P.E. (2001, April 22a). Intro: Purpose. http://hopeorg.com/about/introfaq/purpose.html Wayback Machine archive. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20010628002034/http://hopeorg.com/about/introfaq/purpose.html

H.O.P.E. (2001, April 22b). ~Basic H.O.P.E. Introduction~. http://hopeorg.com/about/introfaq/hopeintro.html Wayback Machine archive. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20010628011551/http://hopeorg.com/about/introfaq/hopeintro.html

H.O.P.E. (2001, April 30). The Glamouring Campaigns: Introduction and Information. http://hopeorg.com/altresources/glamour2000/introreg.html Wayback Machine Archive. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20010721151745/http://hopeorg.com/altresources/glamour2000/introreg.html

H.O.P.E. (2001, July 24). Nonhuman/Otherkind Resources Directory. http://hopeorg.com/altresources/directory/kindir.html Wayback Machine archive. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20010724170120/http://hopeorg.com/altresources/directory/kindir.html

H.O.P.E. (2002, February 27). HOPE Org and/ Basic Alternative FAQ. http://pub3.bravenet.com/faq/show.php?usernum=225672038&password=&catid=1459&action=showcat Wayback Machine Archive. Retreieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20020227173949/http://pub3.bravenet.com/faq/show.php?usernum=225672038&password=&catid=1459&action=showcat

H.O.P.E. (2002, October 2). HOPEorg Main Index Page. http://www.hopeorg.com/p_index.html Wayback Machine Archive. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20021205094120/http://www.hopeorg.com/p_index.html

H.O.P.E. (2003, February 7). HOPEorg. http://groups.msn.com/HOPEorg/ Wayback Machine Archive. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20030207211520/http://groups.msn.com/HOPEorg/

Unknown. (2001, December A). Alternativenet - Multiple Information. http://www.angelfire.com/weird/alternativenet/anethost2.html Wayback Machine archive. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20021027203307/http://www.angelfire.com/weird/alternativenet/anethost2.html

Unknown. (2001, December B). Alternativenet - More Multiple Information. http://www.angelfire.com:80/weird/alternativenet/anethost3.html Wayback Machine archive. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20021105083949/http://www.angelfire.com:80/weird/alternativenet/anethost3.html

Unknown. (2004, April 4). Untitled image of glasses, used on the H.O.P.E. site. http://www.angelfire.com/weird/alternativenet/parchdisclmn.jpg Wayback Machine. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.angelfire.com/weird/alternativenet/parchdisclmn.jpg

Various. (2001, fall). Kinships Magazine Issue #4. Pentegram Komix and Graphix.

Various. (2001, winter). Kinships Magazine Issue #5. Pentegram Komix and Graphix.