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From: Bill Oliver <>
Subject: [BOARD-L] [Fwd: Run-off Election: Formal Protest]
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 17:12:59 -0400


Forwarded as requested.

Bill
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Run-off Election: Formal Protest
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 12:31:15 -0700
From: Fred Smoot <>
Reply-To:
Organization: Dog Trot X Press
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CC: ,

To the Advisory Board of the USGenWeb Project
<>
Tim Stowell, National Coordinator, USGenWeb Project
Bill Oliver, Secretary, Advisory Board, USGenWeb Project
CC to Jim Powell, Chairman, Election Committee, USGenWeb
Project

Greetings,

Please be advised that I am protesting the Aug 1999 run-off
election for
the position of National Coordinator based on the following:

1. No certified lists of eligible voters were ever
published.

2. The election was not conducted by a neutral third party,
but by an
organization, Rootsweb.com, Inc., which had a vested
interest in the
outcome of the election, and was aware of my positions in
regard to
their numerous recent actions, including, but not limited
to, my having
questioned the role of Rootsweb.com, Inc. in relation to the
USGenWeb
Project, claimed ownership of compilation copyrights to List
Archives,
GenConnect databases, permanent rights to store Archives,
etc. whereas
my opponent had stated publicly that he did not believe
there was any
conflict at all between the Project and Rootsweb.

3. The change in software for the run-off election was not
approved by
the Advisory Board.

4. The software used in the 2nd election was insecure.
Anyone with FTP
access to the software and data could have easily hacked the
results.

5. Although voting closed on 8/18/1999, the web page
http://www.usgenweb.org/elections/election-central.html
indicated that
the polls would not close until the 23rd.

6. Requests by myself for additional data necessary to
attempt to
determine if results were valid based on software used, etc.
were
denied.

I also request that a copy of this Formal Protest be posted
to:
Board-L@ rootsweb.com.

Respectfully,

Fred Smoot
Candidate for National Coordinator, USGenWeb Project

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