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From: "Don Kelly" <>
Subject: Re: [BOARD-L] MNIGS
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:14:25 -0700
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Correction to "Bottom line"
There is no doubt that they are dedicated CCs.

Sorry about that typo. Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Kelly" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [BOARD-L] MNIGS


> I don't like the word, "discipline" when referring to hard working
> volunteers and dedicated genealogists............they are volunteers
> after all and their behavior is in their hands. A bit of TLC and
> patience between volunteers can go far.
>
> Sure there are disruptive volunteers, it seems that a few XXGenWebs
have
> at least one.
>
> To those who consider themselves disruptive ( and some do), I
encourage
> them to work on genealogy, develop great looking webpages, and forget
> the politics. One thing is abundantly clear, politics and genealogy
> don't mix well.
>
> To leaders who must deal with, often forced to deal with, disruptive
> members, all I can recommend is be objective, take the personalities
out
> of your actions, and try not to take things personally.
>
> This is hard I know when one is attacked, but it is important to see
> both sides. We as SCs cannot be removing CCs for personal reasons;
there
> must be a clearly defined rule or set of rules broken as grounds for
> NIGS or removal.
>
> Bottom line, if you look at their web pages you see that they work
hard
> trying to provide resources for researchers. There is now doubt in
most
> cases that they are dedicated CCs.
>
> All I can say is remain objective and persuasive, honorable in all
> dealings, and everyone do the best you can to avoid politics and get
> along. I caution that this NIGS thing not get out of hand, when the
real
> problem was rules were broken.
>
> Don Kelly NW/P SC Rep.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard (Isaiah) Harrison" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 12:28 AM
> Subject: [BOARD-L] MNIGS-Additional Information
>
>
> > Roger Swafford made the following post to the DISCUSS list earlier
> today:
> > ------------------
> > Members who have been declared "not in good standing" by either
> national or
> > state level were the result of some behavior or action by those
> members. It
> > is a consequence of the offending behavior or action.
> >
> > I think discussion of the "mnigs" issue without also including other
> > possible consequences such as suspension, removal or expulsion is
> > not appropriate. Let's face it folks, we are talking about the right
> of the
> > organization to discipline its members. Discussion of "mnigs"
without
> also
> > considering the entire scope of discipline appears to me an example
of
> knee
> > jerk reaction to hot button issues of the day.
> > Roger
> > http://home.mchsi.com/~sagitta56/roger03.htm
> > --------------------
> > Because we are dealing with this issue as informal discussion, we
can
> > easily broaden it to include the related issues.
> >
> > -Isaiah
> >
> >
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