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From: "bluebear" <>
Subject: Re: [BOARD] Fwd: [Fwd: You have been unsubscribed from theUSGENWEB-DISCUSS mailing list]
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:30:04 -0600
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I did not receive Teresa's email, so I appreciate your sharing this, Alice.
The points you make and the questions you raise seem to me to be reasonable.
I would like to hear further discussion of this in whatever forum is
appropriate.

For now I want to add just one comment. The past dogs this project to a
degree that is incapacitating. No one seems to be able to let it go, or not
for long. Members are continually watching for an opportunity to bring up
old grievances, justify old decisions, threaten and disparage, and promote
their own righteousness. I'm not speaking of a single subset of members; I'm
speaking of members who represent every point of view.

In my opinion this is the primary weakness of USGenWeb and the one that
could bring down the whole wonderful enterprise we're engaged in.


----- Original Message -----
From: "DC & Alice Allen" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 3:25 AM
Subject: [BOARD] Fwd: [Fwd: You have been unsubscribed from the
USGENWEB-DISCUSS mailing list]


| Hi all,
|
| I know that all AB members should have received a copy of this email from
Teresa, and I've been waiting to see if someone would bring it up. It's been
3+ days and no one else has, so I will do so. I don't know if this can be
something settled quickly, or if it can/should be added to new business.
|
| I have not read all the Discuss list mail from the past few days to know
exactly what got so many people's dander up and caused a lot of friction (to
say the least), and the moderation of some and threats of moderation of
others, etc., but from what I've read so far I haven't seen anything that
warrented Teresa being unsubbed without first being warned, or of being
moderated at the very most, as others were. I feel that this needs to be
looked into further, and consideration to returning her to the Discuss list,
even on moderated status, should be warrented. From what I have read so
far, she did not say or do anything to merit a harsher punishement than the
others who were moderated or threatened with moderation, yet she was
unsubscribed with no apparent warrning. In all actuality, IMHO anyway, her
posts seemed pretty tame, compared to some of the others.
|
| Regardless of your feelings about Teresa, she is a CC in the USGenWeb
Project, even if she is not a member in good standing at this time. She
should be entitled to the same consideration any other member of the Project
has, other than those rights forfeited as a MNIGS. As far as I know, her
standing does not allow her to run for national office or to vote, but I
don't believe she has fewer mailng list membership rights because of her
MNIGS than anyone else. If I'm wrong, please point me to the list of MNIGS
restrictions.
|
| A fellow CC has asked for assistance. Even if we don't agree with some of
the things she does or says, we should put our opinions aside and assist our
fellow CC. We are representatives to ALL USGenWeb members, not just the
ones who agree with our opinions and beliefs.
|
| Thanks for listening,
|
| Alice
| NENC CC Rep
|
| *********** BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE ***********
|
| On 2/6/2007 at 7:34 PM merope <> wrote:
|
| >Let's see. David gets a warning. Fred gets a warning and then gets
| >moderated. I get no warning and get unsubbed before I even have a
| >chance to apologize for sending a private message to the list. Is there
| >some sort of preferential treatment going on here?
| >
| >-Teresa
| *********** END FORWARDED MESSAGE ***********
|
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