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From: "Richard Marek" <>
Subject: Re: [GENBOX] FW: So.. now what?
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:27:35 -0600
References: <KLEHKLBKCGJNIPPLHNGOGEPKDCAA.clcasper@sprynet.com>


Hi again! Read Cheri's last comment after I hunt and pecked my last one. OK,
I agree about putting the godparents in a witness role and will do so.
Cheri, quick question.. I have never run into more than two godparents so
far but, how are you handling the witness roles? Do you use a generic
'godparent' role or specify 'godfather' or 'godmother'? I would like to be
able to identify the father or mother portion in my templates. (What is the
third "parent" referred to as?)

Thanks!
Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheri Casper" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [GENBOX] FW: So.. now what?


> Peggy - You are so right about godparents. They are merely sponsors at a
> child's baptism and do not provide the same type of nurturing that foster,
> adoptive, biological, and/or step parents do. I simply believe they
should
> be witnesses and IMHO the problem originated when the original design
> treated them in the same manner as the other types of parents in the first
> place. If the default setting had been no secondary link and everyone had
> to make godparents witnesses, assigning the proper role, this discussion
> wouldn't even be taking place.
>
> Besides even if "fixed" to suit the tastes of some, that fix would not
> accommodate situations -- such as my daughter's or grandniece's -- both of
> whom have 3 godparents. So insted of "apples" or "oranges" as someone
said,
> when a child has 3 godparents, they would have a fruit salad.
>
> CheriC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:]On
> Behalf Of Peggy Baldwin
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 9:55 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [GENBOX] FW: So.. now what?
>
>
> I agree. Perfect is in the eye of beholder. I personally would not want
god
> parents
> to be treated the same as parents. I would choose to enter them as
> witnesses.
> They are do not have the same roll in a child's life as their parents, as
> far as
> I know. It must be a mini-nightmare trying to make this software work to
all
> of our wants.
>
> Peggy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allen, Geoff (Energy Wholesale)" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 1:41 AM
> Subject: [GENBOX] FW: So.. now what?
>
>
> > Exactly.
> >
> > Can you honestly tell me that your house and car are absolutely perfect?
> > Mine aren't; in buying them I evaluated what I could live with what I
> > couldn't. Those that I brought had the most number of desirables with
> > the least number of those things I don't want but which I can live with.
> >
> > It's the same with computer software, particularly with something as
> > complex as a specialist application like a genealogy package, where
> > because of its specialty probably every single user will have different
> > requirements. In essence you have a simple choice, either live with it,
> > accepting that in certain circumstances work-arounds will be required,
> > (and as far as I am concerned, Bill has designed Genbox to be as
> > flexible as possible, thereby allowing work-arounds and with the user
> > community on here there is plenty of advice and guidance on how to best
> > achieve these work-arounds) or buy something (if it exists!) that better
> > meets your requirements. By all means raise items that you would like
> > included in future releases, but recognize Bill will put in / leave out
> > what he thinks best meets the needs for the majority of the users.
> >
> > After all, whilst the majority of us use this product as part of our
> > hobby, it is part of Bill's living. If he does not deliver what the
> > customers want, they will stop buying and he will be financially hit, so
> > it is most clearly in his interests to deliver.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [mailto:]
> > On Behalf Of Cheri Casper
> > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 9:08 AM
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [GENBOX] So.. now what?
> >
> > No, but can you think of one program that is absolute perfect? Not even
> > the
> > Microsoft products. If you want perfection then you will have to create
> > your own software.
> >
> > CheriC
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [mailto:]On
> > Behalf Of kql
> > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 1:50 AM
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [GENBOX] So.. now what?
> >
> >
> > Cheri Casper wrote:
> >> I suspect that every program is going to have work arounds for some
> > things.
> >
> > The favorite retort of mothers to this sort of thinking is:
> > "So if everyone else jumps off a bridge, you think you should jump off a
> > bridge, too?"
> >
> > kql
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