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From: "Lori A Hoisington" <>
Subject: Re: [HOISINGTON-L] Important! Please Respond
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 22:23:25 -0400 (EDT)


Harriette,

Thanks for being the gatekeeper for the list. I vote to preserve
confidentiality. If this means we move the list, then I'm all for it!

Lori Hoisington Griffiths
> > Hi,
All. >
>
> The list is currently being hosted by the rootsweb.com server. However,
> there are a lot of changes going on with the rootsweb organization, and
> some of them are of concern to me.
>
> 1) There has been a change in the Acceptable Use Policy, which mirrors the
> ones at Yahoo and Geocities posted recently, in that the archived messages
> of the mailing lists posted after a specific date are no longer the
> property of the poster (you guys), but the property of rootsweb. That
> means that rootsweb has announced that it claims ownership of the material
> posted and that it also claims the right to reproduce it in any way it sees
> fit. While nothing has been specifically stated about putting it on CDs
> and selling it, that is an option. Many of us have posted research that
> took us a great deal of time to get together, and others have posted
> personal information on what we thought was a "private" mailing list.
>
> 2) Cluster surname mailing lists are being set up at rootsweb which, in
> many cases, duplicate already-existing lists. These duplicate lists are
> not being offered first to the hosts of the existing lists. In any case,
> these cluster list owners MUST agree to the rootsweb Acceptable Use Policy.
> There are also rotating taglines (sorta like the signature line on my
> postings), which are used for advertising.
>
> 3) None of this was discussed with the listowners beforehand and
> constitutes a complete turnaround in rootsweb's original agreement with
> existing listowners.
>
> 4) Anyone who has criticized this new policy has been treated rudely and/or
> "banned" from using rootsweb facilities.
>
> So, what all this means is I would like to find out how you feel about
> moving the Hoisington Mailing List. This assumes that I can find another
> free home for it, AND one that will agree that anything we post on this
> list belongs to us. If we decide that moving is the way to go, I will
> request that ALL Hoisington Mailing List archives be removed from rootsweb
> and sent to me for safekeeping until we can find a place where they will
> not be subject to commercial exploitation.
>
> Harriette
>
>
>
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> Hoisington Family Web Site <http://www.genweb.net/~hoisington/index.htm>;
> Sumner Co. KS <http://www.rootsweb.cm/!kssumner/kssumner.htm>;
> Kay Co. OK <http://www.rootsweb.com/~okkay/okkay.htm>;
> Logan Co. OK <http://www.rootsweb.com/~oklogan/oklogan.htm>;
>
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