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From: "John C Quigley II" <>
Subject: Re: The RootsWeb renewal notice
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 16:34:31 -0600


OK sorry, I thought we were talking about a form letter.

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On 2/19/99, at 4:26 PM, wrote:

>In a message dated 99-02-19 17:00:15 EST, writes:
>
>> I think that this is fine except for the fact that very few of us take the
>> ROOTS-L in message form, so that the paragraph is making an assumption that
>> is not necessarily valid. Actually I am not using either of the programs you
>> mention, so for me, that would not be a valid statement. It doesn't hurt me,
>> but it does say that the originator really doesn't know what is going on
>with
>> their own databases. Perhaps it would be better to say, "services which you
>> are now able to use if you choose" instead of that you are using?
>
>John, I wrote the paragraph based on the individual letter that was forwarded
>to the list yesterday which stated that this particular user WAS using those
>very services. This is not intended to be a part of *every* notice. It
>appears to me that the current notice is customized to reflect the ACTUAL
>usage of premium sponsor-only services.
>
>So if you were to receive a notice of renewal it would reflect the premium
>services YOU were using--it won't be the same for all. In other words if you
>are a listowner you would be told that your sponsorship was needed to continue
>providing this service, or hosting GenConnect Boards, or maintaining Web space
>on homepages.rootsweb.com, or whatever premium servinces YOU personally are
>using.
>
>Joan

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