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From: Tim Powys-Lybbe <> (by way of Geoffrey <>)
Subject: Re: [SoG] Parish register mailing list
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 13:12:47 +0000


In message <>
Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake <> wrote:

> In message <>, Tim
> Powys-Lybbe <> writes
> >
> >So the only suggestion is for someone to start one up. But before this
> >can be done, it might be a good thing to discuss what it should consist
> >of. And should not members of the Society of Genealogists lead the way?
> >
> A society of which I am a member publishes a quarterly journal. Until
> recently it listed the 'Objects' of the society on the inside back cover
> of the journal in the following text "The Society exists to promote,
> encourage, and foster the study, science and knowledge of genealogy."
> Seems to me to be an ideal project for such a Society to take on.
>
> The issues for further discussion seem to me to be:
>
> 1) Can a suitable volunteer be found to manage the mailing list?
>
> 2) Where does the establishment of such a list come in the order of
> priorities for that Society?

Note the difference between the words I used "members of the Society"
and Barney's words "that Society".

Why does it have to be anything to do with "that Society" if the members
can get and and deal with it themselves?

> If the answer to 1) is yes, and to 2) is at or near the top, then and
> only then would it be a good idea to discuss its terms of reference.

Only if you insist that "that Society" has to be involved.

--
Tim Powys-Lybbe
For a patchwork of bygones: http://powys.org



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