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From: "Nola" <>
Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] Why one AB member isn't participatingindiscussions
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 19:48:03 -0600
References: <001701c88098$eb973a00$339a7c41@Mitchell><003801c880b7$545f4780$6401a8c0@Greta>
Greta,
All I can say is thanks for everything. I would like to forward your
message with your permission, even if you are not my personal rep.
Nola
----- Original Message -----
From: "bluebear" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] Why one AB member isn't participating
indiscussions
> Dear Karen,
>
> I can't speak for other AB members, but the primary reason I haven't
> been posting here or on other lists is that I'm busy listening to all
> of you. It's your turn to talk, and my job to listen, so that I can
> understand and represent your concerns. If I have questions about your
> positions, I'll ask them.
>
> Our focus currently is on the banners that TGN/RW will be placing on
> USGenWeb sites. Tina has answered questions raised about them, and
> posted an additional message from our contact at RW, David Graham.
> This is not something the AB was able to say yes or no to; it was a
> given, and all we could do was ask for specific information about
> when, what, and how, which we've conveyed to you as clearly as we can.
>
> We've also reminded everyone that each state and CC has the right,
> according to the Bylaws, to choose a server. We're learning, as you
> are, that some states and counties are moving or planning to move from
> RW because of the banners. No decision has yet been made about whether
> the national pages will be moved, though the question has been
> discussed, both on the lists and among the AB members.
>
> The volume of my email is significant enough that while I've been
> writing to you, several dozen more emails have arrived. I know some of
> my colleagues are getting much more than I am, and I shudder to think
> about the NC's inbox, which is overloaded on any given day.
>
> We're doing the best we can to listen to you, note questions and give
> or get answers to them when we can, track recurring issues, and take
> what we know from you and from our collective experience to the
> negotiations with TGN/RW.
>
> Many of the questions and issues are upsetting and worrying for us as
> members of USGenWeb, just as they are for you with the added burden
> that it's our job to come up with answers and solutions. We need to
> figure out what the project members want and need and how we can
> secure that, if we can. We also need to listen to TGN/RW and
> understand, as well as we can, what they expect from us and what that
> means for USGenWeb. Should we believe they have our best interests in
> mind? Should we suspect everything they say? It's obvious that the
> reasonable answer to those questions lies somewhere between the
> extremes, but where exactly? It's not that simple to decide, but we're
> working on it, and we need your understanding and support as we
> continue to work on it.
>
> I can tell you--and here I will speak for my colleagues as well as
> myself--that every single person on the AB is doing his or her best
> for the project. There isn't one of us who doesn't passionately
> believe in the mission of USGenWeb to put genealogical data online,
> free for everyone to use. Please stand by us. We need you, and you
> need us. To quote what the kids in America have been singing, "We're
> all in this together."
>
> Greta Thompson
> IAGenWeb Bremer, Butler, and Marion Counties
> IAGenWeb Family Group Sheet Special Project
> USGenWeb Advisory Board NWPL-CC
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karen" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 3:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] Comments on banner
> |
> | And why aren't we hearing from the Advisory Board members? I have
> yet to see
> | one of them join the conversation here. Why is that? I voted you
> people into
> | office, I would expect you could at the very least talk to me and
> let me
> | know what YOUR thoughts are on this. Where is the representation you
> | promised me? Every one of you are on this list, but we aren't
> hearing from
> | you. Why? I am not being confrontational, I'm being factual. I
> expect to
> | hear from you people. You throw this discussion open and then just
> sit back
> | and ignore it, no input. Which makes us feel like you could care
> less what
> | we say.
> |
> | Karen Mitchell
> | ASC New Mexico
>
>
>
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