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From: "John M. Scroggins" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] FW: UPDATED JOB POSTINGS AT MyFamily.com
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 13:20:54 -0500
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I certainly disagree with Mr. Johnson! I think MyFamily and Suzanne should
be commended.

The participants and target audience for this list are professional
genealogists--primarily people who have undertaken genealogical research,
writing, or lecturing as an occupation, not just an avocation.

I would be hard-pressed to find a more appropriate venue for the prompt
transmission of information about employment opportunities for
genealogists. In fact, I am disappointed that positions for genealogists
are so rarely announced over the list.

Because of my background in archival work, I subscribe (as do a number of
others on this list) to the Archives and Archivists list. Many employers
of archivists post their job opportunities to that list; I don't recall
ever reading a complaint about the practice.

John M. Scroggins

At 1/13/2004 06:42 PM, Ray Beere Johnson II wrote:
>Okay, I am not that picky about the postings to
>the list. If I am not interested in something, I
>can delete it, and if recommendations and or
>discussions of specific products are useful to
>others (as they have been to me once or twice),
>that is fine with me. But the message below seems
>to me to be entirely commercial, and amounts to
>nothing more than spam. Hasn't MyFamily.com heard
>of professional recruiters to help big bucks
>corporations find the personnel they need?
>(Before anyone quibbles, think about it. If they
>are trying to fill those positions, they are big
>bucks compared to the rest of us.) I don't know
>how the rest of you feel, but to me this really
>crosses the line.
> Ray Beere Johnson II

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