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From: "Karen" <>
Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] Why one AB member isn't participatingindiscussions
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 18:08:39 -0700
In-Reply-To: <003801c880b7$545f4780$6401a8c0@Greta>
Thank you Greta for your input, it is appreciated. What is YOUR personal
opinion?
Karen
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Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 5:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] Why one AB member isn't participating
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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
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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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