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From: "Karen" <>
Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] Why one AB member isn't participating indiscussions
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 18:36:32 -0700
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20080307191142.03452598@pop3.1starnet.com>
Do you have an opinion Betsy?
Karen
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Bravo, Greta!!
Betsy
At 06:57 PM 3/7/2008, you wrote:
>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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