Dec 15-21 1998

From merope@Radix.Net Tue Dec 15 14:09:59 1998

Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 14:09:58 -0500 (EST)

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No one EVER expects the spanish inquisition!...its Your Daily Board Show!

*warning* contains editorial content. Read at your own risk!

Sunday 13 December 1998

The Election Committee Report for this week is posted: they are still

compiling state voter lists; the possitioin vacated by Debbie Wafford has

been added to the ballot; the call for nominations from the NW/P region

has gone out; current nominees are listed; they are discussion the

plurality vs. majority issue.

Motion 98-10 has passed: 11 ayes, 1 nay, 1 present [sorry, Archives]

Motion 98-12: is withdrawn

Motion 98-13: in full:

"I move that the board not involve ourselves with the continuation or

non-continuation of the USGENWEB-ALL-L list; I further move that the board

should not involve ourselves with the creation of a new list for the

USGenWeb Project."

[now where have we seen this before? Does this mean they will be

restoring mention of this list to the web page?]

It is seconded and the discussion period is opened until midnight

12/15/98.

The webmaster announces that there is a page on the main web site

describing the regional mail lists:

http://www.usgenweb.org/official/regionmail.html

One Board member notes that the SW/SC list is not apparently available

yet. [I noticed that too]

In other news: The moderator of this list, George Waller, has announced

he will be willing to stay on until the new NC is elected. [Yay!]

The Archives Project has a new project: the USGenWeb Archives Pensions

Project. A mailing list is available for it, possibly just for file

managers, and it pertains to all wars prior to 1900. For further

information, contact the Archives Project Coordinator.

"We need not fear those who do evil in the name of evil, but Heaven

protect us from those who do evil in the name of good."

--- Arthur C. Adams

This has been your Daily Board Show.

-Teresa Lindquist

merope@radix.net

From merope@Radix.Net Wed Dec 16 13:37:00 1998

Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:36:59 -0500 (EST)

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your own risk!

Monday 14 December 1998:

Motion 98-12: A new motion is submitted:

"I move that we accept Holly Timm's resignation from

SE/Mid-Atlantic CC Rep, with regrets, and that we

add her position to the upcoming election for replacement."

It is seconded. The (not)NC sees no need for discussion, as the

resignation was irrevocable, and calls for a vote. 10 members vote 'aye',

1 votes 'present'.

In other news: The call for nominations to fill Holly's position has gone

out. Looking at the "Who's Who" list, it seems that Holly's position was

a 2 year one. Whoever goes for this one must be willing to be in it for

the long haul!

There are two new nominees for the SW/SC CC representative position: Bobby

Edwards and Megan Zurawicz [looks like the competition is heating up!].

Margot Hill is a nominee for the NW/P CC rep. The SW/MA position has not

yet been added to the webpage.

Our quote today was supplied by a reader. Thanks!

"All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse

allegiance to, and resist, the government, when its tyranny or its

inefficiency are great and unendurable.

-- Henry David Thoreau, "Civil Disobedience", 1849

This has been your Daily Board Show.

-Teresa Lindquist

merope@radix.net

From merope@Radix.Net Thu Dec 17 09:10:23 1998

Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 09:10:22 -0500 (EST)

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*warning* spleens vented, no charge! Contains editorial content. Read at

your own risk!

Tuesday 15 December 1998:

Motion 98-12: Resignation of Holly Timm has passed, with 11 ayes, 1

present, and one late "aye" vote that doesn't appear on the final vote

count as posted by the (not)NC.

Motion 98-14: New Representatives, in full:

"I would like to make a motion that we have Gary Martens fill the

NW/Plains and Betty Sellers fill the SE/MidAtlantic Representative-Interim

Positions until the Elections take place in January and Representatives

are elected to fill the vacancies."

Motion is made, seconded, and a motion is made to call the question and

that is seconded. Once again to expedite matters, the (not)NC allows dual

voting on each issue. At press time, there were 11 ayes and 1 present on

Motion 98-14, meaning it has passed. [Congrats to Betty and Gary!]

Tomorrow's news today!:

Motion 98-13--New List: this, as you recall, is the Board's pledge not to

involve themselves in the continuation [or not] of this list or in the

creation of a new list. The discussion period is over and the motion is on

the floor for a vote. At press time, there were 6 aye votes and 1

present.

In other news: The Board is releasing its own presumably daily report,

which has already been forwarded to this list. According to their report,

both motions 98-13 and 98-14 have passed. Additionally, they have

adjourned for the holidays and will be back in session on Jan 2 1999.

Bobby Edwards is the first nominee to post a campaign web page. It is at:

http://www.shreve.net/~bobbye/ccrep/ Bobby is running for SW/SC CC rep.

The Daily Board Show is now available on the web! All the shows are now

available at http://www.radix.net/~merope/ Keep watching this site for

updates to the Board Exec material and other surprises.

"Whatever power you give to the good cops, goes to the bad ones, too.

Never forget that."

--- Phillip J. Birmingham

This has been your Daily Board Show.

-Teresa Lindquist

merope@radix.net

From merope@Radix.Net Fri Dec 18 10:41:25 1998

Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 10:41:24 -0500 (EST)

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Wednesday 16 December 1998:

Motion 98-13 New list-- this motion has passed with 10 ayes, 1 present, 1

excused and one member did not vote by the time the count was posted.

Motion 98-14--New Representatives-- this motion has passed, with 10 aye

votes, 1 present, and two members who had not voted by the time the vote

count was posted.

The (not)NC states there are currently no motions on the floor.

[correct me if wrong, oh PPP gurus, but if they've 'adjourned' as

indicated in their report yesterday, isn't there supposed to be a motion

and a vote to that effect?]

In other news: I have learned that Betty Sellers will

not accept her appointment to SE/MA CC representative position.

Eric Segal, in response to a thinly veiled personal attack in another

candidate's campaign page, has withdrawn from the SW/SC representative

race.

A number of candidates have posted campaign web pages:

SW/SC rep:

Kathy Welch Heidel http://www.tri.net/~kheidel/genealogy/Campaign.html

Bobby Edwards http://www.shreve.net/~bobbye/ccrep/

Megan Zurawicz http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogreene/campaign.htm

SE/MA rep:

Shari Handley http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdsomers/se-ma-cc.htm

Over on the listowner's list, a wee controversy has erupted over GC/RW's

new board policies and USGW's 'free ride' on RW. From a field reporter:

"some interesting storm clouds...

RW/GC recently announced they were expanding the available GC boards, and

wanted to give the Rootsweb listowners a little advance notice. The boards

would be available for Rootsweb sponsors in good standing ($$), and it was

suggested that listowners may want to snatch up boards that complimented

their lists. It was also stated that it was first come, first serve, and

that duplicate boards would not be made, so one must act fast, or loose

the chance to control their corner of the genealogy world. Some USGenWeb

folks were less than pleased that they would now have to sponsor Rootsweb

in order to get a GC board to compliment their lists. The lists were free

to them, why not GC ? (I do not think this covers USGW folks who use

GC for queries, but not sure). This morning, a listowner who is not a

USGW person has loudly complained about USGW getting a free ride at

Rootsweb, when the sponsors of the co-op had to make up the difference."

"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding

because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they

have not a single political argument left."

---Margaret Thatcher

This has been your Daily Board Show.

-Teresa Lindquist

merope@radix.net

From merope@Radix.Net Tue Dec 22 11:22:58 1998

Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 22:49:20 -0500 (EST)

From: merope <merope@Radix.Net>

To: USGENWEB-ALL <usgenweb-all-l@rootsweb.com>,

usgenweb-discuss-l@rootsweb.com

Subject: Daily Board Show

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum...its Your Daily Board Show!

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Thursday 15 December 1998:

Motion 98-15: Motion to adjourn, in full:

I move that this session of the USGenWeb National Advisory Board

be adjourned until January 2, 1999. The Board members will be

available to take care of any necessary business during this time.

The motions is made and seconded, and the chair calls for an immediate

vote. At press time, there are 12 ayes and one present, although no final

vote count is posted. [a full day after they said they'd adjourned, they

get around to actually making the motion, seconding it, and holding a

vote. what would they _do_ without the DBS to remind them of these

things?]

Gary Martens, interim rep for the NW/P region is welcomed to Board-L just

in time for it to adjourn. He makes his first vote on Motion 98-15. A

number of Board members post welcoming statements, these among them:

"Welcome aboard, Gary.

Hope you have laid in your supply of

coffee and antacid ! (Ant-acid so we can

kill the annoying bugs...) "

(Kim Harris Myers, Dec 17 1998)

"Trey, who is traveling I believe, and I welcome you. Be careful we are

surrounded by indians." (bob Bamford, Dec 17, 1998)

[Without invoking either death-wishes _or_ ethnic slurs, The Daily Board

Show would also like to welcome Gary to the fray. We promise to make it

interesting.]

"Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their

reputation and social standing, never can bring about reform. Those who

are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the

world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow

their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and

bear the consequences."

---Susan B. Anthony

This has been Your Daily Board Show.

-Teresa Lindquist

merope@radix.net

From merope@Radix.Net Tue Dec 22 11:23:09 1998

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 09:19:34 -0500 (EST)

From: merope <merope@Radix.Net>

To: USGENWEB-ALL <usgenweb-all-l@rootsweb.com>

Subject: Daily Board Show

First things first, but not necessarily in that order...its Your Daily

Board Show!

*warning* contains editorial content. Read at your own risk.

Friday 18 December 1998:

Motion 98-15 Adjourn--One more Board member votes aye. The (not)NC posts

the "final" [four members had not yet voted but sufficient votes were

received to call it passed] vote count: 9 ayes, and one present. He

wishes the Board a safe and happy holiday and says he'll issue a roll call

at 6 am CST Jan 2 1999.

Saturday 19 December 1998:

The Advisory Board posts its "daily" update [which seems to have skipped

two days], posting the results of voting on Motion 98-15.

One more Board member votes aye on Motion 98-15

In other news:

All the Paladium ad banners have disappeared from Rootsweb and have been

replaced by graphics linking to other RW pages. Did they lose their

sponsor?

Since the Board is on vacation, the Daily Board Show will also go on

hiatus until they reconvene. We'll still be here to bring you any

developing news. Be Merry!!

Today's quote was submitted by a reader and is dedicated to

the hard-working, freedom-of-speech-defending Advisory Board of the

USGenWeb Project:

"And what happened then...?

Well...in Who-ville they say

That the Grinch's small heart

Grew three sizes that day!"

---Dr. Seuss, "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas"

This has been your Daily Board Show.

-Teresa Lindquist

merope@radix.net

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