Jun 12-18 2000

From merope@Radix.Net Mon Jun 12 13:42:55 2000

Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 13:41:46 -0400 (EDT)

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Sunday 11 June 2000:

Shari Handley has made some "link logos" that other persons and projects

can use to link to the USGW. They are located at:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdsomers/graphics.htm

Joe Zsedeny and Pam Reid compliment Shari on her graphics.

Tim Stowell declares Motion 00-14 passed with 9 yes votes, 3 no votes, and

3 members not voting [actually two sitting Board members did not vote.

The third is an empty seat.] Tim notes that "Ms. Hammett's grievances are

dismissed. A note to this effect has been sent to Ms. Hammett." [It's so

nice to be able to just make these things go away...]

Tim calls for a vote on Motion 00-16 [the "standing rule" motion].

Tim opens the floor for discussion on Motion 00-17 [the motion to declare

the April 1 cutoff date "contrary to the Bylaws"] and Motion 00-18 [the

motion to affirm the April 1 cutoff date].

Ginger Hayes asks her colleagues to consider the cutoff date very

carefully. She says "Establishing the April 1 cut-off date smacks just as

much of vote manipulation as what the folks adopting counties for no other

reason than to gain a vote are doing. Personally, I find any attempt at

manipulation, no matter who is doing it, highly distasteful and really

question what this organization is degenerating to....I like and respect

the chair of the EC but find his statement as to the reasoning behind the

April 1 cutoff date to be either a lame excuse for the real reason or

patronizing in the extreme. To the best of my knowledge there has never

been a "probationary" period in USGW, neither have we ever tested voters

to see how informed they are on the issues. I'd like to urge you all to

have a little courage and show some faith in the membership of the USGW

Project. I still believe that the good folks far outweigh those that would

engage in less than honorable tactics. I think it would behoove us far

more to encourage folks to get out and vote than to attempt to prevent

some folks from voting."

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Election News: We hear that the Election Committee has voted not to

accept email addresses from yahoo.com and is requesting that those folks

who use yahoo.com for their email submit their "real" email address

instead. Otherwise, no ballot. There's no explanation for what exactly

is offensive about a yahoo.com address, but apparently our EC has decided

they aren't "real" enough.

Deja Vu Corner: An anonymous reader sent in the following bit of

political commentary. Its's kinda interesting. [reprinted with

permission]

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Know the Difference

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Joe Zsedeny | Joe McCarthy

USGenWeb Board | U.S. Senate

Running for National Coordinator | Censured for conduct "contrary to

of the USGenWeb Project. | Senate traditions," by a vote of

| 67 to 22.

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Fellow Board members and | Ladies and Gentlemen:

volunteers, it is hard to know | Today we are engaged in a final,

where to begin because I am deeply | all-out battle between communistic

troubled. But I will try to get | atheism and Christianity. The

across to you the danger YOUR | modern champions of communism have

Project faces because of a group | selected this as the time. And,

whose members are using despicable | ladies and gentlemen, the chips

means to achieve their ends. | are down, they are truly down.

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Evidence is damning and piling up | In my opinion the State

of a conspiracy to utterly destroy | Department, which is one of the

this project as you know it thru | most important government

ballot box stuffing. | departments, is thoroughly

| infested with Communists.

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The disheartening thing is that | I have in my hand fifty-seven

some of our most talented people | cases of individuals who would

are involved. When their efforts | appear to be either card-carrying

are directed to honorable pursuits | members or certainly loyal to the

the results are sometimes | Communist Party, but who

stunning. But once one lapses into | nevertheless are still helping to

a mindset of misconduct each new | shape our foreign policy.

step is easier and that is the |

vortex I spoke of the other day. |

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board-l@rootsweb.com | Record, 81st Congress,

| 2nd Session, pp. 1952-57

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"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the

exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them."

---Frederick Douglass

This has been your Daily Board Show.

-Teresa Lindquist

merope@radix.net

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From merope@Radix.Net Tue Jun 13 22:20:23 2000

Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 22:19:48 -0400 (EDT)

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Monday 12 June 2000-Tuesday 13 June 2000:

No Board-L traffic on these dates.

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Election News: The following is the current list of candidates, as

released by the EC on Monday 12 June:

National Coordinator

Mr. Jim Powell

Mr. Garnett J.(Joe) Zsedeny

Northeast / North Central CC Rep.

Mr. Bill Oliver

Mr. Richard M. Howland

Southeast / Mid-Atlantic CC Rep.

Ms. Ellen Pack

Northwest Plains CC Rep.

Ms. Virginia "Ginger" Cisewski

Mr. Richard Harrison

SouthWest / South Central CC Rep.

Mr. Ken Short

Ms. Teresa Lindquist

Following a brief outcry, Roger Swafford announced that the EC would be

dropping its restriction on yahoo.com addresses [and presumably other free

addresses], noting however that "Use of third party email accounts will be

accepted and validation procedures applied. Those using such accounts may

be contacted for verification of their vote."

We are mystified as to why the EC appears to be doing everything

possible to make it more difficult to vote, rather than easier. Its not

like this project has a problem with too many people voting.

Amendment Update: The following states have sponsored each proposed

bylaws amendment:

States' Rights: TN, OR, NE

Recall: CO, OR, OH, NE

Special Projects: MD, GA

We hear that Tim Stowell is running around telling people that a

"mid-Western CC" wrote the Special Projects amendment. Our guess would be

Maggie Stewart Zimmerman, but that is "just a guess."

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"What the people want is very simple. They want an America as good as its

promise."

---Rep. Barbara Jordan

This has been your Daily Board Show.

-Teresa Lindquist

merope@radix.net

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From merope@Radix.Net Thu Jun 15 21:32:07 2000

Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 21:32:06 -0400 (EDT)

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Wednesday 14 June 2000:

No Board-L activity on this date.

Thursday 15 June 2000:

Maggie Stewart Zimmerman withdraws her motion regarding the USGenNet, Inc.

pages so that Teri may negotiate with USGNI "over the change of the Logos

and the wording "The Nonprofit UGenWeb Project"." She tells Teri, "I will

accept your results because I know that you have the best interests of the

Project at heart and want it more friendly and harmonious." However,

if Teri is not succesful [i.e., if the results are not to Maggie's

liking], Maggie reserves the right to resubmit her motion.

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Election News: Here's the latest list of candidates:

National Coordinator

Mr. Jim Powell jpowelljr@gru.net

Mr. Garnett J.(Joe) Zsedeny jzsed@slic.com

Northeast / North Central CC Rep.

Mr. Bill Oliver wnoliver@worldnet.att.net

Mr. Richard M. Howland illinois@usroots.com

Southeast / Mid-Atlantic CC Rep.

Ms. Ellen Pack e.j.pack@worldnet.att.net

Northwest Plains CC Rep.

Ms. Virginia "Ginger" Cisewski FEATHER2s@aol.com

Mr. Richard Harrison ArtDept@compuserve.com

Southwest / South Central SC Rep.

Ms. Betsy Mills betsym@1starnet.com

SouthWest / South Central CC Rep.

Mr. Ken Short kshort@kroo.com

Ms. Teresa Lindquist merope@Radix.Net

Today is the last day to nominate someone for this election cycle.

According to Roger Swafford, "Nominations will be accepted through 2359

(CDT) 15 June 2000. Members nominated on the 15th will be allowed 24 hours

after the close of nominations to accept or decline. "

Amendment update: Freddie Spradlin, SC for the VAGenWeb, has announced

that Virginia has voted to support the Special Projects Amendment. [Big

surprise there].

Tim Stowell writes to tell us that our guess that Maggie Stewart

Zimmerman wrote the Special Projects amendment is incorrect. Although

he's mum on who the perp actually is, he does let on that its someone who

rarely speaks on the lists.

Take A Picture Corner: Root$web has posted photos from its recent sojourn

at the NGS conference in Rhode Island. There are any number of pictures

of USGW's own Linda Lewis [looking somewhat less glamorous than I

remember]. See For Yourself at:

http://www.rootsweb.com/conventions/ngs2000/

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"In politics, stupidity is not a handicap."

---Napoleon Bonaparte

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-Teresa Lindquist

merope@radix.net

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From merope@Radix.Net Fri Jun 16 09:21:51 2000

Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:21:50 -0400 (EDT)

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From the Election Committee:

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Greetings,

Nominations are now closed.

National Coordinator

Mr. Jim Powell jpowelljr@gru.net

Mr. Garnett J.(Joe) Zsedeny jzsed@slic.com

Mr. Tim Stowell tstowell@chattanooga.net

Northeast / North Central CC Rep.

Mr. Bill Oliver wnoliver@worldnet.att.net

Mr. Richard M. Howland illinois@usroots.com

Southeast / Mid-Atlantic CC Rep.

Ms. Ellen Pack e.j.pack@worldnet.att.net

Mr. David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net

Northwest Plains CC Rep.

Ms. Virginia "Ginger" Cisewski FEATHER2s@aol.com

Mr. Richard Harrison ArtDept@compuserve.com

Southwest / South Central SC Rep.

Ms. Betsy Mills betsym@1starnet.com

SouthWest / South Central CC Rep.

Mr. Ken Short kshort@kroo.com

Ms. Teresa Lindquist merope@Radix.Net

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[This list may not be complete. Nominees will have until later this

evening to accept a nomination.]

-Teresa

merope@radix.net

From merope@Radix.Net Fri Jun 16 09:44:17 2000

Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:44:16 -0400 (EDT)

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Friday 16 June 2000:

No Board-L traffic on this date, thus far.

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Election News: Looks like Tim just could not help himself and we are

blessed once again with a three way race for NC. The only race that is

unopposed so far is the SW/SC SC rep race; looks like Betsy will be in for

another two years of serving as the "voice of Root$web" on the Board.

Interesingly enough, each race does have both an "establishment" candidate

and an "outsider" running. The face of the Board could change quite bit

in the next couple of months [or not at all].

R and R Corner: The DBS newscube staff will be out of the office for the

next few days, getting a little much needed vacation time. We doubt there

will be internet access in the canoe, so we should be back on Sunday.

Have a nice and uneventful weekend, y'all!

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"Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in

his conduct."

---Thomas Jefferson

This has been your Daily Board Show.

-Teresa Lindquist

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