Oct 11-31 1999

From merope@Radix.Net Mon Oct 11 09:51:01 1999

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 09:51:00 -0400 (EDT)

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Life is like a box of chocolates...Its Your Daily Board Show!

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

Saturday 9 October 1999:

There is no Board-L traffic on this date.

USGW History Project: Part 2 of chapter 6 ["The Dill Episode"] is now

online at:

http://www.radix.net/~merope/history/chaptr6b.htm

The link to part 3 does not work; that part is still a work in progress.

Some minor updating has been made to chapter 6, part 1. Enjoy!

Today's Starz Count:

Dill 1

George W. Durman 1

"Greed Begets Corruption!!!!!"

---George W. Durman [SgtGeorge], RootsWeb listowner

This has been Your Daily Board Show.

-Teresa Lindquist

merope@radix.net

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From merope@Radix.Net Tue Oct 12 22:31:03 1999

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 22:31:01 -0400 (EDT)

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Marching to the beat of a different drummer...its Your Daily Board Show!

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

Sunday 10 October 1999:

New Board Secretary Ed Book thanks the Board for "your confidence and for

the warm welcome." He apologizes for the delay in responding and says

he's been on vacation for the last two weeks. He is currently working

through his email backlog and asks the Board to let him know if there's

anything urgent that needs to be taken care of.

"Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws

before destroying them. "

---Voltaire

This has been your Daily Board Show.

-Teresa Lindquist

merope@radix.net

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From merope@Radix.Net Wed Oct 13 06:34:27 1999

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 06:34:26 -0400 (EDT)

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La resistance lives on!...its Your Daily Board Show!

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

Monday 11 October 1999:

There is no Board-L traffic on this date.

"One of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen

these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our fathers

used in the great struggle for Independence."

---Charles A. Beard

This has been your Daily Board Show.

-Teresa Lindquist

merope@radix.net

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From merope@Radix.Net Wed Oct 13 16:09:01 1999

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 16:09:00 -0400 (EDT)

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New from Root$web! Hot off the press...

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Subject: HERE IT IS

Sneak Preview!

Wednesday it will be announced to the world ... you're being given a

sneak preview.

RootsWeb is rolling out it's Gedcom Server - will go by the name

WorldConnect.

Neat features:

auto-uploading of gedcoms (no muss or fuss)

multiple owner-configurable options:

remove information on living individuals

configurable depth on pedigrees and descendant charts

allow gedcom extractions or not

update/remove your gedcom anytime you want

hotlinked to your homepage

post-ems (option for you to receive notices)

much, much more ... go see for yourself

It's lightning fast and super cool. Also features a Global Search

Engine plus is compatible with Gene Stark's Gendex indexing system.

Check it out:

to upload/configure a gedcom:

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igmuser.cgi

to view/search online gedcoms:

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi

This is brand new, and is in beta. Please bang on it and report your

findings. This is free, and RootsWeb pledges to never press any of

these gedcoms on a CD or in any other way sell your data. You own it.

Period.

Pam

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From merope@Radix.Net Thu Oct 14 21:46:42 1999

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 21:46:41 -0400 (EDT)

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Over and above....its Your Daily Board Show!

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

Tuesday 12 October 1999:

There is no Board-L activity on this date.

Update on the News: Colorado's state pages are safely back on Root$web.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~cogenweb/comain.htm

You Read It Here First: As reported here yesterday, Root$web has

announced the beta version of its new WorldConnect Project, which is

essentially another online GEDCOM storage site. Among the many

fine features listed, one seems to be missing: ad banners on every page

[currently Ubid and Office Max]. Some of the GEDCOMs currently available

also include information on living persons. According to Root$web CEO,

Robert Tillman, "Unlike with certain other Web sites, you have full

control over your GEDCOM. You can change or remove it completely at any

time and RootsWeb will never burn it onto a CD-ROM or charge others to

access it." [For those of you who have noted the remarkable and increasing

similarities between Root$web and Ancestry, remember--imitation is the

sincerest form of flattery.]

In Other News: Also reported in this week's New Zoo Review, DearMyrtle is

now hosted by Root$web. Someone sent me one of her columns this week and

she has wasted no time in shilling for RW's new free web space offer. Her

new address is: http://www.dearmyrtle.com.

Root$web has also announced its revamped Donor appreciation page. The

top-listed donor for 1999 is ... Ancestry.com. They got top listing even

over the guy who donated in memory of his parents.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~donors

Today's quotation comes from a reader:

"It is the lying at the top levels of our society that concerns me the

most because morality, like water and unlike money, really does trickle

down. I am concerned that some at the top have adopted a concept that

lying for the higher good is all right--that dishonesty in the name of

righteousness is just fine."

---Jim Lehrer

This has been your Daily Board Show.

-Teresa Lindquist

merope@radix.net

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From merope@Radix.Net Fri Oct 15 09:01:18 1999

Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 09:01:15 -0400 (EDT)

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Happy days are here again...its Your Daily Board Show!

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

Wednesday 13 October 1999:

There is no Board-L traffic on this date.

Filling a Hole Corner: Don't forget that tomorrow, Oct 16, is the last day

to get your resumes and interest letters to the Board if you are

interested in being considered for the vacant NE/NC CC rep position.

A Carnival of Sorts: Today marks the one year anniversary of the Daily

Board Show. The DBS began on Oct 15, 1998 with a post entitled "Items of

interest on Board-L today"; here's a look at the things we were reading

about way back when [from USGENWEB-ALL]:

"Things of interest in the Board-L Archives for 13 Oct 1998

They are discussing how to number motions and amendments so people can

follow threads

They are discussing a secretary to number motions and amendments and

forward info to the webmaster

they have called for a vote on a change in wording pertaining this list on

the web pages

the Archives file managers have submitted their verdict on the Ken Thomas

Affair, and as expected Linda Lewis' handpicked group of friends and

associates have fully supported every action she has taken or ever will

take <g>

they are discussing what a horrible thing it is that the Board-L list is

no longer private"

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the readers who've stuck with

this for so long, and to the many of you who've contributed news items,

editorial perspective, quotes, and support. And of course, I'd also

like to thank the Board and Root$web, without whom none of this would be

possible.

That said, we are going on vacation. The DBS will return in two weeks.

See you then!

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of

our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable

views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little

corner of the earth all one's lifetime."

---Mark Twain, Innocents Abroad

This has been your Daily Board Show.

-Teresa Lindquist

merope@radix.net

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From merope@Radix.Net Sun Oct 31 16:13:08 1999

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 16:13:07 -0500 (EST)

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Totally jetlagged...its Your Daily Board Show!

*warning* pent-up editorial content over the last two weeks, released

today! Read at your own risk!

Since we've been gone for two weeks, very litle has happened. In fact,

nothing has happened, until yesterday:

Oct 14-Oct 29, 1999:

There was apparently no Board-L traffic during this entire time.

Tomorrow's News Today: A motion is made and seconded to appoint Richard

Howland to the vacant NE/NC position. Voting has begun and at this time 8

board members have voted "aye". [It is understood from a little bird that

Mr. Howland is RW's "preferred candidate" for the position. The DBS

welcomes him to the Board.]

More Info on the Election: On Oct 22, Board Secretary Ed Book posted a

notice to several project mailing lists noting that "On Oct 10, the

Advisory Board requested letters of interest from any County Coordinators

(CC's) in the Northeast/North-central (NE/NC) region who were interested

in filling the vacant NE/NC County Coordinator Representative Position on

the Advisory Board. Two CC's are interested in filling this position.

In alphabetical order, they are Richard M. Howland and David C. Young.

Richard M. Howland is CC of Piatt Co., IL, and David C. Young is CC of

Belknap Co, NH, Carroll Co., NH, Androscoggin Co., ME and TC (Town

Coordinator) of Rockport and Gloucester, Essex Co., MA It is the opinion

of the Advisory Board that both of these applicants are well qualified

and that either of them would ably represent the NE/NC CC's on the

Advisory Board." NE/NC region CCs are asked to comment either publicly or

privately as to which they prefer. [According to Ginger Hayes, support for

Richard Howland was "overwhelming"]

Update On The News: Board member Tina Vickery, who is not a Wisconsin CC,

has been elected the new WIGW State Coordinator. Tim Stowell, who claims

to be too busy to read his email thoroughly, has been elected as the new

ASC in WIGW. Congrats to both!

In Other News: While we were away, the following interesting things

happened:

1) "Brian's shorts" showed up again, this time being auctioned on Ebay.

According to a message sent fromm "bleverich@hushmail.com", the item was

on auction from Oct 17 thru oct 27 and teh starting bid was $5.00. The

item description read: "Come see em, smell em and bring your credit card

now! Buy these limited edition shorts while Brain is still an unknown

megalomaniac. We detatched him from a tree hugging session long enough to

remove his shorts for you. So, act now people, quantities are VERY

limited!!" [we are very sorry we missed this auction; we hear there was a

picture!]

2) MIGW member Pam Reitsch was featured in an online article in her local

paper. You can read it at:

http://www.detnews.com/1999/livingston/9910/22/10220174.htm

Except for the unfortunate mention of the USGenWeb Project as "a feature

of RootsWeb", its really quite a nice article, and we congratulate Pam and

MIGW.

3) An interesting rumor was slipped under our door claiming that Ed Book

is now on the Root$web payroll. [Why are we not surprised?]

4) The former Bridgett Smith, now known as Bridgett Edwards, has assured

everyone that the problems at RW are being worked on. Apparently access

to RW has been unreliable for the last couple of days. At various times,

all USGW state pages at RW have not been available, the RW home page has

not been available, the new web server was down again and all pages

reverted to old versions on the old server, ftp access was out, etc. But,

we are assured, "they are working on it."

[Yes, to those of you who've asked, we had a great vacation! Normandy is

lovely this time of year. And Happy Halloween to all!]

"But he made too many enemies

of the people who would keep us on our knees."

---Andy Partridge [XTC], "Peter Pumpkinhead"

This has been your Daily Board Show.

-Teresa Lindquist

merope@radix.net

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