From merope@Radix.Net Mon Aug 9 18:47:29 1999
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 18:47:27 -0400 (EDT)
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Stealing bread from the mouth of decadence...its Your Daily Board Show!
*warning* contains editorial content. Read at your own risk!
Friday 6 August 1999:
There is no Board-L traffic on this date.
Saturday 7 August 1999:
The Election Committee Chair announces "We would like to announce the New
Archives Representative. We have been informed that it is now official,
Joe Zsedeny is the New Board Member from the Archives Project."
The EC Chair also posts a second notice regarding the run-off election for
NC, "This is a second notice to make sure that everyone has been informed
of the new voting system. Hopefully this new system will make it easier
for you as well as easier for the Election Committee. The URL for the
page that will accept you vote is http://vote.rootsweb.com/usgw-nc.html .
Remember as with the old email system, you can vote as many times as you
want, but only your last ballot will count." [this was sent to several
project lists]. Project members are invited to send questions and comments
to elections@usgenweb.org.
Spread Thin Corner: Megan Zurawicz, who in the tradition of Root$web
staff has adopted a silly sig line [she now signs herself "RootsWeb
Community Mentor and general dogsbody"] posts quidelines for suggesting
new "communities" for Root$web's new non-genealogy areas. Anyone,
apparently, may suggest a new community, but requests are not
automatically granted, since RW may not feel they're "ready to go that
direction". She notes that 1) "Lists will have commercial taglines", and
2) "Associated webpage space for the list will be available (also free),
but any official page for the list has to stay at RootsWeb, and will be
bannered." In response to concerns voiced by listowners, non-genealogy
list managers will have their own listowners' list, and adopting a
non-genealogical community list/page will not count against your
sponsorship quota [nor does it require that you be a sponsor].
"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill
the world with fools."
---Herbert Spencer (1891)
This has been your Daily Board Show.
-Teresa Lindquist
merope@radix.net
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From merope@Radix.Net Wed Aug 11 09:48:37 1999
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 09:48:36 -0400 (EDT)
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Sunday 8 August 1999:
There is no Board-L activity on this date.
Monday 9 August 1999:
There is no Board-L activity on this date.
"Money is a good servant but a bad master."
---Francis Bacon
This has been your Daily Board Show.
-Teresa Lindquist
merope@radix.net
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From merope@Radix.Net Thu Aug 12 15:17:30 1999
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 15:17:29 -0400 (EDT)
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Pikachu!...its Your Daily Board Show!
*warning* contains editorial content. Read at your own risk!
Tuesday 10 August 1999:
There is no Board-L traffic on this date.
Election Update: The runoff election between Fred Smoot and Tim Stowell
for National Coordinator runs through August 18. This is the date
originally announced by the Election Committee. Please note that the
incorrect date of August 23 has been changed on the ballot page at:
http://vote.rootsweb.com/usgw-nc.html. Please vote!
Publicity Hounds Corner: We hear from a little bird that Forbes magazine
is going to do a story on internet genealogy and its going to be written
by A USGenWeb CC! Unfortunately, this CC is apparently going to use the
article to focus on Root$Web, rather than USGenWeb. [*sigh*]
Will Wonders Never Cease Corner: In this week's Root$web Review [which
expends a considerable amount of ink encouraging readers to subscribe to
Ancestry.com], Root$web announces state cluster boards and mailing lists.
These are geneally more of the same "no-brainer autopilot" boards we have
seen with the surname and county cluster boards. Interestingly enough, if
you click on the GenConnect boards, they take you to "unknown county"
boards.
Feeling Creative? Corner: Also in the New Zoo Review this week is a
reminder announcement of RW's banner contest [otherwise known as the "get
graphics work done for free by users" contest]. It runs through Aug 31.
But it sounds like a fun idea, and we are bored right now, so we herewith
announce the "DBS Banners You Won't See on RootsWeb" contest. There's no
prize, but we'll post what you send [unless we don't like it <g>]. If you
have a good slogan, and no graphics skills, you can submit those as well,
and we'll see if we can't get one of our stable of underpaid graphics
artists to whip something up for you. To get you started you can view some
already submitted banners on these fine webpages:
http://www.radix.net/~merope/rfiles.htm
http://www.radix.net/~merope/rfiles2.htm
http://www.radix.net/~merope/rw4.htm
[there's no deadline, no prize, and you get to keep the rights to what you
submit <g>]
The Natives Are Restless Corner: With the Board apparently on extended
vacation and the dog days of summer descending over the project, some
readers have decided to liven up the DBS a bit. The following items are
submitted by Guest Correspondents for your amusement [partially edited for
clarity and space]:
Washing Your Mouth With Soap Corner: A reader tells us that during the
course of doing some family history research on Root$web mailing lists,
she came across a number of posts containing quite a large amount of
profanity and abusive language. Curious, she "decided to see what
would happen if I used the search engine on RW's main page to search
for the f* word. I got 29 hits and even more when I went for the word,
s**t." Perturbed at both the tone and the content of the posts, she
forwarded this information to one of the major producers of blocking
software. She is pleased to report back to us that the software company
has informed her that they have contacted the RW helpdesk and have
requested that any emails containing foul language and/or belligerent tone
be removed from the archives.
Fun With Statistics Corner: A reader writes that an interesting phenomenon
is occurring with some RW lists. To take an example: "A Listowner
commented this week on Rootsweb's Listowner List: "I have noticed all my
lists I have and am subbed to are very slow ..." A RW staffer responded:
"It's August. In the United States, and much of Europe, half the
population is off on vacation somewhere." However, a search of the
Listowners List Archives indicates otherwise: In the first 7 days of Aug
1998, 186 messages were posted to the Listowners List whereas in the
first 7 days of Aug 1999, only 81 messages were posted. The Listowners
List was changed to "moderated" on 30 Jul 1998 per posting that
date by Listowner Vicki Lindsay. Did scores of Listowners fail to take
vacations last August?"
The reader also notes that "It appears that this phenomenom is not
restricted to the Listowners List. In Jul 1999, only 190 messages were
posted to the USGenWeb-All List whereas in Jul 1998, postings totalled a
whopping 1,148." [Well, we all know why that is. Since early 1999 that
list has been moderated by Linda "The Censor" Lewis, and the only free
speech permitted there is hers.]
"A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need
for illusion is deep."
---Saul Bellow
This has been your Daily Board Show.
-Teresa Lindquist
merope@radix.net
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From merope@Radix.Net Sat Aug 14 07:38:32 1999
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 07:38:31 -0400 (EDT)
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Vaudeville in a dark house...its Your Daily Board Show!
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Wednesday 11 August 1999:
There is no Board-L traffic on this date.
Thursday 12 August 1999:
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This has been your Daily Board Show.
-Teresa Lindquist
merope@radix.net
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From merope@Radix.Net Sun Aug 15 17:29:28 1999
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 17:29:27 -0400 (EDT)
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Dear Readers,
I've received the following message from Fred Smoot, candidate for
National Coordinator of the USGenWeb Project. Fred has asked me to post
this for him, so here it is.
In the interests of equal time and fairness, I have asked Tim Stowell to
submit a campaign message and will post it here as well.
Enjoy! And please, everyone, vote!
-Teresa Lindquist
Publisher, The Daily Board Show
merope@radix.net
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The USGenWeb Project---Your Vote CAN Make a Difference!
DON'T LET APATHY STEAL THE USGENWEB PROJECT FROM ITS VOLUNTEERS
Vote Now for
FRED SMOOT
for
National Coordinator, USGenWeb Project
Fred Believes that The USGenWeb Project:
+ MUST be Politically Neutral.
+ MUST exist FOR the XXGenWeb Projects,
not OVER the XXGenWeb Projects.
+ MUST Protect and Preserve
the Rights and Research of ALL
the XXGenWeb Projects and Volunteers.
+ MUST Recognize and Respect
the Efforts and Opinions
of the County Coordinators --
the True Backbone of the USGenWeb Project
YOUR VOTE for
FRED SMOOT
for
National Coordinator, USGenWeb Project
Will Be A Vote for YOUR County,
YOUR Rights and YOUR Research
DON'T LET APATHY STEAL THE USGENWEB PROJECT FROM ITS VOLUNTEERS
Vote for FRED SMOOT Now at
http://vote.rootsweb.com/usgw-nc.html
To Learn More about Fred, Visit:
http://www.dogtrot.com/1999.htm
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