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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 13:41:46 -0400 (EDT)
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Needs to be smacked with a rolled up newspaper...its Your Daily Board
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*warning* contains editorial content. Read at your own risk!
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
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-Teresa Lindquist
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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."
===
"What the people want is very simple. They want an America as good as its
promise."
---Rep. Barbara Jordan
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-Teresa Lindquist
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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/
===
"In politics, stupidity is not a handicap."
---Napoleon Bonaparte
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-Teresa Lindquist
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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!
===
"Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in
his conduct."
---Thomas Jefferson
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-Teresa Lindquist
merope@radix.net
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