From merope@Radix.Net Mon Mar 29 19:35:36 1999
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*warning* really boring today, no editorial content. Read at your own
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Saturday 27 mar 1999:
There is no Board-L traffic on this date
This has been your Daily Board Show. [hey, I said it would be boring!]
-Teresa Lindquist
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From merope@Radix.Net Tue Mar 30 18:24:30 1999
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Its better to burn out than it is to rust...its Your Daily Board Show!
*warning* another boring report. Read at your own risk!
Sunday 28 March 1999:
There is no Board-L traffic on this date.
"Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from
injustice?"
--- Lillian Hellman
This has been your Daily Board Show.
-Teresa Lindquist
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From merope@Radix.Net Wed Mar 31 15:00:34 1999
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 15:00:33 -0500 (EST)
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This is from our NC, via another list. It appears that this decision has
been made over his objections.
No disrespect intended to the NC or to any individual Board member, but
have you all lost your minds?
-Teresa
merope@radix.net
> >On Wednesday, March 31, 1999 6:09 AM, Tim Stowell
> >[SMTP:tstowell@mccallie.org] wrote:
> >> In an effort to inform you as to the progress being made by the
> >> Board on a
> >> Tombstone Rep replacement, I feel it my duty to let you know that
> >> the Board
> >> has decided to settle the census issue first before appointing a
> >> replacement from the Tombstone or Archives projects.
> >>
> >>
> >> Timothy S Stowell email - tstowell@chattanooga.net
> >> Chattanooga, TN
> >>
> >> National Coordinator USGenWeb Project - http://www.usgenweb.org
From merope@Radix.Net Wed Mar 31 19:12:58 1999
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:12:54 -0500 (EST)
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Once in a blue moon...its Your Daily Board Show!
*warning* buckle in, contains editorial content. Read at your own risk!
Monday 29 March 1999:
There is no Board-L traffic on this date.
But Looks Are Deceiving Corner: Although the Board appears to be
inactive, apparently they've been quite busy "behind the scenes". A
message was posted earlier today to the Tombstone Project's mailing list
from the NC, and reads as follows:
"In an effort to inform you as to the progress being made by the
Board on a Tombstone Rep replacement, I feel it my duty to let you know
that the Board has decided to settle the census issue first before
appointing a replacement from the Tombstone or Archives projects."
In a letter following up to a TP file manager's concerns about the
propriety of making decisions that will affect the Special Projects with
neither a Tombstone nor an Archives represetative seated, the NC makes it
quite clear that this decision was made over his objections:
"I've written the Board this AM saying in effect that on such an important
issue, the Board needs to be at full membership. To do otherwise leaves
large numbers of volunteers without representation. That's not fair or
ethical in my book."
[You go, guy!]
I will admit that this decision by the Board stuns even this jaded and
cynical reporter. Either this is an example of ruthlessly self-serving
disenfranchisement of hundreds of USGW project volunteers or incredible
naivete on the part of the Board members who think this is a good idea.
Or maybe its the full moon.
Let's see...there's been no activity on Board-L for what, three or four
days now? In the time they've taken to decide to "settle" the census
issue first, they could have had both Linda and Joe properly appointed.
And even now, what's the rush? The status quo should hold for a few more
days while the Board seats can be filled.
Don't forget, whatever "resolution" of the census issues the Board members
come up with, this is an important matter of interest to the entire
project, and a 48 hour comment period --at minimum-- is required.
[I'd like to thank the NC for his honesty and forthrightness with the
Tombstone folks. Posting that info to their list probably made him no
friends on the Board.]
Can You Say the Magic Word? Corner: There's been some sort of weird
occurrence on Rootsweb's "mail list complaints" page. We've heard
scattered stories of derogatory posts by disgruntled listmembers and/or
owners, _and_ replies by RW staffers that also included derogatory
comments about listowners, all posted in a publicly accessible place.
Following some complaints by the affected listowners, someone uttered the
Magic Word ("attorney") and the page was taken down. For a brief time the
URL returned an error message and a note to contact Brian "Bright
Idea" Leverich; that has been replaced with a form and the assurance that
"Anything you post here will be held in strictest confidence ... no-one
will see it except yourself and RootsWeb Staff - who will try to help
you." [it'd be smarter to have an attorney vet these ideas for public
gripe pages _before_ you insult someone in a public forum. And you might
want to encourage your employees to have better manners.]
Well, Heck Corner: Rootsweb staffer "D" [I think this is Donna] is
telling folks that Rootsweb has applied for but has not yet received
non-profit status. Now this is good news, indeed! [and since 501 3(c)
apps are public records, looks like I need to send yet another FOIA
request.]
Update Corner: Its now been two months or so [I lose count] since the
Rootsweb Four were banned from using Rootsweb's servers. Although
attempts have been made to contact Brian "Don't Touch My Stuff" Leverich
in order to find out the conditions for reinstatement, he has not
responded thus far. Apparently, he is also not responding to email from
one of the Banned's SC and we hear that a letter has been sent to the NC
asking him to see if maybe Brian will deign to answer _his_ email and
indicate how this situation may be resolved. [I sent Brain a dollar;
think he'll forgive me?]
On a sad note: A CNN story reported today that "The Yugoslav forces, so
we are learning, are destroying the archives of the Kosovar people:
property deeds, marriage licenses, birth certificates, financial and other
records."
Better news: The long-awaited LDS test site is finally up. I've been
there and done that and it has real potential. Source searched include
the Ancestral File, the Library's catalog, the IGI, web sites and the
FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File, although not all parts of these
resources are available at this time. You can search by surname or by
keyword, or do a custom search. The surname search appears to search and
return soundex equivalents. The site's a little choppy and slow, but it is
still in test phase. Check it out!
http://32.96.111.11/default.asp
This has been your Daily Board Show.
-Teresa Lindquist
merope@radix.net
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