From merope@Radix.Net Mon May 10 06:27:32 1999
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 06:27:30 -0400 (EDT)
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Saturday 8 May 1999:
Saying that she has tried to hang in there and finish out her term, Board
member Kim Harris Myers, Northeast/North Central Region State Coordinator
Representative, posts, "Please accept my resignation from the board from
personal and health reasons."
The NC posts that he is sorry to see Kim resign and feels she's been an
outstanding member, and he wishes her well.
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain
occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive."
--Thomas Jefferson
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-Teresa Lindquist
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From merope@Radix.Net Tue May 11 06:20:21 1999
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 06:20:20 -0400 (EDT)
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Sunday 9 May 1999:
There is no Board-L traffic on this date.
Tomorrow's News Today: The Board begins voting on the webmaster position;
so far, there's a couple of votes for Pam Reid.
"He who would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from
oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that
will reach to himself."
--Thomas Paine
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-Teresa Lindquist
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Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 22:50:24 -0400 (EDT)
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The USGenWeb ALL list, v2.0
The NC declared Motion 99-10 open for a vote Monday morning; voting is
slated to close Wednesday morning. Board members are asked to vote for
either Pam Reid or Kay Mason for the position of webmaster.
I have heard from reliable sources that a fairly large number of Board
members are apparently not voting in this election. With less than eight
hours to go in the voting period, they have not been heard from. At this
point, I am told, a quorum might not be obtained.
Now might be a good time, if you are so inclined, to let your Board
members know that you appreciate their representation of your interests on
the Board, and encourage them to vote in this Board election. The project
needs an engaged, competent webmaster, and both of the candidates are
certainly qualified. It would probably not be in the best interests of
the project to leave this position unfilled any longer than is absolutely
necessary.
Thank you.
-Teresa
merope@radix.net
From merope@Radix.Net Wed May 12 19:26:08 1999
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 19:26:06 -0400 (EDT)
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Once upon a time in the Project...its Your Daily Board Show!
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your own risk!
Monday 10 May 1999:
The NC opens voting on motion 99-10: "Please vote for you candidate of
choice - for Webmaster - Kay Mason or Pam Reid. Voting will close on
Wednesday morning at 12:45 AM EST - 48 hours from now."
By the end of the day, five board members had voted for Pam Reid and none
had voted for Kay Mason.
Tomorrow's News Today: Three more Board members vote for Kay, and three
abstain. [This reaches a quorum, but neither candidate has enough votes
to be declared a winner. At least two of the remaining three Board
members need to vote for Pam for her to make the 2/3 majority required in
the bylaws. Oh, the suspense!]
And Speaking of Elections Corner: With the opening of the nominations
period only a little more than two weeks away, there has as of yet been no
information about the election forwarded to the project membership. No
call for volunteers has gone out. In this election, there will be 11
positions open. These are: National Coordinator, Archives Project
representative, NE/NC SC representative, NE/NC CC rep (both of them), NW/P
SC rep, NW/P CC rep, SE/MA CC rep (both of them), SW/SC CC rep,
and the new at-large representative position. Nominations will be
accepted during the first two weeks of June. Voting begins July 1. [As
DBS readers are the best informed members in the USGW Project, I urge all
of your to consider running for office, or suggesting qualified
candidates. You CAN make a difference!]
"Principle over expedience is still the best politics."
--Robert J. Caldwell
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-Teresa Lindquist
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From merope@Radix.Net Thu May 13 06:42:38 1999
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 06:42:36 -0400 (EDT)
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Tuesday 11 May 1999:
Voting on Motion 99-10 continues. Three Board members vote for Kay Mason
and three abstain, citing various reasons: "After much consideration I
have come to the conclusion that it would be better to have a national
webmaster that is not a member of the board"; "...I feel the best thing
for the entire USGenWeb Project would be to choose a Webmaster from among
our membership, giving more people a chance to have a more active role in
and contribution to the national website"; "I feel strongly that the USGW
webmaster should not be a member of the Board. It should be a
non-partisan USGW member, chosen from the membership."
Tomorrow's News Today: The NC asks for a motion to accept Kim
Harris-Myers' resignation and a Board member obliges him; vote totals are
posted for motion 99-10; Pam Reid is the new webmaster.
Trivia Corner: Kim is the 7th Board member to resign since the Board was
seated in September 1998. If you count the resignations of Beth Wills and
Pam Reid [who later retracted their resignations], they are averaging one
resignation a month.
Whack-A-Mole Corner: The normally reclusive Board Secretary Bill has
surfaced and posted the results of the vote on Motion 99-10 to the group.
As previously reported here, those results are: Pam Reid - 6 votes; Kay
Mason - 3 votes; abstain - 3; not voting - 3 [Kim resigned before the vote
was called]. The NC declares a quorum and says that Pam Reid is the new
webmaster [congrats Pam!]. Sightings of the elusive BS Bill are rare
indeed; he posts, on average, less frequently than Board members resign.
The New Zoo Review Corner: Brushing off user concerns about privacy, RW
decides to go whole hog with the FamilyPoint "arrangement"; a new webpage
is opened for RW's customers to list the size of their user fees at RW
[http://www.rootsweb.com/~donors/percent.html]; Brain explains to everyone
why they should send more money [and actually _almost_ manages to do it
without belittling other online genealogy information providers].
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night, Brain?"
Brain: "The same thing we do every night, Pinky . . . try and take over
the world!"
-- Pinky and the Brain
This has been your Daily Board Show.
-Teresa Lindquist
merope@radix.net
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From merope@Radix.Net Fri May 14 10:13:21 1999
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 10:13:20 -0400 (EDT)
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Wednesday 12 May 1999:
The NC posts the vote totals for Motion 99-10 [presented here yesterday],
and announces thta Pam Reid is the new webmaster.
The NC asks for a motion to accept Kim Harris Myers' resignation [posted
to Board-L 8 May 1999]
A board member moves, with regrets, to accept Kim's resignation.
Tommorw's News Today: BS Bill posts the revised vote counts for Motion
99-10; Board members snipe about the NC's "counting error" in the votes
for Motion 99-10.
Use Those Fingers and Toes Corner: As a number of astute readers pointed
out yesterday, thre was a discrepancy between my vote count, BS Bill's
vote county, and the NC's vote count on Motion 99-10. The NC reported 6
"aye" votes for Pam; Bill and I counted 5. Turns out that one of the
Board members voted off Board-L. [and apparently off Board-Exec as well].
Her vote was forwarded to the group and added to the "aye" votes, as you
may have noted yesterday in BS Bill's revised "Board Action on Motion
99-10/Correction of vote count" memo sent to to project membership
yesterday.
"It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand
by itself."
--Thomas Jefferson
This has been your Daily Board Show.
-Teresa Lindquist
merope@radix.net
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From merope@Radix.Net Sat May 15 10:11:07 1999
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 10:11:06 -0400 (EDT)
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Thursday 13 May 1999:
BS Bill posts the vote tallies for Motion 99-10 [discussed here
previously].
A Board member asks, "If the NC made an error, I can't imagine why you did
not bring that to his attention," prior to posting the conflicting vote
tallies. The Board Secretary notes that she is "most certainly correct.
Thank you." and she tells him he is welcome.
The NC indicates that the Board Secretary did discuss the discrepancies
with vote tallies with him prior to publicly posting them, but says "one
Board member had sent their vote to me in private that I had accepted it
and that until or if the Board member wished to make their vote public it
would remain private."
The "private vote" is posted. It is for Pam Reid.
BS Bill posts the corrected vote tally for motion 99-10.
[Good. Now that we have that worked out, can we move on? There is a
Board member to replace and an election to prepare for. The nomination
period opens in 17 days.]
"The problem with political jokes is they get elected."
--Henry Cate
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-Teresa Lindquist
merope@radix.net
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From merope@Radix.Net Sun May 16 13:24:04 1999
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 13:24:03 -0400 (EDT)
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Feelin' groovy....its Your Daily Board Show!
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Friday 14 may 1999:
The new webmaster lets the group know she'll be away for a bit, but will
be back late Saturday.
The NC asks for a second on the motion to accept Kim Harris Myers'
resignation.
Tomorrow's News Today: Someone seconds the motion.
Clarity Corner: Upon re-reading yesterday's DBS, it has occurred to the
editorial staff that it might appear that the "stealth vote" sent
privately to the NC was improperly posted. That is not the case; the vote
was posted to the group with permission. Apologies for any confusion on
this.
"In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise
of wisdom in governmental action."
--Louis D. Brandeis
This has been your Daily Board Show.
-Teresa Lindquist
merope@radix.net
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