A barrel of comments have been made about NCgw over the years. Today, the AB members say they are not in the Grievance Business. Don't call them because they won't call you. They will tell you that NCgw is not their business as it's up to the CCs to run the States. That is sad. Most CCs do not even vote, much less run the States. Many are afraid to say anything for fear, and legitimately so, of being kicked out. Many CCs think State business is everyone's business. We are the USGenWeb Project, not 50 Independent Projects plus Special Projects. Below is a comment made in 2003 about one of the so-called unelected Board members of NCgw.
From: Ron & Kathy
Subject: [BOARD-L] Motion
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 21:58:37 -0500
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20030125132404.00a23d20@imap.cs.com>
I move:
That the Advisory Board formulate and send a letter of reprimand to Mr. Derick Hartshorn, SC of North Carolina, for his unprofessional and unacceptable actions in the recent case involving himself, Diane Mason and Daryl Lytton.
That the Advisory Board find Mr. Derick Hartshorn as "Not in Good Standing" for his offensive and disruptive behavior in dealing with the situation of Diane Mason and Daryl Lytton as well as other situations where he did cause offensive email to be sent to various persons and/or mailing lists which contained material found to be obscene and offensive to those recipients and that he did cause to be posted to the internet a webpage containing slanderous and libelous accusations against said named CC's.
That the Advisory Board remove Mr. Derick Hartshorn from any and all Advisory Board Committees and/or Sub-Committees which he may currently be serving on and make notification in aforementioned letter that Mr. Hartshorn is no longer eligible to serve on any such Committees until such time as he is returned to "Member in Good Standing" by action of the active Advisory Board; and which action shall not be eligible for change for a period of no less than 6 months and no more than 2 years, in which time Mr. Hartshorn will be required to demonstrate to the active Advisory Board how his behavior has changed to that of being acceptable to his fellow volunteers by having no further incidences such as has caused this action to be taken.
That this Advisory Board demand and require that Mr. Derick Hartshorn cause to be published by email to the STATE-COORD list, The USGENWEB-ALL list, The North Carolina State lists, (both required and non-required), The Bath County, NC. list and the USGW-DISCUSS a letter of apology for his interruptions, his forwarding of private emails and his slander of Project CC's on those lists, most of which the CC's were not subscribed and had no knowledge of his actions and no form of defense against his actions.
Ronald E. Eason
SE/MA CC Representative
Get serious AB. Are you telling the CCs of NCgw to clean up the state when it is controlled by folks like the one mentioned above? The so-called self-appointed Board just kicked out a CC for doing just that, trying to correct an illegal incorporation. I ask this simple question: What is the purpose of the Advisory Board of USGenWeb? Does it have any purpose at all? Perhaps the purpose of the Board is to have no real purpose.