In a message dated 7/25/99 11:02:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bcouch@CouchGenweb.com writes: << My question is RootsWeb paying people to gather info for them now. you said you got a pay check for runing this list. >> Good Grief........ Bill, I believe that everyone recognized that Carey's statement of receiving a *big* paycheck was said with "tongue in cheek". In plain words, she was saying she took on a lot of responsiblity, hard work, gave her time, energy and dedication to this list ......as a Volunteer!! Not as a paid employee of Rootsweb. I'm not happy about the Gen. Library and what happened to the Greene County site...and Michael and the volunteers who worked hard with him. A lot of people aren't happy. I think that Carole's post earlier gave a decent explanation of what may have gone on at the beginning and middle.. As subscribers...we only became aware of the end result. One Big Mistake...was how the Genealogical Society handled this whole matter. Had they been smart, they would have made an explanation to the List as to what was happening, why it was happening and what they felt they could do to improve the Green County, Arkansas site. Carey took over this list at a very bad time and when no one else volunteered, that I know of. In the venting of our frustrations, let's make sure that innocent people don't get mud thrown at them. Gloria raglady@aol.com