Joy is very active in the Special Projects!! She is the heart of the Archives, along with David and Debra Crosby! We still have many active CC's, including Bryant Walker, Jo Branch, Carolyn Golowka, David Samuelson,and Tina Vickery just to name a few! If any of the Special Projects are no longer active just roll them back into the Archives. Ann Allen Geoghegan AnnieG A Life Without GOD is Like An Unsharpened Pencil - There's No Point. On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 11:22 PM, srbecker via <usgenweb-discuss@rootsweb.com > wrote: > One of my counties had a very active rootsweb discussion list with quite a > bit of people carrying on full threads with a lot of discussion once upon a > time. Then, suddenly all conversation ceased for some unknown reason. I > don't know why. > > I posted quite a bit material on the discussion list, provided links to > new webpages for the county - nothing much came of it. So I created a > Facebook page, thinking that might stir up activity - and promoted the > Facebook page with the list group. > > Nothing. Outside of what I am now posting on both the rootsweb discussion > group AND the Facebook page. Instead of generating more interest and > discussion I created more work for myself. > > Anyway, that's been my experience over the past 3 years. I didn't create > Facebook pages for the other 2 counties. The other where I'm an AC, the > coordinator created a Facebook page for that project but outside what we > post there (copies of what we are transcribing for the project site > itself), nothing. > > Sharon R. Becker > srbecker@windstream.net > > > > > ---- DanM via <usgenweb-discuss@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > I saw, mentioned, the archive pages get 700,000 hits a day. > > Maybe, a blurb for volunteers there, or maybe on county sites a > > noticeable request in plain site for helpers. > > Maybe a link on every page to this page > > http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/index.shtml > > > > I was thinking about adding them on my sites too. > > All states and counties might just find a few people. > > Lots of people like me wont get into face book. > > > > > > On 15-12-04 05:15 PM, Joyce Gaston Reece via wrote: > > > I do hope your email will be sent on to the state lists BUT wouldn't > it be > > > productive to also have new volunteers? New one's who are ready, > willing > > > and able to help out. I know the rootsweb list is still there but > what's > > > happened to the proposed facebook list. An announcement of it's > existence > > > and a bit of time would see a lot of subscribers on it. USGENweb is > going > > > to have to tap into every resource it can in order to get new > volunteers. > > > The facebook 'rootsweb' list has well over 20,000 members....I'll > betcha you > > > could get volunteers there. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > USGENWEB-DISCUSS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > USGENWEB-DISCUSS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >