I agree w/ Annie. Patrice At 12/5/2015 01:18 PM, AnnieG via wrote: >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Projects are no longer active just roll them back into the Archives.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 > > >USGenWeb Advisory Board Agenda: http://usgenweb.org/agenda2.shtml >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >BOARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message