Please don't assume that silence implies support of anyone else's actions. We have a motion before the board, #00-8, Richard's motion to override Tim's executive order. I don't know about anyone else, but I know how *I'm* going to vote on it. It is clear to me that de-linking is something that can only come from the AB. This is spelled out quite clearly in the bylaws. Allowing any NC to make a unilateral decision and pronouncement such as that sets a perilous precedent. If delinking needs to happen, then it needs to follow the standard "motion-second-discussion-vote" path. If Tim's executive order is overturned, we need to get on the stick and get someone seated in the CP board seat, so that we can deal with motion 00-6. It is (was?) my fervent hope that motion 00-6 would bring the sides together in a fair and equitable way. Sure, neither side was getting all that they wanted, but isn't that the hallmark of compromise? Shari Handley shari@armada.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Ginger <gingerh@shawneelink.com> To: <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 10:31 AM Subject: [BOARD-L] 'Tis a sad day for The USGenWeb Project : Fellow Board Members, : : As most of you have gathered, I'm appalled at the recent : turn of events and at the actions of the NC. I also have no : doubt that some of you were aware of what was coming. : : One thing that really saddens me is that when a previous : NC made a similar statement about their executive privilege : some of you, that are still here, went up in arms, with the : result of the resignation of that NC. ( I agreed with that action : and supported you because you were right. Those powers : were not given to the NC position in the Bylaws.) Now, when : another NC has taken such power upon himself, you appear : to support his position by your very silence. Where is your : outrage now? : : If, on the other hand, some of you were aware of this action : and endorsed it then you should have had the fortitude to : do it publicly, instead of behind closed doors. If you really : believed it was the right thing to do then why didn't you : bring it to Board-L in the form of a motion and vote? Don't : you believe you should have the courage of your convictions? : : To my fellow volunteers in The USGenWeb Project I can only : say that, as a member of the AB, I am deeply ashamed of : the recent actions. I find it incomprehensible that a group of : adults is so hung up on the "me" that they are willing to risk : destroying the very project that the "we" worked so hard to : build. : : I would also like to remind the coordinators in all of the : special projects that "people who live in glass houses shouldn't : throw stones". Neither side has a spotless record. You might : also keep in mind that none of us are indispensable. If I drop : dead, or drop off the net, tomorrow someone will come along : and take my counties and go on. That in itself is the beauty of : this, the continuity. : : : Ginger : gingerh@shawneelink.com : :