Maggie Stewart wrote: > >I have not really made up my opinion but after 10 repeated >attempts I still cannot get subscribed to the -CC list. >I have had two similar comments from folks in the NW/Plains >Region with the same comments. > >However if I saw some evidence to the positive that >the list would be made available to all persons who >are County Coordinators then it might sway my vote. > >Maggie Maggie, It is difficult getting subscribed to USGW-CC-L at this time because Don Tharp has to manually add people to the list (in order to limit it to current CC's), and his wife is critically ill and he is devoting so much time to her care that he has a VERY heavy email backlog. (I first asked in October and made it onto the list just a few weeks ago.) In order to subscribe someone, Don requires the name of your county and the URL of your USGenWeb county page. In the message below he says he is not reading any mail except those addressed to him personally, so I would recommend a Subject line something like "Attn DON THARP - New Subscriber request for USGW-CC". Also include nothing else in the message body except the subscription request and your county info, to avoid getting bumped by the "this message looks too long to read" filter. (I think that was what did in my first subscription request.) I do think it would be worthwhile asking Don if he could transfer the subscription duties to someone else. It would help ease his load as well as giving more timely response to new subscribers. (There might be a Catch-22 if he is too busy to read and respond to the suggestion to transfer the duties.) - ---------------------------------------------------------- To: USGW-CC-L@usgennet.org From: John Schunk <john@skpub.com> Subject: USGW-CC-L: Answers to questions about USGW-CC Sender: owner-usgw-cc-l@rootsquest.com Reply-To: USGW-CC-L@usgennet.org With Don Tharp's permission, I'm forwarding his response to questions that I (and others) have asked about this list. >From Don Tharp: >Starting last June my wife became critically ill. She has been in and out of >the hospitals via the emergency room and intensive care four times since. >As of now she is in hospice, hopefully she will recover enough to be >removed. However, I am her care taker which requires most of my time. > >I have just recently, in the last week, become organized enough to read my >mail. I have been downloading it, but not reading any but those addressed to >me personally. > >I must have 150-200 requests for research on my Chautauqua County web site >alone, hopefully I can now start paring that to a reasonable backlog. > >I just finished reading the todo on CC-L about including it as a list for >volunteers to subscribe to. Some good points were made and some needed >questions asked. > >You probably have more time than I so if you care to answer some of the >questions you may quote me. > >1.) I know of no one subscribed to this list that was not a CC when they >subscribed. If they have since left the project I have been uninformed. If >anyone cares to name those that might no longer qualify for membership I >would be glad to check it out. > >2.) The list is archived, however I am the only one that can access them. I >do this just in case of legal action, I see no reason to have archives >available to all members. Kind of senseless, if they are a member they have >already seen it. If they are a johnny come lately they can ask a question >and there will be plenty to answer. > >3.) John, I think two have been banned. I don't really remember. The only >reason I have banned anyone, or written them a caution note, is when they >dealt in personalities or stated opinions as facts that were derogative of >other members. After asking them to be more factual in the future or note it >as opinion, and not to let personalities enter into their messages I banned >them only if they said words to the affect, go to hell, I'll do as I please >on your list. > >4.) One thing has been over looked, I asked the board to establish a list >just for CCs since all other entities of USGW had their own lists, AB, SC, >special projects, etc. I also asked that it be on another server. They >didn't take any action. Therefore CC-L was started. > >John, this is all the time I have so I'll close. If they include it or not >isn't really relevant. The list will exist and people will subscribe to it. > >One thing I have discovered, compared to a life and death struggle any list, >or USGW, or genealogy, etc., is just not that great in the scheme of things. > >And happy holidays to you and yours, John. > > >Don >mailto:det@fn.net