I'm the Board Admin. for Newport Co. RI. Someone posted a message about hours being cut back at the Providence Public Library. Several people commented in the thread but the last two posts seem to be getting into a discussion about taxes, the economy, etc. I think the last two posts are getting off topic and should be deleted but I'm not sure. _http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.rhodeisland.counti es.newport/587/mb.ashx_ (http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.rhodeisland.counties.newport/587/mb.ashx) Could I have some input please? Thanks, Lou

Hi Lou, I'd keep the 1st post and ditch the rest. I think it's perfectly okay to inform others of changes or problems that affect researchers. Several Lists have had short discussions (3 to 5 posts) of libraries' cut hours... or the laws regarding cemetery upkeep.... and laws about crossing private land to get to a cemetery on the private land. I don't think it hurts to have the information post. But when replies are just things like "How can they do that! It's our President/ Governor / the nasty powers that be who run our country into the ground... blah blah blah..." then I hit the delete button. As an aside, MANY community library systems are facing huge cuts in 2009-10. It IS a big issue for genealogists. Ohio wants a 50% cut in library funding--yikes. Judy On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:36 PM, <LouMKing@aol.com> wrote: > I'm the Board Admin. for Newport Co. RI. Someone posted a message about > hours being cut back at > the Providence Public Library. Several people commented in the thread but > the last two posts seem to be > getting into a discussion about taxes, the economy, etc. I think the > last two posts are getting off topic > and should be deleted but I'm not sure. > > _ > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.rhodeisland.counti > es.newport/587/mb.ashx_ > ( > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.rhodeisland.counties.newport/587/mb.ashx > ) > > > Could I have some input please? > > Thanks, > Lou

The library part is genealogy related. Politics and taxes are not. Those could be deleated, but I bow to greater experience. donkelly ----- Original Message ----- From: LouMKing@aol.com To: BOARDS-ADMINS@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:36:14 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BAd] Political Discussion ?? I'm the Board Admin. for Newport Co. RI. Someone posted a message about hours being cut back at the Providence Public Library. Several people commented in the thread but the last two posts seem to be getting into a discussion about taxes, the economy, etc. I think the last two posts are getting off topic and should be deleted but I'm not sure. _http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.rhodeisland.counti es.newport/587/mb.ashx_ (http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.rhodeisland.counties.newport/587/mb.ashx) Could I have some input please? Thanks, Lou ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Another option would be to use 'report abuse' and ask the staff to review the post. If it's gone then you have an answer, and if the objection is gone but the post remains; you still have an answer. On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:51 PM, donkelly<ocollaugh@comcast.net> wrote: > The library part is genealogy related. > > Politics and taxes are not. > > Those could be deleated, but I bow to greater experience. >

Personally I would delete the entire thread. Had the original post simply been a statement of the change of hours, I'd leave that one but delete the rest. The point of the original post was to vent his/her anger. Brynne On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 1:36 PM, <LouMKing@aol.com> wrote: > I'm the Board Admin. for Newport Co. RI. Someone posted a message about > hours being cut back at > the Providence Public Library. Several people commented in the thread but > the last two posts seem to be > getting into a discussion about taxes, the economy, etc. I think the > last two posts are getting off topic > and should be deleted but I'm not sure. > > _ > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.rhodeisland.counti > es.newport/587/mb.ashx_ > ( > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.rhodeisland.counties.newport/587/mb.ashx > ) > > > Could I have some input please? > > Thanks, > Lou > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >