Jeri's pages are excellent, and if you haven't been there, you ought to... We do what we can, and this is how we make a really great genealogical community. Sue Jeri Helms Fultz wrote: > > Hi, > > Sorry to come into this so late in the conversation, but I would like to > say a few words abt this myself. I Pay $30.00 a month to have enough > webspace to not only put my family lines on the internet, but I also > co-share Lawrence Co. AR and have Izard Co. Ar as another webpage... All > of this I do at my own expense. I do free lookups in the many books I > have and the cost of thesas were considerable... I use my "free" time to > help make the Civil War Pages in AR worth visiting. No one re-imburses > me for this and I guess if I had to, I could come up with a dollar > amount for my time and money that I give away every day of my life. > I wouldn't mind donating to rootsweb, but I think I have already done my > share of giving and I rarely get the chance to just "cruse around" on > the net. > > Hope no one is offended, but I feel that those of us who do give so much > shouldn't be asked for more money... Anyhow, that's just me! :-D > > Jeri Helms Fultz > > LOMilam@aol.com wrote: > > > > In a message dated 12/20/98 6:31:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, morgana@ghg.net > > writes: > > > > > I am not particularly worried myself about them misappropriating funds, > > since a lot of this has been done from crisis to crisis, and there probably > > haven't been enough funds to really misappropriate... > > > > Hi Sue, > > I have never said anything about misappropriation of funds. In fact, I don't > > know how you could "misappropriate" funds when there has never been a legal > > statement of how funds are supposed to be used, as far as I know. All there > > seems to be is a murky, non-specific "understanding" that "if you send us > > money we will use it to run Rootsweb" (my words, not theirs). Obviously, that > > could mean anything, and leaves a lot of latitude. > > > > My point is, why not eliminate any possible doubt, and/or any possible > > appearance of improprieties? It can only have positive results. After a > > while, people are going to equate silence on the subject as concealment, and > > if people start to think they are being "suckered," Rootsweb will dry up and > > blow away. None of us want that. > > > > If everyone concerned is as altruistic as it appears, and I have no reason to > > doubt that they are, then there should be no problem bringing the finances > > into the clear light of day. It's time. > > > > This is off the subject of this list, so I'll shut-up and not mention it > > again, but when you mentioned Rootsweb donations, it reminded me of my > > concerns. Take care, Oliver. > > -- > "but I remain your affectinate cosin untill death." > Thank you again ggrandpa Davis for those words. > Never dreamed I'd get to use em! > ---------------------------------------------------- > AR Civil War Pg: http://www.insolwwb.net/~egerdes/ > Memorial Pg: http://members.tripod.com/~egerdes/index.html > http://www.couchgenweb.com/lawrence/ > Personal Pg: http://idt.net/~jfultz19 > Izard Co. AR: http://idt.net/~jfultz19/izardco1.htm > Original AR Gen PG: http://www.CouchGenWeb.com/arkansas/ > Helms Research PG: http://members.tripod.com/~irahelms/index.html