Dear John and List Lots of very good stuff snipped........ John Slann wrote: I assume there is a syndicate controller somewhere in this wired together mob, someone who knows all the syndicate leaders and knows what they're doing. That is the person to initiate the list of syndicates, the quarter they are doing and roughly how they are doing John Smith 1881B4 25% John Slann 1890M4 95% 1846B1 0% If you want a syndicate controller look no further than Allan Raymond who works incredibly hard on scan allocation, setting up new syndicates and the like. I don't want to step on Allan's toes or put words into his mouth but I seriously doubt that he could fit a newsletter into his spare 15 seconds. However.....those of you who have dealings with me will know that keeping the family feel among transcribers is a pet subject of mine. I will take on the role of distributing a 'state of the project' summary every two weeks if the majority would welcome it. I don't promise any more than a summary for a start, but who knows how it could grow. The mechanics. To avoid putting greater load on the fabulous four (as they have been dubbed today) or the admin team, how about getting each syndicate leader to send me an e-mail once a fortnight. Doesn't have to be chatty - just has to say something like: John Slann 1890M4 95%. I am willing to put all the e-mails together and distribute the combined information as required. We could even have percentage last time and percentage now columns to highlight the growth in records transcribed. Distribute to the list and to each coordinator? Let me know what you think. As Dave M has pointed out today, database updates are going to have to be at longer intervals. This 'state of the project' idea serves an additional purpose in giving us all a between updates boost - we won't know exactly how many records will be added at the next database build but we will know growth is taking place and we can have fun guessing. And if anyone wants to volunteer for chatty artistic bits, feel free - I am a scientist, not an artist! Best Wishes Virginia Gretton FreeBMD Volunteer Coordinator

Hi Virginia et al I like the idea, but as John pointed we must be careful not to have a league table type approach. I am willing to contribute to the newsletter but am more than happy for somebody such as yourself to take the lead. It may be useful if subscribers to the discuss list could say what else they would like to see in the newsletter in addition to that contained in John Slann's original email. Incidently we do have a "News" mailing list which I assume could be used to disseminate the Newsletter. Allan Raymond [email protected] http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Monarchies_of_Europe.htm FreeBMD - putting birth marriages and deaths on the Internet http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 25 June 2001 14:30 Subject: Re: The kinship of transcribers Dear John and List Lots of very good stuff snipped........ John Slann wrote: I assume there is a syndicate controller somewhere in this wired together mob, someone who knows all the syndicate leaders and knows what they're doing. That is the person to initiate the list of syndicates, the quarter they are doing and roughly how they are doing John Smith 1881B4 25% John Slann 1890M4 95% 1846B1 0% If you want a syndicate controller look no further than Allan Raymond who works incredibly hard on scan allocation, setting up new syndicates and the like. I don't want to step on Allan's toes or put words into his mouth but I seriously doubt that he could fit a newsletter into his spare 15 seconds. However.....those of you who have dealings with me will know that keeping the family feel among transcribers is a pet subject of mine. I will take on the role of distributing a 'state of the project' summary every two weeks if the majority would welcome it. I don't promise any more than a summary for a start, but who knows how it could grow. The mechanics. To avoid putting greater load on the fabulous four (as they have been dubbed today) or the admin team, how about getting each syndicate leader to send me an e-mail once a fortnight. Doesn't have to be chatty - just has to say something like: John Slann 1890M4 95%. I am willing to put all the e-mails together and distribute the combined information as required. We could even have percentage last time and percentage now columns to highlight the growth in records transcribed. Distribute to the list and to each co-ordinator? Let me know what you think. As Dave M has pointed out today, database updates are going to have to be at longer intervals. This 'state of the project' idea serves an additional purpose in giving us all a between updates boost - we won't know exactly how many records will be added at the next database build but we will know growth is taking place and we can have fun guessing. And if anyone wants to volunteer for chatty artistic bits, feel free - I am a scientist, not an artist! Best Wishes Virginia Gretton FreeBMD Volunteer Coordinator ============================== Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog