Good Evening, Please let me take this opportunity to make a statement to the list. I was not aware that Rootsweb had sent out the letter asking that the list members not send posts concerning the current situation. Call it ignorance on my part; whatever you like, but I did not know. At the same time, I should have know that my sending the speech could have been contraversial and could create problems on the list. As List Hostess, part of my duties are to keep things flowing smoothly and not to let personal feelings get in the way of our genealogical research. Our List Owner and myself both have an agreement that we do not tolerate 'flaming' of list members and I am appaled that my posting of the speech created a situation that lends itself to friction on the list. As List Hostess, it is never my intention to create problems on our list. I love my position of Hostess and am terribly sorry that this has created tension and even caused some of our list members to actually think of leaving. For those reasons, I am truly sorry for sending the post to the list. I appreciate the private emails from those of you who had positive comments and thanked me for posting the speech. I also appreciate the private emails from those of you who objected because you explained your reasons and made me realize that I should have sent the speech to individuals privately and not to the entire list. With that said, let's move on to the subject of genealogy and put this behind us :-) Warm Regards, Nancy E Parr, Hostess