Forwarded to the GAGenWeb mailing list with permission from USGenWeb National Coordinator Shari Haskins. Vivian >Resent-Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:14:14 -0700 >X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Sun Feb 20 22:14:13 2005 >From: "Shari Handley" <[email protected]> >Old-To: <[email protected]> >Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 00:13:57 -0500 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) >Importance: Normal >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/14829 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Resent-Sender: [email protected] >Subject: [BOARD-L] Conclusion of Pettys Hearing > >The USGenWeb Advisory Board has reviewed and accepted the following >recommendation of the Pettys Hearing Committee for resolution of the >disciplinary hearing of Richard Pettys, Jr. This recommendation is >hereby adopted, effective 21 February 2005. > >============== >The USGenWeb Advisory Board Hearing Committee issues this finding in >response to the charges brought against Mr. Pettys by members of the >GAGenWeb Project and recommends that: > >1) Because of Mr. Pettys' actions while RC of GAGenWeb wherein he was >not responding promptly to email, not actively supporting researchers' >efforts to find information, and not serving as a good example of the >guidelines and standards of The USGenWeb Project, it is the finding of >the hearing committee that Mr. Pettys shall be found MNIGS. After a >period of one (1) year, Mr. Pettys may apply for removal of MNIGS >status. > >2) Mr. Pettys' counties were never "removed" from him, only his >affiliation with GAGenWeb was suspended and that affiliation will not be >restored by the Advisory Board. Therefore, after MNIGS status is >removed, the AB will recommend to the SC of the GAGenWeb Project that >Mr. Pettys' application for any open county be considered at the end of >his MNIGS status just as any other person's would be; however, should >the GA leadership ever decide to reinstate Mr. Pettys, the AB recommends >that it be on a probationary basis depending on demonstrated and >continued good conduct within USGenWeb and GAGenWeb Projects. > >3) As an appointee to the positions of ASC and RC in the state of >Georgia, Mr. Pettys' appointment ended upon the termination of the >appointing SC, Tim Stowell, and therefore, he has no further claim upon >these positions. >================= > >AB Members voting "YES" (to adopt this recommendation): > Cyndie Enfinger > Kathi Jones-Hudson > Betsy Mills > Jan Cortez > Don Kelly > Gail Meyer Kilgore > Denise Woodside > Linda Blum-Barton > Larry Flesher > Bettie Wood > >AB Members voting "NO": > None > >AB Members abstaining from the vote: > Darilee Bednar > David Morgan >AB Members not voting: >Richard Howland >Teri Brown >Angie Rayfield > >Many thanks to each of you for your work on this hearing. > >Shari Handley >National Coordinator >The USGenWeb Project > > > > > >==== BOARD Mailing List ==== >"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent." >Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)