Hello, everyone, First I want to apologize for not responding to the current thread quicker. I had a long-standing family outing planned yesterday afternoon. We have 98 members of this project. Just as in any other family, we are all different individuals, with different points of view, preferences, thoughts and feelings. The fact that we're different does not make anyone right or wrong, just different. That's just human nature. However, we have more in common than other people. We are all members of the unique family called GAGenWeb. I must say that I appreciate the courteous way in which this discussion has been conducted. Thanks, too, for the many constructive ideas. I certainly understand that "chatty" email can be time-consuming, especially for those who work from home. I work from home, but have a system in place for segregating email that needs an immediate response from correspondence that can wait. However, I can understand how being able to put non-urgent email into a separate folder could be beneficial. I have heard from 34 of you, enough, I think to make a decision on this issue. Of that number, 23 prefer one list, 7 want two lists, 3 had no opinion and 1 prefers "no chat." Of the 23 who prefer one list, most said that "chit-chat" was a valuable part of the project, promoting a sense of "community" and "family." **I must point out that not one person has said that chat was a bad thing. The suggestion of a different way to manage email should not be interpreted as a personal affront to anyone. Likewise, the posting of baby announcements and such violated no rule and certainly is not wrong.** Please understand that all of you, your babies, grandbabies and great grandbabies, parents, siblings, puppies and kitties, your "day jobs" and all the events in your lives are important. These relationships and events help make us who we are. *Who we are* is what makes us -- every single one of us -- vital to our counties and to this project. I would like to continue operating GAGen-L like it is. It will remain the official and archived list. However, I will create another mailing list for those of you who would like to be able to segregate strictly business correspondence from all other project email. I will create this list on my own computer. Only my posts and forwards from the national project will be included on this list. Please let me know if you would like to be subscribed to the alternate list. If we see down the road that the arrangement is not working, we can always make changes. Thanks, all of you, for your constructive input. Vivian

go for it. An announcement list and our gagen list seem the best solution. Debora Byrd

Thank you for all of the consideration you have given to this subject! I believe your decision is a positive move in the right directon and I most definately would like to subscribe to the new "business" list. Wayne Dorough Glascock County GAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaglasco/ Michael and Vivian Saffold wrote: > Hello, everyone, > > First I want to apologize for not responding to the current thread > quicker. I had a long-standing family outing planned yesterday afternoon. > > We have 98 members of this project. Just as in any other family, we > are all different individuals, with different points of view, > preferences, thoughts and feelings. The fact that we're different does > not make anyone right or wrong, just different. That's just human > nature. However, we have more in common than other people. We are all > members of the unique family called GAGenWeb. > > I must say that I appreciate the courteous way in which this > discussion has been conducted. Thanks, too, for the many constructive > ideas. > > I certainly understand that "chatty" email can be time-consuming, > especially for those who work from home. I work from home, but have a > system in place for segregating email that needs an immediate response > from correspondence that can wait. However, I can understand how being > able to put non-urgent email into a separate folder could be beneficial. > > I have heard from 34 of you, enough, I think to make a decision on > this issue. > > Of that number, 23 prefer one list, 7 want two lists, 3 had no opinion > and 1 prefers "no chat." > > Of the 23 who prefer one list, most said that "chit-chat" was a > valuable part of the project, promoting a sense of "community" and > "family." > > **I must point out that not one person has said that chat was a bad > thing. The suggestion of a different way to manage email should not be > interpreted as a personal affront to anyone. Likewise, the posting of > baby announcements and such violated no rule and certainly is not > wrong.** > > Please understand that all of you, your babies, grandbabies and great > grandbabies, parents, siblings, puppies and kitties, your "day jobs" > and all the events in your lives are important. These relationships > and events help make us who we are. *Who we are* is what makes us -- > every single one of us -- vital to our counties and to this project. > > I would like to continue operating GAGen-L like it is. It will remain > the official and archived list. However, I will create another mailing > list for those of you who would like to be able to segregate strictly > business correspondence from all other project email. I will create > this list on my own computer. Only my posts and forwards from the > national project will be included on this list. > > Please let me know if you would like to be subscribed to the alternate > list. If we see down the road that the arrangement is not working, we > can always make changes. > > Thanks, all of you, for your constructive input. > > Vivian > > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > Confused about Copyrights? Review USGenWeb's policy on copyrights at: > http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/2005

Not a bad idea, Vivian. I just wish I had joyous news like the Gordons and the Woods to share some day... I'll be glad to let all know when my son actually finds a real and lasting girlfriend...bless his heart. <grin> As far as chat and business topics, we should probably be more considerate with our subject lines. If I am in a pinch for time, I read the business-looking ones, and hold off on the others until later. And if "chatty" lasts for a while, I sometimes switch to a personal note instead . Jennifer Braswell Bibb County Dodge County ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael and Vivian Saffold" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 8:02 AM Subject: [GAGEN] one-list, two-list discussion : Hello, everyone, : : First I want to apologize for not responding to the current thread quicker. : I had a long-standing family outing planned yesterday afternoon. : : We have 98 members of this project. Just as in any other family, we are all : different individuals, with different points of view, preferences, thoughts : and feelings. The fact that we're different does not make anyone right or : wrong, just different. That's just human nature. However, we have more in : common than other people. We are all members of the unique family called : GAGenWeb. : : I must say that I appreciate the courteous way in which this discussion has : been conducted. Thanks, too, for the many constructive ideas. : : I certainly understand that "chatty" email can be time-consuming, : especially for those who work from home. I work from home, but have a : system in place for segregating email that needs an immediate response from : correspondence that can wait. However, I can understand how being able to : put non-urgent email into a separate folder could be beneficial. : : I have heard from 34 of you, enough, I think to make a decision on this issue. : : Of that number, 23 prefer one list, 7 want two lists, 3 had no opinion and : 1 prefers "no chat." : : Of the 23 who prefer one list, most said that "chit-chat" was a valuable : part of the project, promoting a sense of "community" and "family." : : **I must point out that not one person has said that chat was a bad thing. : The suggestion of a different way to manage email should not be interpreted : as a personal affront to anyone. Likewise, the posting of baby : announcements and such violated no rule and certainly is not wrong.** : : Please understand that all of you, your babies, grandbabies and great : grandbabies, parents, siblings, puppies and kitties, your "day jobs" and : all the events in your lives are important. These relationships and events : help make us who we are. *Who we are* is what makes us -- every single one : of us -- vital to our counties and to this project. : : I would like to continue operating GAGen-L like it is. It will remain the : official and archived list. However, I will create another mailing list for : those of you who would like to be able to segregate strictly business : correspondence from all other project email. I will create this list on my : own computer. Only my posts and forwards from the national project will be : included on this list. : : Please let me know if you would like to be subscribed to the alternate : list. If we see down the road that the arrangement is not working, we can : always make changes. : : Thanks, all of you, for your constructive input. : : Vivian : : : ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== : Confused about Copyrights? Review USGenWeb's policy on copyrights at: : http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html : : : : -- : No virus found in this incoming message. : Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. : Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/2005 : : -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/2005