Keith (and all): It really is not a problem for the Election Committee to do an election; however, we are in the midst of our busiest season. Holding a state election in the midst of the national election would require all members of the Election Committee who are also members of GAGenWeb to be unavailable to do their work on the national election as we would have to be unsubscribed from our EC list. Once the national election is over, there will be no difficulty. I am personally offended by your remarks! Lori Thornton Franklin and Telfair Counties AND Election Committee Member --- Keith Giddeon <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Vivian, > I hate to be the Lone Wolf, but here goes... > > You know it never USED to be a problem for the EC to > do state elections > at the same time as nationals. I guess the new crew > is a bit overwhelmed > by its duties. I don't see why we can't hold an > election ourselves > since its such a daunting task for the EC. I'm sure > we can find some > fine vols in GA and a couple of out-of-state vols > for vote counting. You > have done an outstanding job as SC, and the Lord > knows I'd sure like to > see you run again, but many of us fought to get an > election with the old > administration and our last election stated a one > year term of office. I > think it should be one year for the sake of keeping > with the rules we > set forth last year. Tweaking a rule here and there > is what got us where > we were with the last administration. > Since I don't plan to run, I'd be happy to volunteer > to do anything to > help an election go forward. Vote counting, form > building, verifying > email addresses etc. > > Also, I would like to see a few CCs in GA begin > working on our own > voting software so we don't have to burden the EC > with our requests in > the future. (I can do some PHP programming and know > others who can help. > I suspect we could do some testing in less than one > year.) > > --Keith > > Michael and Vivian Saffold wrote: > > > It is time to elect a new state coordinator for > the GAGenWeb Project. > > Although I have thoroughly enjoyed my time as SC, > for job-related > > reasons, I will not run for re-election. > > > > I took office on 1 August 2004 for an interim > one-year term. We > > anticipated that an election for state coordinator > could be held along > > with the USGenWeb elections this year. However, > the Elections > > Committee tells me it cannot accommodate us at > this time, but would be > > able to do so after the national elections. > > > > I need to hear from you on what you would like to > do: conduct the > > election ourselves or wait for the EC. Please let > me know which you > > would prefer. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Vivian > > > > > > > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > > GAGenWeb By-Laws Committee Information Web Site: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gacolqu2/bylaws/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > Confused about Copyrights? Review USGenWeb's policy > on copyrights at: > http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html > > Lori Thornton [email protected] __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html

Lori, My comments are merely a truth. No offense was intended. In the past, the EC has held state elections concurrently with nationals. I see no reason why it cannot be done now. I know what the EC has to do in this season, I was on the EC. The SC of a state can simply send verified email addresses to the EC and Larry can create a form. Very simple indeed. With that said, however, I feel GA should conduct our own election if that is too much of a burden to the EC. While I enjoy Vivian's leadership in GA I feel her term should be one year as the rules stated last year. If I had been elected as SC last year I would feel the same way. This is not about personalities at all. It is about following the rules we have put in place. --Keith Lori Thornton wrote: >Keith (and all): > >It really is not a problem for the Election Committee >to do an election; however, we are in the midst of our >busiest season. Holding a state election in the midst >of the national election would require all members of >the Election Committee who are also members of >GAGenWeb to be unavailable to do their work on the >national election as we would have to be unsubscribed >from our EC list. Once the national election is over, >there will be no difficulty. I am personally offended >by your remarks! > >Lori Thornton >Franklin and Telfair Counties >AND Election Committee Member > >--- Keith Giddeon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>Hi Vivian, >>I hate to be the Lone Wolf, but here goes... >> >>You know it never USED to be a problem for the EC to >>do state elections >>at the same time as nationals. I guess the new crew >>is a bit overwhelmed >>by its duties. I don't see why we can't hold an >>election ourselves >>since its such a daunting task for the EC. I'm sure >>we can find some >>fine vols in GA and a couple of out-of-state vols >>for vote counting. You >>have done an outstanding job as SC, and the Lord >>knows I'd sure like to >>see you run again, but many of us fought to get an >>election with the old >>administration and our last election stated a one >>year term of office. I >>think it should be one year for the sake of keeping >>with the rules we >>set forth last year. Tweaking a rule here and there >>is what got us where >>we were with the last administration. >>Since I don't plan to run, I'd be happy to volunteer >>to do anything to >>help an election go forward. Vote counting, form >>building, verifying >>email addresses etc. >> >>Also, I would like to see a few CCs in GA begin >>working on our own >>voting software so we don't have to burden the EC >>with our requests in >>the future. (I can do some PHP programming and know >>others who can help. >>I suspect we could do some testing in less than one >>year.) >> >>--Keith >> >>Michael and Vivian Saffold wrote: >> >> >> >>>It is time to elect a new state coordinator for >>> >>> >>the GAGenWeb Project. >> >> >>>Although I have thoroughly enjoyed my time as SC, >>> >>> >>for job-related >> >> >>>reasons, I will not run for re-election. >>> >>>I took office on 1 August 2004 for an interim >>> >>> >>one-year term. We >> >> >>>anticipated that an election for state coordinator >>> >>> >>could be held along >> >> >>>with the USGenWeb elections this year. However, >>> >>> >>the Elections >> >> >>>Committee tells me it cannot accommodate us at >>> >>> >>this time, but would be >> >> >>>able to do so after the national elections. >>> >>>I need to hear from you on what you would like to >>> >>> >>do: conduct the >> >> >>>election ourselves or wait for the EC. Please let >>> >>> >>me know which you >> >> >>>would prefer. >>> >>>Thanks, >>> >>>Vivian >>> >>> >>> >>>==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== >>>GAGenWeb By-Laws Committee Information Web Site: >>>http://www.rootsweb.com/~gacolqu2/bylaws/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== >>Confused about Copyrights? Review USGenWeb's policy >>on copyrights at: >> http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html >> >> >> >> > > >Lori Thornton >[email protected] > > > >__________________________________ >Discover Yahoo! >Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! >http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html > > >==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== >Confused about Copyrights? Review USGenWeb's policy on copyrights at: > http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html > > > > > > >

While I certainly agree that we should follow the rules laid down by this organization, I do not see a problem with waiting another month for an election to be handled by the EC. It would appear that the majority of County Coordinators feel the same way and they are the ones who should be making the rules and the decisions. I'm sure that if the EC had been notified a few months in advance, a ballot could have been prepared to run concurrently with the National Elections. I have also served on the EC and I do know what a busy time it is for them. These people are volunteers, giving freely of their time and should be commended for a job well done rather than us being critical of them. I don't think there are to many of us that wish to serve and spend as much time as they do on elections. Maybe as a group we could decide to hold our elections during a month when the EC is not so busy. Just my humble opinion. Jan Cortez ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Giddeon" > Lori, > > My comments are merely a truth. No offense was intended. In the past, the > EC has held state elections concurrently with nationals. I see no reason > why it cannot be done now. I know what the EC has to do in this season, I > was on the EC. The SC of a state can simply send verified email addresses > to the EC and Larry can create a form. Very simple indeed. > With that said, however, I feel GA should conduct our own election if that > is too much of a burden to the EC. While I enjoy Vivian's leadership in GA > I feel her term should be one year as the rules stated last year. If I had > been elected as SC last year I would feel the same way. This is not about > personalities at all. It is about following the rules we have put in > place. > > --Keith

Vivian, I want you to know that we truly appreciate all that you have given to this project and I am truly sorry that you are not going to run again. My vote is to wait and let the EC handle the election for SC. Debra Crosby