Tim said: > For those who think this is a power trip - it is not. I seek to serve > the USGenWeb project - GAGenWeb - to its fullest potential - to have > it be a better place than I found it in. I do not want to be SC > forever as some have infered. I do though wish to finish the task > I've started. Which in a democratic society, would mean running for office on that platform and seeing if you have the support of those you serve. Rather than saying, "I'm staying until I get this job done". If you believe in that task and think you are the right person for that job, take it to the people and confirm it is what they want. Otherwise, you could use that argument to stay in power for years, and that's not democracy, nor maybe what is leaving the project in a better place than before. Derek Nichols, Echols County, GA

At 03:54 AM 4/15/03 -0300, Derek Nichols wrote: >Tim said: >> For those who think this is a power trip - it is not. I seek to serve >> the USGenWeb project - GAGenWeb - to its fullest potential - to have >> it be a better place than I found it in. I do not want to be SC >> forever as some have infered. I do though wish to finish the task >> I've started. > >Which in a democratic society, would mean running for office on that >platform and seeing if you have the support of those you serve. >Rather than saying, "I'm staying until I get this job done". If you >believe in that task and think you are the right person for that job, >take it to the people and confirm it is what they want. Otherwise, >you could use that argument to stay in power for years, and that's >not democracy, nor maybe what is leaving the project in a better >place than before. Please check the National Bylaws - with regard to terms for State Coordinators. State Coordinators in place at the time the Bylaws were passed were grandfathered in. SCs after that were voted in. I was not the SC of Georgia when the Bylaws were passed. Again it's not power, it's just a job that I was elected to do under the terms and conditions set out for SCs in our National Bylaws. In most state projects some folks don't even know or care who the SC is for they are left alone, to develop their pages as they see fit, without interference from the SC. That's been my basic philosophy - CCs are selected knowing what is required - supposedly they are adults and thus don't need anyone bugging them about this and that. The RCs and the ASC(s) and the SC are there for folks if needed - to assist with technical problems, answer questions of visitors or CCs - adopt out counties when vacancies occur. On occasion, sadly, some must be 'let go' for not abiding by either our Guidelines, the National Bylaws, parlimentary procedure or common decency. Tim