>So, to all those "Al-Jazeera" types that spin and twist what we are >doing in the Archives, give it up... the war is over! Linda Lewis is referring members of this project as "Al-Jazeera" types. No Linda Lewis you give it up. I take offense to the CC's of this project being referred to as "Al-Jazeera" types. I think an apology is in order here. This is a disgusting remark to compare CC's to Al-Jazeera. Margie -----Original Message----- From: Crilley [mailto:varcsix@hot.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 11:28 AM To: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GAGEN] Accusations against the Archives This response is regarding Tim's posting about the "alleged" competition between the GAGenWeb Archives and the County pages. Linda Lewis, the National Archives Manager, asked that I share this with all of you, lest anyone have a misunderstanding regarding the archives. I think all of you know by now that I try very hard not to be involved in the messages which are accusatory in nature. I feel that the Archives and the County Pages are team players in GAGenWeb and that we should treat each other with respect and cooperate whenever we can. I never like to embarrass anyone on this List for any reason. I have repeatedly asked that anyone who has any problem with the Archives, give me the complete information, and I will follow up. When I don't receive pertinent information on something that is said within an e-mail, then I assume there is no basis for the complaint or allegation. Linda Lewis has stated the same thing many times. If something is done that is wrong, then she wants to hear about it as well. The main reason I have not answered each allegation that has been made in recent weeks against the Archives is that we've rehashed the same discussion numerous times. There has not been any concrete evidence to support any of the comments made against the Archives. All of you CCs who understand and work with the Archives, already know the system and its benefits. Those CCs who do not want to have any part at all with the Archives are certainly free to do so and I respect your reasons. The Guidelines state this: #13 b) The site has not been updated with genealogical data within nine (9) months. (Some consideration may be given to sites for counties less than 100 years old. Also, new links to GAGenWeb Archives files, pertaining to the county in question, may be considered an update.) http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/guidelines.htm The more people working to get information on-line for Georgia the more researchers will be helped. And to me that is always the bottom line --- how can we help researchers the most? At 04:44 PM 4/9/03 -0400, Michele wrote: >The Archives and the CC pages are both part of the USGenWeb (GAGenWeb) project. > >It is not a competition nor a race to see who can get the best or the most info. Tim's response to Michele: Actually it is a competition and a race within the Archives to see who can get the most info online and it has been going on for several years. Tim Linda's response: >Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 11:09:36 -0400 >From: Linda Lewis <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> > > >For the record... TX won the data contest! LOL > >We had a friendly competition between the file managers, when we were >just starting out. I initiated the "contest" to activate the fm's more. > >We used to tease each other when one would go ahead of the others by a >few bytes or so. > >SD had the #1 spot for a long time, then LA jumped ahead, followed by >TX, who has remained there. They worked for months converting to ASCII >text huge databases placed online for free by the state government of >Texas. LA's former file manager urged her county fm's to put individual >obits online with the Archives Notice on each one (the Notice was larger >than the obit text in most cases <g>), to get their stats up. > >This was all in fun at the time. We are too busy with the data coming in >to "compete" (although I secretly watch Mike's NC stats since they and >VA keep switching from 7th to 8th. LOL!!) > >So, to all those "Al-Jazeera" types that spin and twist what we are >doing in the Archives, give it up... the war is over! > >Permission is granted to forward this to any list. Virginia, please >forward to your state list. :) > >Linda Virginia Crilley ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== Have you added something signifigant to your website? Advertise it on this list! --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.471 / Virus Database: 269 - Release Date: 4/10/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.471 / Virus Database: 269 - Release Date: 4/10/2003