The bottom line in this fiasco is whether or not the leadership is fair, just and efficacious. The question of capability has never come up. It is about nurturing volunteers to exceed (our) expectations. Georgia is such a vital State in the realm of genealogical and history. Our enthusiasm should be high and our projects challenging. Someone (today) wrote that few volunteer for projects - perhaps if all of us felt we are vital members of this group, more would participate. But when one knows that one slip can be used against her/him - why put oneself on the line? The most productive people feel safe and valued - for their work and their opinions. We are volunteers - working for the same cause. Period. There is no room for ego. Personality is for our pages. And respect should be a given. About the accusation of this being because one or all of us who signed the petition having aspirations of being the SC or an RC - I haven't heard anyone express interest in taking over. That theory is hooey. As far as the email Tim shared with all of us - the one full of marked out (assumed) curse words. Well, I curse like a sailor.... and I found it offensive, immature and tacky. On the other hand - it was full of passion. Perhaps we all could be more passionate about this project...... or life..... There are at least two sides to every story - and then there is the truth. MK Harrison <A HREF="http://mkharrison.com">mkharrison.com</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~gabarrow/">Barrow County, GA</A> <A HREF="http://www.ancestry.com/landing/homelandsweeps2/landing2.html?SourceCode=3913&iid=3913%3A+Sweepstakes+1">Ancestry.com</A> I don't know what kind of weapons will be used in the third world war, assuming there will be a third world war. But I can tell you what the fourth world war will be fought with - stone clubs. -Albert Einstein Copyright © 2003

At 12:57 PM 4/8/03 EDT, MK Harrison wrote: >The bottom line in this fiasco is whether or not the leadership is fair, just >and efficacious. The question of capability has never come up. > >It is about nurturing volunteers to exceed (our) expectations. Georgia is >such a vital State in the realm of genealogical and history. Our enthusiasm >should be high and our projects challenging. > >Someone (today) wrote that few volunteer for projects - perhaps if all of us >felt we are vital members of this group, more would participate. But when >one knows that one slip can be used against her/him - why put oneself on the >line? > >The most productive people feel safe and valued - for their work and their >opinions. We are volunteers - working for the same cause. Period. There is >no room for ego. Personality is for our pages. And respect should be a >given. > >About the accusation of this being because one or all of us who signed the >petition having aspirations of being the SC or an RC - I haven't heard anyone >express interest in taking over. That theory is hooey. > >As far as the email Tim shared with all of us - the one full of marked out >(assumed) curse words. Well, I curse like a sailor.... and I found it >offensive, immature and tacky. On the other hand - it was full of passion. >Perhaps we all could be more passionate about this project...... or life..... > > >There are at least two sides to every story - and then there is the truth. I read over the weekend - never explain - your friends don't need it, your enemies won't believe it. However just for the few folks who are undecided I'll say it all again - in abbreviated form: From the 2/4 item that did/didn't happen according to whom you believe: 1 - P. Moon - Jackson County 2 - L. Graham - Upson County 3 - T. Stowell - Chatham and Coweta counties 4 - Mitchell County 5 - B. Woods - Walton County Additionally we feel that this SC has shown a failure to communicate and respond to CC's regarding GaGenweb Counties in a timely or effective manner. former CC, Evans Co. Debra Crosby, Baker, Dougherty & Lee Cos. Kim Gordon, Clayton & Habersham Cos. Jeff Johnson, Wilkinson Co. Ed Gordon, Clay and Seminole Cos. M.K. Harrison, Barrow Co. Donna Parrish, Forsyth Co. Lisa Graham (Dismissed UPSON COUNTY CC) Sylvia Rankin Pickens County coCC Linda Geiger, Pickens County coCC Paulette Moon (Dismissed Jackson County cc) Bettie Wood CC for Walton & Richmond County, GA, Family Group Sheet Project (& GA Council Member) Suzanne Yelton Shephard, CC for Chattooga County, GA Brenda Webb, Forsyth County (Dismissed Dawson County CC) 1 - The CC resigned on 12/27. We tried to work with her for 3 weeks and were continually rebuffed in our efforts. After 3 weeks we gave up and pulled the plug. My private, copyrighted note to her, was published all over without my permission. 2 - The CC jumped into the conversation of item 1 - without warning making several untrue accusations on GAGEN. The RC replied privately to her with a Bible verse and was subsequently lambasted by said CC with the foulest, vilest language I've seen on any list. It was not acceptable conversation under any circumstance nor would any organization of any quality allow such a person to remain in their organization. 3 - A complaint about some links I was missing on these sites - which neither of my RCs had said anything prior to me about. 4 - A complaint that some files requested by some contributors to the site had disappeared and that I had ignored their request. Since I'd never seen such a request it was rather hard for me to either honor or ignore such. 5 - Not filling CC positions in a timely manner. The RC declined to fill it with the CCs choice as is their right. I stated I'd put the person on the interest list and hadn't gotten to it. The interest list only meant interested in, didn't mean the person would ever get the county or that if someone else came along that fit better they would be passed up in favor of the best fit. - last comment - I don't answer every single message I receive for often folks write to say thank you and don't expect a response. Others write to bend my ear and while I may answer, I might not depending on if I felt they just wanted to get me to hear their side. This was brought to fruition by the former ASC, Mr. Giddeon, who was removed as ASC, not for seeking an election, but asking the rest of the Council to approve a change to the Guidelines so that we could 'pretend' that I had resigned as SC. As the ASC needs to be someone who can work closely with the SC and must be someone the SC can trust and believing that that trust had been broken, I fired him as ASC. Subsequently he chose to resign as RC and CC for his two counties. Since that time, until very recently he has egged folks into believing all sorts of things that just aren't so. Several of the signers are so new to GAGenWeb that they have no idea who I am or how I respond to situations. A couple of the persons I've never had any dealings with and yet another said they didn't pay attention to politics! Had the parties mentioned in the above items filed complaints I could well understand it - but folks who had nothing to do with any of these complaints - signing - mystifies me - other than the fact that they've been led down the primrose path. A few days ago, Mr. Giddeon, publically said that I could go to the hot place along with GAGenWeb - so now you know his feelings for our project. Tim