AMEN!!! I too am sick of having to put up with this hate campaign against Tim and others. I guess I am next. I have been here a while and think (as I did when they came out) that the guidelines were a big mistake. I stick with TIM. John Holback wrote: > > Jan is right and most of us have always called upon one another to check our > pages as one can stare at something for an hour and still miss errors and > omissions that someone else can catch. We need to all get back to our > pages. As Brenda said we did not have this type of problems before. There > was nothing that we could not solve and then get back to work. But there > seems to be the same ones who pick, pick and pick. so yes, we speak out, we > are not accustomed to so many who are trying to run the project like they > are accustomed to running their businesses or taking part in political and > governmental jobs. We are just family historians and do not need nor want > this constant battering of the other CCs. If it isn't Margie then it is Tim > that some of you are constantly trying to bait for an argument or debate or > whatever you call it. And I for one don't think the bickering will stop > even if you voted Tim out of office. This project is near and dear to some > of our hearts. There are some old timers that you never hear from but they > are here reading every note. They are busy with their pages and could care > less about politics and then there are some of us who will speak out when we > feel the project is being threatened and harm is being done to some of those > who have helped build this project up. Tim and Margie both have been here a > long time, since the beginning of the GAGenWeb Project and each of them have > helped it to grow. Most of us have quietly changed our pages as logos > changed, requirements changed and not fought it. We worked together to help > one another there was very little problems such as there is now. ----- > Original Message ----- > From: "Jan Cortez" <cristian@netonecom.net> > To: <GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 8:29 PM > Subject: Re: [GAGEN] The Petition and Rebuttal (Groundwork) > > > I agree that all rules should be applied equally or not at all. We all > work > > within those rules to the best of our abilities. Some of us are better at > > it than others. I don't claim to be real swift at html, but I do try, and > > am more than happy to correct errors. I generally write back and thank > > people for the help. > > > > I guess what distresses me most here is that we are not perfect. None of > > us. Most CC's will correct mistakes brought to their attention willingly. > > But we can't be perfect all the time, we all have our imperfections. > > > > Maybe what we need to realize here is that we need to work together for > this > > project and also realize those imperfections, working together rather than > > arguing amongst ourselves. We need to help one another, as we all excel > in > > different areas > > > > Let's foster teamwork here and make the GAGenWeb all that it can be. > > > > Just my humble opinion. > > > > Jan Cortez > > Banks County > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <MFLP@aol.com> > > > > > > > In a message dated 3/25/03 2:25:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, > > > tstowell@chattanooga.net writes: > > > > so you can see where most of this is coming from: > > > > > > I have said on this list...Time and time again. > > > If you are going to have rules, EVERYONE should abide by them. > > > They should be applied equally or not at all. > > > All I ask is that all people in the same project operate by the same > > rules. > > > > > > Donna Parrish > > > > > > > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > > For researching SURNAMES, check out GAGenWeb's new help page with links > > to the most popular Surname sites: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/cchelp/surname/ > > > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > Regional Coordinators are there to help County Coordinators. Don't > hesitate to contact them should you have any, any question. To find > info on your region visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/regional.html -- Thomas (Tom) Hammack, Jr. Gulfport, Mississippi W4WLF