Eloquently said, MK. While the charges and counter-charges may be relevant to some, the real question behind the upcoming vote is this: Given the past months of conflict and turmoil, does the current state coordinator have the ability to heal the rifts and lead this project into a more productive future? Vivian Price Saffold Meriwether County At 02:02 PM 3/25/2003 -0500, you wrote: >The fact is - things are not working as they are. For whatever reason. > >Looking back, I have never stayed where I was not wanted except when my ego >was involved. And then - I fought to prove a point. > >IMO - if the people who started this have GaGenWeb as their focal point - >rather than ego - they would have stepped away by now. > >I have seldom seen the people in question answer any questions without some >form of defensiveness - even before this started. Since we are all >volunteers supposedly working for the same cause, why have questions been >taken on by personalities rather than the title one holds? > >This project isn't personal - our webpages are personal to us - but the >project is a group of strangers who - hopefully - attempt to help each other >better our pages, better our resources, better our data online. Online. Not >in person. Online. Their is nothing negative here. Or there shouldn't be. >This is like an online love affair that has gone terribly wrong. Normally >under these circumstances - whether online or in real time - the parties go >their separate ways. > >I have nothing against any of them personally. I don't know them. I have >questioned some of their managerial methods and skills, even that does not >make me dislike them. Perhaps the blending of these particular people's >personalities is to blame. Maybe individually they are less caustic and more >supportive. > >I am a signer of said petition. This is why: we must discard this turmoil. > We must become productive again. The infighting must stop in order for us >to do that. Too many people have issues here that are not GaGenWeb related; >however, it is touching each of us. > >Having read some of the posts the people in question have written on other >boards, I see they are combative there too. Petty may be a better word. >Correcting others' human errors. Perhaps it is their nature - or ego - that >drives them to this - I don't know. And yes, I love a good debate and have >added to and started some here. To the best of my recollection, I have never >spell checked any of your posts - nor corrected an obvious error. > >The real question we all have to answer within ourselves is - what is best >for GaGenWeb? What is the healthiest way for us to move past this as a group >- and become productive? Personalities should not be a part of our decision >process. > >I believe it is with new leadership (and before you ask - I do not want any >position except as county/ies coordinator.) A fresh start, new visions, >clean slate. I do not believe having the persons in question remain will be >productive. And I question why they have not placed GaGenWeb before their >egos. > >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?SourceC >ode=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 > > >==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== >Have you added something signifigant to your website? Advertise it on this >list! 3570 Hildon Circle Chamblee, GA 30341