You are right, there are some real problems here and it has turned into something about egos and power which needs to be changed immediately. Kim Gordon >From: TooFem@aol.com >Reply-To: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com >To: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [GAGEN] Check out RootsWeb: GAGEN-L Archives >Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 21:57:05 EST > > <A HREF="http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GAGEN/">Click here: >RootsWeb: GAGEN-L Archives</A> > >Out of curiosity, I visited our archives and then other States. (change >the >GA to the 2 letter abbreviation i.e. <A HREF="mailto:GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com"> >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/CAGEN/</A>) and am horrified by the >differences! Most states I searched have very few messages and I have yet >to >find a board with complaints, attacks, etc etc etc - except ours. I am >embarrassed by this. > >Why are we having so many problems? Every state organization is filled >with >different personalities, differing points of view, and so on. Why are we >so >unhappy? > >Perhaps some of these states have their list archives in other places than >what I could find. Or could it be they are just doing their job and not >being harassed? > >And now the executive board is showing us how little they care. Five >people >voted on our issue. Five out of eleven eligible voters. When an issue is >put in front of them - one that we have asked help with - they should all >vote. Period. The fact they ignored our request by ignoring the vote is >pathetic. What leaders we have. While I know how I wish they would have >voted - all I really wanted was for them to vote, not to sink into oblivion >because something may be uncomfortable for them. I think they owed it to >us >to vote. > >We seem to have real problems here. While I don't know what the solution >is, >I hope the people who can do something - will. It is time for the powers >who >be to step up and put GAGen first. This isn't about egos or power - it is >about helping researchers find free material on our sites. Our group >isn't >working well as it is now. Something has to change. > >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 > > >==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== >Did your county's courthouse ever meet with a disaster?? >Check out GAGenWeb's List and Research Tips at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/cchelp/courthouses.htm _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail