Sue and Colleen, Welcome to the group. I am Vicki, County Wicklow. I am looking forward to getting to know you.

Hello fellow team mates for the IrelandGenWeb project. Please welcome Sue Siebert ( pituso@mesh.net ) as new County Coordinator for County Fermanagh. Sue helped me a lot during the earliest days of USGENWEB. Please also welcome Colleen Gilligan ( colleeng@bigfoot.com ) as a new resource for Ireland. Colleen has a massive website at http://www.svpal.org/~colleeng/connacht/main.html with lots of online information and exterior links. Colleen designs webpages and is professional host to musicians and exercise websites. I am trying to get Colleen to agree to host one of our orphan pages. Please visit her Connaught website and encourage her to join our Ireland project. Thanks all, and Cheers Don Kelly

County Leitrim has a new facelift and added features; Maps and towns of Leitrim; and short histories of the Celts, Vikings and Anglo-Scot border people, some of which were later caught up in the Ulster and Connaught Plantations. Also placed on the Anglo-Scot page is a translation of the Great Curse which was pronounced by the Archbishop of Glasgow upon the border reivers. There is also a list of the surnames of the border families. Enjoy Cheers Don

Hmm well since I didn't know I was a committee I guess that committee is me. To answer questions - well you already know we have a new CC and I am working with others to ensure their smooth transition into IGW. Don is currently shifting them over in peicemeal. BarbL Donkelly wrote: > Barbara is the chair of the committee. I have repeatedly stated that > committee leaders pick their own team and make their own announcements. All > I do is advise if asked. > > Don > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary A. Kelly" <mkelly@cyberbeach.net> > To: <IGW-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 2:04 AM > Subject: [IGW-cc] Welcoming committee > > > Hi: > > > > I was just wondering who the 'Welcome Committee' consists of and exactly > > what guidelines they have laid out to ensure that all new volunteers are > > fully briefed on what is expected of new project hosts? > > > > Mary Kelly > > Co. tip > > > > > > > > >The Policies and Procedures Committee of the IGW consists of...... > > > > > >Maura Petzolt, chair > > >Jack Reidy > > >Vicki Kessell > > > > > >As for what we are "discussing", see the message below of what we were > > >charged with doing by the WGW Grievance Committee. We are -not- handling > > >#3, as that is the responsibilty of the Welcome Committee. > > > > > >If anyone has any question about this, please email me privately. > > > > > >Maura Petzolt > > >chair > > <snip> > > >Here is the list of recommendations for the IrelandGenWeb Project > > >coordinators to consider when drafting policies governing the IGW > > >Project > > > > > >1. Basic Grievance procedure used WITHIN the IGW Project > > >2. IGW-L mailing list - its purpose and intent > > >3. more experienced county hosts to lend assistance to the newer and > > >less experienced ones when they need help > > >4. Guidelines on the links > > >5. Definition of responsibilities and expectations of the Country > > >Coordinator and the County Coordinators. > > > > >

In a message dated 3/6/2000 6:36:32 PM Central Standard Time, donkelly@grovenet.net writes: << Barbara is the chair of the committee. I have repeatedly stated that committee leaders pick their own team and make their own announcements. All I do is advise if asked. Don >> You go get 'em Don! I think you are doing a fine job. Vicki

Barbara is the chair of the committee. I have repeatedly stated that committee leaders pick their own team and make their own announcements. All I do is advise if asked. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary A. Kelly" <mkelly@cyberbeach.net> To: <IGW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 2:04 AM Subject: [IGW-cc] Welcoming committee > Hi: > > I was just wondering who the 'Welcome Committee' consists of and exactly > what guidelines they have laid out to ensure that all new volunteers are > fully briefed on what is expected of new project hosts? > > Mary Kelly > Co. tip > > > > >The Policies and Procedures Committee of the IGW consists of...... > > > >Maura Petzolt, chair > >Jack Reidy > >Vicki Kessell > > > >As for what we are "discussing", see the message below of what we were > >charged with doing by the WGW Grievance Committee. We are -not- handling > >#3, as that is the responsibilty of the Welcome Committee. > > > >If anyone has any question about this, please email me privately. > > > >Maura Petzolt > >chair > <snip> > >Here is the list of recommendations for the IrelandGenWeb Project > >coordinators to consider when drafting policies governing the IGW > >Project > > > >1. Basic Grievance procedure used WITHIN the IGW Project > >2. IGW-L mailing list - its purpose and intent > >3. more experienced county hosts to lend assistance to the newer and > >less experienced ones when they need help > >4. Guidelines on the links > >5. Definition of responsibilities and expectations of the Country > >Coordinator and the County Coordinators. > > >

Hi: I was just wondering who the 'Welcome Committee' consists of and exactly what guidelines they have laid out to ensure that all new volunteers are fully briefed on what is expected of new project hosts? Mary Kelly Co. tip >The Policies and Procedures Committee of the IGW consists of...... > >Maura Petzolt, chair >Jack Reidy >Vicki Kessell > >As for what we are "discussing", see the message below of what we were >charged with doing by the WGW Grievance Committee. We are -not- handling >#3, as that is the responsibilty of the Welcome Committee. > >If anyone has any question about this, please email me privately. > >Maura Petzolt >chair <snip> >Here is the list of recommendations for the IrelandGenWeb Project >coordinators to consider when drafting policies governing the IGW >Project > >1. Basic Grievance procedure used WITHIN the IGW Project >2. IGW-L mailing list - its purpose and intent >3. more experienced county hosts to lend assistance to the newer and >less experienced ones when they need help >4. Guidelines on the links >5. Definition of responsibilities and expectations of the Country >Coordinator and the County Coordinators. >

--WebTV-Mail-27691-1071 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit The Policies and Procedures Committee of the IGW consists of...... Maura Petzolt, chair Jack Reidy Vicki Kessell As for what we are "discussing", see the message below of what we were charged with doing by the WGW Grievance Committee. We are -not- handling #3, as that is the responsibilty of the Welcome Committee. If anyone has any question about this, please email me privately. Maura Petzolt chair --WebTV-Mail-27691-1071 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-102-1.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.98) by storefull-114.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 18:57:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by mailsorter-102-1.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) id B12AE42AE; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 18:57:36 -0800 (PST) Delivered-To: mpetzolt2@webtv.net Received: from lonepeak.wasatch.com (ns.wasatch.com [204.99.129.2]) by mailsorter-102-1.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) with ESMTP id 46EBE42AA for <mpetzolt2@webtv.net>; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 18:57:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from wasatch.com (ds2-23.wasatch.com [216.172.83.88]) by lonepeak.wasatch.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA04930; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 19:40:28 -0700 Message-ID: <387FDC2B.1C701FC@wasatch.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 19:32:11 -0700 From: "W. David Samuelsen" <dsam@wasatch.com> Reply-To: dsam@wasatch.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD {TLC;RETAIL} (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: igw-l@rootsweb.com Subject: Grievance Committee's Recommendations Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here is the list of recommendations for the IrelandGenWeb Project coordinators to consider when drafting policies governing the IGW Project 1. Basic Grievance procedure used WITHIN the IGW Project 2. IGW-L mailing list - its purpose and intent 3. more experienced county hosts to lend assistance to the newer and less experienced ones when they need help 4. Guidelines on the links 5. Definition of responsibilities and expectations of the Country Coordinator and the County Coordinators. The recommendations were put together after reviewing all the information gathered to date. Now with this, we wish you luck with the election of the new Country Coordinator and we hope we don't hear any more of the grievances and whatsoever. W. David Samuelsen, Chair Grievance Committee --WebTV-Mail-27691-1071--

Noticed I haven't received an answer on this Why?? Since we have this new open door policy and right to know I would like to know who is on the committee and what they are discussing BarbL

np Barb Donkelly wrote: > ANNOUNCEMENT: > > Christina Hunt has her new Longford page up at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllog > > Very nice start Christina. > > I want also publicly thank Barbara for helping the new coordinators get > started. > > Thanks Barb > > Don

ANNOUNCEMENT: Christina Hunt has her new Longford page up at http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllog Very nice start Christina. I want also publicly thank Barbara for helping the new coordinators get started. Thanks Barb Don

Don, I think that the County Cork page is a fine example of what you may be describing. Tom Cleary is updating -- adding links, etc. I get suggestions from the List -- forward them to him, and he makes changes if appropriate to the page. I maintain the Query and Surname Boards: When I receive requests for info on the CountyCork - L, I write to these folks and encourage them to add their requests to Cork's Query and Surname pages. I have received some grateful thankyous and several compliments on the page. I think our co-hosting has given us each a focus in the maintenance of Cork website. Betsy Webber ---------- > From: Donkelly <donkelly@grovenet.net> > To: IGW-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IGW-cc] Suggestions > Date: Thursday, March 02, 2000 1:39 AM > > ////////////////////// TEST AND SUGGESTIONS FOR COUNTY PAGE CONTENT > \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ > > I have received several emails from non project visitors about what they > like about the county pages within the IrelandGenWeb project. > > The test part is to see if the seven new county coordinators have been > successfully subscribed to this list, Christina Hunt for Longford, Dick > McCoach for Dublin, Kevin Murphy for Wexford, Greg Kutch for Meath, Mark > McCabe for Monaghan, Liz Haren for Clare and Anastasy Tynan for Laois. > > The suggestion part is of course up to the individual county coordinators, > but visitors indicate they like to see a one paragraph geographical > description of the county and a short history of the county. I personally > like to read such information. > > These suggested amenities are open for discussion, so let's hear the pros > and cons of these ideas. > > Don > > >

////////////////////// TEST AND SUGGESTIONS FOR COUNTY PAGE CONTENT \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ I have received several emails from non project visitors about what they like about the county pages within the IrelandGenWeb project. The test part is to see if the seven new county coordinators have been successfully subscribed to this list, Christina Hunt for Longford, Dick McCoach for Dublin, Kevin Murphy for Wexford, Greg Kutch for Meath, Mark McCabe for Monaghan, Liz Haren for Clare and Anastasy Tynan for Laois. The suggestion part is of course up to the individual county coordinators, but visitors indicate they like to see a one paragraph geographical description of the county and a short history of the county. I personally like to read such information. These suggested amenities are open for discussion, so let's hear the pros and cons of these ideas. Don

Who is on the Policies committee??? barbL

We see you Don now can I post??? barbL Donkelly wrote: > This is a functional test of the IGW mailing list. > > Don

Congratulations to Carol Bennett on her new page. It looks great. Sheila - ------------------------------------------------------ dp The essence of humanity = dp is in the pursuit of the arts! || http://www.bright.net/~hhelser/sheila.html || .-.-. ' || ` http://www.rootsweb.com/~pavenang/ ( : ) ) || ( http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamckean/ .-.\ ' /.-. _)::(_ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohacogs/ (_..SLIGO.._) ) || ( http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlsli/ ( /|\ ) ( \/ ) '-' | '-' `-..-'

Carol Bennett has her new County Carlow page up at http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcar The site looks great. Please change your bookmarks. For those CCs who do not already know, our own Carol Bennett and Jane Primmer are NC co-hosts of EnglandGenWeb. Please link to their site......and don't forget to change your bookmarks. Thanks Don

This is a functional test of the IGW mailing list. Don

///// County Host Wanted...........please pass the word \\\\\ Mail to Anastasy Tynan, volunteer to host Ireland County Laois, has been bouncing. Anyone who knows how to reach Anastasy, please ask her to contact me. Otherwise, the project will select another volunteer to host that orphan county. Thanks all. Don O'The Swamp, IBSSG Don Kelly, NC of Ireland Proud Rootsweb Donor

Will be offlist until Sunday. Contact me if necessary at donkelly@engineer.com