Yes she asked first. Not knowing if the FTDNA site was sanctioned by RW I asked about it here. I got my answer and am satisfied. Jim -----Original Message----- From: listowners-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:listowners-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nan Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 10:40 AM To: listowners@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LO] The "New List" messages See what I mean? I never said I have all the answers. I just said there's a lot of suspicion lately about perfectly ordinary things. If she had subscribed to our lists and just posted the announcement without asking, there would have been complaints. But she does the proper thing, and asks first, and that's not welcomed, either. Darned if you do, and darned if you don't. On 3/10/2012 9:14 AM, Jim Jackson wrote: > If we don't ask, we can't find answers. If we don't have answers, we might > make the wrong decisions about things. You may call it paranoia but I call > it attempting to do the best job I can as an admin. If I make uninformed > decisions I cannot be sure I am making the right ones. You may have all the > answers but I sometimes need to ask. Call it being human. > > Just replyin' . . . > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: listowners-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:listowners-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nan > Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 8:19 AM > To: listowners@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LO] The "New List" messages > > Well, in my case they DID ask first. And since it is genealogy-related, > I did forward the announcement to the list in question. > > Side note: there sure does seem to be a lot of paranoia on this list > lately -- new subscribers, new lists . . . What's next? Will we be > assuming new admins join up for some nefarious purpose? > > Just askin' . . . > > Nan > > > On 3/10/2012 6:58 AM, Nelda Percival wrote: >> Rootsweb.com has allowed DNA lists connected to FTDNA on rootsweb.com > that is just letting others know a new DNA list was developed. But they > should have asked first... >> >> >> Nelda L. Percival - my websites >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message