Shirley Cullum - candidate for MNGenWeb Project SC First, my sincere thanks for being nominated for the SC position and for you taking the time to get to know me through my campaign statement. Thank you for considering me for the MNGenWeb Project SC position. I have been involved with my own genealogy research for 29 years and it has taken me from Texas where I was born back to England with stops in many states all across the country, including Olmsted County, MN. I have been a member of the USGenWeb since February of 1999. I first joined the TXGenWeb Project as a member of the "Page Evaluation Committee" surfing county websites each month to select a County of the month because I did not have a clue as to how to manage a website. I learned HTML through a free, online tutorial and adopted my first county a month later. I am currently serving as the TXGenWeb State Coordinator (since 2006) and the MTGenWeb State Coordinator (since 2012). Other positions I have held are ASC of the TXGenWeb from 2003 until my election to the SC position in 2006; member of the Election Committee and the Grievance Committee. I am a county coordinator in the following states: AR - Columbia County MO - McDonald & Newton County MN - Dodge & Olmsted Counties MT - Custer & Richland Counties TX - Brooks (since 1999), Collingsworth, McMullen, & Upton Counties UT - Beaver County I also manage several county and surname mail lists as well as the state mail lists for MN, MT, & TX. As the MNGenWeb State Coordinator, my number one priority would be to serve the project with fairness, honesty, and integrity. My short-term goals are to appoint 2 ASC's to create a team work with me in the day-to-day management of the project such as maintaining records, updating the state website, and other necessary tasks. The long-term goal is to help the MNGenWeb Project become the best it can be. In order to accomplish that, I plan to involve the members of the project in all decisions affecting the project throughout my term. I live in Italy, Texas, about 40 minutes south of Dallas. I am retired and my hobbies are genealogy and quilting. Oh, and ask about my 18 grand and 6 great-grand children only if you have lots of time. <grin> Sincerely, Shirley Cullum