Hey, this is my first time to post here. I don't even know if I'm doing this right, but let's take a "time out". Forget about banning posters. Just send the lady an email telling her to remove the signature line as it offends some people. Let me tell you this true story. I'm not too shy about speaking my mind which has at times upset a few folks in New Mexico. On that GenWeb mailing list for county web page owners, some of those posters have 15 lines of signature. No, I'm not kidding. It is really ridiculous. (Besides the fact they talk about anything except serious genealogy business.) Well, I'm anti-junkmail, and I joined an anti-spam organization and added one tiny signature line to my emails showing my anti-spam membership. They got up in arms because I was promoting something other than genalogy with my signature line. It was okay for them to exchange silly jokes about who has red hair or not, but they objected to my signature line which was only one line long. I got so angry that I started my own New Mexico Genealogy organization called NewMexicoGenealogy.org. In a few weeks my webstie has become more popular than the entire combined websites of NMGENWEB, and I ain't finished yet. So, I say don't ban the lady and don't put anything on the boards about her. Just email her privately and handle it. Okay, I'm way over here in the West and don't even know you folks from NC, but that is my two cents worth. Y'all have a good day now, ya hear! Charles Barnum

Thanks for your comments Charles: I agree - what a hub bub about nothing. I don't even think she should un-subscribe. Geez!! If folks don't like the signature line - then don't read it. Get over it!! Life is too short and there is way too much genealogy out there to spend this much time and energy fussing about something so trivial. Besides, I'm a member of this list too and I'm tired of reading all the fussing complaints. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uncle Charlie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 12:08 AM Subject: [NCORANGE] Commercials--TIME OUT! > Hey, this is my first time to post here. I don't even know if I'm doing this > right, but let's take a "time out". > Forget about banning posters. Just send the lady an email telling her to > remove the signature line as it offends some people. > Let me tell you this true story. I'm not too shy about speaking my mind > which has at times upset a few folks in New Mexico. > On that GenWeb mailing list for county web page owners, some of those > posters have 15 lines of signature. No, I'm not kidding. It is really > ridiculous. (Besides the fact they talk about anything except serious > genealogy business.) Well, I'm anti-junkmail, and I joined an anti-spam > organization and added one tiny signature line to my emails showing my > anti-spam membership. > They got up in arms because I was promoting something other than genalogy > with my signature line. It was okay for them to exchange silly jokes about > who has red hair or not, but they objected to my signature line which was > only one line long. > I got so angry that I started my own New Mexico Genealogy organization > called NewMexicoGenealogy.org. > In a few weeks my webstie has become more popular than the entire combined > websites of NMGENWEB, and I ain't finished yet. > So, I say don't ban the lady and don't put anything on the boards about her. > Just email her privately and handle it. Okay, I'm way over here in the West > and don't even know you folks from NC, but that is my two cents worth. > Y'all have a good day now, ya hear! Charles Barnum > > > ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== > List Administrator - Larry Noah [email protected] > List Web Site - http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lrnoah/NCOrange/ >

> Isn Isn't This a little prejudice - thought we were all past this. It didn't offend me. Helen > > > > >