----forwarded message---- On Friday, September 10, 2004 7:46 PM [GMT+5=ET], Shari Handley <srh@tyaskin.com> wrote: > *1. Your name > Scott Burow > > *2. Your email address > sburow@swbell.net > > *3. A listing of all positions you currently hold in USGenWeb > > County Coordinator - Marion County, MO > County Coordinator - Ralls County, MO > County Coordinator - Richland County, IL > State Coordinator - The ILGenWeb Project > > *4. A listing of the URLs of all USGenWeb-affiliated web sites you > maintain. > > www.rootsweb.com/~momarion > www.rootsweb.com/~moralls > www.rootsweb.com/~ilrichla > www.ilgenweb.com > > > > *5. A statement telling the AB why you wish to be considered for this > position, and why you feel you would be the best candidate for it. > > I think that the county coordinators are the heart and soul of this > project. > We provide a service to people, we provide them information, help, and > guidance as County Coordinators. We locate people to help our website > visitors, lookup volunteers, and people with information. We supervise > the > websites, the message boards, and the mail lists, as well as generate, > and/or coordinate the information that brings people back to our > respective > websites. > . > As County Coordinators, we stand at the grassroots level of the > project. Without us, there wouldn't be much available to our visitors > and users. Our > voice needs to be heard, and respected, on the Advisory Board. > > Since the last elections, I've been listening. These are things that I > have > heard County Coordinators talking about in the last year or so: > > The problems of the past need to be resolved. > > The infighting and bickering between differing areas of the project > need to > be settled. > > The by-laws need to give some security to volunteers and county > coordinators. > > There needs to be improved lines of communication between the Advisory > Board > and State Coordinators and County Coordinators, and the rights and > responsiblities of each need to be clearly defined. > > Recent events at the AB level have caused legitimate concern for > USGenWeb > members. These concerns need to be addressed by the Advisory Board. > The process needs to be out in the open so that the members of the > USGenWeb are > aware of what's going on at the AB level. The current distrust does > no benefit to the project as a whole. > > These issues I've heard about and these are the things that I would > plan to > work on should I be a representative on the Advisory Board. > > The USGenWeb Project is the greatest organization for the genealogical > community, and the people that I've met here are the most incredible > and giving folk. This project has the potential to provide so much to > anyone who > needs or wants to research their family history, and the backbone of > that > whole process lies with the county coordinator. As RAL I'll be the > CC's voice on the Advisory Board, and I'll do my very best to have > their concerns > and issues heard. > > Thank you for your consideration. > > Scott Burow