Susan, Thank you for sharing the email from Shari Handley with the NM's public email list. It's enlightening. I have a couple of comments if you will bear with me. First: Shari Handley is not an Advisory Board Member. Her comments should carry no more weight than any other USGWP Member. Second: She accuses Teresa of half truths and the public ridicule of others. Shari Handley's comments are exactly what she accuses Teresa of doing. She is holding a member up to ridicule. She present only one side of the issue which is a half-truth. Third: Ms. Handley's attempt to permanently punish Teresa Lindquist is not only un-American but un-Christian. It is also countering the spirit of the Bylaws. Fourth: I submit that it is the continued persecution of members who do not agree with the elite of USGWP that is driving those members to other projects and harming our organization. Fifth: Ms. Handley's demands that Teresa Lindquist amend her ways and bend to her will before restoring her to member in good standing. Teresa Lindquist has not to my knowledge used any official or unofficial USGWP email list to voice her concerns about the organizational and government of USGWP in any way other than honorable. What Teresa Lindquist does in her private life and on her private web sites is not the business of USGWP. To do otherwise is akin to a witch hunt and to McCarthyism and to blacklisting. Limiting a person's freedom to speak is not what USGWP should be about. Thank you, again for bringing her email to the members of NMGenWeb. Ms. Handley has a right to express her opinins but so does Teresa Linquest. Charles Barnum ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Bellomo" <susanbellomo@yahoo.com> To: <NMGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:23 AM Subject: Fw: [STATE-COORD] Motion 05-19 > FYI. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shari Handley" <srh@tyaskin.com> > To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 8:52 PM > Subject: [STATE-COORD] Motion 05-19 > > > Fellow State Coordinators, > > Tonight, I sent the following message to each of my Advisory Board > representatives: > > ====================================== > As my Advisory Board representatives, I'd like you to know that I object > most strenuously to Teresa Lindquist being restored to Member in Good > Standing status. Through her online writings, she has done much damage > to The USGenWeb Project, holding it and many of its members up to public > ridicule and scorn. Her innuendos, half-truths and outright lies have > caused many good volunteers to leave this project, or steer clear of it > altogether. Others have retreated away from active participation in > anything but their own little corner of the project to avoid becoming a > target of her "poison pen". > > There is no indication that she has "mended her ways", or that she > intends to do anything other than continue this damaging behavior. I > fail to see any wisdom in restoring Good Standing status to someone > whose actions continue to harm our organization. > > I respectfully ask you to vote NO on motion 05-19. > > Shari Handley > MDGenWeb State Coordinator > DEGenWeb State Coordinator > Delaware USGenWeb Archives File Manager > Somerset County, MDGenWeb CC > Wicomico County, MDGenWeb CC > Worcester County, MDGenWeb CC > Sussex County, DEGenWeb CC > ====================================== > > I urge you to join me in contacting your AB reps to ask for a NO vote on > 05-19. You can find their email addresses at > http://www.usgenweb.org/about/advisoryboard.shtml. > > Thank you, > > Shari Handley > >