Also, a reminder when you reply to change the subject line when you change the subject. This message, for example, would have been labeled "New High Speed Ferry" though not the subject. It helps people select what they want to read and makes is easy to find references to a particular subject later in the archive. ( _http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ORCADIA/_ (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ORCADIA/) ) Did something happen to Royce? or did we drive him off? I hope he's OK. Don't despair Pops. We're a pretty good lot. Just sometimes a little overexcited when we haven't talked for a while. It all pours out. Cheers Karen In a message dated 6/17/2010 11:35:21 A.M. Central Daylight Time, popsjackson@charter.net writes: "I also wonder why any one person would be designated the "administrator" among a group of free thinking and speaking individuals, and what "any means necessary" to stop a discussion of a particular topic might be. " ************ Rootsweb List administrators have existed as long as have the lists themselves. One reason for having administrators is to ensure that the Acceptable Use Policy (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/rootsweb/aup.html) established by Rootsweb (the folks who give us these lists at no expense to ourselves). Hateful speech, name calling and just plain ugliness of character are not allowed here. That's one "price" we pay for a free forum. By the way, list administrators are volunteers for the most part. Even when Rootsweb/Ancestry paid staff adopt lists as administrators, they do it as volunteers. No one is paid to administrate a list except for those which have not been officially adopted and require someone to at least "babysit" them to ensure enforcement of the AUP mentioned above. We give hours each day due to our love for genealogy and the enjoyment of participating in the Rootsweb/Ancestry community. Jim ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message