It was an outage caused by DDOS which hit Ancestry (who host rootsweb), a conspiracy of a nasty kind, but not under the control of the SoG. JK On 28 June 2014 13:17, <jjgduffus@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All > What a shame this was no brought up at the AGM last week, indeed it was a shame that this list seems to have been "down" for the pwriod leading up to AGM > > Julian Duffus > Sog member 1979 to present > > > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. > Original Message > From: Dave Beakhust > Sent: Saturday, 28 June 2014 00:03 > To: sog-uk@rootsweb.com > Reply To: sog-uk@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] FMP > > Else Churchill may be the person you want. Email Genealogy AT .... > > She is on twitter, too. > > > > On 27 June 2014 22:44:37 Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@powys.org> wrote: > >> On 27 Jun at 11:00, "Lin & David" <lin@boots1.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> >> > Its interesting to see continuing comments about the FMP. On 17 April >> > I sent the following email to the Chief Executive of the SOG using the >> > address 'ceo@sog.org.uk'. and received no reply. Whilst I do not >> > expect the SOG to share my views about FMP, or the need to express >> > concern, I was disappointed at the apparent lack of interest in >> > members views. I am sure Ms Perrin is a very busy individual but the >> > courtesy of a brief acknowledgement would have been nice! >> > >> > Lin >> >> Try sending it to the Genealogist or the chairman of trustees. The ceo >> looks after the administration of the Society. >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > ------------------------------------------ >> > >> > Dear Ms Perrin >> > >> > I have for years been a keen user of Find My Past and pleased that the >> > SoG has been associated with the company. However, as you may be >> > aware many members have expressed their disquiet and disappointment >> > following the launch of Find My Past's new system. I doubt you have >> > the time to routinely monitor the SOG members forum but their messages >> > do provide an eloquent description of the problems encountered. The >> > new system is slow, difficult to use, poorly designed and lacks many >> > of the search facilities of the previous version. It is so bad that >> > I cannot believe it was tested with the help of genealogists. A high >> > volume of complaints can be seen on its own website and on Facebook. >> > >> > The SoG is described as one of the FMP's partners. I feel the SoG's >> > reputation will be damaged by its continuing association with an >> > organisation which appears to have behaved with a lack of >> > professionalism, with little concern for its users or for the ease of >> > access to information provided by its partners. >> > >> > I am writing to ask whether the SoG has, or will be, making an >> > official representation to the company to express its concern. >> > >> > Regards Lin Howard >> > >> > (Member No. 011443) >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please >> > send an email to SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> > message >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@powys.org >> for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message