The Election Committee wishes to add our apology to Larry Stephen's (following). The final official election results will be posted in a separate e-mail. Linda Davenport Chair, USGenWeb Election Committee ******* >From Larry Stephens My apologies for all the confusion and especially to Ms. Rippee and Ms. Wood. As I was changing some lines of code to count the run off (which required an edit of the code for the regular election) I edited the wrong line on this one race. The counting is complicated by people who voted twice. In some instances the first vote (all votes are time stamped) was empty, i.e., they clicked the submit button without checking any choices. I counted that as an error on their parts and allowed a second vote to count. If anyone was selected in the first vote then subsequent votes did not count. There were a number of password errors. When only one digit was off and everything else matched, I counted it. The likelihood of anyone getting several digits right by rnadom choice is about nil. In some case neither the password nor the email address matched anything I had so those were not counted. Then you had people voting in races they were not qualified to vote in, so that had to be sorted out. I started from scratch, re-did everything, wrote new algorithms, checked data manually (for duplicates, etc.) and the final counts are, I believe, exactly the same as before except for the one race that I messed up in the programming. The data is here; I'll keep it if anyone else wants to check it. Harrison 233 Rigdon 107 Epperson 74 Kelly 43 Kilgore 29 Oliver 37 Rippee 45 Wood 42 Again, I'm sorry for the mixup. Larry Stephens

Ladies and Gentlemen: A recount is underway in the Run-Off election. An announcement will be made as soon as the results of the recount are finalized. Please accept the EC's apology for this problem. Linda Davenport Chair, USGenWeb Election Committee

Congratulations to all the winners. nt -----Original Message----- From: lhaasdav@mindspring.com [mailto:lhaasdav@mindspring.com] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:59 AM To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Run-Off Election Results The 2002 Run-Off Election for Advisory Board Representatives is declared ended. The following are the results of the Run-Off Election. National Coordinator: Total Votes: 340 Richard Harrison: 233 John Rigdon: 107 The Election Committee hereby declares Richard Harrison the winner. Northwest Plains Regional County Coordinator Representative: Total Votes: 66 Gail Meyer Kilgore: 29 Bill Oliver: 37 The Election Committee hereby declares Bill Oliver the winner. Southeast Mid Atlantic Regional County Coordinator Representative: Total Votes: 117 Jimmy Epperson: 74 Diane Kelly: 43 The Election Committee hereby declares Jimmy Epperson the winner. Southwest South Central Regional State Coordinator Representative: Total Votes: 47 Phyllis Rippee: 4 Bettie Wood: 43 The Election Committee hereby declares Bettie Wood the winner. The full results of the Annual Election and the Run-Off Election will be available later today at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/ The Election Committee wishes to thank everyone who voted and the Candidates for their participation and willingness to serve. USGenWeb Project Election Committee

The 2002 Run-Off Election for Advisory Board Representatives is declared ended. The following are the results of the Run-Off Election. National Coordinator: Total Votes: 340 Richard Harrison: 233 John Rigdon: 107 The Election Committee hereby declares Richard Harrison the winner. Northwest Plains Regional County Coordinator Representative: Total Votes: 66 Gail Meyer Kilgore: 29 Bill Oliver: 37 The Election Committee hereby declares Bill Oliver the winner. Southeast Mid Atlantic Regional County Coordinator Representative: Total Votes: 117 Jimmy Epperson: 74 Diane Kelly: 43 The Election Committee hereby declares Jimmy Epperson the winner. Southwest South Central Regional State Coordinator Representative: Total Votes: 47 Phyllis Rippee: 4 Bettie Wood: 43 The Election Committee hereby declares Bettie Wood the winner. The full results of the Annual Election and the Run-Off Election will be available later today at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/ The Election Committee wishes to thank everyone who voted and the Candidates for their participation and willingness to serve. USGenWeb Project Election Committee

Forwarded as requested. Tina Vickery ----- Original Message ----- From: W. David Samuelsen <dsam@sampubco.com> To: Tina S Vickery <tsvickery@adelphia.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 2:29 AM Subject: Re: www.beseen.com shutting down > Tina, can you forward this to the State coordinator list? Only > Wisconsin & Oregon got this notice that I know of. - David > > http://www.beseen.com/ - shutting down on August 19th. > > There are good number of CCs who are using Beseen.com counters > including their message boards. > > Permission is granted to forward to all appropriate lists. > > W. David Samuelsen

Ladies and Gentlemen. A reminder that the Run-Off election ends Friday Aug 16th at 9:00 am CT. If you have not yet voted the Election Committee encourages you to please go vote. The ballot URL is listed in your password announcement. Results of the Run-Off Election will be announced Friday afternoon. If you did not received a password please notify the EC at usgenwebec@mindspring.com. Candidate's page http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/2002candidates.html Thank you The USGenWeb Election Committee

At 05:27 AM 8/11/02 -0400, you wrote: >My fellow SCs and ASCs (CCd to INGenWeb list), <snip> There was an statement made last week in a post on the SC list that my >volunteerism in the military is not necessary for the maintenance of our >rights as Americans, because we have a Constitution. Just for fun, read the >following: > >Chapter III Fundamental Rights and Duties > Article 19 [Equality] >(a) Citizens are equal before the law, without discrimination because of >sex, blood, language, social origin, or religion. >(b) Equal opportunities are guaranteed to all citizens, according to the >law. <snip> Sounds good, huh? Think you may want to live under that? Well, this >extract is from the Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, >Germany website on International Constitutional Law at >http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/law/iz00000_.html. It is extracted from the >text of the Iraqi "Interim Constitution" dated 1990. Doesn't sound so good >anymore now does it? Still want to live there? They have a Constitution to >defend your right to speech there. The implication that the volunteerism of >any individual to defend our rights as American Citizens is unnecessary just >because we have a Constitution is ludicrous, offensive and downright >ignorant. Um, no. I said: "I don't need your volunteerism to defend my right of speech. I have the Constitution for that." Perhaps I should have said I don't need YOUR - as in YOU, volunteering to join the service to defend my right of free speech. I have the United States Constitution for that. I did not infer just any old country's constitution. The United States Constitution has withstood the test of time. Why? Because in the past and now more or less now we have benefit of the protection of the Almighty. >Almost everybody has a Constitution. It is the people that back >it up that matter. Um, no, it is the rule of law that backs up the Constitution. It is respect for that rule of law that holds our society together, not the military. In other countries, such as your beloved Iraq, the military does run the country but not here, not yet at least. >Those of us in the military, and many who are not >volunteer to give our lives on a daily basis, no matter where we are >stationed, so American people, many of whom actually appreciate it, can >enjoy their lives in a manner that they have become accustomed to. If you want to be in the military, fine. But please don't suppose that we would fall apart if the volunteer army fell flat on it's face. For if we get in a pickle we can restart the draft in short order. >Many of us, myself included, are awake all night so you can sleep. Don't look >now, but America and her allies are outnumbered. Pick a language, Arabic, >Hindi/Urdu, Baluchi, Chinese, Dari... Being outnumbered doesn't mean diddly. As long as we are not out gunned or as long as we have our American spirit, drive and determination - we will never be conquered. So all fear mongers can go elsewhere. >If those of us who volunteer were gone, do you think your dreams would be as sweet? Yes, I'd sleep just fine. Why? Because I have a greater power than the United States government, the US military, the local constables watching over me. For those of you on this list who think I'm dissing Mr. Hays - I am not putting down the US military or the US government. What I am trying to say is that the military is not the be all end all of our way of life. I am also saying that he can come off his high horse about how what he thinks he does for me - and that I disagree with his presumption of what it is he thinks he does for me. Tim

My fellow SCs and ASCs (CCd to INGenWeb list), First, I would like to be the first to welcome Tom Agan, my replacement as SC of INGenWeb. He has been the CC for Orange County INGenWeb (one of the best sites in the entire USGenWeb project!) for longer than I can remember. To my knowledge, he is not on the SC list yet, but should be soon. This will be my last post to the SC list (please hold your applause til the end). I have no reason to make more, Tom will taking over this coming week. I wish that I could say this has been a fun ride. It was anything but. When I became SC of INGenWeb 2 years ago, my wife was pregnant, and we were stationed in different states. I was not happy, but I had lots of free time. I took on far to much while I had that free time. Then came major moves in 6 months, halfway across the country with the first and the rest of the way with the second. Last year after we were stationed together again it began to dawn on me that I really had too much to do and not near enough time. Trying to explain to my toddlers why Mommy wasn't here right after September 11 because "she had to help clean up the mess that the mean people left" really sealed that deal. I was working evenings and only seeing my children 3 days a week. That was not satisfactory either, so I changed shifts about 2.5 months ago. However, this eliminated 75% of the time I have to spend online. Something had to give. So as you can see, contrary to an post by somebody on the SC list last week, this retirement is not to spend more time on any project that I am a member of. It is to spend more time with my family. Pardon me, but they are far more important than any project. This is not to say that I am going away. I will be keeping a most of my county sites (hopefully not spread out so far). I may be back on this list some day when my children are older and I have fewer better things to do. I will obviously be doing some work with Migrations. Since it is largely automated, and there are couple of people helping out, hopefully it will not be such a drain that I have to get rid of it. Migrations is nothing more than a tool to track people as they move. If there was any competion, there would not be links on EVERY SINGLE page to USGenWeb. Migrations is completely non-political, that's why there is no mail list for it. I will not tolerate the diverse people that we are pulling together to fight with one another over any portion of the project. I have seen what such dissonance has done to USGenWeb, and it is a shame. It is because of the constant bickering and fighting that there are so many groups that have splintered off of USGenWeb. That being said, I hope that in the future, we County Coordinators can get rid of the useless fighting in USGenWeb. There is no point to it. It is a counterproductive waste of energy. There was an statement made last week in a post on the SC list that my volunteerism in the military is not necessary for the maintenance of our rights as Americans, because we have a Constitution. Just for fun, read the following: Chapter III Fundamental Rights and Duties Article 19 [Equality] (a) Citizens are equal before the law, without discrimination because of sex, blood, language, social origin, or religion. (b) Equal opportunities are guaranteed to all citizens, according to the law. Article 20 [Criminal Trial] (a) An accused is presumed to be innocent, until proved guilty at a legal trial. (b) The right of defense is sacred, in all stages of proceedings and prosecution. (c) Courts sessions are public, unless it becomes secret by a court's decision. ... Article 22 [Dignity, Personal Integrity, Arrest, Home] (a) The dignity of man is safeguarded. It is inadmissible to cause any physical or psychological harm. (b) It is inadmissible to arrest a person, to stop him, to imprison him or to search him, except in accordance with the rules of the law. (c) Homes have their sanctity. It is inadmissible to enter or search them, except in accordance with the rules of the law. ... Article 25 [Religion] Freedom of religion, faith, and the exercise of religious rites, is guaranteed, in accordance with the rules of constitution and laws and in compliance with morals and public order. Article 26 [Expression, Association] The Constitution guarantees freedom of opinion, publication, meeting, demonstrations and formation of political parties, syndicates, and societies in accordance with the objectives of the Constitution and within the limits of the law. The State ensures the considerations necessary to exercise these liberties, which comply with the revolutionary, national, and progressive trend. Sounds good, huh? Think you may want to live under that? Well, this extract is from the Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany website on International Constitutional Law at http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/law/iz00000_.html. It is extracted from the text of the Iraqi "Interim Constitution" dated 1990. Doesn't sound so good anymore now does it? Still want to live there? They have a Constitution to defend your right to speech there. The implication that the volunteerism of any individual to defend our rights as American Citizens is unnecessary just because we have a Constitution is ludicrous, offensive and downright ignorant. Almost everybody has a Constitution. It is the people that back it up that matter. Those of us in the military, and many who are not volunteer to give our lives on a daily basis, no matter where we are stationed, so American people, many of whom actually appreciate it, can enjoy their lives in a manner that they have become accustomed to. Many of us, myself included, are awake all night so you can sleep. Don't look now, but America and her allies are outnumbered. Pick a language, Arabic, Hindi/Urdu, Baluchi, Chinese, Dari... If those of us who volunteer were gone, do you think your dreams would be as sweet? I wish you all a peaceful and thoughtful coexistance. TTFN. Holly, please unsub me, and sub Tom to the SC list. Patrick Hays outgoing SC http://www.ingenweb.net CC http://home.ix.netcom.com/~gsdownr/usgw/hancock1.html CC http://home.ix.netcom.com/~gsdownr/usgw/daviess1.html CC http://home.ix.netcom.com/~gsdownr/usgw/jefferson1.html CC http://home.ix.netcom.com/~gsdownr/usgw/custer1.html Co-CC http://users.rootsweb.com/~inblackf/ Co-CC http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimecost/ Founder http://www.migrations.org

I have added your site to our "Misc Links" page. If you decide you do not want it listed please let me know and I will take it down sooner than I put it up. www.rootsweb.com/~ohhuron/links.htm At 01:51 PM 1/30/02 -0500, you wrote: > I have a website to share that I made last year to assist in finding the >county names that are required and so often missing from Migrations entries. >I think that it will be useful to other people as well. I have been keeping >this pretty much to myself for a while, but guess I could share it with >other people. My fear was that somebody would see that I linked directly to >their site and ask me to remove that link. If that happens, I'll simply >take the site down and move it to another place to keep for myself again. >What I am looking for are placename sites for the states that are unlinked >(Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, >Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New >Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, >Virginia and West Virginia). I have several general sites that I go to to >look for information about those states listed above, but find that a >specific state search can be so much better when looking for really obscure >places. >http://www.migrations.org/atlas.html > >Patrick Hays >http://www.ingenweb.net >http://www.migrations.org Peace, Judy Chapin Kelble Assistant State Coordinator - OHGenWeb http://www.scioto.org/OHGenWeb Webmaster, List Owner, & Past President - Huron County Chapter/OGS http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohhuron Webmaster - Oberlin High School Class of 1960 http://www.oberlin-high.org/1960 Webmaster - OHGenWeb Research Exchange http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohresrch

I contacted Yvonne last month... addresses: http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001.html#0000134 Best, nt -----Original Message----- From: Joy Fisher [mailto:sdgenweb@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 9:16 AM To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD-L] Yvonne James-Henderson The address daisy@usroots.com bounces, too. --- "Derick S. Hartshorn" <derickh@charter.net> wrote: > At 02:41 AM 7/20/02, Nancy T R I C E wrote: > >Has anyone heard from Yvonne recently? Her aol > addy <ymjh@aol.com> > >has been bouncing the past week. > > > >nt > > I just saw this-sorry for delay. > I show these addresses for Yvonne: > daisy@goddessschool.com and > daisy@usroots.com > > > > > > > > > Derick S. Hartshorn > State Coordinator, NCGenWeb Project > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com

The address daisy@usroots.com bounces, too. --- "Derick S. Hartshorn" <derickh@charter.net> wrote: > At 02:41 AM 7/20/02, Nancy T R I C E wrote: > >Has anyone heard from Yvonne recently? Her aol > addy <ymjh@aol.com> > >has been bouncing the past week. > > > >nt > > I just saw this-sorry for delay. > I show these addresses for Yvonne: > daisy@goddessschool.com and > daisy@usroots.com > > > > > > > > > Derick S. Hartshorn > State Coordinator, NCGenWeb Project > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com

At 02:41 AM 7/20/02, Nancy T R I C E wrote: >Has anyone heard from Yvonne recently? Her aol addy <ymjh@aol.com> >has been bouncing the past week. > >nt I just saw this-sorry for delay. I show these addresses for Yvonne: daisy@goddessschool.com and daisy@usroots.com Derick S. Hartshorn State Coordinator, NCGenWeb Project

Ohio is the only state with a Gallia County. Gallipolis is the county seat. It is located in southeastern Ohio along the Ohio river. It is about a thirty-five minute drive from my house. Les At 01:58 AM 08/08/2002 -0400, you wrote: >I've a note from a visitor who is either seeking a place >called Gallia, CO or a county by the name of Gallia. > >Either way I don't know of such. > >If you have such in your state would you please contact me so that >I can get it sent to the appropriate person? > >Thanks, > > >Tim Stowell tstowell@chattanooga.net >Chattanooga, TN > > >

I've a note from a visitor who is either seeking a place called Gallia, CO or a county by the name of Gallia. Either way I don't know of such. If you have such in your state would you please contact me so that I can get it sent to the appropriate person? Thanks, Tim Stowell tstowell@chattanooga.net Chattanooga, TN

At 01:58 AM 8/8/2002 -0400, you wrote: >I've a note from a visitor who is either seeking a place >called Gallia, CO or a county by the name of Gallia. > >Either way I don't know of such. > >If you have such in your state would you please contact me so that >I can get it sent to the appropriate person? > >Thanks, > > >Tim Stowell tstowell@chattanooga.net >Chattanooga, TN There is a Gallia county in Ohio. -Isaiah Richard "Isaiah" Harrison Candidate for USGW National Coordinator :: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/nc/index.htm Visit The Art Department :: http://ourworld.cs.com/EncinitasArt/index.htm

Could you two guys take this off list? Joan ,.-,.-:*'``'*:-.,,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,,_,.-:*'``' *:-.,,_, Joan M. Brausch Midland MI Clare County MIGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~miclare/ Homepage: http://home.earthlink.net/~brauschj ,.-:*'``'*:-.,,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,,_,.-:*'``'*:- .,,_ Duct tape is like 'the force.' It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together. ---Anonymous ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 7:58 AM Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Re: Petition???... Recall??? Sorry, you can't do that! > At 11:08 PM 7/29/02 -0400, you wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Tim Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> > >To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> > > > ><snip> > >> <snip> Til then, > >> >get this garbage off this list and stop f***ing fighting! Don't you > >people > >> >know what volunteer service is all about? > >> > >> Apparently you don't. Cussing the help isn't recommended. > > > > I did not cuss. I left the word for whoever read to fill in however > >they saw fit. By you filling in the blanks in the manner you did, we know > >exactly where your mind is and what you are thinking about. No matter how > >you filled it in, this incessant fighting garbage still doesn't belong on > >this list. > > You would be wrong. > > Apparently, in Indiana or wherever you are from, you are unaware of the > common usage of *** stars or some symbol to denote letters that if used > would not allow the language to be used in either polite or mixed company. > > You may ASSUME all you wish what I may have filled your stars in with but > doing so only shows you to be the first half of that word. Therefore you > have no idea where my mind may have been or what I may have used for there > are several possible fill-ins. If you picked one for me, aka putting words > in my mouth then they would be your words, not mine. > > >Patrick Hays > >http://www.ingenweb.net > > > >ps: I would have to say that I know far more about volunteer service than > >you can imagine, Mr. Stowell. I have volunteered and continue to volunteer > >to give my life for my country and defend the right for you to say what you > >want, no matter how much I may disagree with you. I think that on this > >list, you should stick to the subject at hand... volunteer genealogy, and > >not try to call into question what you can not know. > > Apparently you must be volunteering to fight for the wrong set of ideals if > you would not allow private citizens the right of petition. > > I don't need your volunteerism to defend my right of speech. I have the > Constitution for that. > > As for your last sentence, please take that to heart yourself - stop trying > to dream up what folks might think of your less than polite talk. If you > can't say it right out then don't bother starring it. > > Finally, it was a strange way of showing loyalty to our organization, instead > of working with our structure by creating a special project that > one would start another copycat organization. Now that retirement nears I > suppose one can dedicate more time by migrating there. > > Tim >

At 11:08 PM 7/29/02 -0400, you wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tim Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> >To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> > ><snip> >> <snip> Til then, >> >get this garbage off this list and stop f***ing fighting! Don't you >people >> >know what volunteer service is all about? >> >> Apparently you don't. Cussing the help isn't recommended. > > I did not cuss. I left the word for whoever read to fill in however >they saw fit. By you filling in the blanks in the manner you did, we know >exactly where your mind is and what you are thinking about. No matter how >you filled it in, this incessant fighting garbage still doesn't belong on >this list. You would be wrong. Apparently, in Indiana or wherever you are from, you are unaware of the common usage of *** stars or some symbol to denote letters that if used would not allow the language to be used in either polite or mixed company. You may ASSUME all you wish what I may have filled your stars in with but doing so only shows you to be the first half of that word. Therefore you have no idea where my mind may have been or what I may have used for there are several possible fill-ins. If you picked one for me, aka putting words in my mouth then they would be your words, not mine. >Patrick Hays >http://www.ingenweb.net > >ps: I would have to say that I know far more about volunteer service than >you can imagine, Mr. Stowell. I have volunteered and continue to volunteer >to give my life for my country and defend the right for you to say what you >want, no matter how much I may disagree with you. I think that on this >list, you should stick to the subject at hand... volunteer genealogy, and >not try to call into question what you can not know. Apparently you must be volunteering to fight for the wrong set of ideals if you would not allow private citizens the right of petition. I don't need your volunteerism to defend my right of speech. I have the Constitution for that. As for your last sentence, please take that to heart yourself - stop trying to dream up what folks might think of your less than polite talk. If you can't say it right out then don't bother starring it. Finally, it was a strange way of showing loyalty to our organization, instead of working with our structure by creating a special project that one would start another copycat organization. Now that retirement nears I suppose one can dedicate more time by migrating there. Tim

It is my privilege and pleasure to introduce to those of you who don't already know the changes in the North Carolina project team: Derick Hartshorn - State Coordinator Paul D. Buckley, Elizabeth Harris and Angie Rayfield - ASCs. Ron Eason is Personnel Coordinator. Congratulations to each of you. Tim Stowell SE/MA SC Rep

Hi all, fyi... our server is down due to a network DNS situation at my hosting facility. Hopefully they'll have it resolved very soon..... Nate PAGenWeb SC

Thanks to everyone for the congratulations offered. I am extremely proud of the award and send out my thanks to everyone who sent in a letter of support. Regards, nt My Registry Number: http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001.html#0000001 Help fight spam . . . get yours today: http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/index.html