Very nice note, Derick. Ellen At 05:42 PM 12/16/2002 -0500, you wrote: >In an attempt to protect the NCGenWeb Project from a mass outage, I made >the decision to set an end date to dead pages. Not recognizing the impact >on other states, a shut-off date for de-linking pages was set for 31 Dec >midnite. I have received many explanations and suggestions on this matter. >I have thoughtfully read them, and will look at this situation from a >different perspective. > >Anyone having NCGenWeb Project pages housed on the USGenNet server will >not experience de-linking on any specific date due to hardware/software >situations beyond their control. At the same time, the NCGWP Board stands >ready to assist with short-term solutions to server problems for anyone >who asks. > >If this has resulted in any anxiety on the part of any CC, I am sorry. > > >Derick S. Hartshorn >NCGenWeb State Coordinator >nc@usgenweb.org > >Visit the NC home page at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/ >

At 11:53 AM 12/17/02, you wrote: >Very nice note, Derick. Ellen, Thanks very much. I have never forgotten how you jumped my case sometime back. It hurt--but you were right--really and truly! I hated to admit it at the time. I guess that's because of my rebel (SCV) tendencies. I have always rooted for the under-dog. I always hated injustice and unnecessary violence. I have always despised back-stabbers, crooks, shysters, intimidators and frauds. I'm no goody-goody but I believe in what's right. You have been in this Project as long as I have and I respect your opinion and judgement. And and I listen when you speak. When you accused me of being reactive I tried to become more subjective and less judgemental. I *really* tried hard to be more pro-active and more understanding. During the current USGenNet outage the only person who was off-line without accepting assistance from our Project was Diane Mason Kelly. I worked with Tracy Putnam (Craven Co, NCGWP-now on http://www.carolinacuzins.org/) to help her get established. She was the only other CC in our Project served by USGenNet to remain down that I am aware of. Diane's characterization of our leadership and motives makes me very uncomfortable. In an attempt to gain support for her personal grievances, Diane has actually resorted to posting to anonymous folks on the Hyde Co (genealogical) list. She has sought to use them as her sympathetic foils. (see http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/NCHYDE/2002-12/1040093602 and the same thread) Could it be that all four of our past and present NC State Coordinators have been wrong all along and that Diane was right? All of us have been assailed by Diane for a variety of grievances; too many to reference here. I have honestly tried to find a single post on the NC archive lists or any other ones where Diane has been anything but critical, confrontive or abusive. None of her posts are of genealogical or historical relevance and she has never appeared to contribute anything constructive or substantive on her public posts. She publicly stated that transcribing is in some way, demeaning. Her supporters post negative e-mails and little else. On public lists her demeanor has been combative and confrontive. She tries to use unsuspecting Eastern NC researchers to support her plaintive cries of "discrimination." She sheds crocodile tears ("...they all dislike me...") and portrays herself as the aggrieved party. In the latest Hyde County "Crocodile Tears Daily," Diane focuses on several critical negative references to me. Her supporters don't know a blessed thing about me--and they haven't--from the git-go. Yet Diane has them hypnotized into writing hate mail to me. One even called me a "newcomer." HA ! (Check my name on Google). Another accused me of persecuting Diane. Fortunately common sense has prevailed and she has been unsubbed from yet another list by the attentive list-owners. I have been accused of being: a reactionary / a pacifist, a wild-eyed liberal / a reactionary conservative, a trouble-maker / a pacifier, a usurper / a uniter, a dictator / a volunteer. Funny thing is, most of my detractors are either very cozy with Diane or with her organizations. Actually, since Diane is the President of WebRoots (USGenWeb.us) and ncroots.com, it's difficult to tell whose-who without a score card. Check it out for yourselves. Don't take my word for it. Ask the former members of the defunct IIGS about their tragic history and their association with Mr. Daryl Lytton. Check the following archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/USGENWEB-ALL http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/USGENWEB-DISCUSS http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/NCGENWEB-DISCUSS http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/NCHYDE/2002-12 http://www.ncroots.com/ <<please check these sites to evaluate their content> That's not the whole story. After serving (surviving?) as Acct./Asst. NCGWP SC with Sharon Williamson (1999-2001), and Elizabeth Harris, before her (1997-1999), I was elected in a run-off election as No. Car. State Coordinator, July, 2002. I immediately came in contact with an individual named Daryl Lytton who recommended that a certain Maggie Olson become a CC of one of our counties. The recommendation seemed legitimate and harmless enough. Only later did we discover that Maggie was a figment of Daryl's fertile imagination. He was subsequently expelled from the NCGenWeb for fraud, deceit and activities detrimental to the NCGenWeb Project by a unanimous vote of the NCGenWeb Project Board. He continues to threaten me personally, in veiled tones, suggesting libel charges, as well as ominous threats of "...there is still time to step down..." (as a matter of public record--as are all of my sources) See http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/USGENWEB-ALL/, Digest V02 Issue #4881, 2 Sept 2002 Re: There is still time....] Since Mr. Lytton has been banished from our Project, this matter is, for the moment, behind us. Problem is, we still have another issue to deal with. It seems that Ms. Diane (Mason) Kelly, founding President of Daryl's privately owned domain, Webroots.org, Inc., continues to occupy this position as well as being the CC of five Eastern NCGWP counties. Daryl has now stolen the Service Mark of the USGENWEB PROJECT and has bought the usgenweb.us domain. Man, talk about chutzpah !!! I am a great supporter of the free enterprise system but something here just doesn't spell M-O-T-H-E-R. Please go to the references contained in http://webpages.charter.net/derickh/exposure.htm . This was provided to me by an anonymous individual whom I really thank: Thanks Damon! Diane, under the pseudonym "Beaufort," was a joint signator (along with Daryl and the erstwhile Lt. Col.) in a libel charge against the National Coordinator, the AB and just about anyone connected with the Project. (See http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/USGENWEB-ALL/2002-07/1026348950 ) and other messages archived under the NCGENWEB-DISCUSS-L Archives, Jul-Sep, 2002. Make your own judgements Rather than burn up bandwith, please check: http://webpages.charter.net/derickh/exposure.htm This pretty well explains the plight of the NCGenWeb Project and the accompanying waste of good volunteerism time, blithely unknown to the rest of this USGWProject. Hopefully my presence on the USGWP By-Laws Committee will not be for nought and we can get back to serving the public. Regarding my feeling of late, I seriously considered telling Isaiah Harrison, our NC, to take this SC job and shove it. The pay sucks, the complaints are asinine, the detractors border on being anarchists and dwarfs and it just plain doesn't make me feel good. Before this, I wrote books, transcribed documents, penned journal articles and had fun. Why do I endure this?? And for what???? I have asked myself the same question--as has my wife. Besides being a lightning rod and a glutton for punishment, I still enjoy meeting the hard-working folks that make this Project the ultimate "WORTH-WHILE." Anyway, Ellen, your initial admonitions to me have helped me become less reactive and confrontive but hopefully, no less expressive. Anyone choosing to donate to my legal defense fund to defend against libel lawsuits filed by webroots or their ilk--forget it. I have enough screen-captures and traces, URLS, witnesses, and have documented more than enough evidence to prevail in any court in the land against any of the idiots that cause turmoil within these all-volunteer organizations. Do you think I need an ego boost? Guess again!!! Legal threats??? I say, BRING IT ON!!!!! Best wishes, --Derick NC SC *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* For more Catawba County, NC help, queries, resources and lookups, visit our NCGenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/ Subscribe to "West of the Catawba" mail list -- 500+ subscribers! To learn of other genealogical resources provided by RootsWeb, see: http://www.rootsweb.com/ *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* =============================================================================================== At 11:53 AM 12/17/02, you wrote: >Very nice note, Derick. > >Ellen > >At 05:42 PM 12/16/2002 -0500, you wrote: >>In an attempt to protect the NCGenWeb Project from a mass outage, I made >>the decision to set an end date to dead pages. Not recognizing the impact >>on other states, a shut-off date for de-linking pages was set for 31 Dec >>midnite. I have received many explanations and suggestions on this >>matter. I have thoughtfully read them, and will look at this situation >>from a different perspective. >> >>Anyone having NCGenWeb Project pages housed on the USGenNet server will >>not experience de-linking on any specific date due to hardware/software >>situations beyond their control. At the same time, the NCGWP Board stands >>ready to assist with short-term solutions to server problems for anyone >>who asks. >> >>If this has resulted in any anxiety on the part of any CC, I am sorry. >> >> >>Derick S. Hartshorn >>NCGenWeb State Coordinator >>nc@usgenweb.org >> >>Visit the NC home page at: >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/ *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* For more Catawba County, NC help, queries, resources and lookups, visit our NCGenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/ Subscribe to "West of the Catawba" mail list -- 500+ subscribers! To learn of other genealogical resources provided by RootsWeb, see: http://www.rootsweb.com/ *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*