I'm only forwarding this because I actually remember the e-mail thread he refers to and I don't see anywhere on this site where they ask for money. I got responses that referred to a CD that was worthless and for my life I'm unable to find it on www.usgenweb.us . Are we talking about the same site? --HJD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl Lytton" <projects@usgenweb.us> To: <h.degeorge@verizon.net> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 3:12 PM Subject: USGenWeb.us Server Project > Heather J. DeGeorge wrote in reguards to usgenweb.us: > > > I'm not sure I understand the problem...this > > all links back to our USGenWeb stuff. It would > > appear that someone at our USGenWeb made an > > attempt to ensure that some dirty rascal DIDN'T > > get their hands on this URL for no-good... > You are exactly right, Heather! :) And since I am not able to subscribe > to the State-Coord list and defend the accusations...maybe you would be > so kind as to straighten out the folks on the list, with the Truth. > > As was pointed out on the old ALL list last year, no one in the > USGenWeb wanted the usgenweb.us domain name. So...a group of USGenWeb > members bought it to ensure it would stay within the USGenWeb, and > leased a server for it. Upon this server, USGenWeb members come up with > and manage themselves, projects designed specifically to promote a > sense of community and comeradery within the USGenWeb such as the new > ALL list and OurHouse Chat; and to do what they can to help make the > USGenWeb a more efficient place for research, such as the state > navigation system, and Query Manager. > > > Was this done without the authority of the > > USGenWeb project? > CCs don't need to ask the AB for permission to do what they can with > their pages to help promote their State, County, Special Project, or > the USGenWeb itself, for the better of the Project...as is obviously > being done with the usgenweb.us server project :) There are several > other special projects where CCs have taken it upon themselves to > accomplish. It's better that the usgenweb.us project is under the > control of the Members, rather than the politics of the USGenWeb. The > usgenweb.us project serves the members and the public...not the AB. > > Thank You! > Daryl Lytton > projects@usgenweb.us > >