I have posted to county mail lists and the State mail lists numerous times. While this has always been a good source to advertise, it has not been lucrative. I think that basically except for the BIG lists, they are near dead. Most people now use the message boards. This morning I used our FB page and so far haven't received a response. People really are not interested in doing sites now that we have familysearch.org, Ancestry, Seekingmichigan. Sorry to say, but I believe that the projects have been let go for to long and they are a dying breed. Essentially, I think we are just waiting for the last one to turn out the lights. So sad, but so true. Jan -----Original Message----- From: Pat Asher Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 3:48 PM To: state-coord@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] Texas Counties Available At 03:14 PM 8/8/2012, Shirley Cullum wrote: >The TXGenWeb Project has several counties available for adoption and is >looking for volunteers to maintain them. Please pass this on to your state >mail lists. Shirley, I know Arkansas is also looking for volunteers. I wonder if posting to the Rootsweb mailing lists for the specific counties might be a way to enlist new (and enthusiastic) volunteers for the organization. I know it would take some extra effort on the part of the SC. They would have to subscribe to the specific county lists in order to post -- but it might be one way to generate new members for the USGW as those who have done excellent work for years start to scale back, or think about retiring. Pat Asher SWSC CC Rep ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STATE-COORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 05:37 PM 8/8/2012, Jana Cortez wrote: >I have posted to county mail lists and the State mail lists numerous times. Jan, If you maintain communication across the multiple forums now available, good for you! I was just thinking that asking people via the USGW State lists is self limiting. It amounts to asking people who may already be maintaining multiple counties to take on another. If the USGW is to survive, we will always need to find new volunteers -- and that means finding ways to reach out to those people who may have the interest and the skills, but hadn't thought about volunteering for the the USGW as a way to contribute and further their personal interest in genealogy and history. Pat Asher SWSC CC Rep