-------- Original Message -------- Subject: from the USGenWeb-ALL Archives Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 22:59:33 -0400 From: Diana Gale Matthiesen <dianagal@ufl.edu> To: listowners-L@rootsweb.com As my previous post will almost certainly result in my being locked out, I might as well go out with a bang. This message is in the USGenWeb-All archives, right here on RootsWeb. If you have any misgivings about putting this much power into the hands of a single person, you need to think twice about supporting this organization. Anyone who is passionate at all about their genealogical research knows that being locked out of all of RootsWebs resources is a devasting threat. But I will not have my right to free speech infringed upon by threats. I did not donate data to RootsWeb in order for it to be used as a weapon against individual genealogists. Diana ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 12:19:51 -0800 From: Brian Leverich <leverich@rootsweb.com> To: USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [USGENWEB-ALL-L] Re: OK, This is Enough Resent-Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 12:09:25 -0800 (PST) Resent-From: USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com RootsWeb has a responsibility to keep RootsWeb's servers operating. We owe that both to more than a quarter million users and to thousands of Webmasters, listowners, GenConnect board administrators, and other volunteers. Gratuitously hurtful and/or deliberately untrue posts made on this list and elsewhere at RootsWeb are making it difficult for RootsWeb to recruit and retain the system administrators and other staff who are essential to make this site work. Consequently, we have temporarily suspended the privileges of the following four users: Suzan Cook Pam Cresswell Carol Dean Teresa Lindquist Each individually has shown a pattern of behavior that we believe has caused hurt and discouraged others from contributing to the genealogical community. For the next 30 days, we ask that those four individuals not use any of RootsWeb's facilities. We also ask that other users of RootsWeb not forward traffic from those individuals to lists at RootsWeb or otherwise make RootsWeb accessible to those individuals. Should this policy be violated, RootsWeb will take whatever actions seem appropriate. After 30 days, on a case-by-case basis RootsWeb will consider restoring these individuals' privileges. Restoration of privileges will be contingent upon the person in question promising us that they will modify their behavior to be constructive and likely to lead to more, rather than fewer, resources being brought online for the use of the genealogical community. This is not the start of some great witchhunt by RootsWeb. In the last three years, we have suspended the privileges of only a handful of individuals. We don't expect that to change in the future. Thanks all, B. -- Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com ==== USGENWEB-ALL Mailing List ==== The USGenWeb Project is not a commercial project.