Bob, I don't have much geneology experience or a very free schedule but if it only takes 1/2 hour I bet I could keep up for 1 month at time. You can add me as a co-Manager. Kimberly (Tallmon) Knutson TALLMON STRONG GREEN LEBO DAVISON EMMONS MARK ECKMAN Robert T. Strong, Jr. wrote: > > =================================================== > > Russell L. (Russ) Laird <[email protected]> deserves your > thanks for serving as Co-Manager for the Strong Mail List for > the month of August, despite a very busy work schedule and > other family responsibilities. > > LaRee Nooner had been sheduled to serve as Co-Manager in > Septemeber but, since she has not re-subscribed since taking > a vacation trip in June, I will be serving in September, > instead. > > Previously I have announced that I will be cancelling my > subscription to the Strong Mail List effective after my current > "tour of duty" as Co-Manager. Due to significant health > problems, I feel obligated to devote my energies to completing > the preparation of my genealogical notes for publication, > probably on the World Wide Web. I will continue to be actively > engaged in the maintenance of my two Strong web sites plus > the Strong Roots Database in collaboration with James (Jim) > Gilbert. > > This will leave only two Co-Managers: Theresa Land and Russell > Laird. There is a critical and urgent need for a two or more > subscribers to volunteer to assist as Co-Managers. > > The duty of the Co-Manager is primarily to manage daily > administrative details, such as assisting folks to subscribe or > to cancel their subscriptions, especially when they send their > commands to "STRONG-L" rather than to "STRONG-L-request". > This can be done in about 30 minutes per day. The total > transactions (subscriptions plus cancellations) have been > totaling less than two per day: about 50 per month. Most of > these require no intervention by the Co-Manager. > > Want you please help!!! Contact the List Owner, Theresa Lang > <[email protected]> if your are willing to volunteer. Russ and I > are available to discuss this with you or, if you volunteer, to > provide advice if and when needed. > > The more people who volunteer, the less often each has to serve > as the Co-Manager of the Month. > > The current rotation schedule, revised, is posted in a footer to > this message. > > Any assistance will be most gratefully appreciated by the > current "staff" of the Strong Mail List. > > I feel assured that some natural discussion leaders will emerge > from within the group. Any subscriber can stimulate > discussions. All it takes is a little effort. In the past we > have been most fortunate to have informal discussion leaders > such as John Richard Mayer [now deceased] and David B. (Dave) > Strong. Dave has recently returned home from several months "on > the road" and will likely be a more active participant in the > discussions in the coming months. > > If you have a topic you would like to have discussed on the > Strong Mail List, present it to the group in a message and see > what happens. You might be pleasantly surprised! If you don't > post your ancestor charts and your queries, you are not likely > to receive much assistance in your personal research from other > Strong Mail List subscribers. > > If it has been over three months since you last posted your > query on the Strong Mail List, post it again with some changes > that might attract attention, such as a more accurate Subject > line. There are about 25-30 new subscribers, including > re-subscribers each month, so there are probably many > subscribers who have never seen you original post. Remember, > the more details you share, the more likely someone will be able > to recognize a connection to your family. And by sharing, your > data becomes preserved in the archived messages. > > "BoB T." > Retiring Co-Manager > > Robert T. (Bob) Strong, Jr. > 119 Mystic Way > Madison, AL 35757-8801 > > ================================================= > CO-MANAGERS, Strong Mail List: > > Robert T. Strong <[email protected]> (SEP 98) > Theresa Lang <[email protected]> (OCT 98) > Russell Laird <[email protected]> (NOV 98) > ================================================= > > ==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > ======================================================== > THE STRONG QUEST (including The Strong Mail List web site) > http://ro.com/~rts2/quest > http://members.tripod.com/~RTStrong/Quest/index.html > > Policies and procedures for the Strong Mail List. > Ancestor / Descendancy Charts of subscribers and visitors. > Repository for Strong data and documents. > Links to Strong websites, research tools, etc. > ========================================================== > A STRONG HERITAGE: The Strong-Gossage Ancestral Database > http://ro.com/~rts2/ancestry > http://members.tripod.com/~RTStrong/Ancestry > > Ancestors of Robert T. (Bob) Strong, Jr., and Velma > (Gossage) Strong. Earliest Strong ancestor: John > Strong, Sr., of St. Peter's Parish, VA, circa 1700. > Notes, containing sources, included. > ========================================================