Hi everyone, First of all, Thank You Billie. Billie gave me lots of help and advice when I first started the Blount County pages last year. Welcome Bridget. I'm sure you will do a good job and I'll support you in any way I can. Jim, the only problem that I see with your election system is that many of us don't know what all the SC's job requires and what do we do if that person is not truely qualified to do the job? Electing Assistant SC's might be a good idea...if we have 2 or 3 then if one of them isn't up to the job then they have time to learn or freedom to resign. In the future, perhaps a beter system would be having the National Coordinator suggest 1 or 2 people involved in the project who are qualified to do the job and then ask for our input or support before it is official. There seem to be a lot of toes stepped on here and that might avoid this situation in the future. Denise Jim Pulley wrote: > > I've just been scanning all the messages being posted about the State > Coordinator > position. To some it's a "bloodless" coup; as for me, I'm not concerned. > I feel sure that the person named is well qualifed. However, we County > Coordinators ought to have more say in who gets the position. Democracy > has made our country a great > place to live - we ought to incorporate it into TNGenWeb. > > We County Coordinators could rebel against and refuse to work with the new > person, but I don't think that would do much for TNGenWeb - such action > could well jeopardize the project. > > Let me propose that we move toward a more democratically run organization > as follows: > > I move that we accept the newly named person. I further move that a month > from now we have an election for assistants to the State Coordinator (SC) - > at least two. These assistants would work closely with the SC, helping in > the decision making, and when necessary, filling in for the SC. Anyone > wishing to be on the ballot for assistant would submit their qualifications > on this forum - this to be the only campaigning allowed. > > I further move that we have an election one year from now for the State > Coordinator position. Those assistants which we elected would have gained > the knowledge and > some experience that would give them give them a valuable qualification for > the > the SC position should they decide to run in the election. However, any > County > Coordinator or interested person could choose to enter the race because of > the way our election would be carried out (as I further move in the next > paragraph). > > I move that in the election one year from now the person receiving the most > votes for > SC be considered to be elected as such. The next highest vote would be > elected > as an assistant, and the next and the next, until the number of assistant > positions are filled. > > Anyone else have any ideas? > > Jim Pulley > Wilson Co. CC