Pat, Politics has nothing to do with it. It is the way it was handled. Athol At 10:36 AM 12/5/97 -0600, you wrote: >Jess, I agree with you completely. The view from outside edge of the ring >looks like too much *politics* in this organization. Sure am glad I >decided to do my own page, instead of taking on a county. >Pat McDonald >http://www.pcquandary.com/patie/patie.htm > >---------- >> From: Jess Lewis <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Toward a More Democratic TNGenWeb >> Date: Friday, December 05, 1997 1:48 AM >> >> Why is this a BIG DEAL ? Are we concerned about "Fame & Fortune", or >> Tennessee Genealogy ? >> None of us "elected" Billie, but we got on, just the same. Sometimes >> working on the "Mushroom Theory" (warm, in the dark, & fed horse stuff), >> but somehow it worked. >> The assistant coordinators aren't elected & that doesn't seem to be a >> problem. Besides, it would end up being a beauty pageant of a sort. >> I don't know these people, or their qualifications. How could I vote, >> intelligently ? I'm happy with someone at the national level,who >> hopefully, is aware of qualifications, making a choice. If I'm not >> happy, I can always go away & go back to doing genealogy, on my own. I >> want TnGen to succeed. Let's all give it a shot and see how it works out >> -- >> Jess Lewis >> http://www.cafes.net/jlewis/ << >> > > **************************************************************************** ******** Athol K. Foster Coordonator for Dekalb Co., Tn. <http://www.usit.net/tngenweb/dekalb/> My Home Page <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/3627>