Mornin' Thanks Athol for posting this, I have been sending out the information to people in my region as separate messages. Please folks, if anyone wants to talk about this ask Bridgett to subscribe you to TN-Chat as to keep this board clear in respect to the cc's who have asked that political discussions not be held here. Nancy ------------------------------------------------------------> On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Athol K Foster wrote: > Good Morning everyone, I am forwarding a message that was sent to Mary and > Pam, the Johnson County Co-hosts. It was sent to the TNChat-l list and I > know that there is only a few of the CC's subscribed to that list. I think > that this is something that everyone involved should know about. The > message is as follows: > > > Athol > > --------------------------------------------------------------> > Dear Mary and Pam. > > Johnson County has been temporarily unlinked from TNGenWeb. Your > queries, which are the property of the poster have been rerouted to USIT > since I just discovered that you moved them without notifying me, thus > making them inaccessable to TNGenWeb visitors. They will be maintained. > > This message is being cc'd to Megan and the TN-Chat list since it will, no > doubt engender discussion and that list is the proper place for such > discussion. > > The reasons for this temporary action are: > > 1. Refusal to identify Johnson County as part of the TNGenWeb project as > is required and this despite numerous requests that you do so. > > 2. The forwarding of project mail to parties not participating in > TNGenWeb. > > 3, Lack of team spirit, as evidenced by posting to the national list on > matters which affect only participants in the TNGenWeb project, with > the purpose of sowing dissention within the project as a whole. > > 4. Purposeful denigration of USGenWeb, TNGenWeb, and its volunteers in a > manner that goes beyond your right of free speech and becomes > destructive to both organizations. > > Johnson County is a wonderful site and we would hate to lose it, but > until you can bring yourselves to behave as members of this team, your > pages will remain unlinked. If you have a change of heart and decide to > become responsible, accountable members of TNGenWeb, we will be happy to > re-link your pages. > > Nancy L. Cole > ncole@coffey.com > > Assistant TNGenweb Coordinator > > > **************************************************************************** > ******** > > Athol K. Foster > Coordinator for Dekalb Co., Tn. > TNGenWeb > <http://www.tngenweb.org/dekalb/> > My Home Page: > "Fosters in DeKalb County, Tennessee" > <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/3627> > > > ==== TNGEN Mailing List ==== > > All URL's back to USGenWeb should read: > http://www.usgenweb.org > -- or -- > http://www.usgenweb.net > >