Just a little while ago this was forwarded to the USGENWEB-ALL-L list. Since Tennessee's history and that of North Carolina's are so closely tied, this is important to us. Mary Floy Katzman Framingham, Massachusetts maryfloy@mkatzman.tiac.net ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Johnson County, TN Genealogy http://www.tiac.net/users/mkatzman/jct/johnmain.html >Resent-Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 20:40:59 -0700 (PDT) >X-Sender: fmoran@pop.erols.com >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 >Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 23:35:55 -0400 >Old-To: USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com >From: Faye Moran <fmoran@erols.com> >Old-Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Subject: [USGENWEB-ALL-L] Diane Miller has resigned >To: USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/7730 >X-Loop: USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: USGENWEB-ALL-L-request@rootsweb.com > >I have just read in an email received from Diane Miller today that she has >resigned from the NC/ USGenWeb project completely. The NC GenWeb site no >longer exists anywhere on the Internet. Here is a copy of her email. This >is devastating news to NC researchers and CCs. > >______________________________X-Message: #3 >>Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 16:38:27 -0500 >>From: Diane Ramsey Miller <golden@flex.net> >>To: NCGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com >>Message-ID: <359FF253.65305728@flex.net> >>Subject: USGenWeb Project >>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> >>I've been with the project since it went beyond Kentucky, at one time even >>coordinating 7 states to help the project get going. I've trimmed it down >to just >>NC. There have been several times that I've sent input that has >essentially been >>ignored, it's frustrating. >> >>I have a hard time with the direction the whole project is going into. The >>USGenWeb Project on a whole isn't treating the volunteers as volunteers >anymore. >>Many people joined and volunteered for the project due to the belief in the >>concept, but that concept is all but lost, with the backstabbing, name >calling, >>and the bureaucracy of advisory boards, election processes, by laws, etc. >> >>I've just received a message from one of my hosts asking if this was the >USGenWeb >>or the US Government and with the politics that is going on, he's given up >three >>of his four counties, and I've another host who's given up one in NC and >several >>in other states, to spend more time with his family. >> >>The bylaws are a joke in itself. For that matter the whole board advisory >board >>concept is a joke, normally an advisory board is made up of 'experts' who >are not >>active in the activity (the project in this case). And that the advisory >board >>will make decisions for the entire project based on as few as 6 members >coming to >>an agreement. The requirement that each state have an Assistant >Coordinator or one >>will be elected and being subject to removal by the advisory board and the >county >>hosts! That's not volunteer that's political office. >> >>Under special projects, this needs some work by the so called >coordinators, I've >>volunteered for several counties under the SK Publications offer, the only >thing >>I've heard from SK is a request for me to link to their site, plus the state >>board, has never been updated to reflect the county and year being >volunteered >>for, nor the previous volunteer who had already volunteered for the same >county >>and year I'd volunteered for. >> >>In essence, the project has ceased to provide the same sense of >fulfillment that >>it once had, now it's only providing headaches and pain. I, hereby, render my >>resignation from the project. I've removed all USGenWeb pages from my >servers. >>I've removed my passwords, from the county queries pages that I've been >>maintaining and I'll be removing myself from the NCGENWEB list at rootsweb >>momentarily. >> >>The decision to leave the project has not been an easy one, it hurts very >much to >>be doing this, but the pain of staying would only last much longer. I'd >like to >>thank my hosts for all their help and support. I value your friendships >and will >>be remaining active in genealogy. >> >>Sincerely, >> >>Diane Ramsey Miller > > > > >==== USGENWEB-ALL Mailing List ==== >The USGenWeb Project is not a commercial project. > > >