Hi all, As Mary says, this is important to us. Please see the new NCGenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/ I believe the North Carolina CCs will be choosing a new SC soon. Unfortunately Diane did not consult with her CCs nor did she have an assistant SC to step in. As is everyone, I am surprised and saddened by Diane's sudden departure. I hope everything is okay with her. George of Lincoln On 6 Jul 98 at 1:26, Mary Floy Katzman wrote: > 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. > > > > > > > > > ==== TNGEN Mailing List ==== > > All URL's back to USGenWeb should read: > http://www.usgenweb.org > -- or -- > http://www.usgenweb.net >