I am mad, but then again I feel sorry for this person...I wonder if she has any friends off line! I rather doubt it...Keep up the good work Chip, this is the only list that I really enjoy..I haven't found any family on here, but I don't care, I have fun here and I consider you a friend and will never leave this list...Thank you so much for NOT being like the other lists...I love genealogy, but sometimes you just want to talk with your friends about other things...Thank you again.. Rae Smith At 12:14 PM 09/26/1999 EDT, you wrote: >Hi folks, > >A lady who hadn't been a member of our list very long had a little problem >with our recent conversations. I've included her e-mail to me below. Out of >being a gentleman, I have deleted her name and e-mail address. She decided >not to be a member of our list anymore. Instead of just unsubscribing, she >felt the need to e-mail me personally, and give me her opinion. > >That's fine, I understand her ideas. Although I hope that I am not ever so >busy that I don't have time to talk about other things. What cheesed me off >was that this lady, after sending me this e-mail decided it necessary to >report me and my list to the TnGenWeb. No I don't get in trouble, it's my >list and I can pretty much do what I want. The lady that takes complaints at >TnGenWeb is a personal friend of mine and forwarded this ladies e-mail to me. >Trust me the one she sent to the TnGenWeb was nowhere near as nice as the one >she sent to me. I have therefore not included that one in this letter. > >My point is simply this. For months we go and talk about just genealogy. For >months we go and only have one or two e-mails a week. Every now and then, we >get off track and talk about Cole's Store or Moon Pies. Well personally I >think an old time meeting place in our county is genealogy related. >Personally I think Moon Pies are a social icon of the southern area in which >Union County rests. Therefore it is my opinion that these are relevent facts. > >If anyone wants to unsubscribe, then feel free to do so. If any of you have a >problem with me let me know. I can think of no position that I have on any >issue that is not flexible. This lady was entitled to her opinions. But to >blatently go behind someone's back to report them and the member's of their >list is wrong, and blatent cowardace. > >That is my opinion and nobody elses. It is things like this that truly make >me want to give up and devote all my time to Maynardville.Com. > >So why am I writing this to you all? To make this statement. The mail list is >what it is and nothing else. If you go to our poll and look, you will see an >overwhelming success rate at people finding family members through our list. >If we stray off topic sometime, so be it. I don't think this list is going to >fill anyone's mailbox. I am not sour on the world yet as some people seem to >be. > >Disgruntled Chip >Union County TnGenWeb > >P.S. >I have another list ready if I should ever have the need or obligation to >move off of Rootsweb. If someone complains, and the establishment should ever >side with them (not likely) I would be most glad to accept any of you as >members on my other list. I consider all of you friends and do not want to >loose a single one of you. Life is too short to loose friends over Moon Pies. > >Date: 9/25/99 9:05:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time >From: DELETED E-MAIL >Reply-to: TNUNION-L@rootsweb.com >To: TNUNION-L@rootsweb.com > >Chip, > >Please unsubscribe me. I don't have time to read all this chit chat right >now. > >DELETED NAME >Kentucky > > >==== TNUNION Mailing List ==== >If you live in Union County why not pitch in. Take a day and write down the tombstones in the nearest cemetery. Send it to us for others to use. You could be helping a cousin. Go to the courthouse and copy some early marriage records. Anything helps. > > Rae Smith http://www.angelfire.com/tn/sexton/index.html http://www.angelfire.com/tn/sexton/Lay.html http://www.angelfire.com/de/LawDog/index.html