I understand her point of view though -- if we have discovered things in our research towards certification (which we likely will), we'd much rather people not be disseminating it across the internet before we present it. Patti On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 8:20 AM, Elissa Scalise Powell via < [email protected]> wrote: > Cynthia, > It is a common misperception that a published family tree will "mess up" an > application for certification because of the rule that any portfolio > requirement cannot be reviewed or critiqued by someone else. What is meant > here is the actual portfolio requirement, not pieces of data that are used > for the case study or kinship determination project. BCG recognizes that > our > research is collaborative but that what you submit to BCG must be your own > analysis, conclusions, and writing. > > Hope that helps, > Elissa > > Elissa Scalise Powell, CG , CGL > www.PowellGenealogy.com > www.GRIPitt.org 28 June-3 July 2015 and 19-24 July 2015 in Pittsburgh, PA > CG, Certified Genealogist, CGL, and Certified Genealogical Lecturer are > service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under > license by board certificants after periodic evaluations. The board name is > a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. > > -----Original Message----- > From: On Behalf Of Cynthia Swope via > Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 1:57 AM > > An ongoing concern is my desire to submit for certification (at some > point--kind of a bucket list thing for years now). I don't want that messed > up in anyway. But more basely, I find all the for profit sites that > generate > income from work like all of ours not in alignment with my own personal > impetus or comfort level. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >