The USGW Election Committee would like to thank all of the candidates and voters for participating in the election process. Below are the results of the Election 2007. The election run-off dates will be Aug. 10-24, 2007. If you use a spam filter, please set it to accept <registrar@elections.org> to prevent your election password from bouncing. Also, if you have changed your email address since the July election, please update it immediately by contacting your EC representative. For further Election 2007 information, please visit our site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/index.html Thank you, Jo Branch USGW Election Committee Eligible Voters overall 1770; # of voting members: 484 (27.34463) The EC declares a run-off between Bill Oliver and Tina Vickery. The runoff election will be held on Aug. 10-24, 2007. National Coordinator: Charles Barnum 17 (3.51239) - withdrew Don Kelly 45 (9.29752) Daryl Lytton 94 (19.42148) Bill Oliver 132 (27.27272) Tina Vickery 196 (40.49586) The EC declares Scott Burow the winner. National Rep - RAL Scott Burow 291 (61.78344 ) Don Tharp 180 (38.21656 ) The EC declares Concetta Franco Phillips the winner. NENC CC Concetta Phillipps 130 (100) The EC declares Jan Cortez the winner. NENC SC Jan Cortez 11 (100) The EC declares Gail Meyer Kilgore the winner. NWPL CC Gail Meyer Kilgore 58 (54.2056) Nancy Thornton 31 (28.97196) Darrell Schulte 18 (16.82242) The EC declares Jason Mendenhall the winner. NWPL SC Sundee Maynez 4 (40) Jason Mendenhall 6 (60) The EC declares Suzanne Shephard the winner. SEMA CC Joyce Reece 54 (31.95266) Suzanne Shephard 115 (68.04733) The EC declares Sherrie Bradley the winner. SEMA SC Sherrie Bradley 16 (100) The EC declares Bettie Wood the winner. SWSC CC Kenneth Thomas: 47 (31.97278) Bettie Wood: 100 (68.02721) The EC declares Cyndie Enfinger the winner. Special Projects Cyndie Enfinger 78 (100) The EC declares that the Amendment has passed. Amendment: For: 353 (75.10638) Against: 117 (24.89361)

Bare67deb@aol.com wrote: From: Bare67deb@aol.com Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 21:00:51 EDT To: usgwp-cc@usgwp.org, USGENWEB-SW@rootsweb.com, usgenweb-se@rootsweb.com, USGenWeb-NW@rootsweb.com, usgenweb-ne@rootsweb.com, USGENWEB-DISCUSS@rootsweb.com, state-coord@rootsweb.com Subject: [USGENWEB-SW] Election Commitee note The Election Committee would like to thank everyone for being so patience in waiting for the election results to be posted. We know it is especially hard on the candidates and we apologize for the inconvenience. We need to ask you to wait just a little while longer. Please forward to all appropriate lists. Thank you, The Election Committee Jo Branch, Chair ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to USGENWEB-SW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Good Morning, Everyone, The Surfing Committee is pleased to announce Van Zandt as the July County of the Month. Congratulations to the county coordinators, Betty Miller and Betty Phillips! Van Zandt County has much to offer visitors and researchers. You can find out how the county came to be called the Free State of Van Zandt, read the obituary of Mrs. Belle Wilson, who passed away at the age of 107 in 1974, and learn about Chief Duwa'li Bowles. You may also wish to go to the Kids Corner and color the Ben Wheeler School! Please stop by and say howdy to our Betty's at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txvanzan/vzcpage.htm . Honorable Mention counties this month are: Angelina, Coleman, Karnes, Kerr, Lavaca, Pecos, Rusk, and Webb. A big round of applause to those CC's as well. Kind Regards, Peggy T. Surfing Committee Chair

Congratulations to Evelyn Crocker! She has earned the 5 Year Service Award. Shirley

The clock is ticking, & time is running out. Let's make the SWSC region the region with the biggest voter turnout this year! Everyone please vote!! Meet the candidates http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/national-2007/candidates-index.htm Vote Here http://www.usgwelections.org/USGenWeb/usgenwebvote.cfm Bettie <>< -- A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.

Hi Everyone, A few weeks back there was some discussion about patron donated material for the county websites and what should happen to those records in the event a CC leaves the project. A suggestion was made that a new rule should be made to address that issue. The proposed new rule would state that all patron donated material would be transferred to the new coordinator or the TXGenWeb. It would also state that information on an existing county website should not be removed by a new coordinator. Please send a private e-mail to one (or both) of us mcstumped@suddenlink.net or shirlcullum@sbcglobal.net to voice your opinion on this issue. This poll will remain open until midnight July 31st. Thanks, Shirley, Elaine, and Bettie

***** Please Forward to all Project Lists ***** The Advisory Board is seeking five (5) volunteers in good status with demonstrated experience in organization financial management to serve on a temporary fact finding group as approved by Motion 07-12. If you are interested in volunteering, please submit your name, project positions that you hold and a summary of your financial qualifications to a member of the Advisory Board by August 1st 2007. Motion 07-12 "I move the Advisory Board establish a special fact finding study group which would: 1] Review and document current financial laws relative to non-profit organizations such as USGenWeb. For example, incorporation registration, unincorporated non-profit registration, 501(c)3 status, status quo and so on and what each would mean to this organization as possible effects/non-effects of possible needed future funding. 2] Develop a list of possible financial paths USGenWeb could pursue, or not, with potential advantages and disadvantages. 3] Provide a report to the Advisory Board (without recommendations) of findings. 4] The group will have five members who have demonstrated experience in organizational financial management. 5] The Advisory Board will recruit and select initial and subsequent group members. 6] The group will structure itself and the group leadership and assignments. 7] The group will provide reports of tasks, accomplishments, and plans to the Advisory Board every month." Scott Burow NC - USGenWeb Project

I just got in and didn't see an announcement for tonight's Chat so thought I would send a reminder. Shirley

Hi Folks, Summer is in full-swing and I hope everyone is staying cool. Please go to the TXGEN list TXGEN@rootsweb.com and help welcome Carolyn Harrison to the TXGenWeb. Carolyn is the new co-CC for Winkler County (Kay Woods, CC). Douglas Anderson is the new CC for Harris County. Free to Good Home: Fort Bend County is now available for adoption. Have a great week! Shirley

Please note that Charles Bartnum has withdrawn his candidacy for National Coordinator. Shirley Charles Barnum <jcnreno@charter.net> wrote: Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 14:03:03 -0700 From: Charles Barnum <jcnreno@charter.net> To: usgenweb-sw@rootsweb.com Subject: [USGENWEB-SW] National Coordinator Due to the fact that the EC can not connect with RW, please circulate this email to any person or list you wish to avoid invalid voting. CB > From: Charles Barnum > Date: 2007/07/02 Mon PM 12:55:35 CDT > To: bjcb@bellsouth.net > Subject: National Coordinator > > EC, > For reasons beyond my control, I hereby withdraw as a candidate for National Coordinator. I hereby resign as a Candidate for National Coordinator. > > snip > Charles Barnum ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to USGENWEB-SW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Terri Brown! What a great header your graphic design makes. Hopefully within the next 2-3 days we will have all the pages changed to reflect our new look. Rootsweb is slowing us down with their ftp capabilities being on the blink, but as soon as possible we will have everything looking great with the new header. A BIG thanks goes to everyone that submitted their designs. Lets pat Billie Nichols Bennett, Clarissa Lloyd, and Kimm Antell on the back for a job well done with their submissions! It was a difficult choice for me since I liked them all! Elaine -- There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo.

***PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL USGW MAIL LISTS*** A slight programming error yesterday caused the mailing out of passwords to be delayed. That problem has been repaired and passwords are now being sent out. All eligible voters should receive their password by tomorrow morning. http://www.usgwelections.org/USGenWeb/usgenwebvote.cfm If you use a SPAM filter, please set it to allow <Registrar@usgwelections.org>. This will avoid delays in receiving your voting password. Thank You, USGW Election Committee

And the winner is... the # 9 graphic, submitted by Teri Brown. The TXGenWeb staff would like to thank all those who submitted the fantastic entries for the new header contest. There is definitely a lot of talent in the TXGenWeb and we thank all of you for all you do! Thanks to everyone who participated in the selection process. It sure made the job much easier for us. The new header will begin showing up on the TXGenWeb website today. Shirley, Elaine, & Bettie

Hi Folks, I found the following on the HelpDesk page this morning after a couple of CC's notified me of a problem with the FTP site: " 1 FTP to users.rootsweb.com: 2007-07-01 FTP (uploads) to users.rootsweb.com are currently experiencing problems. We appreciate your patience while the techs work to correct. Est. downtime: 2 day(s)" Shirley

Hello, Everyone, The Surfing Committee is pleased to announce Bandera County as the June County of the Month. Congratulations to the County Coordinator, Susan Hawkins! The Bandera County site has a lot to offer visitors and researchers. You can view the 1890-91 Gazetteer and Business Directory, read about the Tragedy Tree, and check out the photo of the deer that got his revenge on a hunter in Stories and Places of Interest. There are other interesting tidbits and databases on the site, so please visit Susan and Bandera Co. at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbander/ . Honorable Mention counties this month are: Cherokee, Dallam, Dawson, Garza, Johnson, Lubbock, Montgomery, San Patricio, and Victoria. Congratulations go to those CC's as well. Have a happy and safe Independence Day! Peggy T. Surfing Committee Chair

Just a reminder that the deadline for voting in the Header Contest is midnight Saturday, June 30th. Please send your votes to Elaine mcstumped@suddenlink.net and me shirlcullum@sbcglobal.net this week since Bettie is out of town. The submissions may be viewed at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/Headers/headers.htm Stay dry and safe! Shirley

Congratulations to Barbara Dore for having served the TXGenWeb for 10+ years as a CC. Shirley

I wanted to make everyone aware of a "generic" email address you can use for the TXGenWeb state coordinator. You might like to replace the state coordinator name with TXGenWeb State Coordinator and use tx@usgenweb.org as the contact address. This address will go to whoever the current state coordinator is, and you won't ever have to worry about updating the name/address when there is a new state coordinator. I for one am always looking for quick fixes such as this. Elaine -- There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo.

Congratulations to Justin Sanders (Kaufman County Co-CC) on receiving the 5 year TXGenWeb Service Award. Shirley

Well, I am batting a thousand today for mistakes in my postings to this list. <g> Please disregard the first 2 lines in the prior post. The message should have began with "I received an email from Gerron Hite..." Shirley Shirley Cullum <shirlcullum@sbcglobal.net> wrote: good off site link to give the patrons and let him know we will suggest his site as a link for the counties to post I received an email from Gerron Hite of The Texas Historical Commission with a link to their website. www.thc.state.tx.us This link is a good off-site link for information about Texas cemeteries that you may wish to include on your county websites. >From Gerron's email: "The Texas Historical Commission has a designation program titled "Historic Texas Cemetery". We have designed over 950 cemeteries in the last 9 years. General information about these cemeteries and other non-designated cemeteries are on the THC website. We are obviously very interested in getting your readers and researcher to take the next step after recording the information on the gravestones to recorded the cemetery in the deed records as an additional layer of protection. This is accomplished by applying for the Historic Texas Cemetery designation." Have a good day! Shirley ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGW-NEWS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message