Can we please get over the personalities and get back to the reason for the list - research? I believe that everyone has a handle on what has transpired. Edna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Kemp" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 2:04 PM Subject: Re: [WEBB] Re: My suggestions Please Read > Someone needs to set the record straight here. Elizabeth does not want to > do it as she wanted to keep everything off list. Since Mary has elected > to bring it on list I feel I need to defend what has inaccurately been > said about Elizabeth. You see, Mary has not realized it, but I have been > privy to their exchange. Being a friend of Elizabeth, being on some of > her lists, and her being on some of my lists she Blind CC:ed the exchange > to me as it took place. > > Mary has stated that she received "2 really hateful letters about me > writing the letter the other day asking for us to all work together as a > team" > > This is not quite true. First of all Elizabeth commended her for > suggesting everyone work together as a team. She had nothing bad to say > about that whatsoever. She explained that her only problem with it was > that on most Rootsweb lists there is a rule that only the List Owner may > call a roll call and went on to explain politely why. Roll Calls creat a > sudden extreme volume of mail and for people on dialup people with small > mailboxes, or people on many mailing lists (all 3apply to Elizabeth due to > her fixed income) it can cause their mailbox to fill very quickly. When > this happens emails are bounced and you are often automatically removed > from many lists if your mail bounced. Elizabeth went on to explain, again > politely, the she had been out of town for three days, returned to find > her mailbox full, important emails missing, and she had been booted from > several lists She explained that when a list owner calls for a roll call > they normally give advance notice so the subscribers can have their > mailbox prepaired for it or temporarily unsubscribe. > > Elizabeth explained that on many lists a subscriber can be put off the > list for calling a roll call without the list owners permission. > > Mary's only response to this was a total non-understanding and the > comments, "LADY ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM!... YOU SHOULD > 'GET A GRIP' SEEMS EVERYWHERE IN LIFE THAT THERE WILL BE THE ONE THAT WILL > COMPLAIN WHEN SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENS". She said, "YOU ARE THE ONLY LONE > PERSON THAT HAS COMPLAINED" which is why Elizabeth started sending the > emails to me since she knew this to be untrue. She had already seen me > say basically the same thing onlist. > > After Mary got rude with Elizabeth she did get a little rude back, but it > was understandable showing Mary's total lack of concern or understanding > for those not fortunate enough to be able to afford expensive online > accounts with big mailboxes and her extreme rudeness to a initially polite > email exchange. Elizabeth did state after this that she would check her > lists and remove Mary is she was on any, but I do not blame her for this. > I have already done the same here as I don't need people with that > attitude on my lists. Remember, what you see from someone onlist and what > you see offlist are not always a good match. > > > > > in which she was > George Strawbridge wrote: > >>Mary Wyatt, for goodness sake! You did a very intelligent and timely >>thing! >>Don't lose a minute concerning yourself, just consider the source and >>ignore >>it! >>I'm sure I speak for 99.999% of Webb lookers. >>George S. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>5 >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:51 AM >>Subject: [WEBB] Re: My suggestions Please Read >> >> >> >>>Hello list . I have gotten 2 really hateful letters from one woman about >>> >>me >> >>>writing the letter the other day asking for us to all work together as a >>>team. I do not understand why anyone should be upset by this as I feel >>>we >>> >>all >> >>>have gotten some long overdue information on so many various Webb >>>branches >>>which helps us all in the long run. >>>If I offended anyone else then I do apolize. I guess we can all just >>>set >>>and wait and hope that connections will come though. I will say this >>>has >>>really hurt me. I am a giving person and that is all I was trying to do >>> >>is to >> >>>help us all. >>>Mary Wyatt >>> >>> >>>==== WEBB Mailing List ==== >>><<Webb Genealogy; History and Family Traditions >> >>>To change list modes, leave, or contact list admin >>>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/webb.html >>>Use < http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/w/e/WEBB/ > >>>To connect to your list website and post your web links and family pages >>>To Webb notes see http://www.wvi.com/~wb >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>==== WEBB Mailing List ==== >><<Webb Genealogy; History and Family Traditions >> >>To change list modes, leave, or contact list admin >>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/webb.html >>Use < http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/w/e/WEBB/ > To connect to >>your list website and post your web links and family pages >>To Webb notes see http://www.wvi.com/~wb >> >> >> > > -- > > Tim Kemp Amateur Radio Station WB4BAH > > [email protected] > [email protected] > > AOL Instant Messenger - Tim D Kemp > > The Kemp Family Homepage > http://www.mindspring.com/~tkemp > Genealogy info on KEMP, STROTHER, MURPHY, and allied families. > > > > > ==== WEBB Mailing List ==== > <<Webb Genealogy; History and Family Traditions >> > To change list modes, leave, or contact list admin > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/webb.html > Use < http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/w/e/WEBB/ > To connect to > your list website and post your web links and family pages > To Webb notes see http://www.wvi.com/~wb