Hi all, I have been asked to forward this to you. Please take a moment to read, and to examine the ESC report if you haven't done so already. Tina *************** Hi my name is Linda Haas Davenport and I'm the CC for the Marion Co AR USGenWeb Project. I was also a member of the Election Study Committee and I'd appreciate a scant 2 minutes of your time. The Election Study Committee spent a very long and hard 7 weeks crafting the "rules" for a Standing Election Committee that would operate outside of the politics of the USGenWeb Project. This committee will be representing every single individual of the project and will not be directed by or under the control of the Advisory Board or any individual Advisory Board member, State Co-ordinator, special interest group or any group with an ax to grind - because this is what so many project volunteers said they wanted. Now the time has come for Project members to volunteer to serve on this committee and it is sad to say that only 7 members out of the, what 1,000 or 2,000+ (?) members of the Project, has bothered to volunteer. For those of you who "hate" the politics of the Project but would still like to help out, beyond your own web page(s), or one of those who feel your voice and/or vote isn't important  - here is your chance to make a difference. I know that this time of year is extremely busy for everyone - but the work doesn't begin until after the first of the year. And, time is running out to volunteer - I urge you to please, please take the time to read the goals of  the Election Committee at: http://www.timmweb.pair.com/esc/report.html And volunteer by sending an e-mail to **Both**  Tim Stowell tstowell@chattanooga.net, National Coordinator AND Holly Timm, Representative at Large hollyft@bright.net by December 22, 2000. My 2 minutes is up - thank you so much for you time and your consideration. Linda lhaasdav@mindspring.com Home.page  http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas Marion.Co.AR  http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion List hostess for -h.a.a.s/l.e.w.a.l.l.e.n/w.a.s.h.i.n.g.t.o.n n.c Interested in Construction? Check out my new book - "The Scopes of Work" at http://www.builderbooks.com/bbstore/index.icl