FYI. Tina _____ Subj: [STATE-COORD-L] USGenWeb Get Together at GenTech Date: 12/18/00 6:46:22 PM Eastern Standard Time From:    hollyft@bright.net (Holly Timm) Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com">STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com</A> To:    STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com GenTech is having their annual convention in Mesquite Texas in February 2 and 3rd (Friday and Saturday). Their special events web page ( http://www.gentech.org/2001brochure/special.htm ) advertises:     National Volunteer Group Meetings     Mark your schedule to include the first-ever RootsWeb     and USGenWeb nationwide group meetings on     Saturday at 5:00. Activists, prospective volunteers and     users have the opportunity to network and sound off     with ideas, improvements and plans. Meet the movers     and shakers and let yourself be heard. Should this     develop into dinner plans, then enjoy! There has been some discussion about this on some of the lists and perhaps some uncertainties about how this all developed due to the semantics of the word meeting. First, as a Board member I would like to assure everyone that there has been no plan made to have an official meeting implying decision making and that sort of activity. In fact, most of the Board was totally unaware of the event. It does seem that what was intended was a meeting in the sense of a get-together. Sooo... I would like to extend an invitation to all who can manage to be there on Saturday evening about 5 PM (see the bottom of http://www.gentech.org/2001brochure/saturday.htm ) to come and meet your fellow volunteers. Registration details and other information are available at the GenTech site:     http://www.gentech.org/2001brochure/ but as this does not include any special registration or signing up for the USGenWeb get together on Saturday evening, I would love to hear from those who plan to attend so we can start a list of who will be there (and maybe start making some of those dinner plans referred to above <grin>). I've started the list at:     http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenweb/gentech.html soooo... come join me on it <grin> Please feel free to forward this wherever you think some volunteers might see it. Let's make it a party!!!! Holly Timm USGenWeb Representative At Large