Debie, Thank you. I do realize that people get busy, and there are many priorities in life that prevent each of us from a constant involvement.. Thank God! That means that we are actively involved in life :-))) I will join that crowd... been there doing that.. It is is the most extreme non-involvement that I refer to. Tina In a message dated 2/12/01 8:29:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, sebring@excel.net writes: > Tina, > It is my opinion only here. If you have tried and tried to contact the > CC > and haven't heard back from them and nothing has been done with their > website in a while, then I feel they have given up on being a CC and we > should then find a CC who would be willing to accept the county. > In the past, I have had to go for several weeks without showing any > activity on my website, due to personal responsibilities, but no matter how > crazy my life has been, I have always made sure I downloaded mail at least > once a week and checked for things that needed to be answered and couldn't > wait. I realize not everyone does the same thing I do, but perhaps if > something is happening in a CC's life that is making it to crazy for them > to put the time into their county, maybe it would help to relieve the > stress of dealing with it until a time comes when they would be able to > handle it again. Does that make sense? > I guess as a long shot you could perhaps try one final e-mail with > something in the header stating a response needed by and then list a date > and tell them if you don't get a reply, you will be forced to place their > county up for adoption. I know that would do it for me, but then again I > would have responded after the first attempt. > > I would also like to toss a warning message to all my fellow CC's. I > have > received two e-mails today from a Nancy B. These messages had an attachment > that was an infected virus. The e-mails appear to be a photo she is willing > to share with others for the county page, but McAfee caught them both as a > infected worm virus. The attachment is called AnnaKournikova.jpg.vbs I have > tried to write to this person thinking perhaps she had no idea, the e-mail > bounced back to me. > > Have a great week, > > Debie Blindauer > > Calumet & Sheboygan County > > >

Tina, Please don't think I am trying to make an excuse for these CC's, I don't want to leave that kind of impression because I am not. My point to all of this without going into major details is last year I was dealing with and taking care of my mother who was diagnosed with a brain tumor. I didn't have much time to place anything on my webpages and even after her passing I found it very hard to get back into the swing of things, but I always responded to e-mail and I did try to get something on-line when time permitted. What I meant to be saying in my last letter and I guess it didn't come out correctly, was that I feel you have done all you can do, if you have made several attempts to contact and even listed dates for reply, then it is my opinion they simply don't want to be involved anymore and you have been as fair as anyone can be. It's time to place the county for adoption then in my opinion. I hope this came out making more sense now, <g> Debie Blindauer Calumet & Sheboygan Counties