Hi group, I am sorry that Fran and maybe others have gotten the impression that this list was for political purposes only. Providing assistance to fellow WVGenWeb members should always be the primary purpose or reason that this list exists. As SC, there are certain messages that I am required to pass along to the Project members on this list. Quite a few of these messages that I am required to send contain material or ideas that I do not agree with. Some of these I am ask to send the message through multiple times. I only send them one time as I feel that you should not be required to read the same material multiple times. I did make several requests to obtain permission from the majority of the WVGenWeb members to sponsor the amendment that would permit all Project members a chance to vote on a standing Grievance Committee. It is not important to me how you vote when this appears on the ballot in July. What was important was to get one state to sponsor the amendment and prevent the Advisory Board from circumventing the bylaws by declaring it an emergency and thus rush it to a vote and not provide CCs a chance to really look it over and decide if it was something they wanted or not. I did not feel that the amendment qualified as an emergency and I do want to thank each of you for your support. After our initial effort six others state projects also voted to co-sponsor the amendment thus insuring that every member of the USGenWeb Project would have a chance to vote in deciding to make this major change in our Project bylaws. I also want to thank Cheryl for her very well written letter to the RAL in regard to his proposal on the Coordinator Committee. I would also like to thank Margaret and others for their comments on this proposal. I will be making a couple more postings to the list, either tonight or during the next day or two. One will be a request for volunteers to assist me. The other will an effort to see if anyone knows who hy-jacked my account, either accidently or otherwise. Les

Lesley L Shockey wrote: > I also want to thank Cheryl for her very well written letter to the > RAL in regard to his proposal on the Coordinator Committee. I would > also like to thank Margaret and others for their comments on this proposal. Happy to do it. From what I see/hear, you and Becky are among the best SCs out there. > > I will be making a couple more postings to the list, either tonight > or during the next day or two. One will be a request for volunteers > to assist me. The other will an effort to see if anyone knows who > hy-jacked my account, either accidently or otherwise. 'Tweren't me, boss. Prolly one of those gremlins that have people who aren't Admins getting admin notices. When a computer FUBARs, it does an A-#1 job of it. Cheryl -- There should be no attachments on this message, unless I specifically mentioned them above.