Les, I don't think it would be worthwhile to wade through all the many hundreds (thousands) of emails on the DISCUSS list to read the few that are worth reading. Although there are a few worth reading, the vast majority are not. Linda, if you still have your WVGen email, Les forwarded 2 emails from Tina Vickery (on 9/5 subject: Negotiations - Masthead for USGenWeb Rootsweb hosted sites and another one on 9/11 subject: Contingency Discussions - re: masthead/negotiation/discussion) and that started the flood of email on the DISCUSS list. Tina was asking for input and suggestions, comments, ideas and concerns that we may have in regard to the negotiations with TGN (The Generations Network, which currently owns Rootsweb)-- however, most of the DISCUSS list seems to be revolving around incorporating as a 501(c)(3). I don't like the idea of a 501(c)(3) for the same reasons that Les has stated -- that we'd then have to worry about handling money and all the problems that are associated with it. That distracts very much from our purpose. However, the project could incorporate as a non-profit without 501(c)(3) or as an Unincorporated Nonprofit Association. There would be several things to be hashed out first such as which state to use. Connie -----Original Message----- From: wvgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wvgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lesley L Shockey Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:02 PM To: wvgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVGEN] need your input on Project incorporation Hi Linda, Well here is the bad news. Things got so bad during the annual election that Rootsweb was going to close the list entirely. Scott was able to negotiate to keep it open only if they eliminated the archives. I do have a few hundred of the messages saved on my hard drive but with my lousy dialup connection (while waiting for satellite parts) it would be a major job to send them all to you. Les At 12:16 PM 9/25/2007, you wrote: >For more than 5 hours, I have been trying to access the archived >messages for the USGENWEB-DISCUSS Mailing List. No luck. > >No doubt, I will have something to say if I can ever read the old messages. > >Linda Fluharty > >Marshall, Calhoun, Pleasants & Ohio counties ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Connie, Thanks for the support and the assistance. I do agree with those three possible choices. Yes there are many things that need to be investigated and reported on before decisions are made. Les At 03:04 PM 9/25/2007, you wrote: >I don't like the idea of a 501(c)(3) for the same reasons that Les >has stated -- >that we'd then have to worry about handling money and all the >problems that are >associated with it. That distracts very much from our purpose. > >However, the project could incorporate as a non-profit without 501(c)(3) or as >an Unincorporated Nonprofit Association. There would be several things to be >hashed out first such as which state to use. > >Connie