This is the message Maggie was referring to after she and Kelly tried
again to compromise in Sept. 99.
Sue Soden wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Since a couple of our USGW CP state coordinators have already received the
following invitation [see below] from the Archives to join their census
project, I assume you all might get one. I DO NOT feel this offer leads to
"continuity between the two projects" as it states. If you decide to join
the other project you will be lending them credence to their secondary
copycat project. They want our help, but we don't need theirs. Our
original
Census Project has not been harmed by their duplicate efforts. Please
think
about this long and hard before you make a decision.
I know the possibility of duplicate assignments and S-K resource gifts are
a
concern to many of you. We are still receiving the S-K books and
CD's for
our volunteers and I have had no indication that this will stop. If Ron,
Connie, or myself hears anything different, you will be told too.
Within our long established project we provide our volunteer transcribers
with excellent guidance! Our trained file managers upload text files
prepared in a consistent format into a user friendly directory system that
all researchers benefit from. We have built a foundation of quality
transcriptions and continue to be a strong project.
Don't lose the faith!
thanks for listening,
Sue Soden