John! Please stay on. Miles said it very well and I agree. We all learn the
good bad and ugly about our ancestors and the history of the time. While we
don't agree necessarily among ourselves, they also did not agree. Still that
is no reason for us to dispatch with civility and beat up the messenger and
his thoughts and beliefs. Tolerance is no better accepted now than it was in
our ancestors times but we still have the choice to embrace it. Please
reconsider and keep this going. The importance of having a mechanism to
share information and discuss information differences is vital for a family
as large and diverse as the Carpenter Clan. Thanks for all you do and have
done in this endeavor. Your work is truly appreciated and will be missed if
you go. It takes someone with your knowledge, interest, and computer skills
to manage this list and there aren't many out there that can come close. If
you are out there: STEP UP TO THE PLATE and give John a break. If you are
not one of these: SHUT UP and CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY. Jan Carpenter Volkmann.