Long, but interesting and well-worth taking the time to read.
If you have ideas about how to improve the USGenWeb Project, you have open ears and
a desire for communication.
Have a good weekend, all.
Maureen Mead
SC CTGenWeb:
ctgenweb.org
CC Fairfield Co. CT:
ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield
mmeadpond(a)aol.com
meadponddesign(a)comcast.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Denise Wells via <state-coord(a)rootsweb.com>
To: state-coord <state-coord(a)rootsweb.com>; usgenweb-discuss
<usgenweb-discuss(a)rootsweb.com>; usgenweb-all <usgenweb-all(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sat, Sep 27, 2014 10:10 am
Subject: [STATE-COORD] Discuss and All Lists
PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL APPROPRIATE LISTS - REGIONAL, STATE, ETC.
I am sending this email to the state-coord mail list, the dicuss list and
the all list. I do have reasons for this. I'm sure I am beginning to open
a can of worms, but I promised communication. No, I have not discussed
this with the AB. This is and will remain part of my platform for this
2014-2015 term. I'm sure I am also departing from the norm that we have
experienced since the inception of this Project. However, personally, I
don't see me just chairing meetings and motions.
I would be very happy if you would definitely consider sending this email
to your mail lists for your states in order to reach the highest number of
the project volunteers.
If you are not subscribed to one or both of these lists, I suggest that you
might want to do so if you want to engage in conversations that will be
getting started shortly there.
As I have stated in the past weeks, I am very interested in hearing from
our volunteers as to interests, concerns, ideas and marketing and moving
USGenWeb forward. I know that some folks don't like change. I myself
don't always like change. I get comfortable with how things are and how
things aren't. You may be the same way. Change can be uncomfortable.
Change can be difficult. But without change, we don't grow. We begin to
die. Am I comfortable about being the new National Coordinator? Nope. I
certainly have not been in this position before. I will be drawing on my
lessons on being a State Coordinator. I don't believe cohesiveness comes
from being a dictator. I don't think that one size fits all. Everyone is
different and everyone has different opinions about just about everything.
My goal is to be the best that I can be. Will I be that to everyone?
Probably not. But I am intent to do my best.
That being said, I have received private emails from several people about
things they are concerned with. Some things have required a bit of behind
the scenes conversations, as well as receiving ideas for new possibilities
for The USGenWeb Project. If you want to participate in conversations
about new ideas for the National Project, I invite you to subscribe to the
Discuss list and the All list, where I also invite cooperative
conversations about possibilities that could be brought to fruition over
the coming months. Every idea will not be able to be processed as I am
pretty sure once folks start contributing their thoughts and ideas and we
are all busy in our REAL lives besides Genealogy & History, but I want us
to begin the exploration of how we can move USGenWeb forward into the
future, and to explore what could be possible for our Project.
Let's put together a list of ideas to address. Help me, to help you, and
to help The USGenWeb Project.
PLEASE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND, NEGATIVITY, NASTINESS AND INAPPROPRIATE
BEHAVIOR WILL NOT BE TOLERATED ON THESE LISTS. Everyone has their own
thoughts and opinions, but if you cannot discuss these new conversations
appropriately, you will not be able to post to the list. We have
administrators for these lists and they will, at my request, I hope, be
even less tolerant than ever about how people "speak" to each other. This
is to be a positive discussion. If you cannot disagree politely, please do
not say things you wouldn't want said to you. Period. We cannot create a
bigger and better project with negativity and nastiness. I don't allow it
on my state mail lists, and it won't be allowed here. If you cannot say
something nicely or politely, you will be moderated and/or removed and
placed in a non-posting list. I don't want that to have anyone on it. I
want everyone to be able to discuss ideas in a positive manner.
So, beginning October 1, 2014, let's get this started. I have a few more
things that need to be addressed for the beginning of this 2014-15 session
to complete and then, let's get back to work together. We had a great
conversation going on the Discuss list regarding an announcement list. We
shall resume that session and get that put into place.
If you have other thoughts and ideas you would prefer to share with my
privately, or would prefer that I, or your regional representative place
for discussion, please let me and your AB reps know.
Thanks, and I'm looking forward to creating with you and not just a usual
term. We have had some great NCs, and they have handled many difficult
things during their terms. I think we are very much past that type of
term, and think we can move on to not just a usual day to day operation.
Let's create an EXTRAORDINARY YEAR TOGETHER!
Denise Wells
National Coordinator
The USGenWeb Project
www.usgenweb.org
USGenWeb Advisory Board Agenda
http://usgenweb.org/agenda2.shtml
(Agenda to be updated shortly)
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