Just in case any ofyou may be interested.
Jim
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Dear State Coordinator,
We are writing to you because we need your help.
Who are we? What do we want? Please take the time
to read and consider the following message.....
A group of concerned County Coordinators (CCs) are
organizing the USGenWeb Project Votes! as an effort to
educate and motivate the CCs of The USGenWeb Project to
become more involved in the business affairs of the
Project by fully participating in its national elections.
USGenWeb Project Votes! will have no formal affiliation
with either the Advisory Board or the Election Committee.
We do not envision any conflict with the Election
Committee as their mandate is to conduct the USGenWeb
elections. Our goal is to encourage our fellow CCs to
get to the polls by providing them with information
about the candidates and issues so they WANT to vote and
can leave the voting booth knowing they have made an
informed decision regarding the future of The USGenWeb
Project.
To achieve our goal we have a website which stresses why it
is important for each CC to vote with links to the EC's
pages. We plan to provide profiles of candidates' views on
issues currently before the Advisory Board, issues of
concern to the CCs, and (where applicable) add the voting
records of those candidates who have previously served in a
national office. We also plan to conduct opinion polls and
will use message boards and other applications of electronic
media to get our message out.
Turning this effort into reality requires volunteers who are
like-minded, motivated, and willing to work to achieve our
goals. Not having access to official mailing lists, we
ask your assistance in getting our message out to the CCs
in your state. Will you please post this message, or a
similar one, on your State list to inform your CCs what
we are doing and our call for volunteers to help us achieve
our goal?
Those interested may volunteer or join us at
http://usgwp.org/
If you need more information or have questions, please
contact me.
Thank you for your assistance.
Alice J. Gayley
USGenWeb Project Votes!
Committee
CC:
Richard Harrison, National Coordinator
Advisory Board members who are not on the State Coordinator
Mailing List
Elections Committee Chair
Archives Project Coordinator
Tombstone Project Coordinator
Census Projects Coordinators
DISCUSS List
ALL List
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Don't get in trouble for this. You can't run if you're a
MNIGS! <G>
Alice
Jim Powell Jr wrote:
I haven't seen the message that was sent to Darrel on our list.
Since
he hasn't said anything to me, I am assumimng he had a reason to not
send it. If you send something similar to me, I will post it.
Have a great day,
Jim
Alice J. Gayley wrote:
> Have a great day with your Dad.
>
> Alice
>
> Jim Powell Jr wrote:
>
>> Thank you Alice... Very well taken. I guess I have lost some of that
>> old fire that kept me on top of things. I may have mellowed too
>> much. I didn't intend to be negative. I guess I maybe I have become
>> a little negative about the future of USGenWeb.
>> I will work on it, probably this evening. I may borrow some of your
>> lines, if that is ok. I would not be adverse to more help. We are
>> all spending Father's day with mom and dad. All of his great
>> grandkids should be there.
>>
>> Thanks again,,
>> Jim
>> Alice J. Gayley wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jim,
>>>
>>> OK, you asked for my thoughts:
>>>
>>> I think you need to start on a positive note, not a negative one.
>>> Take more of a "been there, done that" approach. You won't have
a
>>> learning curve. You're EXPERIENCED!
>>>
>>> I'd start off with
>>>
>>> "As a former AB member and candidate for National Coordinator, I
>>> think I'm uniquely qualified to ..., although I haven't been on the
>>> National USGenWeb scene for a couple of years. Get the dates that
>>> you served on the AB and the election year you ran for NC in there.
>>> I think this is important because I get the feeling that more CCs
>>> than ever are really going to go back and read about previous AB
>>> members and candidates.
>>>
>>> Stress that you are experienced in USGenWeb "politics"; that you
>>> have the ability to cut across these politics to build needed
>>> coalitions to enact legislation (do you get the impression that when
>>> I glance up from my computer, I can see the Capitol dome through my
>>> living room window?) beneficial to all CCs. You can work with
>>> anyone regardless of their poltical views!
>>>
>>> Don't say that you don't want the job...there are those who will
>>> take you literally! Just say that you believe, because of your
>>> experience, you can make a positive difference in the way the Board
>>> is perceived, needed change, etc. That you will high standards for
>>> your personal actions and that you will expect all other AB members
>>> to meet you at the same level. etc...
>>>
>>> Great line about the Board Exec list.
>>>
>>> I note that you are the Pres. of your County Gen. Society. Bring
>>> this up and include it in home page. Experience, experience,
>>> experience.
>>>
>>> What I think is lacking is you have no comment on the current
>>> issues. Did you read my "From the Campaign Trail" message
>>> yesterday? All of those quotes were from candidates for the open CC
>>> reps on the board. Go visit their pages. The passion literally
>>> pours off some of them!
>>>
>>> FWIW, I'l attching a list of some of the current issues. Actually
>>> it's really more of my opinions, but think you can figure out the
>>> Issues.
>>>
>>> Photo Page:
>>>
>>> Again, don't start negatively. Delete your first sentence and start
>>> this section with "At times iseems that I live and breathe..."
>>>
>>> I like the message from your photo (you handsome devil, you)..."on
>>> top of things in a careful balancing act".
>>>
>>> Minor note: As you know someminds are obsessed about seeing $ even
>>> appearing on a USGenWeb page. Maybe you could change the scanner
>>> story title to Our "$50,000" Scanner??
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>>
>>> Alice
>>> Jim Powell Jr wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Alice... I thought that since, you started this <grin>, you
>>>> might want to take a look at this. I know there are a lot of
>>>> candidates in this race this time. I am sort of old news, a
>>>> political drop out and a rebel of sorts, so I believe my chances
>>>> are slim. I do however believe I could do a good job as NC.
>>>> Please tell me what you think, even if it is totally "bad".
>>>>
http://user.gru.net/jpowelljr/election/election.html
>>>>
>>>> Have a great one,
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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http://www.pa-roots.com/~clearfield/ Co-Coordinator,
Armstrong County, PA, USGenWeb Project
http://www.pa-roots.com/~armstrong/
Co-Coordinator, Jefferson County, PA, USGenWeb Project
http://www.pa-roots.com/~jefferson/
Pennsylvania in the Civil War
http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/