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The following file was uploaded today 12 June 2001:
State: Georgia
County: Chattooga
Obits: Obituary of Alfred Foster
URL:
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/chattooga/obits/fosteral.txt.
Size: 2K
Submitter: Michelle Doss DDDMDOSS(a)cs.com
File name: fosteral.txt
Carolyn & Ken Johnson
The following file was uploaded today 11 June 2001:
State: Georgia
County: Chattooga
Military: Muster Roll of Co. H, 39th Regiment GA Volunteer Infantry
URL:
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/chattooga/military/civilwar/coh39reg.
txt
Size: 11K
Submitter: Linda Harris Weefuddled(a)aol.com
File name: coh39reg.jpg
Carolyn & Ken Johnson
The following files were uploaded today 8 June 2001:
State: Georgia
County: Chattooga
History: John C. Foster Cotton Gin, Fosters Mill, GA (Image)
URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/chattooga/fosterml2.jpg
Size: 15K
Submitter: Michelle Doss DDDMDOSS(a)cs.com
File name: fosterml2.jpg
State: Georgia
County: Columbia
History: Oak Hill Estate Home of Mary Eliz Lamkin Eve (Image))
URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/columbia/oakhill.jpg
Size: 30K
Submitter: Stephanie Harrison info(a)conquestmusic.com
File name: oakhill.jpg
Carolyn & Ken Johnson
I created a list of people that were not CCs anywhere, but were
archivists.
Also on that list were people that were archivists in a region
but were not CCs in that region.
Nobody explained how the election was going to work. I thought I
should send in a list, before April 1, of all the archivists that
were working in OK, TX and GA, that were not CCs, as far as I knew.
I wanted to make sure they were able to vote for NC, which they
had never been able to do before. I left off people that already
had a vote, such as Carolyn Golowka, who is a CC in Alabama and
The state archivist there.
Nobody contacted me about the county/assistant archivists and their
right to vote. I contacted you, remember?
I certainly did not understand that the EC was going to control
the election for archives rep. That has always been done by the
state archivists in the past. One state, one vote. Three states,
still just one vote.
Since nobody wants the job, maybe there will be more nominees
this way.
No apology.
David
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, BOB CHADA wrote:
> Well David, I see that you have "obviously" (your word, not
> mine) reached a conclusion without any facts concerning the
> subject, and shared it with your Georgia Archives list.
>
> I have a complete copy of the entire SP list from Keith, who
> is putting it all together for the EC, and every name that
> you sent me is on the list. Every name.
>
> But, why did you not send me Carolyn Golowka, Roger Nails,
> Debra Boswell, Dawn Watson Cabe, Linda Blum-Barton, Harry
> Folsom or Sharon Thomas for Georgia????
>
> This, David, is why the lists are being gone over again.
> The EC is taking every possible step to ensure that all
> eligible voters are accounted for and notified. We do not
> want any errors, omissions, opps, or whatever you want to
> call it from happening that will cause an eligible voter to
> be left off of the voter list, and cause someone to think
> that the elections are not being run as completely fair and
> above board.
>
> I think the seven people listed above would not be happy to
> know that you did not submit them the first time.
>
> There were also names left off the list you sent to me for
> Oklahoma and Texas. We are also trying to harvest these
> names now, as well as the complete list of names from
> several other areas.
>
> Now, since you took it upon yourself to falsely accuse me in
> public of failing to pass the information on, I will expect
> you to publicly apologize to me and to everyone you sent
> this to, and ask that your apology be sent to anyone they
> may have sent it on to.
>
> --
> Bob Chada
> bchada(a)flash.net
> Logan County, Oklahoma
>
> See our Logan County page:
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~oklogan/oklogan.htm
>
>
dmorgan(a)efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/okfiles.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm
I don't know what happened to the list of archivists I sent to Bob
Chada in March, but since Marti asked me for the archivists for TX
and OK, obviously the previous lists did not get turned in.
Anyway, here is the GA list
* GAARCHIVE-L: (15 matches)
dmorgan(a)efn.org David Morgan
crilley(a)eramp.net Virginia Crilley
cgolowka(a)prodigy.net Carolyn Golowka
marylove(a)tyler.net Mary Love Berryman
clhjohnson(a)aol.com Carolyn Johnson
kenjohnsontroymi(a)hotmail.com Ken Johnson
rnalls(a)surfsouth.com Roger Nalls
poohbos(a)poohbos.com Debra Boswell
lolawithrow(a)yahoo.com Lola Withrow
gbmayfield(a)tyler.net Gloria Mayfield
BooleyGirl(a)aol.com Dawn Watson Cabe
lab(a)boone.net Linda Blum-Barton
sigler-sanders(a)lycos.com Linda Sigler-Sanders
miamibig(a)flash.net Harry Folsom
ccgs(a)mindspring.com Sharon Thomas
David
dmorgan(a)efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/okfiles.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm
The following files were uploaded today, 06 June 2001
State: Georgia
County: Chattooga
Land: Isaac Gilbert Donation of Land for Church 3 Nov 1861
URLftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/chattooga/land/gilberti.txt
Size: 1K
Submitter: Michelle Doss DDDMDOSS(a)cs.com
File name: gilberti.txt
State: Georgia
County: Chattooga
History: John C. Foster Wheat Mill, Fosters Mill, GA (Image)
URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/chattooga/fosterml.jpg
Size: 47K
Submitter: Michelle Doss DDDMDOSS(a)cs.com
File name: fosterml.jpg
The following file was uploaded today, 4 June 2001
State: Georgia
County: Chattooga
History: William Green & Sarah Adeline Mayo Foster (Image)
URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/chattooga/greenwms.jpg
Size: 32K
Submitter: Michelle Doss DDDMDOSS(a)cs.com
File name: greenwms.jpg
Carolyn & Ken Johnson
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 04:15:40 -0500
From: Linda Haas Davenport <lhaasdav(a)mindspring.com>
To: ARCHIVES-CC-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Message from the Election Committee
Resent-Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 02:13:31 -0700
Resent-From: ARCHIVES-CC-L(a)rootsweb.com
The Election Committee is trying to finish compiling the list of volunteers
for the upcoming USGenWeb Project Election. The EC is missing many of the
state and county archivists. Please visit the EC's web site and verify that
you are on the membership list. The Archive Representative seat is up for
election this year and nominations may also be made at the site.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/
Thanks a million!
Linda
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 20:55:57 -0400
From: Tim Stowell <tstowell(a)chattanooga.net>
Reply-To: BOARD-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: BOARD-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [BOARD-L] EC report
Resent-Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 17:48:21 -0700
Resent-From: BOARD-L(a)rootsweb.com
The USGenWeb Election Committee hereby respectfully submits the following
report to the USGenWeb Advisory Board.
Prior to the seating of the Election Committee, Linda Haas Davenport acting
as temporary chair of the Committee requested web space and an e-mail list
from Rootsweb. Rootsweb granted her request for web space but also told her
that the Election Committee e-mail list already existed and was available
from the National Coordinator. The National Coordinator turned over the
list to the temporary chair who added all Election Committee members.
The EC (Election Committee) is made up of: Two members for each of the four
regions of the Project; Two members for the Special Projects and two
members at-large for a total of twelve members. Eleven members may vote and
the Chair may only vote in the case of a tie.
The USGenWeb Election Committee was seated and began business January 29,
2001. The Temporary Chair called for nominations for permanent Chairperson.
Linda Haas Davenport was unanimously elected as Chairperson and was
formally approved by the Advisory Board on Feb 7, 2001.
Upon taking her position as Chair, Linda called for nominations for the
office of Publicist-Secretary for the Committee. Upon a call for votes
Debbie Anderson was elected to the position unanimously. Her first order of
business was to construct the Election Committee's web site which would be
hosted by Rootsweb.
One of the Committee members voiced her concerns about how the Project
members would view the use of Rootsweb as the server for the Election
Committee's web site and mailing list. The Chair opened the item for
discussion. During this discussion it was pointed out that the voter
software and the full voter list would not be stored on a Rootsweb server,
that only the web site and e-mail list would be. It was felt, by the vast
majority of the EC members, that since the National Web Site and the
majority of the Projects state and county sites were hosted by Rootsweb
that the EC's web site should be also. The Chair called for a vote. Ten
members voted to use Rootsweb and one member voted against using Rootsweb
The Chair issued a Welcome Message that included the "rules" by which the
Committee and e-mail list would operate. One of these "rules" was that the
Committee would operate as a confidential list. This was to insure that the
members would be able to voice their thoughts, concerns and make
suggestions without having to worry about what someone outside of the
committee would say or think. One of the members, Carol C-H, was not happy
with this. The Chair opened the issue for discussion. During this
discussion it was pointed out that the Chair had not issued a gag order but
rather required that each member keep confidential the discussions taking
place or that would take place on the list. The Chair called for a vote.
Ten votes were cast in favor of the list being confidential and one vote
was in favor of an open list. As a result of the vote Carol C-H resigned
from the committee.
The Chair asked for nominations for a replacement for Carol C-H. Keith
Giddeon was nominated.. Keith was selected by a unanimous vote of the EC.
He was approved by the AB and seated on the committee.
Following the Guidelines established by the Election Study Committee there
were actually two "first order"s of business. One was to find available
voting software that conformed to the requirements of the Guidelines. And
the other was to secure a copy of the prior election committee's voting list.
The Chair was placed in charge of securing the voter list and the rest of
the EC began the search for voting software. The Chair was unable to secure
a list of the prior voter's list for a few weeks. And, after four weeks of
searching the web the EC was unable to find any voter software that
conformed to the Guidelines. Two sites were found where the voting software
met all requirements, except one, both of these sites charged fees.
The EC held a lengthy discussion and it was decided that the EC should
oversee the development of voting software for the use of the Project. A
search was begun for a programmer or programmers who would be willing to
develop voting software for the Project. Michael Anderson volunteered to
write the code for the Voting Software and Keith Giddeon and Kenneth Thomas
(EC members) agreed to work with Michael to develop the software. Michael
is not a member of the USGenWeb and has no interest in genealogy.
The Election Study Committee had conducted a survey of Project Members and
during this survey it was suggested (by one of the respondents) that the EC
look at the voting software developed by the IA State and Local
Coordinators that was in use for the state of IA. It was agreed upon by the
EC that the Chair should contact the IA people and determine if the EC
could review their voting software.
The Chair contacted Loren Toomsen and he was kind enough to set up a test
of the IA's software for the EC members. The voting software was excellent
but there were several areas that did not conform to the Guidelines set
forth by the Election Study Committee. A discussion was held to determine
if the IA's software could be modified to fit the Guidelines and it was
determined that it would require paying the original software programmer to
modify the code. Therefore the EC unanimously agreed to go forward with the
development of voting software program for the Project.
While the development of the software was underway the EC members contacted
all State and Special Project Coordinators for a list of names and e-mail
addresses of all LCs in their states or projects. This was a slow process
and in several instances the Committee members found it necessary to visit
the state site and collect names and addresses themselves. Once all lists
were completed they were turned over to Keith and Kenneth to compile into
one membership list. This process is now underway.
During this same time frame the Chair tried to secure the voter list from
the prior election committee. This list was not received until most of the
EC members had already compiled their own lists. However, last year's list
was used as a comparison to this year's list.
The EC is very aware of the problems of past elections and the way that
some Project members feel about Rootsweb, therefore - Once the decision was
reached to develop voting software a search for a secure server was begun.
One of the concerns voiced by the Election Study Committee was that some
(if not many) volunteers would object to their name being placed in a voter
list if the list could be harvested and some members would object to a list
being housed on a Rootsweb server. The EC kept that thought in mind as they
searched for a secure server.
There were several sites suggested and the Chair visited each and signed up
for server space, using a different name for each site. Within a week the
Chair started receiving spam under each name she had used. In a casual
discussion the Chair was having with a friend about the problems of finding
a secure server, the friend (Ms. Keuchler) suggested that the Chair contact
a friend of hers who has a large server system. The Chair contacted Mr,
Kettmann and he agreed to allow the voting software and the membership list
to reside on one of his servers. Mr. Kettmann has no connection with nor
interest in genealogy or the USGenWeb Project. His servers are as secure as
the EC could find and as far outside of Project as possible.
At this time Michael is working with Mr. Kettmann set up the server space
and to upload the voter software. Keith and Kenneth will upload the
membership/voter list as soon as the final list is complete. Once
everything is in place a test will be conducted by the EC. After this test
the software will be adjusted for any problems encountered and then the
software will be set up for a test election and all members of the Project
will be invited to participate in the test. The EC will welcome any and all
comments, suggestions or criticisms after the test.
One final item needs to be mentioned - Debbie Anderson, our PR/Secretary
has tendered her resignation due to her pending promotion which will leave
her no time for outside activities. Therefore, as Chair, I am submitting
this report on her behalf. The EC will notify the AB as soon as replacement
has been selected by the committee.
The EC will issue another report as soon as the test is completed. In the
meantime we will be glad to answer any questions you may have.
Linda Davenport
Chair
USGenWeb Project.
The following file was uploaded today, 2 June 2001
State: Georgia
County: Chattooga
Bible: Dendy-Quails Bible Records
URL: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/chattooga/bible/dendyqls.txt
Size: 4K
Submitter: Marcia A. Wade marciawade(a)juno.com
File name: dendyqls.txt
Carolyn & Ken Johnson
Anybody want to forward this to GAGEN-L?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 18:09:11 -0500
From: Linda Haas Davenport <lhaasdav(a)mindspring.com>
To: USGENWEB-SW-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Information from the Election Committee
Resent-Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 16:10:45 -0700
Resent-From: USGENWEB-SW-L(a)rootsweb.com
The Election Committee would like to invite everyone to drop by the Election
site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections
Not all pages are finished but please come on by and let us know what you
think. If you have questions, comments, suggestions or criticism please let
us know!
And will you PLEASE post this to the state lists you belong to? I'm not
subscribed to all lists.
Thanks!!
Linda Haas Davenport
Chair - USGenWeb Project Election Committee
lhaasdav(a)mindspring.com
Home.page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas
Marion.Co.AR http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion
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