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Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:07:05 -0400
From: Tim Stowell <tstowell(a)chattanooga.net>
Reply-To: BOARD-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: BOARD-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [BOARD-L] MyFamily acquisition of RootsWeb
Resent-Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 18:10:42 -0700
Resent-From: BOARD-L(a)rootsweb.com
Dear USGenWeb Members:
By now, news of MyFamily.com's acquisition of RootsWeb has made its way
through the genealogical community. We are thrilled with the overwhelming
positive feedback we have received.
I would like to take this opportunity to assure the USGenWeb Board and
Members of MyFamily.com's desire to continue our support of your project.
And in response to some of your questions, we will make the following
pledges to the USGenWeb Project:
* MyFamily will continue to support the USGenWeb Project with free,
unlimited server space.
* MyFamily will not place advertising banners on USGenWeb Project
pages without the express permission of the page creator.
* MyFamily will never charge for access to any USGenWeb data, nor will
we use it in any way other than its current use, without the express
permission of the contributor and/or the Project.
* The
USGenWeb.org and
USGenWeb.net domains will be transfered to The
USGenWeb Project. We have been working with Tim Stowell, the National
Coordinator, to ensure a swift transfer.
* MyFamily will continue to strive towards open communication with the
Board and Members of the USGenWeb Project.
On a related subject, I want to reassure you that all of the current
RootsWeb features, including mailing lists, message boards, user databases,
and WorldConnect GEDCOMs, will continue to be FREE. And while we will no
longer solicit financial contributions, we will continue to honor all
commitments to current contributors for tagline-free mailing lists,
banner-free home pages, use of Personalized Mailing Lists (PML), vanity
domains, etc.
We appreciate your on-going support of RootsWeb, and look forward to a long
relationship.
Sincerely,
Curt Allen
Chairman of the Board
MyFamily.com, Inc.