From: tsvickery(a)gmail.com> To: state-coord(a)rootsweb.com;
usgenweb-discuss(a)rootsweb.com; board(a)rootsweb.com; usgenweb-all(a)rootsweb.com> Date:
Wed, 7 May 2008 17:41:13 -0400> CC: USGW-GC(a)rootsweb.com> Subject: [STATE-COORD]
Call for Grievance Committee members.> > Please feel free to forward to USGenWeb
Project lists.> > ---> > The terms of several Grievance Committee members have
expired and not> been filled. Due to the inability of the Grievance Committee to
elect> a Grievance Coordinator from the remaining members, I am acting as> National
Coordinator and ex-officio member of the committee to submit> this request to the
membership for volunteers to serve as members of> the Grievance Committee.> > The
process for selecting Grievance Committee members is outlined> here.> >
http://usgenweb.org/volunteers/standard-rules.shtml#section5> > The procedures do
not address the extraordinary situation the> Committee and the Board now find
themselves in.> > Although the ex-officio member of the Grievance Committee, as
National> Coordinator I have not been subscribed to their private list due to a>
grievance in process against the USGenWeb Project Advisory Board.> > This has
hindered my ability to participate in their administrative> duties which are supposed
to be conducted on their public list>
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/USGW-GC/ but have not> been.> >
This call for volunteers is necessitated by the circumstances outlined> above. It is
the Advisory Board's desire to have the Grievance> Committee a fully functioning
committee to address our members'> grievances.> > ---> > To be
eligible, you must be a member in good standing of the USGebWeb> Project, or any
Special Project, with at least one year's experience.> If selected, your membership
on this Committee will be for one year.> The primary responsibility of the Committee is
to identify, select,> train and supervise mediators and arbitrators to settle
grievance> disputes. That is, the committee members will not mediate, or> arbitrate,
disputes themselves, but will select and manage those who> do. A member should have an
even disposition, an ability to listen to> both sides of an argument, and a willingness
to recommend solutions> and instruct others.> > Interested parties should
communicate directly to me at my e-mail> address below, with their name, contact e-mail
and a paragraph with> their background outlining their qualifications outlined
above.> > I will present the candiates for consideration and selection to the>
Advisory Board.> > Tina Vickery> > National Coordinator> USGenWeb
Project> tsvickery(a)gmail.com> > -------------------------------> To
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