From: "Sheila Watson" <tdtw98a(a)comteck.com>
Betty and Lori,
I too don't know what is going on, and it has nothing to do with
the carot signs at the beginning of the lines. It is my estimation
that most of us don't know what is going on. Evidently it has to do
with the US Gen Web list which most of us don't see. It looks as if
we are going down the tubes. Please tell the rest of us what is
happening and if it is going to affect us. We are all riding the
same boat aren't we? Sheila D. Watson/Grant County Coord.
It's all sort of a nonevent.
The USGENWEB-ALL-L list has been a mess for about 6-8 months now,
largely because of a very small number of people who have been
knowingly lying and attacking folks repeatedly.
It's been discussed by the Advisory Board, it's been discussed by
the state coordinators, it's been discussed by the USGenWeb
membership at large.
I can count noses well, and at least 80% of the informed Project
participants at each level wanted something done.
So in the space of a couple of days on -ALL, two individuals posted
conspicuous lies with the intent to hurt other project members. Two
others were directly supportive, and the four individuals in
question had a long history of attacking other people.
So RootsWeb *temporarily* suspended them for *one* month. That
means no posting to our lists for a month. Since none of them had
Websites at RootsWeb or, to my knowledge, used any of our other
facilities, it had no other impact on those individuals.
The temporary suspension did *NOT* interfere with their ability to
vote in the current USGenWeb election, or to go on participating in
the USGenWeb Project.
I expect RootsWeb will be fully reinstating the individuals in
question in about 23 more days.
For what it's worth, the USGenWeb Advisory board and the state
coordinators in general are supportive of the move, and virtually
all the mail I've received from CCs has been supportive. Cheers, B.
--
Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L
RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative
http://www.rootsweb.com/
P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich(a)rootsweb.com