Forwarding as requested
----- Original Message -----
From: bluebear
To: Terri Shipp
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 9:29 AM
Subject: Candidate for NWPL CC position
Hello Terri,
I'd appreciate your forwarding this to the Minnesota list. Thank you.
Greta Thompson
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Hello, I'm Greta Thompson, a candidate for the position of an NWPL-CC position on the
USGenWeb Advisory Board.
Like many of you, I'd prefer to focus on my counties and my local project and shut out
the storms swirling in and around the project. Who needs it? Not you, not me. I'll do
the best I can in my little corner, and that's enough.
Only it isn't. If we don't speak up, we let the cynics dominate. We give
prominence to the negative and the divisive. We need better things to listen to and think
about, and those positive, motivating, community-making words and, more importantly,
actions have to come from us.
That's why, when I was hoping to settle comfortably into my rocking chair for a few
quiet years, I'm runnng for a place on the AB. If things are going to get better, I
can't say, "Yeah, go for it, I'll be cheering from the sidelines." And I
can't say, "Okay, okay, I'll do it." I can only say, "I'll try
to do my part, but you have to help too."
The first thing we can do together is vote. I'd welcome your vote and the opportunity
to serve on the AB. But whoever you vote for, just be sure you do vote.
Greta
You'll find my campaign page, and those of other candidates, at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/national-2006/meet.htm
and you can find me at bluebear(a)new.rr.com.