HI All,
I believe all of you (ccs) recently have received an email from
LUV-webmasters(a)usgenweb.us regarding "USGenWeb Elections". I am forwarding a
response the sc from Delaware and Maryland has posted to the ccs for the
states she manages regarding this email from LUV.
This email contains "Links" to the websites for the candidates along
with other sites that will help with your voting decision.
Thanks,
Terri
Early this morning, a group calling itself the "League of
USGenWeb
Voters" (also known as "USGenWeb Project Votes!) sent out a mass mailing
to USGenWeb members. In the message, this group bills itself as an
impartial service for you, the USGenWeb voters, claiming "no political
slant or favoritism".
The trouble is that, for most USGenWeb volunteers such as yourselves,
who like to pretty much tend to your sites and not get embroiled in the
politics of the project, the LUV looks like something akin to the League
of Women Voters, which would have been a nice thing to have in the USGW.
Unfortunately, though, it is pretty clear that's not what we've got
there. Even a quick look at the message they sent out, with language
such as, "You Have A Choice; More Of The Same, Or Change", hardly seems
impartial, and at least one of the "webmasters" of the LUV is someone
who has had a history of political agitation within our project.
I urge you to exercise your right to vote in this USGenWeb election.
Don't let anyone with a political agenda or axe to grind tell you who
you should vote for. Here are some tools that may help you make
educated choices:
- Take a look at the candidates' campaign pages
(
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/candidate.htm).
- Look over the Advisory Board meeting minutes to get an idea of the
ideas and voting patterns of the incumbants
(
http://www.usgenweb.org/official/vrecords.html)
- Visit the list archives of the BOARD-L list to see how the incumbant
candidates conduct themselves during Board meetings
(
http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=BOARD-L)
- Visit the list archives of the USGENWEB-DISCUSS mailing list (and/or
the now-defunct USGENWEB-ALL list) and do a search on the candidates'
names to get a feel for what they stand for and how they conduct
themselves
(
http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=USGENWEB-DI
SCUSS)
(
http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=USGENWEB-AL
L-L)
Shari