Leah,
Thanks for your response. I am simply doing the best I can
to try and discern if there is enough interest in this subject
to go ahead with a vote. Anyone and everyone is/are welcome
to respond as they choose, privately, openly, or not at all.
As soon as I feel I have gotten the bulk of any messages that
are likely to be sent, I will make a report to the Read Only
list. As far as democratic or not, this is not a binding
vote I am after right now. It is simply a "pulse taking".
Sincerely,
Sharon
Leah Sims wrote:
Sharon,
Perhaps the best way to learn the will of the majority is to take an
official poll. The results would be available to all the CCs. This seems
more democratic than having CCs send their opinions to you privately and
then all of us only getting a summary of the responses you received.
I support the idea of having trustees, but only if the trustees are
not the SC, ASCs, or any person holding a position in the Archives for
North Carolina. We also might consider that since the application is for
NC, that only individuals who live in NC can be trustees.
Leah
Stanly Co.
lcsims(a)eskimo.com
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Sharon Williamson wrote:
> Ron,
>
> Thanks for your response. Once I have had a response from a good
> number of the CCs I will send another message to the Read Only
> list in an attempt to address whatever questions are brought up
> by the CCs. Your points are well taken.
>
> However, since you and one other person have recently made it clear
> that you do not want me to "copy and paste" any of your messages
> onto the Read Only list, even with identification removed, so I might
> respond to any questions that may have been asked, you are making
> sure that about half the CCs, maybe a few more, will never hear
> your opinions at all. That is beyond my control, and I can only
> handle things as I see clearance to do so.
>
> Sincerely,
> Sharon
>
> Ron Eason wrote:
> >
> > Sharon et al,
> >
> > This is a good step. Asking for this sort of input.
> > But again we have the delemna that if you post your request
> > to your read only list, and anyone responds, it will be in the
> > form of a private post to you, therein defeating the principal
> > of discussion. Without everyone being able to see what others
> > think and bing able to share their ideas together, there is no
> > US. There is just you and the individual responses. I am in
> > no way making any form of insinuation and I pray no one takes
> > it that way. But the fact remains, you are asking for input and
> > there is no way for all of us to share in the process if all of us can't
> > share in the cross section of thoughts and ideas.
> >
> > Personally, I don't think it matters one way or the other if we
> > protect ourselves in NC at this time, I would even vote for it.
> > But for all we know, someone could have taken the idea and
> > already filed for the same thing.
> > The National level will not take affect for 4-6 months at the minimum,
> > and that is from the time they actually get the thing filed,.in which time,
> > someone could file in every other state of the union for NCGENWEB
> > and sew up the market in which case the national protection may not
> > cover us.
> > These are just ideas and conversation points I'm throwing out, but
> > without complete NC CC involvement there isn't much chance of a
> > real discussion.
> > Thanks,
> > Ron
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Sharon Williamson <Watauga(a)att.net>
> > To: <NCGENWEB-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 11:37 PM
> > Subject: [NCGENWEB] ADMIN MESSAGE - RESPONSE REQUESTED
> >
> > > Hi NCGenWeb CCs,
> > >
> > > It seems any discussions related to securing a NC Service Mark for
> > NCGenWeb has
> > > come to a halt.
> > >
> > > To re-address this subject:
> > >
> > > 1 - Do we, as NCGenWeb, want to pursue Registration of NCGenWeb as a
> > Service
> > > Mark with the state of NC?
> > >
> > >
> > > (if the answer to No. 1 above is yes, then how do we go about it?)
> > >
> > > A - Do we accept the offers of Paul Buckley and myself to fund the $50.00
> > > filing fee? (Paul pointed out in an earlier e-mail, we are not
legally
> > > able to solicit funds, however I don't see any problem if someone
> > offers.)
> > >
> > > B - Do we want to select three alternating trustees who would be the
> > official
> > > representatives of NCGenWeb in pursuing Registration of the Service
> > Mark,
> > > and at the same time set up guidelines in which these persons would
be
> > > allowed to exercise any duties that were expected of them?
> > >
> > > OR - (again, if the answer to NO. 1 above is yes.)
> > >
> > > C - Do we want to depend on the State Coordinator to make the application
> > for
> > > the registration of NCGenWeb with the state of NC? (At this point,
> > that
> > > would be myself. I will be glad to do this if that is what is
wanted.)
> > >
> > > Points to keep in mind . . .
> > >
> > > We are having our NCGenWeb name used in web pages in unattractive ways
> > > at
http://www.ncgenweb.org,
http://www.ncgenweb.com and
> >
http://www.ncgenweb.net.
> > > Although only
ncgenweb.org is openly hosted by Horace Peele, there does
> > seem to
> > > be a mysterious connection between the three sites.
> > >
> > > Great effort has been made on my part to have the sites closed down, but
> > to no
> > > avail. In order to make our stand more solid against these sites I
> > believe we
> > > need to have our NCGenWeb name registered, although we can use the TM or
> > SM
> > > without doing so.
> > >
> > > I believe we need to talk about where we go from here. This is something
> > that
> > > needs to be decided one way or another. Are we just to ignore the misuse
> > of
> > > our name, or do we make an effort to defend ourselves?
> > >
> > > Now, in closing. I know full well that everyone does not agree with me.
> > The
> > > question is . . . how does the MAJORITY feel about things, and what does
> > the
> > > MAJORITY want to do about these things? To have a clear picture about
> > these
> > > things I would appreciate hearing from each and every one as to where you
> > stand.
> > > In that way, I will better be able to discern what our best action, if
> > any,
> > > should be.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Sharon
> > >
> > >
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> > > Questions and Answers about NC Genealogy:
> > >
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> > >
> > >
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