Joyce Harrison wrote,
Could someone please explain to me why all of this is necessary?
These issues have all been mentioned within the past few weeks,
arising in one way or another from events at
Ancestry.com that led to
relocation of some NCGenWeb county pages and concern among at least
some of us about the future directions of our project.
It has also been noted that there seems to be very little feeling of
community or shared participation in this project these days, in
contrast to the early years of NCGenWeb. There was some significant
dissension back then that most of us would prefer to leave behind,
but now we don't even know who our fellow CCs are.
If nobody cares, or if everybody feels intimidated, then maybe
there's no point in pursuing these questions. As someone who's been
in the project since the beginning, however, I think Sandy's points
merit consideration, and that she has stated them very clearly and
concisely. This list is the appropriate venue for such a discussion.
--
Elizabeth Harris
ncgen(a)mindspring.com
Personal genealogy webpage:
http://www.duke.edu/web/chlamy
Winston-Salem NC area genealogy:
http://www.fmoran.com/
HOLDER DNA project:
http://www.mindspring.com/~holderdna/