Shari Handley <srh(a)tyaskin.com> wrote:From: "Shari Handley"
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:46:10 -0400
To: STATE-COORD-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [STATE-COORD] RAL Candidate: Scott Burow
*1. Your name
Scott Burow
*2. Your email address
sburow(a)swbell.net
*3. A listing of all positions you currently hold in USGenWeb
County Coordinator - Marion County, MO
County Coordinator - Ralls County, MO
County Coordinator - Richland County, IL
State Coordinator - The ILGenWeb Project
*4. A listing of the URLs of all USGenWeb-affiliated web sites you
maintain.
www.rootsweb.com/~momarion
www.rootsweb.com/~moralls
www.rootsweb.com/~ilrichla
www.ilgenweb.com
*5. A statement telling the AB why you wish to be considered for this
position, and why you feel you would be the best candidate for it.
I think that the county coordinators are the heart and soul of this
project.
We provide a service to people, we provide them information, help, and
guidance as County Coordinators. We locate people to help our website
visitors, lookup volunteers, and people with information. We supervise
the
websites, the message boards, and the mail lists, as well as generate,
and/or coordinate the information that brings people back to our
respective
websites.
.
As County Coordinators, we stand at the grassroots level of the project.
Without us, there wouldn't be much available to our visitors and users.
Our
voice needs to be heard, and respected, on the Advisory Board.
Since the last elections, I've been listening. These are things that I
have
heard County Coordinators talking about in the last year or so:
The problems of the past need to be resolved.
The infighting and bickering between differing areas of the project need
to
be settled.
The by-laws need to give some security to volunteers and county
coordinators.
There needs to be improved lines of communication between the Advisory
Board
and State Coordinators and County Coordinators, and the rights and
responsiblities of each need to be clearly defined.
Recent events at the AB level have caused legitimate concern for
USGenWeb
members. These concerns need to be addressed by the Advisory Board. The
process needs to be out in the open so that the members of the USGenWeb
are
aware of what's going on at the AB level. The current distrust does no
benefit to the project as a whole.
These issues I've heard about and these are the things that I would plan
to
work on should I be a representative on the Advisory Board.
The USGenWeb Project is the greatest organization for the genealogical
community, and the people that I've met here are the most incredible and
giving folk. This project has the potential to provide so much to anyone
who
needs or wants to research their family history, and the backbone of
that
whole process lies with the county coordinator. As RAL I'll be the CC's
voice on the Advisory Board, and I'll do my very best to have their
concerns
and issues heard.
Thank you for your consideration.
Scott Burow