My apologies, however I feel it is necessary to post this to our
NCGenWeb-L list because the statement was made on this list last night.
I believe this information is important to all our county coordinators,
and some might miss it if it is only posted to Discuss.
I will refrain from discussing this event on this list, however.
Last night David Morgan stated he would remove the Vance County NCGenWeb
files from Linda Lewis' archives project if I wished him to do so.
I confirmed I wished him to do so.
This afternoon, David has informed me he has not removed the files from
Linda's archives project because he said he has been told by Mike
DeLoach he has "overstepped [his] authority as an assistant file
manager" by saying he would delete them.
Apparently this authority rests with Mike, and I've not heard from him.
However, the 11 files for Vance County, all contributed by me, remain in
the special archives project.
I would like to make *clear* these files have NOT been removed from the
US/NCGenWeb Project.
Until such time as an archival method *within* the USGW project can be
established, I am making them available (in text format) from the Vance
County NCGenWeb site:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncvance/data/
These files were contributed to the USGW Project, and were provided in
the spirit of that cooperative. I did not realize at the time I
contributed them that they were subject to an agreement which now is
said to preclude the USGW Project from moving them to another server
*if* that need should arise.
I feel it is not in the best interest for the USGW project to be
constrained by such exclusivity.
Sandy
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