I agree with Dale here. I went missing in action for a month, last January, after an
emergency appy followed by a massive heart attack. I flatlined three times, and my family
came in from all over the country with the expectation that I wasn't going to make it.
I fooled them all, including the doctors, but if I had died or been left unable to
communicate (which can happen after a heart attack or stroke), my family would have no
clue how to get into my email accounts, as they don't have the passwords. When people
called though, they did update them on what was going on. When I finally was able to check
my emails, I had thousands of them (no kidding). I finally gave up trying to read them
all, and just hit delete.
I also agree with those that mentioned that only the SC and perhaps the ASC should have
the personal contact information. The reason I say ASC as well, is that in case one of
them suddenly disappear, the info is not lost. I do not see the need for two email
accounts, although I am happy to provide them. I think an email, phone number, and address
are good ideas.
Pauli
----- Original Message -----
From: Dale Grimm<mailto:input@kbanet.com>
To: ohgen@rootsweb.com<mailto:ohgen@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [OHGENWEB] Missing CC's
When you operate a website (in this case a county site), one would think
that you would check your e-mail on a somewhat regular basis. But everyone
doesn't.
If your site is down, if I get complaints that you do not respond to
visitors and if I cannot contact you, I am completely in the dark. I don't
know if you have lost interest, disappeared or died.
Your phone number or the e-mail address of a family member would be helpful
- something so I can contact you to make sure you're still with us.
Dale
-----Original Message-----
From: ohgen-bounces@rootsweb.com<mailto:ohgen-bounces@rootsweb.com>
[mailto:ohgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of Scott R. C. Anderson
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 9:04 AM
To: ohgen@rootsweb.com<mailto:ohgen@rootsweb.com>
Subject: Re: [OHGENWEB] Missing CC's
Yes, I object to having two working e-mail accounts. I'm sure that wouldn't
help in this case, which is most likely due to extreme ill health or death.
A family member or other responsible party is unlikely to sift through a ton
of e-mails on their behalf. Even if it's due to a CC's loss of interest, if
someone isn't responding on one e-mail account, they certainly aren't going
to respond on the other.
The worst that could happen with a single account is that a service provider
would be off-line for a few days, which is nothing much in the e-mail world.
I've only ever needed one e-mail address, and it hasn't generally been a
problem.
I believe that the best response is most likely to be obtained with a phone
number. The CC, if able, or a family member or other responsible party, will
be much more likely to answer the phone or respond to a voice message and
provide some information on the CC's status. Such information should be held
in confidence, however.
Scott
On Saturday, May 1, 2010 8:13 PM MT, Dale Grimm
<input@kbanet.com<mailto:input@kbanet.com>> wrote:
Excellent idea, Denny. It would make my job a lot easier.
Objections, anyone?
Dale
-----Original Message-----
From: ohgen-bounces@rootsweb.com<mailto:ohgen-bounces@rootsweb.com>
[mailto:ohgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of Denny Shirer
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 6:52 PM
To: ohgen@rootsweb.com<mailto:ohgen@rootsweb.com>
Subject: Re: [OHGENWEB] Missing CC's
Dale,
Maybe we need to insist CC's have 2 working email accounts and their
snail mail address on file. Probably wouldn't hurt to get their phone
number as well.
Denny Shirer - drdx@neo.rr.com<mailto:drdx@neo.rr.com> - Canton, OH Shirer Family
Genealogy -
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mysong
Muskingum County, OHGenWeb -
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohmuskin/
On 5/1/2010 9:10 AM, Dale Grimm wrote:
> For the past several months I have been trying to contact Annette
> Peebles (Ashtabula county) and Ann Anderson (Hardin County) with no
success.
>
> I have tried to contact them through this list and by private e-mails.
> I have put requests on this list for anyone who might know them to
> have them contact me or give me another way of contacting them.
>
> Both sites were hosted on the
theusgenweb.org server and neither has
> come back up after that server experienced problems several months ago.
>
> At the present time, we have no Ashtabula County site, and I am
> receiving complaint e-mails almost daily. I have linked to an old
> Hardin County site on Rootsweb just to have something available for
> our
visitors.
>
> To wait any longer for these CC's to respond will be a disservice to
> our visitors.
>
> Ashtabula and Hardin counties are now available for adoption.
>
>
>
> Dale
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