Dale,
You are responding to my message as if I were objecting to everything Denny proposes. If
you reread it with care, you will see that I am not, merely objecting to one aspect of it
that I think will be pretty useless and a hassle for some people. Sheila Helser has
objected to another aspect that she feels is too invasive, but again not to the whole
concept.
I recognize the need for an alternate point of contact and support a state policy on this.
So let's try to be very general about it (always a good idea anyway). How about:
"CCs must provide an alternate point of contact to the SC that will function in the
event they are not responding to queries through their web site or the state mailing list.
Such information will be confidential."
(There is nothing in the USGenWeb Bylaws about putting one's e-mail address on their
web site — in fact queries might be generated through a form. So I wrote this to be
general, also.)
Though I'm not completely sure how this will help Sheila, unless she provides a
separate e-mail for her "family person who can get to the accounts if for any reason
[she] cannot". How else might this "family person" know that they need to
attend to the accounts?
Scott
On Sunday, May 2, 2010 8:26 AM MT, Dale Grimm <input(a)kbanet.com> wrote:
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(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:ohgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of Scott R. C. Anderson
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 9:04 AM
To: ohgen(a)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(a)kbanet.com> wrote:
>Excellent idea, Denny. It would make my job a lot easier.
>
>Objections, anyone?
>
>Dale
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ohgen-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:ohgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
>Behalf Of Denny Shirer
>Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 6:52 PM
>To: ohgen(a)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(a)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