Hello All,
When I first took over this county over 1 1/2 years ago, Audrey Massey
offered me only one piece of advice. She said "Stay out of the politics and
just maintain the page for those people who need it!" Her words were as
appropriate then as they are now. We need to remember why we are hosting
these counties. There are people out there who wouldn't be able to track
down the resources that we make available. The back-biting,
second-guessing, and bad-blood that is going around this group over
political issues is hampering our mission! I personally don't care where
the pages reside. I don't care where the mailing lists are processed. I
rarely say anything on this list and when I do, I'm not ashamed if the whole
world reads it. All that most of the County Hosts want to do is keep our
queries up-to-date and provide information and links that our users need.
Family History or the search therefore is frustrating enough without having
to listen to accusation and counter-accusation over petty issues such as
voting rights (like we really do a bunch of voting around here!). The
Pro-rootsweb vs. Anti-rootsweb argument is totally lost on over three
quarters of our crew. You see, guys, we don't care! We have a job to do
and we just want to do it! The only type of discussion that we ( the 3/4 )
will tend to get involved in is one that involves major changes to our
pages! Period! So in the words of a barkeep that I once knew.... Take it
outside, boys!
Denny
Denny Thomas
Thomas Family Archives -
http://thomasfamily.homepage.com
Maury County TNGENWEB Page -
http://www.tngenweb.org/maury/