Hi Everyone.
I'm goin' to repost all the applications for the RAL position.
I'm not endorsing anyone... Yadda-yadda-yadda...
Darilee
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*1. Your nameScott Burow*2. Your email addresssburow(a)swbell.net*3. A listing of all
positions you currently hold in USGenWebCounty Coordinator - Marion County, MOCounty
Coordinator - Ralls County, MOCounty Coordinator - Richland County, ILState Coordinator -
The ILGenWeb Project*4. A listing of the URLs of all USGenWeb-affiliated web sites
youmaintain.www.rootsweb.com/~momarionwww.rootsweb.com/~morallswww.rootsw....
A statement telling the AB why you wish to be considered for thisposition, and why you
feel you would be the best candidate for it.I think that the county coordinators are the
heart and soul of thisproject.We provide a service to people, we provide them information,
help, andguidance as County Coordinators. We locate people to help our websitevisitors,
lookup volunteers, and people with information. We supervisethewebsites, the message
boards, and the mail lists, as well as generate,and/or coordinate the information that
brings!
people
back to ourrespectivewebsites..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.Ourvoice needs to be heard, and respected, on the Advisory Board.Since the last
elections, I've been listening. These are things that Ihaveheard 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 needto be settled.The
by-laws need to give some security to volunteers and countycoordinators.There needs to be
improved lines of communication between the AdvisoryBoardand State Coordinators and County
Coordinators, and the rights andresponsiblities of each need to be clearly defined.Recent
events at the AB level have caused legitimate concern forUSGenWebmembers. These concerns
need to be addressed by the Advisory Board. Theprocess needs to be out in the open so
that the members of the
USGenWebareaware of what's going on at the AB level. The current distrust does
nobenefit to the project as a whole.These issues I've heard about and these are the
things that I would plantowork on should I be a representative on the Advisory Board.The
USGenWeb Project is the greatest organization for the genealogicalcommunity, and the
people that I've met here are the most incredible andgiving folk. This project has the
potential to provide so much to anyonewhoneeds or wants to research their family history,
and the backbone ofthatwhole process lies with the county coordinator. As RAL I'll be
the CC'svoice on the Advisory Board, and I'll do my very best to have
theirconcernsand issues heard.Thank you for your consideration.Scott Burow
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