Hear! Hear! Well said!! Maybe the private flames should be posted on the list for all to see. Ann
----- Original Message ----- From: "Janis L Gilmore" <rajan...@earthlink.net> To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Private Flaming > Oh, Connie, please don't leave. You are one of a handful of people on this > list that I feel I can count on to approach genealogy as the discipline > that > it is. > > Either I have missed the flames directed at you (I do sometimes move > quickly > through the mail), or they have been off-list. If off-list, they quickly > merit the "delete" button. I have had several of those recently, too. > > There is a great group here (Ron, Wendy, JL, others) who offer good > counsel, > and seldom any editorial content. They are great technical advisers. > > Then there is a group, bigger than I would like to think, who are simply > argumentative, demanding, and difficult. This has been my primary problem > in > sticking with Legacy. And I concur that, of all of the lists to which I > have > belonged, this ranks among the most contentious. > > I must say the list coordinators are prone to listen to the "squeaky > wheels" > rather than the more reasonable folk who populate the list. This > contributes > to maintaining a lower tone. > > I like so many things about Legacy. I can't afford the time right now to > change software (applying for the CG this year). > > I do hope that you will hang in there. > > Best, > Janis Walker Gilmore > > > On 3/27/09 4:27 PM, "Connie Sheets" <clshee...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > Because of the intensity and frequency of private flaming that I have > > been > > receiving from this list over the last few weeks, I will be reverting to > > as > > close to "lurker" mode as I can muster, and am contemplating leaving the > > list. > > > > I have always done my best to be helpful and keep to topic. Quite > > frankly, > > I've been on some contentious lists and message boards and have > > developed a > > rather thick skin, but this one takes the prize for > > passive-aggressiveness. > > To those who seem to have nothing better to do than write aggressive > > messages > > to posters who innocently violate your concept of what is appropriate: > > the > > Legacy staff, or the polite people on the board, will inform us if we > > mess up. > > You don't have to do it for them. If you aren't interested in the > > subject > > line, the content of the first post the thread, or the name of the > > poster, use > > the delete key thereafter. > > > > I deeply appreciate those of you who have helped me learn to make better > > use > > of Legacy, and I hope in the process I have at least occasionally helped > > others. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
