You are right Joseph. I sincerely apologize. I was having a
frustrating day and my mind took off in the wrong direction. This is
one of the best groups on the web and doesn't deserve the pettiness
in my previous email. I thank you for your patient response. I hope
the rest of the group will forgive me, too.

Linda Romero

On Aug 11, 2006, at 3:12 AM, general-
request@lists.nuestrosranchos.org wrote:

> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:43:25 -0500
> From: Joseph Puentes
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Login once a year/Creating More Discussion
> To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
> Message-ID: <44DB460D.2080807@nc.rr.com>
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> I think you are totally misunderstanding what I was suggesting.
> There is
> a difference between "Login In" and the discussion that takes place on
> the email distribution lists. I am in no means proposing that if you
> don't say something "ONCE A YEAR" on the email discussion list you
> will
> be eliminated from the group. No not the point. I am trying to find an
> easy way for me to remove members from the group that are not truely
> members. The Log In means you take your "USER NAME" and "PASSWORD" and
> use them (log in) on the http://nuestrosranchos.org site.
>
> When you do that it leaves a "signature" of sorts in that I can easily
> see that you or anyone has logged into the site. So if a person hasn't
> logged in after a year then I'll send them an email asking if they
> want
> to remain members. If they say yes then fine they can remain
> members as
> long as they have met the initial requirements: 1) do your own
> research
> and 2) send in a representative tree showing their connection to our
> area of research. BUT if the person never replies or replies with a
> "Not
> Interested" then I'll go ahead and delete their membership.
>
> So unless you want to get a message from me on 01 May 2007 just log in
> once. . .you don't have to spend hours researching or anything
> just log
> in. logging in takes about 1 minute and you are finished. In fact
> If you
> log in immediately you will not have to worry about this until 01 May
> 2008 when the next time after this first time that I will be
> sending out
> emails to people who haven't logged in for over a year.
>
> What do you think is what I said still unclear?
>
> joseph
>
> ps: if you want more discussion about your particular area of research
> why not do like I did when I originally started the Yahoo Ranchos. I
> knew When I first started I didn't know anything so I decided to
> surround myself with other researchers that were researching my
> area of
> research thus originally the yahoo group was for Jalisco and Zacatecas
> and then the members decided to add Aguascalientes. So if you go to
> Ancestry or Roots web and do a message search for your particular
> areas
> in Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Aguascalientes then find those that are
> "Serious" Inquiries. Email those individuals and ask them to consider
> membership in the http://nuestrosranchos.org group, But give them a
> warning that it is only for those that are serious about their
> research
> and tell them about the requirements of the group. Linda, get
> active in
> finding others you can network with. . .believe me it has been a
> blessing for me and my research and I just know that it will be for
> yours.
>