<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.5945" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Larry and others,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As some others have stated, I'm also not sure I have time to follow another genealogy mail group.  The topic is certainly legitimate, and the group may thrive.  But, it seems to me that we already at least a couple of mail lists where questions can be asked about citations.  I'm not sure we need separate mail lists for every major genealogical research topic.  If, on the other hand, you are planning to systematically go through all of <EM>Evidence Explained</EM> page by page, then I would think you would want to invite the author of the book to participate as little or much as she would like.  I am making no assumptions about what Elizabeth Shown Mills prefers; I'm just saying that if you are going to build an entire online discussion around her book, it makes sense for her to be involved.  And I, like others, wonder how you are drawing boundaries about who is or is not welcome to participate.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 6/10/2010 2:05:47 P.M. Central Daylight Time, janis.gilmore@gmail.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Larry,<BR><BR>I hope that you have made it clear to your new group that you have had the<BR>opportunity to involve the person who wrote the book  and have chosen,<BR>instead, to łengage in chaotic question and answer sessions.˛<BR><BR>Janis Walker Gilmore<BR><BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=2 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Jay Fonkert, CG<BR><A href="http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/">http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/</A><BR>Saint Paul, MN<BR><BR>Director, Association of Professional Genealogists<BR>(</FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=1 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="8">professional profile at <A href="http://www.apgen.org)/">www.apgen.org)</A></FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR>Member, Genealogical Speakers Guild<BR></FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=1 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="8">(professional profile at <A href="http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)">http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)</A><U><BR></FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"></U>Member, International Society of Family History Writers and Editors <BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=1 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="8">CG (Certified Genealogist) is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified associates after periodic competency evaluations.</FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>