Genealogy Chat

Have sent this to the email address given:


My opinion is that it would be more useful if the questions that would be asked in the research were sent to each paid and unpaid member. Otherwise, I really do not think that there will be a balanced result.

The site has members worldwide; therefore it would, I feel, be unfair to solely concentrate on members based in or near the capital of England.

Ann I never saw your thread either

I agree wholehearted with your email Sylvia. GR obviously do not value the contributions of it's members in making this site as good as it is. Don't they realise that some of it's members are excellent researchers to the extent that they could be professionals

Don't they realise that they have already an excellent forum to canvass it's members by using the boards to discuss proposes improvements?

They have obviously not thought this through

Hi Ann

Sorry I didn't see yours


maybe no-one on here is interested .

..... but I still think people who don't go on Chat, General of Success should also have been told about the project



sylvia

I did put a thhread on this board earlier but nobody had commented Sylvia.

I have just emailed Support asking the following questions


I have several questions about this:-

1. Why was it not also stickied on Records, Tips and TTF?? Many people go only on these 3 boards and not on the ones on which you have stickied it. You have thus eliminated a large number of people who might be interested in attending. Was that deliberate??

2. Are you serious in that 16 members will be the ONLY members that you invite to participate?? SIXTEEN, out of the million or so active members (let alone the 11 million or so that have been members according to the accumulated membership numbers).

3. How may OVERSEAS members contribute to the discussion?? Are we to be "disenfranchised" from participating because we live outside the UK?? What about members in parts of the UK who could not easily get to London? You're happy enough to take our money, happy enough to have us helping other members ............ but not happy to have us taking part in discussions on how you might further change the site?

3. Some people are upset at the implication that the discussion groups are to be led by "trained researchers" ...... as if the members on here are not worth anything.

I will be interested to hear your response!




oooops .... just noticed I had two number 3's!!!!



sylvia

The following notice has been stickied on Chat, General and Success boards ........ but not on Records, Tips or TTF.


This is just the first part of the notice .................. I have actually emailed them to ask why they did not also post on the "research" boards.

Please do go and read the whole notice. I am posting this on all 3 boards .......... yes, I am posting duplicate posts!!!!!!



Earn £60 - take part in our market research study Genes 06/07/2010 16:54:53 0
We are currently organising some market research discussions to explore how we could make GenesReunited even better and your opinion is important to us, so we’d very much like you to take part.

Each discussion will include approximately 8 Genes Reunited members, led by a trained researcher and they are taking place in the late afternoon & evening in West London (near Hammersmith tube station) on Tuesday 27th July for 2 hours. In appreciation of your time, we are offering £60.00 for taking part.


etc etc etc



UPDATE p.3 ....................... a link to do the survey



sylvia