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Opening Opinions:
Karen Mitchell of Colorado City, Colorado, Slanderer, Ethical
Degenerate
State Coordinator of The NMGenWeb Project 2006 - 2007
Exploring Corruption in Genealogy re-edited May 28,
2007
New Mexico Genealogy. Colorado Genealogy; NMGenWeb
Her actions are Vicious, Ugly, Repelling. Unsolicited
response. (New Mexico researcher )
A vote for Karen Mitchell is a vote for corruption.
(Charles Barnum, 2004 National Campaign.)
Charlie, I recommend that you do not respond. This may
result in your being expelled from USGenWeb. State Coordinators
can't be expelled but County Coordinators can.
(a Friend)
Answer: Karen published her lies on the Internet. Hundreds of people read them. Her
character is questionable.
Below is a secret web page with a plan to have an "Open Season"
on me after the election is secured by Karen.
In a web page (discovered 28 March 2007), Susan Bellomo, then the
State Coordinator of NMGenWeb, told members
Harold Kilmer and Pat Bennett that after the election, it would be
Open Season on Charles Barnum. That is exactly what happened:
A staged flare-up about Barnum not subscribing to the
email list; Personal attacks against Barnum on the NMGenWeb e-mail
list, the expulsion of Barnum from NMGenWeb without charges, and
five
pages of online filth by Karen Mitchell; and 70 alleged anonymous statements coming from the
participating County Coordinators of NMGenWeb when in fact there
were only 15 CCs at that time. This was followed by a
slanderous attack on Barnum's Mother, his Children and his
Grandchildren.
Read on.
Quote:
Election 2006 Election Committee Meeting
FYI, let's keep this confidential among us three until we have
discussed and decided what to do. Can we accomplish it via e-mail?
We all have such different schedules, and with e-mail we all have
exactly the same info.
- Charles Barnum has protested the election process, and
during the course of 24 hours has now posted a message to our
community mailing list (not the CC distribution list) that he is
ready to move on. He listed several "recommendations" for the
next SC and NMGenWeb in general. If you aren't on the NMGENWEB-L
mailing list, let me know so I can forward you a copy of the
message. I have a timeline and copies of all the messages sent
regarding the election, so there isn't much substance on which
he can base a grievance. I spent last night and very early this
morning putting it together just in case.
Since Charles has
publicly stated that he's ready to move on, I'd prefer not to get him on the warpath. Once we get through the ASC
issue and election, it can be unofficial open season. ...
end quote
Source:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmgenweb/Election2006/ECmtg.htm
NMGenWeb secret web page for the NMGenWeb Election Committee.
Susan Bellomo, susanbellomo@yahoo.com, Chairperson (Carlsbad, NM)
Committee Members were:
Harold Kilmer,
hkilmer@plateautel.net (Clovis, NM)
Pat Bennett
mzwhiz@mindless.com (Silver
City)
Crime of Conspiracy:
Does this Conspiracy rise to the level of a Crime
by the Officers of NMGenWeb? Do the five web pages Karen Mitchell
wrote show a conspiracy to harm by slander supporting the the Open
Season on Barnum? You decide.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Conspiracy (crime)
“In the criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or
more natural persons to break the law at some time in the future,
and, in some cases, with at least one overt act in furtherance of
that agreement. There is no limit on the number participating in the
conspiracy and, in most countries, no requirement that any steps
have been taken to put the plan into effect (compare attempts which
require proximity to the full offence). ...
Conspiracy law usually does not require proof of the specific intent
by the defendants to injure any specific person in order to
establish an illegal agreement. Instead, usually the law only
requires the conspirators have the agreed to engage in a certain
illegal act. This is sometimes described as a "general intent" to
violate the law.”
As you read the following, decide for yourself if the Open
Season on Barnum by slander and lies is a criminal act.
During the 2004 Elections for the Position of National
Coordinator (of USGenWeb), Barnum believed that electing Karen
Mitchell to head USGenWeb would be a disaster. Karen Mitchell
subsequently lost that election by a wide margin. In 2006, after
Karen Mitchell whipped the membership of NMGenWeb into a frothing
frenzy, she expelled Charles Barnum from NMGenWeb on unspecified
charges.
Her tactics were vulgar, baiting, hearsay, dehumanizing
battering, demonizing, half lies, lies, slander, anonymous
testimony, slander by proxy, and character assignation--not only
toward Barnum but toward his ninety year old Mother, and toward his
children and their children.
Karen Mitchell is at her best when slandering and scheming.
How much more corrupt would she have been if she won the election
for the top position in USGenWeb?
Karen Mitchell denied a hearing for Barnum. That is
a fundamental right in all organizations. It's the foundation of
justice in America. The fact that Karen Mitchell was able to operate
with a contempt for justice is a manifestation of online genealogy in NMGenWeb.
Crime of CYBER
STALKING:
The following pages of filth by Karen Mitchell show her scheming,
hatred, jealousy and hysterical rants. Parts of it was based on
cyber stalking. Police agencies are beginning to understand
cyber stalking as a crime and as a form of terrorism. Nevada
Revised Statutes covers this. Its important to know that the crime
of cyber stalking occurs where the person reads the material, not
where it was published. Thus, any State's District Attorney may
bring an action:
NRS 200.575 Stalking:
Definitions:
1. A person who, without lawful authority,
willfully or maliciously engages in a course of conduct that
would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened,
intimidated or harassed, and that actually causes the victim to
feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated or harassed, commits
the crime of stalking.
Karen Mitchell stated or implied on the
Internet that,
1--Barnum continuously threatened law suits toward NMGenWeb members.
----A LIE.
2--Barnum engaged in hostile discussions for the purpose of suing
for monetary gain.
----A LIE.
3--Barnum breached the confidentiality of mediation.
----A LIE.
4--Barnum's account at USGenNet was removed for stealing material.
----A LIE.
5--Barnum refused to accept the decisions of a majority of members.
----A LIE.
6--Barnum committed voter fraud in USGenWeb.
----A LIE.
7--Barnum's family members use aliases for voting fraud.
----A LIE.
8--Barnum refused to give assurance that he would not
sue over mediation results.
----A LIE.
9--Barnum had filed a grievance against every
NMGenWeb State Coordinator.
----A LIE.
10--Barnum had family members on his AZ and CO GenWeb web
pages.
----A LIE.
11--Barnum suffers from emotional
constipation.
She actually wrote that in her
summation to the Advisory Board of USGenWeb.
Did the AB dismiss her
hateful rant? The truth will shock
you!
Fact: C. W. Barnum has never violated a Bylaw of USGenWeb.
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My name is Charles Barnum. I am
solely responsible for this web site. In the summer of 2006
Karen Mitchell placed five pages of lies, slander and
distortion on the Internet.
This is a response to the
lies
Karen Mitchell published. It is my constitutional right to
answer. Had she not published such
filth this site would not exist today.
Karen Mitchell (in the dossier below)
mixed irrelevant personal emails dating back six years with
recent emails to deceive and confuse. Some posts had the
names and dates stripped away. Only one side of the issues
were shown by Mitchell, those that appear unflattering. All
statements were taken out of context. What you will read is
a collection of anonymous statements impossible to
challenge. This entire dossier is an example of guilt by
accusation. Make hundreds of false accusations against a
person and some people will believe there must be some
validity to them.
Problems have existed in
NMGenWeb. They began after I requested the rules and
regulations of USGenWeb to be observed to hold an election
to replace the ailing NMGenWeb State Coordinator. My actions
inflamed the clique that controlled NMGenWeb. Shortly after this, a County Coordinator
(CC) named Pat Bennett and others instigated a shun Barnum
strategy. The purpose was to lock me out of participation
within NMGenWeb. They succeeded. I could have walked away
from this hostile environment, but I chose to stay to help
family researchers in New Mexico.
If I now remain quiet, people like Karen Mitchell would
continue to exercise unchecked power in online
genealogy. Publishing this limited response is not a
pleasant task. Not publishing it is allowing
slanders to run wild through the halls of genealogy.
State Guidelines (of which NMGenWeb has
None)
accomplish several things.
1--They protect individual's rights.
2--They set up consistent procedures
for elections.
3--They prevent the State email lists
from being used as weapons.
4--They Limit the power of State
Coordinators to abuse.
All of my personal opinions will
occur in a outlined red-orange box to
separate it from the sea of irrelevant testimony of Karen
Mitchell. Readers are welcomed to share their
opinions pro or con. Use the Forum.
About this author: I entered organized
genealogy in 1996 founding NMGenWeb's Lincoln County. I
served until early 2006 at which time Karen Mitchell
expelled me without stating a bylaws violation, nor allowing
me to face the anonymous accusers, nor to examine and
challenge evidence or to question witnesses.
A group of people acting within an
organization will often suspend their personal ethical
values if they think it promotes the group. You will see
that process in action in the following anonymous
statements, slander, lies, attacks on my family's honor,
name calling, and inflammatory hate-filled words. These
statements would be tossed-out in any court, but they are
now an accepted part of online genealogy. What you will not
read is one instance of a violation of the rules or bylaws
of USGenWeb by me, nor of any law in the United States by me. Keep
in mind that I did not publish the following. I am
responding to the filth published about me and my family by
Karen Mitchell in the name of NMGenWeb. Draw your own conclusions.
Should I slip into any self-serving statements, please
inform me of it, and I'll remove them. If you find
an error of fact, I'll correct that too.
A side of
online genealogy that the general public does see is one of
slander, jealousy, and scheming. I hate politics, but I
became more involved in those issues out of
disgust about how online genealogy is operated. I'm a
flawed man in many ways. My main problem is my inability to
communicate clearly and effectively. Having a stroke in 2005
amplified that inability.
For that, I beg your understanding.
Charles Barnum, Founder of Lincoln County NMGenWeb 1996 -
2006
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