I am with You Lygia. This is a bunch of crap... > -----Original Message----- > From: Lygia Cutts [mailto:Cuttstree@net1inc.net] > Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 6:47 PM > To: ALGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Board Motion > > > Hi All! > > I am pasting a copy of a motion that has been presented to the Board. > If this motion goes through it will totally destroyed the Archives as we > know it. I personally am appauled by this motion and am in hopes that it > does not pass. If this motion does pass then I will be resigning as the > ALGENWEB ARCHIVES file manager and will resign as cc for the following > counties: Escambia, Conecuh, and Lamar. I will also pull all the records > that I have contributed to the Archives and will urge all other > contributors to do the same. PLease read all of the following and if you > have any questions I will try to answer them and if I can't I will find > someone with in the Archives that can. I would really appreciate all imput > from the cc's of AL and also Leigh our State Coordinator. Also you too may > voice you opinion in this matter by writing to the borad members at the > email addresses below: > > MSPIGLET@prodigy.net > kmfkm@ptw.com > jpowelljr@worldnet.att.net > hen1@IDT.NET > FEATHER2s@aol.com > jcraven@usunwired.net > bascs@wizard.com > estral@switchboard.net > holt@txcyber.com > bwills@ionia-mi.net > betsym@1starnet.com > cgsnyder@uiuc.edu > wnoliver@glasscity.com > tstowell@mccallie.org > mishiawa@shiatel.tds.net > cityslic@ix.netcom.com > cestus3@inetnebr.com > > Here is the board's motion: > > > > --------------1589252D748B > > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Content-Disposition: inline > > > > Return-Path: <BOARD-L-request@rootsweb.com> > > Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) > > by ixmail4.ix.netcom.com (8.8.7-s-4/8.8.7/(NETCOM v1.01)) with > ESMTP id KAA25172; > > for <cityslic@ix.netcom.com>; Fri, 5 Mar 1999 10:36:11 > -0800 (PST) > > Received: (from slist@localhost) > > by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA28276; > > Fri, 5 Mar 1999 10:37:42 -0800 (PST) > > Resent-Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 10:37:42 -0800 (PST) > > From: FEATHER2s@aol.com > > Message-ID: <b674913a.36e023a0@aol.com> > > Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 13:34:08 EST > > Old-To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Mime-Version: 1.0 > > Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > > X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 205 > > Subject: [BOARD-L] Motion to Adopt Resolution > > Resent-Message-ID: <"MF4JK.A.J5G.1RC42"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> > > To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Resent-From: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Reply-To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com > > X-Mailing-List: <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1661 > > X-Loop: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Precedence: list > > Resent-Sender: BOARD-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > I Move the adoption of the following Resolution: > > > > Whereas, the USGenWeb Project has amassed huge amounts of data, with the > > purpose of making it available to all researchers free of charge, and > > > > Whereas that purpose remains unchanged, and this collection of data has > become > > large enough that diversification has become necessary, and > > > > Whereas the Bylaws of The USGenWeb Project addressed this in > Article XIII by > > separating the digital library commonly referred to as "the > Archives" into > > separate entities, naming them The USGenWeb Archives Project, > The USGenWeb > > Census Project, and The USGenWeb Tombstone Project, and provided for the > > creation of future Special Projects, appointment of Coordinators for > them, and > > specified how these things must be accomplished, and > > > > Whereas common sense indicates that each Special Project should > have its own > > directory and its own infrastructure for file creation, > uploading and file > > maintenance and not have their files co-mingled with those of any other > > Special Project, therefore be it > > > > RESOLVED: > > > > That the Special Projects of the USGenWeb Project be known collectively > as the > > USGenWeb Project Digital Library and a page be placed on the national > website > > at www.usgenweb.org/library.html and at > www.usgenweb.net/library.html as a > > main entrance to the Digital Library, with all Special Projects of the > > USGenWeb Project being listed, a brief history of each Special > Project, as > > well as a link provided there to each Special Project, and > > > > That each Special Project will maintain their own directory and > > infrastructure, separate from any other Special Project, and further > > > > That duplication of the efforts of any Special Project by any > other Special > > Project is counterproductive and not to be done; whenever possible, > volunteer > > submissions will be referred to the appropriate Special Project, and > > > > That the National Coordinator of the USGenWeb Project will instruct the > > Webmaster for The USGenWeb Project to place this Resolution on > the Special > > Projects page of the national website within 48 hours of its > adoption by the > > Advisory Board, and > > > > That the Secretary of the USGenWeb Advisory Board be required > to distribute > > this Resolution to all the Regional Mailing Lists, the State > Coordinators > > List, and the unofficial USGenWeb -Discuss and USGenWeb-ALL > lists within the > > same 48 hour period. > > > > Respectfully submitted, > > > > Ginger Cisewski > > Northwest-Plains CC Representative > > > > --------------1589252D748B-- > > Lygia Dawkins Cutts > 881 Weaver Road > Brewton, AL 36426 > Cuttstree@Net1inc.net > > Lygia's Genealogy Page > http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/index.htm > Southwest AL Genealogy Surname Registry > http://members.tripod.com/~lygia/index-1.html > ALGenWeb - AL File Manager > http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/alfiles.htm > ALGenWeb - Escambia County > http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/escambia/gendex.html > ALGenWeb - Lamar County > http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar/lamar.htm > ALGenWeb - Conecuh County > http://www.rootsweb.com/~alconecu/conecco.html > Lygia's Clogging Page > http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/clog.htm >