In a message dated 10/3/00 1:30:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tstowell@chattanooga.net writes: > Please vote on whether or not to amend Motion 00-29 as follows by sending > along > your vote equivalent of yes, no, abstain. Thanks, Tim No. Tina Vickery

>Please vote on whether or not to amend Motion 00-29 as follows by sending >along >your vote equivalent of yes, no, abstain. Thanks, Tim Yes

Yes Shari Handley shari@tyaskin.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 1:34 AM Subject: [BOARD-L] Amendment to Motion 00-29 Vote > Please vote on whether or not to amend Motion 00-29 as follows by sending > along > your vote equivalent of yes, no, abstain. Thanks, Tim > > > I move to amend the above motion to read: > > Whereas, the mark "USGenWeb" has been in public use since June 1996 as > a Collective Membership mark[*] for the USGenWeb Project, a non-profit > volunteer group providing free online genealogical services, and the > derivative mark 'USGenWeb Archives' has been in public use since August > 1996 as a service mark for the USGenWeb Project's archival services, > and the derivative mark 'USGenWeb Archives Project' has been in use > since that date as a Collective Membership mark for that subset of the > Project's volunteers who manage and maintain that archival service, it > is the finding of the USGenWeb Advisory Board that the USGenWeb Project > as a group is the rightful holder of 'USGenWeb', 'USGenWeb Archives', > and all derivative marks. > > Whereas the USGenWeb Archive's Project's current Coordinator, Linda Lewis, > filed[**] with the U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office (PTO) on 1 May, 2000, > an application (Serial Number 78006402) in which "Linda Lewis" is listed > as the name of the applicant, and "volunteer group" as the applicant > entity type, that application containing the declaration that "no other > person, firm, corporation or association has the right to use the mark", > such an application, if granted, could deny to the USGenWeb Project the > lawful right to use the marks by which it has identified the Project's > member web sites for over four years. > > Therefore, the USGenWeb Project Advisory Board officially requests that > Linda Lewis withdraw her application as soon as possible, and that she > furnish the Advisory Board with a bona fide copy or proof of her > withdrawal of said application. > > The Advisory Board further advises Linda Lewis that it is the Project's > intention to retain the legal right to the USGenWeb Archives mark, and > that if proof of withdrawal is not received by the Advisory Board within > ten (10) business days of the passage of this motion, the Advisory Board > will assume that withdrawal is not forthcoming and will proceed with > other measures to protect the Project's right to the mark. > > Recognizing that Linda's goal in making her application was to protect > the USGenWeb Archives mark from unauthorized use by those not representing > the USGenWeb Project, the Advisory Board assures Linda Lewis that if > her application is withdrawn, the Advisory Board will act as expeditiously > as possible to register the USGenWeb Project's legal right to the mark. > > Recognizing that the authority for determining membership in the > USGenWeb Archives Project lies with the Coordinator of the USGenWeb > Archives Project, the Advisory Board further assures Linda Lewis > that if her application is withdrawn, authority for granting or > removing authorization to use the USGenWeb Archives mark to identify > web sites as part of the USGenWeb Archives Project will be assigned by > the USGenWeb Project to Linda Lewis as long as she is a member of the > USGenWeb Project and holds the office of Coordinator of the USGenWeb > Archives Project. > >

Tim Stowell wrote: > > Please vote on whether or not to amend Motion 00-29 as follows by sending > along > your vote equivalent of yes, no, abstain. Thanks, Tim No -- Richard Harrison/Encinitas, San Diego, California USGenWeb Northwest/Plains County Coordinator Rep IAGenWeb Immediate Past State Coordinator Jones Co. IAGenWeb Coord.: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajones/index.htm Jones Co. List Owner: IAJONES-L@rootsweb.com IOWA-L List Owner: IOWA-L@rootsweb.com Richard's Genealogy: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard

At 01:34 AM 10/3/00 -0400, you wrote: >Please vote on whether or not to amend Motion 00-29 as follows by sending >along >your vote equivalent of yes, no, abstain. Thanks, Tim yes >I move to amend the above motion to read: > >Whereas, the mark "USGenWeb" has been in public use since June 1996 as >a Collective Membership mark[*] for the USGenWeb Project, a non-profit >volunteer group providing free online genealogical services, and the >derivative mark 'USGenWeb Archives' has been in public use since August >1996 as a service mark for the USGenWeb Project's archival services, >and the derivative mark 'USGenWeb Archives Project' has been in use >since that date as a Collective Membership mark for that subset of the >Project's volunteers who manage and maintain that archival service, it >is the finding of the USGenWeb Advisory Board that the USGenWeb Project >as a group is the rightful holder of 'USGenWeb', 'USGenWeb Archives', >and all derivative marks. > >Whereas the USGenWeb Archive's Project's current Coordinator, Linda Lewis, >filed[**] with the U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office (PTO) on 1 May, 2000, >an application (Serial Number 78006402) in which "Linda Lewis" is listed >as the name of the applicant, and "volunteer group" as the applicant >entity type, that application containing the declaration that "no other >person, firm, corporation or association has the right to use the mark", >such an application, if granted, could deny to the USGenWeb Project the >lawful right to use the marks by which it has identified the Project's >member web sites for over four years. > >Therefore, the USGenWeb Project Advisory Board officially requests that >Linda Lewis withdraw her application as soon as possible, and that she >furnish the Advisory Board with a bona fide copy or proof of her >withdrawal of said application. > >The Advisory Board further advises Linda Lewis that it is the Project's >intention to retain the legal right to the USGenWeb Archives mark, and >that if proof of withdrawal is not received by the Advisory Board within >ten (10) business days of the passage of this motion, the Advisory Board >will assume that withdrawal is not forthcoming and will proceed with >other measures to protect the Project's right to the mark. > >Recognizing that Linda's goal in making her application was to protect >the USGenWeb Archives mark from unauthorized use by those not representing >the USGenWeb Project, the Advisory Board assures Linda Lewis that if >her application is withdrawn, the Advisory Board will act as expeditiously >as possible to register the USGenWeb Project's legal right to the mark. > >Recognizing that the authority for determining membership in the >USGenWeb Archives Project lies with the Coordinator of the USGenWeb >Archives Project, the Advisory Board further assures Linda Lewis >that if her application is withdrawn, authority for granting or >removing authorization to use the USGenWeb Archives mark to identify >web sites as part of the USGenWeb Archives Project will be assigned by >the USGenWeb Project to Linda Lewis as long as she is a member of the >USGenWeb Project and holds the office of Coordinator of the USGenWeb >Archives Project.

At 01:34 AM 10/3/00 -0400, you wrote: >Please vote on whether or not to amend Motion 00-29 as follows by sending >along >your vote equivalent of yes, no, abstain. Thanks, Tim I preferred the simple version but in the interest of expediency will agree to this version. <vote follows> >I move to amend the above motion to read: > >Whereas, the mark "USGenWeb" has been in public use since June 1996 as >a Collective Membership mark[*] for the USGenWeb Project, a non-profit >volunteer group providing free online genealogical services, and the >derivative mark 'USGenWeb Archives' has been in public use since August >1996 as a service mark for the USGenWeb Project's archival services, >and the derivative mark 'USGenWeb Archives Project' has been in use >since that date as a Collective Membership mark for that subset of the >Project's volunteers who manage and maintain that archival service, it >is the finding of the USGenWeb Advisory Board that the USGenWeb Project >as a group is the rightful holder of 'USGenWeb', 'USGenWeb Archives', >and all derivative marks. > >Whereas the USGenWeb Archive's Project's current Coordinator, Linda Lewis, >filed[**] with the U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office (PTO) on 1 May, 2000, >an application (Serial Number 78006402) in which "Linda Lewis" is listed >as the name of the applicant, and "volunteer group" as the applicant >entity type, that application containing the declaration that "no other >person, firm, corporation or association has the right to use the mark", >such an application, if granted, could deny to the USGenWeb Project the >lawful right to use the marks by which it has identified the Project's >member web sites for over four years. > >Therefore, the USGenWeb Project Advisory Board officially requests that >Linda Lewis withdraw her application as soon as possible, and that she >furnish the Advisory Board with a bona fide copy or proof of her >withdrawal of said application. > >The Advisory Board further advises Linda Lewis that it is the Project's >intention to retain the legal right to the USGenWeb Archives mark, and >that if proof of withdrawal is not received by the Advisory Board within >ten (10) business days of the passage of this motion, the Advisory Board >will assume that withdrawal is not forthcoming and will proceed with >other measures to protect the Project's right to the mark. > >Recognizing that Linda's goal in making her application was to protect >the USGenWeb Archives mark from unauthorized use by those not representing >the USGenWeb Project, the Advisory Board assures Linda Lewis that if >her application is withdrawn, the Advisory Board will act as expeditiously >as possible to register the USGenWeb Project's legal right to the mark. > >Recognizing that the authority for determining membership in the >USGenWeb Archives Project lies with the Coordinator of the USGenWeb >Archives Project, the Advisory Board further assures Linda Lewis >that if her application is withdrawn, authority for granting or >removing authorization to use the USGenWeb Archives mark to identify >web sites as part of the USGenWeb Archives Project will be assigned by >the USGenWeb Project to Linda Lewis as long as she is a member of the >USGenWeb Project and holds the office of Coordinator of the USGenWeb >Archives Project.

Ah................ I see precedent is being thrown out the window again, in favor of expediency. Ginger gingerh@shawneelink.com "It is easy to take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action." Al Batt ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [BOARD-L] Secretary > No. It is an appointment and an announcement of that fact. > > Tim > > At 08:49 AM 10/3/00 -0500, you wrote: > >Is this a request for a motion to approve the > >appointment? > > > >Ginger > >gingerh@shawneelink.com > > > >"You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown > >by staying there" Edwin Louis Cole > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> > >To: <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 12:49 AM > >Subject: [BOARD-L] Secretary > > > > > >> > >> Having had only two inquiries and one bio to come in for the Secretary > >> position, > >> I hereby appoint Roger Swafford as the Board Secretary for this term. > >> > >> Tim > >> > > > > >

> Is this a request for a motion to approve the > appointment? > Ginger There is no requirement that an appointee by the chair be approved. However, an appointment by the chiar is subject to amendment. In this case a member may amend the appointment by substituting another name, another member may second and the question then proceed as any other motion. Roger

No. It is an appointment and an announcement of that fact. Tim At 08:49 AM 10/3/00 -0500, you wrote: >Is this a request for a motion to approve the >appointment? > >Ginger >gingerh@shawneelink.com > >"You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown >by staying there" Edwin Louis Cole >----- Original Message ----- >From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> >To: <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 12:49 AM >Subject: [BOARD-L] Secretary > > >> >> Having had only two inquiries and one bio to come in for the Secretary >> position, >> I hereby appoint Roger Swafford as the Board Secretary for this term. >> >> Tim >> > >

I second the motion. Ginger gingerh@shawneelink.com -----Original Message----- From: Garnett JJoe Zsedeny <jzsed@slic.com> To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 9:08 AM Subject: [BOARD-L] Grievance Committee >I move that a grievance committee be formed. > >The committee shall be composed of at least one CC from each >region and one SC selected by the representative at large. The >committee chair shall be chosen from candidates put forth during >the discussion period and an amendment made to this motion >reflecting that choice. The NC will sit on the committee as >provided for in the Bylaws. > >The committee once seated will number each grievance, research >the background of each and make a recommendation to the Board for >a fair resolution of each complaint within 10 days with ten day >extensions granted at the request of the committee chair. The >committee must keep in mind the limited authority granted the >Board in the Bylaws to resolve grievances. > >Joe >-- >Zsedeny Genealogy - http://www.rootsweb.com/~jzed/home.htm >NDGenWeb Archives - >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/ndfiles.htm >Pembina County, ND - >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndpembin/pembina.htm >Ramsey County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndramsey/ramsey.htm >

I move that a grievance committee be formed. The committee shall be composed of at least one CC from each region and one SC selected by the representative at large. The committee chair shall be chosen from candidates put forth during the discussion period and an amendment made to this motion reflecting that choice. The NC will sit on the committee as provided for in the Bylaws. The committee once seated will number each grievance, research the background of each and make a recommendation to the Board for a fair resolution of each complaint within 10 days with ten day extensions granted at the request of the committee chair. The committee must keep in mind the limited authority granted the Board in the Bylaws to resolve grievances. Joe -- Zsedeny Genealogy - http://www.rootsweb.com/~jzed/home.htm NDGenWeb Archives - http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/ndfiles.htm Pembina County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndpembin/pembina.htm Ramsey County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndramsey/ramsey.htm

Is this a request for a motion to approve the appointment? Ginger gingerh@shawneelink.com "You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there" Edwin Louis Cole ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 12:49 AM Subject: [BOARD-L] Secretary > > Having had only two inquiries and one bio to come in for the Secretary > position, > I hereby appoint Roger Swafford as the Board Secretary for this term. > > Tim >

Having had only two inquiries and one bio to come in for the Secretary position, I hereby appoint Roger Swafford as the Board Secretary for this term. Tim

Please vote on whether or not to amend Motion 00-29 as follows by sending along your vote equivalent of yes, no, abstain. Thanks, Tim I move to amend the above motion to read: Whereas, the mark "USGenWeb" has been in public use since June 1996 as a Collective Membership mark[*] for the USGenWeb Project, a non-profit volunteer group providing free online genealogical services, and the derivative mark 'USGenWeb Archives' has been in public use since August 1996 as a service mark for the USGenWeb Project's archival services, and the derivative mark 'USGenWeb Archives Project' has been in use since that date as a Collective Membership mark for that subset of the Project's volunteers who manage and maintain that archival service, it is the finding of the USGenWeb Advisory Board that the USGenWeb Project as a group is the rightful holder of 'USGenWeb', 'USGenWeb Archives', and all derivative marks. Whereas the USGenWeb Archive's Project's current Coordinator, Linda Lewis, filed[**] with the U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office (PTO) on 1 May, 2000, an application (Serial Number 78006402) in which "Linda Lewis" is listed as the name of the applicant, and "volunteer group" as the applicant entity type, that application containing the declaration that "no other person, firm, corporation or association has the right to use the mark", such an application, if granted, could deny to the USGenWeb Project the lawful right to use the marks by which it has identified the Project's member web sites for over four years. Therefore, the USGenWeb Project Advisory Board officially requests that Linda Lewis withdraw her application as soon as possible, and that she furnish the Advisory Board with a bona fide copy or proof of her withdrawal of said application. The Advisory Board further advises Linda Lewis that it is the Project's intention to retain the legal right to the USGenWeb Archives mark, and that if proof of withdrawal is not received by the Advisory Board within ten (10) business days of the passage of this motion, the Advisory Board will assume that withdrawal is not forthcoming and will proceed with other measures to protect the Project's right to the mark. Recognizing that Linda's goal in making her application was to protect the USGenWeb Archives mark from unauthorized use by those not representing the USGenWeb Project, the Advisory Board assures Linda Lewis that if her application is withdrawn, the Advisory Board will act as expeditiously as possible to register the USGenWeb Project's legal right to the mark. Recognizing that the authority for determining membership in the USGenWeb Archives Project lies with the Coordinator of the USGenWeb Archives Project, the Advisory Board further assures Linda Lewis that if her application is withdrawn, authority for granting or removing authorization to use the USGenWeb Archives mark to identify web sites as part of the USGenWeb Archives Project will be assigned by the USGenWeb Project to Linda Lewis as long as she is a member of the USGenWeb Project and holds the office of Coordinator of the USGenWeb Archives Project.

At 02:06 PM 10/1/00 -0400, Shari Handley wrote: >Tim, > >Sorry if I just missed it, but I did not see any answer to my question as to exactly what information was forwarded to >RootsWeb in regards to our domains. > >Shari Handley >shari@tyaskin.com No I didn't send along any info as I was out of town for the weekend. The changes were: on the Registrant's name for .net (USGenWeb) from Megan's address, to my address. on the Registrant's name for .org (USGenWeb) from Rootsweb's address, to my address. Administrative contact from Nancy Trice as NC to myself as NC. Billing contact - to Holly Timm. Technical contact - to remain the same - ie Rootsweb since they are hosting the domain. Tim

Tim, Sorry if I just missed it, but I did not see any answer to my question as to exactly what information was forwarded to RootsWeb in regards to our domains. Shari Handley shari@tyaskin.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [BOARD-L] USGenWeb Domains > The info was forwarded to Rootsweb this PM. > > Tim > > At 09:01 PM 9/28/00 -0500, you wrote: > >A reminder: RootsWeb and MyFamily are awaiting instructions to change the > contacts on the two domains (.net and .org) over to whatever the Advisory > Board wishes. Both domains are currently paid up. > > > >Betsy > > > >

I Vote YES Richard... Tim Stowell wrote: > > At 03:01 AM 6/29/00 -0400, Tim Stowell wrote: > The amended motion proposed by Betsy and seconded by Jim: > > "I move that the Election Committee be directed to follow election > procedure as was followed in previous elections -- one State Coordinator > and one Asst. State Coordinator per state/special project and any County > Coordinator/Assistant County Coordinator/Town Coordinator/Special Project > File Manager be allowed to vote." > > Whereas Joe's message this morning agreed to by Joy is in effect a 'call the > question' type message - please cast your vote on Motion 00-19 by sending > along your equivalent of yes, no or abstain. > > Thanks, > > Tim -- Richard M. Howland IlGenWeb State Coordinator Mailto:illinois@usroots.com ICQ # 898319 NE/NCR CC Representative USGWP Advisory Board ILGEN-L List Co-ordinator ILPIATT-L List Co-ordinator IL-CHAT-L List Co-ordinator TXYOUNG-L List Co-ordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilpiatt/piatt.htm http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richpump/YoungCountyCemPage.htm http://www.pets.rootsweb.com/~hedgehogs/index.html http://www.crafts.rootsweb.com/~woodworking/index.html http://www.wf.net/~richpump/HowlandOnLine.html

This is my second attempt and my fourth message rejected in such a manner... It has never happened before. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Failed mail Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 23:38:58 -0400 From: NTMail <PostMaster@gru.net> To: <jpowelljr@gru.net> - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Your message to rootsweb.com was rejected. I said: RCPT To:<BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> And rootsweb.com responded with 550 5.7.1 <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com>... Relaying denied - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Your message follows: >Received: from [198.190.223.216] by grucom2.gru.net (NTMail 3.03.0018/4c.aeaq) with ESMTP id sa232614 for <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com>; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 23:38:05 -0400 >Message-ID: <395D6697.572414B0@gru.net> >Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 23:33:43 -0400 >From: Jim Powell Jr <jpowelljr@gru.net> >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Win98; U) >X-Accept-Language: en,pdf >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [BOARD-L] Emergency Motion >References: <9b.723b7a5.268ebf55@aol.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I second this motion... >Jim > >FEATHER2s@aol.com wrote: > >> I therefore move that voting be immediately suspended and the Election >> Committee be required to use the secure system on VoteBot system that Pam >> forwarded information about earlier today. >> >> Virginia (Ginger) Cisewski >> NW-Plains CC Rep > >.

Yes Ginger gingerh@shawneelink.com

FYI Ginger gingerh@shawneelink.com -----Original Message----- From: George Waller <George@Waller.Org> To: gingerh@shawneelink.com <gingerh@shawneelink.com>; jpowelljr@gru.net <jpowelljr@gru.net>; pettit@Adobe.COM <pettit@Adobe.COM> Cc: Fred Kunchick <kunchick@bellatlantic.net> Date: Friday, June 30, 2000 12:17 AM Subject: EC actions Hi Ginger, Jim, and Teri I write as CC for Lincoln Co TN and SC for MA. Please consider this my request to you as my board representatives that you take some action to make it clear to the Election Committee that they have overstepped their authority in their recent actions to limit voting rights. I understand you are reluctant to create the appearance of manipulating the committee, but that concern is less than the present danger presented by the actions of the EC. Voting rights as established in previous elections should be honored this election. Thanks, George