There were a couple of items left either undiscussed and/or unhandled by the former Board. These items were, in no particular order: 1. Discussion concerning a CC's right to ask for reimbursement of costs on a county site and/or for contributions to further the site's offerings. 2. Fred Smoot's Formal Protest - published here earlier Ok, members, what say you? Do I hear any discussion on either of these items? Tim

Present... Jim

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At 9:54 PM -0700 8/31/99, Tim Stowell wrote: >I call this meeting of the 1999-2000 session of the USGenWeb Advisory Board >to order and ask that each member of the Board respond by saying: present >or here. present or here Teri Pettit CC-Rep SE/MA Region

Joy Fisher - NW-Plains SC Rep -- here! At 12:54 AM 9/1/99 -0400, you wrote: >I call this meeting of the 1999-2000 session of the USGenWeb Advisory Board >to order and ask that each member of the Board respond by saying: present >or here. > >Thanks, > >Tim Stowell >National Coordinator >

Present Betsy At 12:54 AM 09/01/1999 -0400, you wrote: >I call this meeting of the 1999-2000 session of the USGenWeb Advisory Board >to order and ask that each member of the Board respond by saying: present >or here. > >Thanks, > >Tim Stowell >National Coordinator >

Present. Shari Handley SE/MA SC Rep -----Original Message----- From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 1:11 AM Subject: [BOARD-L] Call to Order 1999-2000 session >I call this meeting of the 1999-2000 session of the USGenWeb Advisory Board >to order and ask that each member of the Board respond by saying: present >or here. > >Thanks, > >Tim Stowell >National Coordinator > > >

Present. Joe Tim Stowell wrote: > I call this meeting of the 1999-2000 session of the USGenWeb Advisory Board > to order and ask that each member of the Board respond by saying: present > or here. > > Thanks, > > Tim Stowell > National Coordinator -- email:jzsed@slic.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~jzed/home.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndpembin/pembina.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndramsey/ramsey.htm

present At 12:54 AM 9/1/99 -0400, you wrote: >I call this meeting of the 1999-2000 session of the USGenWeb Advisory Board >to order and ask that each member of the Board respond by saying: present >or here. > >Thanks, > >Tim Stowell >National Coordinator >

Present Gloria B. Mayfield, Southwest/SouthCentral County Coordinator Representative Tim Stowell wrote: > I call this meeting of the 1999-2000 session of the USGenWeb Advisory Board > to order and ask that each member of the Board respond by saying: present > or here. > > Thanks, > > Tim Stowell > National Coordinator -- Southwest/South Central CC Representative, USGenWeb http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/gmayfield/index.html Panola County TX USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txpanola/ Rusk County TX USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txrusk/index.htm Texas Surnames http://www.rootsweb.com/~txrusk/txsurnames.html

Present Ginger Cisewski NW/Plains CC Rep.

Present. Pam Reid Tim Stowell wrote: > I call this meeting of the 1999-2000 session of the USGenWeb Advisory Board > to order and ask that each member of the Board respond by saying: present > or here. > > Thanks, > > Tim Stowell > National Coordinator

Present Ginger gingerh@shawneelink.com -----Original Message----- From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 12:12 AM Subject: [BOARD-L] Call to Order 1999-2000 session >I call this meeting of the 1999-2000 session of the USGenWeb Advisory Board >to order and ask that each member of the Board respond by saying: present >or here. > >Thanks, > >Tim Stowell >National Coordinator > >

At 12:54 AM 9/1/1999 -0400, you wrote: >I call this meeting of the 1999-2000 session of the USGenWeb Advisory Board >to order and ask that each member of the Board respond by saying: present >or here. > >Thanks, > >Tim Stowell >National Coordinator > > > Present Bonnie McVicar-Briggs mishiawa@shiatel.tds.net USGENWEB PROJECT Volunteer Shiawassee County, MI http://www2.crosswinds.net/~shiawassee/mishiawa.html Clinton County, MI http://www.rootsweb.com/~miclinto/clintmn.htm

Present RootsLady (aka) Barbara Yancey Dore Southwest/SouthCentral County Coordinator Representative ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:54 PM Subject: [BOARD-L] Call to Order 1999-2000 session > I call this meeting of the 1999-2000 session of the USGenWeb Advisory Board > to order and ask that each member of the Board respond by saying: present > or here. > > Thanks, > > Tim Stowell > National Coordinator > >

I call this meeting of the 1999-2000 session of the USGenWeb Advisory Board to order and ask that each member of the Board respond by saying: present or here. Thanks, Tim Stowell National Coordinator

Thanks Bill for the fish story! Tim At 10:11 PM 8/31/99 -0400, Bill Oliver wrote: >This is my stop also. Met some grand people here. My day >started with a story which apparently has been floating >around various lists lately. Just to say I'm goin' fishin'! >Have fun everyone! > >Sincerely, > >Bill > >P.S. forwarding a copy of this to someone I have never sent >a "copy" of anything to before. <G> >--

To the Board of the 1998-99 session: On behalf of the USGenWeb Project members, I would like to thank you all for your service on the Advisory Board during this term. To the departing members: even though all our times together were not always pleasant, for all the battles fought, for all the battles lost or won - we still thank you for taking some of your time away from other activities to devote to the betterment of this Project. We wish you well in all your future endeavors within and without the Project. Tim Stowell

This is my stop also. Met some grand people here. My day started with a story which apparently has been floating around various lists lately. Just to say I'm goin' fishin'! Have fun everyone! Sincerely, Bill P.S. forwarding a copy of this to someone I have never sent a "copy" of anything to before. <G> -- === "There was once an 11 year old who went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family's cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake. On the day before bass season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish and perch with worms. Then he tied on a small silver lure and practiced casting. The lure struck the water and caused colored ripples in the sunset, then silver ripples as the moon rose over the lake. When his pole doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock. Finally he very gingerly lifted the exhausted fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass. The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, gills playing back and forth in the moonlight. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 p.m. -- two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy. "You'll have to put it back, son," he said. "Dad!" cried the boy. "There will be other fish," said his father "Not as big as this one," cried the boy. He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere around in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could tell by the clarity of his father's voice that the decision was not negotiable. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass, and lowered it into the black water. The creature swished its powerful body and disappeared. The boy suspected that he would never again see such a great fish. That was 34 years ago. Today the boy is a successful architect in New York City. His father's cabin is still there on the lake. He takes his own son and daughters fishing from the same dock. And he was right. He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he landed that night long ago. But he does see that same fish...again and again...every time he comes up against a question of ethics. For, as his father taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult. Do we do right when no one is looking? Do we refuse to cut corners to get the design in on time? Or refuse to trade stocks based on information that we know we aren't supposed to have? We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth. The decision to do right lives fresh and fragrant in our memory. It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren. Not about how we had a chance to beat the system and took it, but about how we did the right thing and were forever strengthened.

Motion 99-23 - End of Business passes with 14 aye, 0 nay, 1 not voting. Thank you all. Tim