I agree with Joy and...... I move that The USGenWeb Project Advisory Board create the office of Project Historian. The Historian will be chosen from among interested volunteers and appointed to the office by the Advisory Board and the National Coordinator. The duties of the Historian shall consist of gathering and compiling the history of The USGenWeb Project, from various resources, and to add to that history on an ongoing basis. Each new Advisory Board may elect to appoint it's own Historian. If, for some reason, the Historian neglects to fulfill his or her appointed duties the Advisory Board and the National Coordiantor may choose a new Historian as needed. Ginger gingerh@shawneelink.com -----Original Message----- From: Joy Fisher <jfisher@ucla.edu> To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 12:29 AM Subject: Re: [BOARD-L] USGenWeb Project (forwarded by request) >For a bunch of genealogists, who pride themselves on documenting every >little detail, we are doing a #&$@^ poor job of documenting our own >history. I propose we have a historian (either appointed or elected to >document our history. > >Right now, we only have (roughly) 3.5 years (4.5 (roughly) if you count >KYGenWeb). Some of the biggest arguments I have seen on some of the lists >is over our history and various persons' recollection of what happened. It >will only get worse as some of the founders leave, pass on, or lose their >memories. > >At 01:20 AM 1/18/00 -0500, you wrote: >>I've held this until other items quieted down a bit so that full attention >>could be given to this. I had to retype this, as it was in small print that >>the listserv would not accept. - Tim: >>---------------------- >>I took a look at the current web pages this morning, just to see if >>anything had changed. I can't help but notice that in the history of the >>project, there is absolutely no mention of my role as creator of the >>project. It would be nice if the gang would finally correct this omission. >> >>Jeff Murphy 1625 SE Roberts Dr. C-113 Gresham, Oregon 97080 (503) 666-5028 >><http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4708/>http://www.geocities.com/He >>artland/Plains/4708/ Muhlenberg Co., KY >>Creator of KY GenWeb Project, U.S. GenWeb Project, KY Biographies Project, >>U.S. Biographies Project >> >