The only experience I have dealing with historians is military. But the model they use seems relevant here so I will relate it for what it is worth. The Air Force, if my memory serves me correctly, has full time historians from Headquarters USAF level down to the division level. Below it is an additional duty for someone to feed historical information up the chain. Relating this to our case, ideally each state would have someone who passes history at that level up to the appointed historian. This goes along the line of Tim's suggestion. Who started the Project, when, where, why, Who comes, who goes, significant events and dates of events are historical. The internal squabbling is not. Motions that result in significant changes are historical, the more mundane are not, in my opinion. For instance, Motion 00-1 would, it seems to me, be of historical interest if passed. In any event, I hope if this passes that we search carefully from among the wealth of talent in the Project for someone with experience as historian either in business or government. If we select well the job of the AB in ensuring unbiased and accurate recording of our history will be minimal. 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