I second the motion. I would add that: The historian will create a history page the whereabouts of which will be added to the USGenWeb front page index. Joe Ginger wrote: > > 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 > >> > > -- 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