At 08:06 AM 1/18/00 -0500, Garnett J.(Joe) Zsedeny wrote: >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, Will you agree to Joe's modification? If so, Motion 00-1 is open for discussion in it's modified form. If not, it is open in it's original form. Tim >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 > >