You are correct, Ginger. Pam, as she said, made an honest error. Joe Ginger wrote: > > It was my understanding that those were subprojects > of the USGenWeb Archives. Did I misunderstand that? > > Ginger > gingerh@shawneelink.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: FEATHER2s@aol.com <FEATHER2s@aol.com> > To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 7:04 PM > Subject: [BOARD-L] Special Projects > > >When did the Board vote to create additional Special Projects? The Projects > >Page located at http://www.usgenweb.org/projects/projects.html was "updated" > >on January 12th and now lists a "Pension Project" and a "Digital Map Library" > >there. > > > >The Bylaws are very clear on the formation of official Special Projects and > >the procedure was not followed in either case, as evidenced in the excerpt > >quoted below: > > > >ARTICLE XIII. SPECIAL PROJECTS > > > >"Section 1. Special projects shall be established by The USGenWeb Project to > >promote the gathering of information in specialized areas. A coordinator > >shall be appointed by the Advisory Board to organize the project and enlist > >volunteers. In addition, each special project shall have an Assistant Project > >Coordinator or other support team in place that can take charge in case the > >Project Coordinator becomes unavailable for a period of 30 days, unless there > >are extenuating circumstances. Special projects shall be repositories for > >public domain or research documents and shall provide an easily accessible > >website for online research by the genealogical community. A collection of > >links does not constitute a special project, although links to appropriate > >websites maintained by other individuals or organizations are encouraged. > > > >Section 2. The name of the special project shall be The USGenWeb ______ > >Project " > > > >I respectfully request that the above named "Special Projects" be removed > >from that national listing. > > > >Virginia Cisewski > >NW-Plains CC Rep > > -- 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