Yes, Joe's modification is fine. Ginger gingerh@shawneelink.com -----Original Message----- From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 1:59 AM Subject: Re: [BOARD-L] USGenWeb Project >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 >> >> >