At 01:34 AM 10/3/00 -0400, you wrote: >Please vote on whether or not to amend Motion 00-29 as follows by sending >along >your vote equivalent of yes, no, abstain. Thanks, Tim yes >I move to amend the above motion to read: > >Whereas, the mark "USGenWeb" has been in public use since June 1996 as >a Collective Membership mark[*] for the USGenWeb Project, a non-profit >volunteer group providing free online genealogical services, and the >derivative mark 'USGenWeb Archives' has been in public use since August >1996 as a service mark for the USGenWeb Project's archival services, >and the derivative mark 'USGenWeb Archives Project' has been in use >since that date as a Collective Membership mark for that subset of the >Project's volunteers who manage and maintain that archival service, it >is the finding of the USGenWeb Advisory Board that the USGenWeb Project >as a group is the rightful holder of 'USGenWeb', 'USGenWeb Archives', >and all derivative marks. > >Whereas the USGenWeb Archive's Project's current Coordinator, Linda Lewis, >filed[**] with the U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office (PTO) on 1 May, 2000, >an application (Serial Number 78006402) in which "Linda Lewis" is listed >as the name of the applicant, and "volunteer group" as the applicant >entity type, that application containing the declaration that "no other >person, firm, corporation or association has the right to use the mark", >such an application, if granted, could deny to the USGenWeb Project the >lawful right to use the marks by which it has identified the Project's >member web sites for over four years. > >Therefore, the USGenWeb Project Advisory Board officially requests that >Linda Lewis withdraw her application as soon as possible, and that she >furnish the Advisory Board with a bona fide copy or proof of her >withdrawal of said application. > >The Advisory Board further advises Linda Lewis that it is the Project's >intention to retain the legal right to the USGenWeb Archives mark, and >that if proof of withdrawal is not received by the Advisory Board within >ten (10) business days of the passage of this motion, the Advisory Board >will assume that withdrawal is not forthcoming and will proceed with >other measures to protect the Project's right to the mark. > >Recognizing that Linda's goal in making her application was to protect >the USGenWeb Archives mark from unauthorized use by those not representing >the USGenWeb Project, the Advisory Board assures Linda Lewis that if >her application is withdrawn, the Advisory Board will act as expeditiously >as possible to register the USGenWeb Project's legal right to the mark. > >Recognizing that the authority for determining membership in the >USGenWeb Archives Project lies with the Coordinator of the USGenWeb >Archives Project, the Advisory Board further assures Linda Lewis >that if her application is withdrawn, authority for granting or >removing authorization to use the USGenWeb Archives mark to identify >web sites as part of the USGenWeb Archives Project will be assigned by >the USGenWeb Project to Linda Lewis as long as she is a member of the >USGenWeb Project and holds the office of Coordinator of the USGenWeb >Archives Project.