Hi Teri, Happy Birthday! Let me think on this for a while and get back with you. I have to weigh some issues and correspond with the many CCs in my region that supported this motion. Maggie ----- Original Message ----- From: Teri Pettit <pettit@Adobe.COM> To: <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [BOARD-L] Motion Re: "Nonprofit USGenWeb Project" At 8:47 AM -0700 6/9/00, Maggie Stewart wrote: >Teri, > > I'll withdraw my motion if you agree to handle the >negotiations with Mr. Smoot and USGenNet. I will >reserve the right to put the motion back out if those >negotiations should fall through. Maggie, Thanks, I'll do what I can. (Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, but I took yesterday off work to celebrate my birthday, and I do all of my email from the office.) I appreciate your giving this a chance. I would like to be able to tell USGenNet that they can return to using the real USGenWeb logo as a link on their index page, providing: 1. That the large-size logo is not used, only the small or mid-sized logos. 2. That the logo not appear in a position that seems to identify the USGenNet's index page as itself being an official page of the USGenWeb Project (e.g., it should not be at the top of the page, nor right above the list of states.) The placement and/or caption text should make it plainly identifiable as a "courtesy link". 3. That the USGenWeb logo link to either the official USGenWeb home page at http://www.usgenweb.org/ , or to one of the official state link pages: http://www.usgenweb.org/thestates.html http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinks.html http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinks-table.html http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinkstext.html I don't like their use of the pink and white "peppermint swirl" graphics, but we did kind of back Fred and USGenNet into a corner by refusing them permission to use the real logo as a link button. Links with no graphics look so dull, and I expect it will be much harder to negotiate the removal of those or any other substitute graphics if they can't use the real logo. There are so many motions on the table it is getting past confusing. Do we have to make a motion to be able to restore permission to use the real logos? I don't think I can say so on my own, since Tim already sent USGenNet a letter saying that they had to remove them. -- Teri