Does this mean that the Archives would be absorbing the Tombstone Project? Ginger gingerh@shawneelink.com -----Original Message----- From: Shari Handley (by way of Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net>) <shari@armada.net> To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, June 01, 2000 2:06 AM Subject: [BOARD-L] Bylaws Amendment Proposal >Pursuant to USGenWeb bylaws Article XVI, Section 2, I'm submitting this and >requesting that the proposed amendment be placed on the national web site >by the webmaster, Pam Reid. (TIA, Pam) > > >******************************************************** >By a 2/3 majority vote of her coordinators (and a unanimous vote of those >responding), MDGenWeb wishes to co-sponsor the following proposed amendment >to the bylaws: > >======================================================== >The proposal is as follows: > >Current Version: > >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 > >Section 3. The staff members of The USGenWeb Archives Project, The USGenWeb >Project, and The USGenWeb Tombstone Project shall each elect one Special >Project Representative to serve as a voting member of The USGenWeb Project >Advisory Board. > >Section 4. Project Coordinators shall be elected to those positions by the >project staff. > >Section 5. Project Coordinators are subject to possible removal by a 2/3 >vote of the Advisory Board and a 2/3 vote of the project staff. A quorum of >75% of the project staff shall participate in order for the vote to be >binding. > >Section 6. If a Project Coordinator is unable to perform his/her duties, >the Assistant Project Coordinator, or other support team, shall serve until >an election can take place among the project staff. In the case of special >projects with more than one Assistant Project Coordinator, they shall >choose one among themselves to serve in the interim. > >** > >Proposed Version: > >Article XIII. THE ARCHIVES PROJECT > >Section 1. The USGenWeb Archives Project shall have a Coordinator and an >Assistant Coordinator or other support team in place that can take charge >in case the Coordinator becomes unavailable for a period of 30 days, unless >there are extenuating circumstances. The USGenWeb Archives(Digital >Library) shall be a repository for public domain or research documents and >shall provide an easily accessible website for online research by the >genealogical community. > >Section 2. The name of the project shall be The USGenWeb Archives Project. > >Section 3. The staff members of The USGenWeb Archives Project shall elect >one Representative to serve as a voting member of The USGenWeb Project >Advisory Board. > >Section 4. The Archives Project Coordinator shall be elected by the project >staff. The Coordinator in place at the time this section of the Bylaws is >amended shall be exempt from election procedures, unless he/she is removed, >resigns or is unable to perform his/her duties. > >Section 5. The Archives Project Coordinator is subject to possible removal >by a 2/3 vote of the Advisory Board and a 2/3 vote of the project staff. A >quorum of 75% of the project staff shall participate in order for the vote >to be binding. > >Section 6. If the Archives Project Coordinator is unable to perform his/her >duties, the Assistant Coordinator, or other support team, shall serve until >an election can take place among the project staff. In the case of more >than one Assistant Coordinator, they shall choose among themselves to serve >in the interim. > >** > >Other Proposed Changes: > >Article II. >Section 2. Change "The USGenWeb Project Archives" to "The USGenWeb >Archives Project" > >Article V. >Change "one (1) representative each from The USGenWeb Archives Project, The >USGenWeb Census Project, and the USGenWeb Tombstone Project," to "one (1) >representative from The USGenWeb Archives Project," > >Article VI. >Section 9. >Change "and Special Project Representative" to "and Archives Project >Representative" Change "with the Special Projects" to "with the Archives >Project" > >Article VIII. >Section 1. >Change "Eight(8) voting members of the Advisory Board shall constitute a >quorum." to "Seven(7) voting members of the Advisory Board shall constitute >a quorum." > >Article XII. >Section 2. >Change "The USGenWeb Project Archives" to "The USGenWeb Archives Project" > > >======================================================== > >MDGenWeb invites other state projects to join us in co-sponsoring this >amendment, so that the USGenWeb Project's volunteers may have the >opportunity to consider it in the upcoming elections. > >Carol Askey >MDGenWeb State Coordinator >askeycj@ix.netcom.com > >Shari Handley >MDGenWeb Assistant State Coordinator >shari@armada.net > > > >