I am afraid that Joe is right, but I hope he isn't. The ONLY reason that there is Census Special Project in the bylaws is because Kay fought her way onto to Board and the committee and made sure it was worded that way. She had a plan LONG before it was put into effect. She is also probably the reason the Archives is called a special project in the bylaws. Perhaps in some ways, it is. But, by the definition of SP that we are using now, it isn't. The USGenWeb Archives is a central repository for ALL records and the, in my book anyway, is a library! Just in case anyone here wants to say, "But what about the Tombstone Project"?, I will answer that now. I started that Project, on my own, and it became an official SP of The USGenWeb Project once it proved to be so successful. I offered it up on a silver platter to the Project because I believed so deeply in the USGenWeb Project and the accomplishments being made and had no interest in be "in charge" or "powerful" (what do those words mean here anyway?). But, from the beginning, ALL transcriptions sent to The Tombstone Project were sent to the appropriate state Archives. Pam "Garnett J.(Joe) Zsedeny" wrote: > > After much reflection I want to share my thoughts with the > Board and the USGW world, I guess, since this is an open > read list. I write this while yawning in disgust. > > Folks, there just ain't gonna be an agreement between the > parties to solve this mess. If Shari's motion is passed it > will be ignored by both sides. So what you do you do then? > The ACP is a special project of the Archives. The CP was > originally THE Archives Census Project. It was pirated away > by Kay, the privateer. In the meantime, the ByLaws arose out > of the mists to sanction a Census Project. The CP fills that > role now because the ACP is an Archives special project. Are > you still with me or has everyone yawned in disgust also and > fell asleep? > > Solution? None. But a workaround is possible. Let the CP > continued as they are. Let the ACP continue as they are. > Here is where the Board should come in. Insure that both > projects answer email from transcribers and others in a > timely fashion. If they don't answer mail, advertise the > fact to the world causing as much embarassment as possible. > Each can do transcriptions. The first to receive a message > from a transcriber puts that person to work for their > respective project and the other stays the hell out of THAT > particular transcriber's business so that John Schunk > doesn't have to send two CDs. The CP puts up a front page > with only their transcriber information including the > completed transcriptions, as they do now, and furnishes > copies to the Archives, as they do now. The Acp puts up a > front page with ALL transcriptions (but only ACP > transcribers), including indexes...and etc. If anyone is > still with me, read on for awhile longer. > > To sum up, there is enough work for both to do > transcriptions. The Archives must have ALL the information > to fulfill their role as the USGW Digital Library. Each has > a front page to keep their egos happy. I hope that those in > the trenches doing the work for both projects ignore any ego > driven leadership from both projects and work together to > satisfy the goal of getting the census online. > > Now I know there is something wrong with this and probably > the first to answer will enlighten me. > > Joe > -- > 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