>From: "Maggie Stewart" >To: "Connie Burkett" , > "John C. Jacoby" , "Ron Eason", > "Tim Stowell" >Subject: Fw: Census Discussion - Introduction >Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 14:36:32 -0400 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 > >Afternoon Everyone! > >First I want to thank you all for participating. I really want some >resolution on this issue so that the USGW Archives Census Project can move >into the future working together as one entity. I have some ideas but the >ultimate goal is one unit working together to get all of the US census >transcribed and up on the internet in a timely manner. > >Given the structures of what we have now, I think the first step would be >comparing notes so that we don't inadvertantly have someone do a >transcription twice. What I would love to see is the State Coordinators for >the Census projects doing both projects as John is doing in illinois. This >would give some needed continuity for the volunteers. The wonderful >volunteers of both projects should not be made to pay for internal politics >and disagreements. > >I would like to see the data in the archives in the state/county/census/year >structure but the most important thing now is to promote unity, cooperation, >and team work and start getting rid of this "mine is better than yours" >dissention that is tearing the project apart. The only way you can lead a >project of this sort is to "build it and they will come" and to "lead by >example". > >(grin)I hope that this is what you wanted Tim. > >Maggie > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Tim Stowell >To: Ron & Kathy ; ; Maggie Stewart >; John C. Jacoby >Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 10:41 PM >Subject: Census Discussion - Introduction > > >I'd like to open the floor by asking each of you to give a brief overview >of how you 'see' the Census project being organized in the future. We all >pretty much know how the Census Project(s) are now and/or have been but I'm >asking each of you to look to the future. > >In your comments please try to leave out personalities and speak to data >organization and to what will best benefit our 'customers' while keeping >the historical integrity of the data. > > > >