The following was sent to the State Coordinator's list. Since we are all subbed to that list, I presume you've seen it. >X-Loop: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com > >I am, hereby, making a formal complaint to the board: > >Colorado's State pages were moved off of Rootsweb about a month ago. As the >SC for COGenWeb, I have the right, under our Bylaws, to move the State pages >to any server I choose. >When I moved the State pages off Rootsweb, I did not move the project pages >that my ASC had on the COGenWeb site, as that was HER project, and I felt it >wasn't right for me to move them without her permission. She was out of >town at that time, I was waiting for her return, and it was her choice to >make. >She contacted Brian Leverich, owner of Rootsweb, and requested the COGenWeb >site that was already there, with her project on it, for her project, which >IS a part of the COGenWeb Project, and was rejected by Brian. >He gave her another account and she had to move her entire project to the >new account. >However, as soon as she had moved her project to the new account, he allowed >a person who is NOT part of COGenWeb to take over that account with >"cogenweb" as part of the account name, which is in violation of our Bylaws: > >"The USGenWeb Project," and "The XXGenWeb Project" (where XX is the >two-letter postal code abbreviation for each state) are service marks and >reserved exclusively for The USGenWeb Project and any websites representing >The USGenWeb Project." [Article I] > >Rootsweb has violated this Bylaw, by allowing a person who is NOT part of >COGenWeb to adopt this site, and use it for purposes of misdirecting >researchers, and as part of her personal vendetta. >According to the bylaws, the board must direct Brian to take back this >account as this person is not a member of the COGenWeb and any use of these >pages by anyone else but the State Coordinator is in violation of the >bylaws. > >Lynn >