>Resent-Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 00:11:39 -0700 >X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Tue Feb 1 00:11:38 2005 >From: "Shari Handley" <[email protected]> >Old-To: <[email protected]> >Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 02:11:46 -0500 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) >Importance: Normal >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/9527 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Resent-Sender: [email protected] >Subject: [STATE-COORD] Proposed Bylaws Amendment > >State and Special Project Coordinators, please disseminate this >information to your local coordinators and special project staff: > >The USGenWeb Advisory Board is in receipt of the following Bylaws >Amendment Proposal, sponsored by the ARGenWeb and co-sponsored by >MSGenWeb, TXGenWeb, DEGenWeb, MIGenWeb, ORGenWeb and WIGenWeb Projects: > >Current Article: ARTICLE V. COMPOSITION OF ADVISORY BOARD > >The Advisory Board membership shall consist of: the National >Coordinator, four (4) State Coordinator Regional Representatives, eight >(8) Local Coordinator Regional Representatives, one (1) representative >each from The USGenWeb Archives Project, The USGenWeb Census Project, >and The USGenWeb Tombstone Project, and beginning in 1999, one (1) >at-large representative. All shall have voting privileges except the >National Coordinator who shall vote only in the case of a tie. The >regions from which State Coordinator and Local Coordinator >Representatives are elected shall be decided by the Advisory Board on an >annual basis. > >Strike "one (1) representative each from The USGenWeb Archives Project, >The USGenWeb Census Project, and The USGenWeb Tombstone Project," and >replace with "one (1) Special Projects representative elected by members >of The USGenWeb Archives Project, The USGenWeb Census Project, and The >USGenWeb Tombstone Project" . . . > >The amended article will then read: > >ARTICLE V. COMPOSITION OF ADVISORY BOARD > >The Advisory Board membership shall consist of: the National >Coordinator, four (4) State Coordinator Regional Representatives, eight >(8) Local Coordinator Regional Representatives, one (1) Special Projects >representative elected by members of the special projects, and one (1) >at-large representative. All shall have voting privileges except the >National Coordinator who shall vote only in the case of a tie. The >regions from which State Coordinator and Local Coordinator >Representatives are elected shall be decided by the Advisory Board on an >annual basis. > >In addition, the Section 3 of Article XIII regarding Special Projects >would need to be amended: > >Current article: ARTICLE XIII. SPECIAL PROJECTS > >Section 3. The staff members of The USGenWeb Archives Project, The >USGenWeb Census 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. > >This amended section would read: Section 3. The staff members of any >special projects (as defined in Section 1) shall elect one Special >Project Representative to serve as a voting member of The USGenWeb >Project Advisory Board. > >Thank you, > >Shari Handley >National Coordinator >The USGenWeb Project