Please disregard the earlier post on this subject. Vivian >Resent-Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 00:40:50 -0700 >X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Tue Feb 1 00:40:49 2005 >From: "Shari Handley" <[email protected]> >Old-To: <[email protected]> >Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 02:40:58 -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/9528 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Resent-Sender: [email protected] >Subject: [STATE-COORD] Correction: Proposed Bylaws Amendment > >There was a error in the original motion that was subsequently >corrected. I erroneously copied the original motion, not the corrected >version. State and Special Project Coordinators, please use the >following text when disseminating it to your staff. Thanks! > >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 >special projects." > >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.