At 04:16 PM 4/16/03 -0400, Michele Lewis wrote: >I don't know if this message came through or not so I am resending. No one responded so I am wondering if it even came through to the list. (My daughter cleaned out my messages for me so I can't tell by that) Your message did come through..... X-Mailing-List: <GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4933 From the headers of that message. Guess everyone is so busy at the moment that they have been unable to answer. >--------------------- > > >I might have missed something in the conversation (there has been quite a bot of it lately!) but I have a question or two about this guidelines committee that is being formed. I understand that the committie is supposed to review and possibly change the current guidelines... > >1) Was this committee formed with the okay from the higher ups at USGenWeb? Yes.... From a message from Tim on 04/15/03, headers containing: X-Mailing-List: <GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4917 The following is in the body of that message: >Thus, the upcoming vote also addresses two questions: > >1. Is the current state coordinator willing to allow *meaningful* reform >of the guidelines to include (but not limited to) regular elections, >terms and term limits for all council members (including the state >coordinator), as well as a mechanism for member-initiated amendments? Willing? - Yes. In fact the ASC is in the process of forming a committee to study just that. >>2) Is is normal for a state to have a different set of rules than is already in place at the USGenWeb level? (And is it really necessary) The reason I ask this is because I am hoping to get a county in MS and I am wondering if I am going to have to play by two different sets of rules. Again yes. The bylaws of the National Project suggest the state adopt guidelines of their own. In Article XII. State Projects, Section 5. "State projects are empowered to develop/adopt any additional rules/bylaws and guideline, as appropriate, for their state so long as they do not conflict with these bylaws (WOT: meaning the National Bylaws). State projects shall be hugh;y encouraged to develop and adopt rules/bylaws that cover grievance procedures within the state." > >3) When this commitee makes it's decisions, who has the final say so? Does it go to a vote to the CCs of the county pages and the CCs of the archives, or does the final draft go to USGenWeb for their approval? As a member of the new committee, my understanding is that there will be input from the cc's all along the line, and then brought back to the membership at large for vote. This would be in accordance with Item 22 of the Georgia Guidelines. Course... I could stand to be corrected. <g> But think this is the way it will be done. Wyndell Taylor >Michele >McDuffie Co > >*** All outgoing mail checked by Norton AntiVirus *** > > >==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== >Confused about Copyrights??? Review USGenWeb's policy on copyrights at: > http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html > >

What Wyndell said. He is always right, yanno? Richard On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 16:46:13 -0400, Wyndell Taylor wrote > At 04:16 PM 4/16/03 -0400, Michele Lewis wrote: > >I don't know if this message came through or not so I am resending. No > one responded so I am wondering if it even came through to the list. > (My daughter cleaned out my messages for me so I can't tell by that) > > Your message did come through..... > > X-Mailing-List: <GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4933 > > >From the headers of that message. Guess everyone is so busy at the moment > that they have been unable to answer. > > >--------------------- > > > > > >I might have missed something in the conversation (there has been quite a > bot of it lately!) but I have a question or two about this guidelines > committee that is being formed. I understand that the committie is > supposed to review and possibly change the current guidelines... > > > >1) Was this committee formed with the okay from the higher ups at USGenWeb? > > Yes.... > > >From a message from Tim on 04/15/03, headers containing: > > X-Mailing-List: <GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4917 > > The following is in the body of that message: > > >Thus, the upcoming vote also addresses two questions: > > > >1. Is the current state coordinator willing to allow *meaningful* reform > >of the guidelines to include (but not limited to) regular elections, > >terms and term limits for all council members (including the state > >coordinator), as well as a mechanism for member-initiated amendments? > > Willing? - Yes. In fact the ASC is in the process of forming a committee > to study just that. > > >>2) Is is normal for a state to have a different set of rules than is > already in place at the USGenWeb level? (And is it really necessary) > The reason I ask this is because I am hoping to get a county in MS > and I am wondering if I am going to have to play by two different > sets of rules. > > Again yes. The bylaws of the National Project suggest the state > adopt guidelines of their own. In Article XII. State Projects, > Section 5. > > "State projects are empowered to develop/adopt any additional rules/bylaws > and guideline, as appropriate, for their state so long as they do not > conflict with these bylaws (WOT: meaning the National Bylaws). State > projects shall be hugh;y encouraged to develop and adopt > rules/bylaws that cover grievance procedures within the state." > > > > >3) When this commitee makes it's decisions, who has the final say so? > Does it go to a vote to the CCs of the county pages and the CCs of > the archives, or does the final draft go to USGenWeb for their approval? > > As a member of the new committee, my understanding is that there > will be input from the cc's all along the line, and then brought > back to the membership at large for vote. This would be in > accordance with Item 22 of the Georgia Guidelines. > > Course... I could stand to be corrected. <g> But think this is the > way it will be done. > > Wyndell Taylor > > >Michele > >McDuffie Co > > > >*** All outgoing mail checked by Norton AntiVirus *** > > > > > >==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > >Confused about Copyrights??? Review USGenWeb's policy on copyrights at: > > http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html > > > > > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb's motto is - Volunteers dedicated to free, online information.