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? 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. 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? Michele McDuffie Co *** All outgoing mail checked by Norton AntiVirus ***

My apologies for not writing sooner but I'm still playing catchup on email - the inbox is done, the Georgia box is done but the Personal box still has 866 messages to deal with and with the incoming mail I have to try to stay on top of the new stuff - only 160 today. At 06:25 AM 4/15/03 -0400, Michele wrote: >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? GAGenWeb does not need approval of the USGenWeb in order to govern itself - Article XII: "Section 5. State projects are empowered to develop/adopt any additional rules/bylaws and guidelines, as appropriate, for their state so long as they do not conflict with these bylaws. State projects shall be highly encouraged to develop and adopt rules/bylaws that cover grievance procedures within the state" >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. Normal? Well some have extra rules, most do not. I don't know which states have extra rules and which do not, ie while I can name some that do and some that don't, I don't have a complete list. >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? The USGenWeb National folks have no say so - only the National Bylaws do. Tim