Gentlefolk: Many of you may recall from last week that we announced that we would be forming a committee designed to revise the guidelines in the GeorgiaGenWeb Project. The sheer number of volunteers was overwhelming. Unfortunately, I could not accept everyone who volunteered. I wish I could. However, there must be some size constraints with any group, and I felt that eight persons (plus myself) was a perfect number. I have, however, created a position on the committee of a secretary. I will be selecting an additional volunteer to serve on the Committee as a secretary. The secretary shall, in the event of disqualification of a committee member, or the inability of a committee member to complete the daunting task ahead of us for any reason, shall assume a seat on the committee and a new secretary may be appointed. I shall serve on the Committee as Chair. I will not vote except for the purposes of breaking a tie. The SC of Georgia shall be an Ex Officio member of the Committee, which means that he shall be a member and have the right to speak and to be heard. He shall not, however, be entitled to a vote on the issues before the Committee. The Committee has a lot of work ahead of it. The first thing that each member of the Committee shall be asked to do is to read both the Georgia Guidelines and the National Guidelines. There are conflicts between the two. This issue must be addressed without delay. The second task with which I will burden the Committee shall be the creation of a County Coordinator’s Bill of Rights. This document shall be a companion document to the Guidelines and shall spell out the rights of the County Coordinators. The third task will be to establish procedures for the bringing and hearing of a grievance by a CC against an RC, an SC or a fellow CC. Once these tasks are complete, we shall begin the tedious process of redrafting the Guidelines. I fully expect this work to take four months, and perhaps closer to six months. Each new document shall be available for you to review at any time. I will advise you of where to locate it in the future (as that issue is resolved and the party who will maintain this information is identified). Also, each Policy, Procedure and Right shall be voted on by you, the Members. It is my hope that much of this can be handled in conjunction with the NC election that is forthcoming. The members of the Committee are (in no particular order): Derek Nichols, who will be responsible for communicating with the CC’s in the Southwest Region (Jimmy Epperson’s region). Kathleen Pettys, who will be responsible for communicating with the CC’s in the Coastal Region (my region). Jan Cortez, who will be responsible for communicating with the CC’s in the Northwest Region (Margie Daniels’ region). Margie Daniels, who will be responsible for communicating with the CC’s in the Metro Region (Brenda Pierce’s Region). Debra Crosby will be responsible for the communicating with the CC’s in the South Central Region (Melody McCook’s region). Wyndell Taylor will be responsible for communicating with the CC’s in the East Central Region (the region currently being RC’ed by Tim and Brenda). Gloria Holbeck will be responsible for communicating with the CC’s in the Northwest Region (Bill Clody’s region). Vivian Saffold (if she accepts) will be responsible for communicating with the CC’s in the West Central Region (Virginia Crilley’s region). I will be naming a secretary in the next few days. Thank you, Richard