If Mary Kathryn relinquished her copyright to you, as would be appropriate when a county changes hands, there is no problem. If she was not willing to let you use her design, I'm sure she would have asked you to design your own pages. Either way, it's between you and Mary Kathryn. Vivian Price Saffold Meriwether County At 06:42 AM 2/25/03 -0500, you wrote: >I recently volunteered to become the Coordinator for Monroe County >Georgia. The >previous coordinator Mary Kathryn Kozy retired, leaving an excellent web for >Monroe County. Now, I assumed that once she resigned or any coordinator >resigned, the County Web pages were "passed on" to the new Coordinator. Mary >Kathryn told me to make any changes I wanted and fortunately very few were >necessary, however, I have inserted my name on the pages she (or even perhaps >her predecessor) created. > >Are we saying that when you volunteer to become a replacement Coordinator >for a >county that you must CREATE AN ENTIRELY NEW WEB? What happens then to the >"old" >pages? > >I understand and agree that any files contributed to either Archives or a >county >page should be copyrighted by the person contributing the file. I am in total >agreement. These individual contributions make up a large part of the files on >the county pages and the coordinators job is to load and maintain these files. >If a coordinator has developed a page to post, say, marriage records, does >he/she own the copyright of the design of the page but not the content >(individual contributors.) > >I have never felt the Haralson County web, nor the Monroe County web, was >'owned' by me. The copyright on these pages is to prevent COMMERCIAL links to >the pages. > >It was never my intent to infringe upon anyone's copyright and I am very >concerned that I may have done so. > >Would appreciate clarification of this point. Maybe we need to start >getting a >release from the previous coordinators or have it stated in the guidelines >that >once you resign GaGenWeb retains the web page design or whatever. > >Liz Robertson >CC, HARALSON AND >MONROE CO., GA > > > >==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== >Regional Coordinators are there to help County Coordinators. Don't > hesitate to contact them should you have any, any question. To find >info on your region visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/regional.html 3570 Hildon Circle Chamblee, GA 30341 Note new url: http://bellsouthpwp.net/m/s/msaffold