In a message dated 5/5/2003 2:07:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, dwbyrd@LDSLiving.com writes: > <begin snip>I like the suggestions, but have a question on number > 1, what constitutes qualified experience within > GAGENWEB? If we don't have a broad statement of > experience, we could get fairly inbred with a limited > source of CC's and couldn't accept those who were > already CC's in another country or state, but hadn't > worked somehow for one year with Georgia. <end snip> Let me begin by saying these are excellent questions. This qualification is only for CCs who would serve on the Grievance Council. My thoughts are guided by a basic belief that we need stable and well grounded people in our leadership positions. Especially, on the Grievance Council I am proposing. To insure this I feel a CC who would serve on this council should have a minimum of two years experience as a CC within the GA project or one year in GA combined with two years experience serving in another state as a CC. I believe it takes a season for someone coming into this project to get a feel for who we are and what are guidelines are about. > > <begin snip>Another question how many of us who are currently CC's > could have qualified for a county under these rules? I > couldn't have when I picked up Screven 7 or more years > ago.<end snip> > Again, the qualification I am referring to is ONLY for the proposed Grievance Council. Not for hosting a county. > > <begin snip> What is the purpose of the two year qualification? Is > it to insure that we already work well together, share > the same vision for the program,and will assume the > responsiblity to manage a site; or to verify that the > CC can handle HTML coding and doesn't take offense > easily? <end snip> My thought on the two year qualification is to ensure the CC serving on the council would be well grounded in who WE are as a project. That they would have a good understanding of the guidelines and the purpose of each section. I also realize that many people host counties from other states and this is usually a positive experience that could be very helpful while serving the GA project which is why I believe outside experience could be substituted for inside experience. Respectfully, Jeff Johnson Wilkinson County