I am forwarding an email to the State-l list in regard to a motion that has been made about Special Projects and the Archives... I feel it may be of interest to some of you. Betty a/k/a - Kyseeker of Kentucky and Indiana -----Original Message----- From: Leigh Compton <lcompton@onramp.net> To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, March 05, 1999 4:58 PM Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Board Motion >>From: Lygia Cutts <Cuttstree@net1inc.net> >>Subject: Board Motion >>To: ALGEN-L@rootsweb.com >> >>Hi All! >> >>I am pasting a copy of a motion that has been presented to the Board. >>If this motion goes through it will totally destroyed the Archives as we >>know it. I personally am appauled by this motion and am in hopes that it >>does not pass. If this motion does pass then I will be resigning as the >>ALGENWEB ARCHIVES file manager and will resign as cc for the following >>counties: Escambia, Conecuh, and Lamar. I will also pull all the records >>that I have contributed to the Archives and will urge all other >>contributors to do the same. PLease read all of the following and if you >>have any questions I will try to answer them and if I can't I will find >>someone with in the Archives that can. I would really appreciate all imput >>from the cc's of AL and also Leigh our State Coordinator. Also you too may >>voice you opinion in this matter by writing to the borad members at the >>email addresses below: >> >> >>Here is the board's motion: >> >> >> >>> From: FEATHER2s@aol.com >>> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 13:34:08 EST >>> Subject: [BOARD-L] Motion to Adopt Resolution >>> To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com >>> >>> I Move the adoption of the following Resolution: >>> >>> Whereas, the USGenWeb Project has amassed huge amounts of data, with the >>> purpose of making it available to all researchers free of charge, and >>> >>> Whereas that purpose remains unchanged, and this collection of data has >>become >>> large enough that diversification has become necessary, and >>> >>> Whereas the Bylaws of The USGenWeb Project addressed this in Article >XIII by >>> separating the digital library commonly referred to as "the Archives" into >>> separate entities, naming them The USGenWeb Archives Project, The USGenWeb >>> Census Project, and The USGenWeb Tombstone Project, and provided for the >>> creation of future Special Projects, appointment of Coordinators for >>them, and >>> specified how these things must be accomplished, and >>> >>> Whereas common sense indicates that each Special Project should have its >own >>> directory and its own infrastructure for file creation, uploading and file >>> maintenance and not have their files co-mingled with those of any other >>> Special Project, therefore be it >>> >>> RESOLVED: >>> >>> That the Special Projects of the USGenWeb Project be known collectively >>as the >>> USGenWeb Project Digital Library and a page be placed on the national >>website >>> at www.usgenweb.org/library.html and at www.usgenweb.net/library.html as a >>> main entrance to the Digital Library, with all Special Projects of the >>> USGenWeb Project being listed, a brief history of each Special Project, as >>> well as a link provided there to each Special Project, and >>> >>> That each Special Project will maintain their own directory and >>> infrastructure, separate from any other Special Project, and further >>> >>> That duplication of the efforts of any Special Project by any other Special >>> Project is counterproductive and not to be done; whenever possible, >>volunteer >>> submissions will be referred to the appropriate Special Project, and >>> >>> That the National Coordinator of the USGenWeb Project will instruct the >>> Webmaster for The USGenWeb Project to place this Resolution on the Special >>> Projects page of the national website within 48 hours of its adoption by >the >>> Advisory Board, and >>> >>> That the Secretary of the USGenWeb Advisory Board be required to distribute >>> this Resolution to all the Regional Mailing Lists, the State Coordinators >>> List, and the unofficial USGenWeb -Discuss and USGenWeb-ALL lists within >the >>> same 48 hour period. >>> >>> Respectfully submitted, >>> >>> Ginger Cisewski >>> Northwest-Plains CC Representative >>> >