> If we could agree on what is important on the page and the long range aspects > of what we are trying to do, we should be able to do it as well as anybody > else. I will help in any way I can but would not committ to the > responsibility of maintaining the page (how can you committ unless you > understand what you are committing to)? > > David G. Moore Excellent points, David. And the best one is to have an open discussion about the goals, etc.. Currently there are 52 people on the mail list. I have no way of knowing how many are serious "Owsleyites" and how many are just casual lookers. This discussion should show us that. I am going to give you guys my 1 1/2 cents worth about what I think a page SHOULD be. That should start the talk going. Frankly, nothing aggravates me more than to go to a county page listed on a state's main page as being "on-line" and finding ***ONLY*** links to other general genealogy pages such as Roots Surname List, Cyndi's page, Kentucky Archives, the weather, etc.. Don't get me wrong here...I think all those things SHOULD be on the page...sometimes a 'newbie' might not know about them or, even for those who do already know, it's easier to just click on a link right there instead of having to go to your bookmarks and look it up. There problem is NOT that that stuff is there...the problem comes for me when that is ***ALL*** that is there!!!!! What I REEEEEEALY want to see is stuff about that county that I can't find anywhere else...Aunt Bessie's Bible, excerpts from the local newspaper, family group sheets about local families, transcriptions of deeds, death certificates, school records, census reports, personal letters, lists of books about the county that others have read and recommend (and where I can get them!)....you know what I mean...the same stuff you want to see when you go to a county page!!! In order to get all that stuff on a page SOMEBODY has to (1) have it or be willing to get it (2) be willing to make it available to the page (3) send it to the person responsible for getting it html-ized for the page. The KYGenWeb county coordinator's job is supposed to be just that....to coordinate. I personally don't see the Owsley County page as "mine" just because my name is the one listed on the state page. It is "our" page...I'm just supposed to pull it all together in one spot...the page. The coordinating is the easiest part of the job! Getting all that stuff to put on the page is the hard part!!!! If other people don't send what they have to the coordinator then the coordinator has only 2 choices....dig the stuff out from somewhere himself or let the page become stagnant! Digging takes lots of time....coordinating doesn't! Ideally, what you should have is groups of people "specializing" in one particular area with a "sub-coordinator" overseeing their efforts. Example...a census "crew"...3 people have access to census records they are willing to input. They tell the "foreman" which years they have. The "foreman" decides that since 2 of them have the 1860 census records they will start with that...Person 1 does district 1-5 and Person 2 does 6-11. As they get sections completed they send them to the "foreman" who can then either put them into html format himself or send them on the "HTML CREW". Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Person 3 (who did not have the 1860 records available to him) has been working on the 1850 census and sends completed sections to the "foreman". The same thing would apply to the "cemetery crew", the "Bible crew", the "obituary crew" etc..... All the KYGenWeb coordinator has to do then is coordinate! Make sure that everyone else is doing their job, get everything uploaded to the page, keep the flow of the page going, try to find more people to participate etc etc etc. To me, this is what a county page should be and how it should work...and David's suggestion of a GROUP discussion and the GROUP deciding what, how and who they want their county page to be is great. Now.....YOUR 2 cents worth, please!!! Rita -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rita's " Nuttin' Excitin' " Web Page ...Complete listing of my pages and lists... http://www.users.kih.net/~rmaggard/rita.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~