I agree that state bylaws should enhance the project and that is why discussion on the establishment of bylaws before being voted on is important. Shirley On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 9:52 PM, Martha A Crosley Graham via < [email protected]> wrote: > Shirley, > Thank you for the concise information on the difference between > Guidelines and By-Laws. > One of the things that is bothersome to me is the tendency to re-invent > some of the basic [and common sense] items that have been spelled out > over time in the USGW. > > I am not a 'micro-manager' type of SC here in CA. Blatant disregard for > the By-laws set up by the USGW are obvious items of concern and should > be addressed as they come up or are found. By-laws at the local [State] > level should enhance the Project, not detract from it. > > As an entity that promotes 'Free Genealogical and Historical Data', the > whole idea is to make resources available to visiting Researchers. If we > are so caught up in compliance issues, we are not giving ourselves time > to get the data located, formatted and uploaded. > > Martha > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >