Good Evening, It must be midnight somewhere. So here is my 'Campaign Platform' Thank you for your consideration and if there are questions, please send them along. Martha State Coordinator - MNGenWeb Nominee: Martha A Crosley Graham Current Involvement in the USGenWeb: State Coordinator: CAGenWeb [California] County Coordinator: Minnesota: Blue Earth, St Louis & Wright California: Butte, Glenn, San Luis Obispo Indiana: Clay & Vigo New Jersey: Burlington, Middlesex & Sussex New Hampshire: Town Coordinator: Francestown & Mont Vernon [Hillsborough County] Pennsylvania: Allegheny Admin for 2 Surname Mail Lists as well as a couple of County Lists and our Gen Soc List. Tidbit of Personal Stuff I live on the Central Coast of California in San Luis Obispo County and am a California girl having lived in the State all of my life. Parents born in CA & CO. Maternal GParents both born in Minnesota. Paternal GParents born in Wisconsin & Colorado GGParents: Belgium, Wisconsin, England Researching since 1990. I volunteer as a Research Librarian for our local Genealogical Society and am Project & Publications Chair as well. Life long love affair with things electronic. My first PC was an Epson 8088 with a 20 mb hard drive! I give classes on Genealogical Software and 'How to' classes on Web Searching. <><><><><><> State Coordinator Objectives: Appoint 3 Assistant County Coordinators who will each be responsible for a set of Counties. Create a Committee to write Bylaws, Policies & Procedures Update State Pages Encourage and facilitate the adoption of all Minnesota Counties. Institute a system of finances [Volunteer Donations] to purchase a domain name and server space so that Minnesota can be hosted off of RootsWeb. Mentor New County Coordinators / Enlist a group of knowledgeable people who are able to mentor using various software and systems. Assist and encourage the updating and accumulation of research data from sources that are not readily evident. Educate County Coordinators as to new or alternate methods of data presentation. Work to make the MNGenWeb Project the best it can be.