I think Mike is referring to have a section of the the State site with For CC's. We currently do not have one, but then right now we have nothing to put on it but the USGW Site requirements. Thats is what our rules committee is currently doing, setting up a document that the members will review, discuss revise and vote on. Once that is done I am sure the Leadership team plans to make that information available on the website. Maybe even a list of CC's willing to help others with their Html questions could be added! Laverne On 3/19/2015 10:14 PM, Timothy Stowell via wrote: > Mike, > > Would you elaborate what you mean by 'separate from the PR to researchers'? > > Thanks, > > Tim > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:37 PM, Mike Peterson via <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Good note Karen ! >> I think the state web site should have a ‘coordinator’ section similar how >> USGenWeb and some other states do it. Separate from the PR to researchers. >> Also, I think our state site should have a guidelines page for us – >> similar to USGenWeb - http://usgenweb.org/volunteers/guidelines.shtml . >> Sincerely, >> Mike >> Clay Co >> >> From: Karen De Groote via >> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 5:55 PM >> To: List MNGenWeb >> Subject: [MNGEN] USGenWeb Requirements >> >> Greetings CCs, >> Below is a very important email that we all need to read so that we >> are on the same page. If you have any questions or comments, please >> feel free to write one of the leadership team or post on the list for >> general discussion. >> >> We need to get our sites up to snuff and this email will serve as a >> simple explanation of what we should do. Now that we have gotten >> MNGenWeb up and running again, we need to take it to the next level. >> Sometime in the next 10 days you need to take a look at your >> county(ies) to make sure all is in order. As a valued member of the >> USGenWeb project we need to get polished up now that we are once again >> standing on firm ground. >> >> At the end of the explanations is a short list of all the >> requirements. You can use that as a check list in making sure your >> sites comply with USGenWeb requirements and read the detailed >> information for clarification. >> >> Additionally, Tim, Shirley and I, as your leadership team, have >> divided up the counties among the three of us, in order to make it >> easier to visit all counties. The division is as follows using an >> alphabetized list of couties and making sure we do not have a county >> personally in our respective divisions: >> >> Tim: counties A-H >> Karen: counties I-O >> Shirley: counties P-Y >> >> What this also means is that you have a specific leadership person who >> will bring to the team any questions and concerns that you may have, >> whenever you need them. >> >> >> The leadership team will begin reviewing their counties at the end of >> this 10 day period for the basic requirements and you will be getting >> an email of congratulations or whoops we have something yet to do. >> >> USGenWeb CC requirements can be found at: >> http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/guidelines.shtml >> >> Point by point explanation of requirements: >> >> 1. The first requirement is a name and email on your index page. It >> is very important that visitors know who they can contact about YOUR >> county. It is perfectly acceptable to have first name only but there >> must be a name. It is also perfectly fine to have a text or picture >> link of the email rather than a hyperlink if you want to cut down on >> spam. Another good idea is a hyperlink to a contact page. (See >> Nicollet County for this example: >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnnicoll/) Many people will use >> this method so they merely have to change one page, not page after >> page on a site. It is up to you and how you want your email to appear >> but we do >> need a name and an email contact of some sort on the index page.. >> This name and email should be easily found, not hidden at the bottom >> of page or hidden in a similar color. This is especially difficult >> for our color blind visitors. >> >> 2. The next requirement is responding to emails from researchers in a >> reasonable time period. If someone writes to you from your county >> page, some response should go out within a reasonable time frame. In >> this day and age it shouldn't take more than a few days to get back >> with people. This response can simply state that you do not have the >> information they seek or you need more time to dig up their answer, if >> you are so inclined. If you go on vacation or away from your email >> for quite some time, let your leadership team know you will be out of >> communication for X amount of time. Visitors complain to the SC if >> they don't get responses. >> >> 3. Item 3 will come under separate cover: Copyright >> >> 4. Solicitation of funds is inappropriate except as allowed in the >> bylaws, Section IX. To paraphrase this requirement, no memberships, >> contributions or materials for sale are allowed on the index page. >> The USGenWeb project has a commitment to free genealogy for >> researchers and it would not do to have monetary demands on the index >> page of your county. It does not, however, prevent links to purchase >> genealogical materials or hire a paid researcher on pages other than >> the index page and dedicated to these services. >> >> 5. All index pages require the prominent display of the USGenWeb >> logo. We have 4 acceptable logos we can use. These were voted in to >> official use some dozen or so years ago. The logos page is at: >> http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/logos.shtml Prominent display >> means you don't have to go looking for them, they are showing when you >> open the page. Your county site should immediately indicate that you >> are a member of the USGenWeb project, with the proper and prominent >> placement of one of these official logos. You must also link the logo >> itself or provide a text link immediately under the logo to the >> USGenWeb home page: http://www.usgenweb.org >> >> 6. As a CC you are required to be subscribed to this mailing list. >> Obviously if you receive this message you are good to go. Some have >> complained of the great amount of email on this list in the past. In >> order to cut down on the amount of emails during a discussion, you can >> subscribe to this list in digest mode which will send one email a day >> with the pertinent discussions. >> >> 7. All counties must offer some type of query system. The easiest >> method is to provide a link to the Rootsweb/Ancestry query board for >> your county but you can use your own county based query system. A >> countyabased system provides a query system that is on your country >> site where you post all queries you receive manually. If that is >> what you like to do, you are welcome to do it in this manner. >> >> 8. All county sites must provide a link to the state site. We voted >> on an official logo for this project and if you use a MNGenWeb logo, >> it MUST be the official logo for this project. If you use a logo you >> must either link the logo to the state project page at, >> http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mngenweb/, or provide a text link >> immediately under the logo. Here is the page with our official logo >> and the acceptable banner that can be used on other pages that are NOT >> the index page: http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mngenweb/logo.htm. >> This is an area that we have problems with in this project. Some are >> using the old logo and some are using the the new BANNER on the index >> page for a logo rather than the official logo. It only takes a few >> minutes reformat your index page to utilize the official MNGenWeb >> logo. You are welcome to ADD a banner somewhere on your index page >> for decoration but it cannot take the place of the official logo. >> >> 9. The official name of our project is MNGenWeb, exactly like that. >> Capital M, N, G, lowercase e, n, capital W, lowercase e,b. Any other >> title is unacceptable. Minnesota spelled out is not acceptable. >> Counties should be called Subject County, MNGenWeb or even Subject >> County Genealogy, a MNGenWeb county. MNGenWeb has to be in your title >> for identification purposes. Anoka County is one example of proper >> branding: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnanoka/intro.htm >> >> It should take a person no more than 15-30 minutes to correct any >> deficiencies in their index page. To recap the the list of required >> items: >> >> 1. Name and email (or contact link) on index page >> 2. Respond to emails from researchers in timely manner. >> 3. Current copyright >> 4. Solicitation of funds handled properly >> 5. USGenWeb logo and link >> 6. Subscribed to email list >> 7. Query system offered >> 8. Link to state site, official logo if using logo >> 9. Official name in MNGenWeb >> >> There are a number of recommended and strongly recommended items on >> the National rules page that you may wish to add to your sites. They >> are not a requirement at this time but if you choose to use these >> elements, please make sure they are correct. For example Pico Search >> is no longer in business so if you have them on your page, they need >> to be replaced by a working search engine. >> >> Thank you so much, one and all! >> >> Karen De Groote >> ASC >> Tim Stowell >> SC >> Shirley Cullum >> SC >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > ------------------------------- > 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