Great idea. I say yes to this requirement. Amber Carter

Yes to the proposed requirement. David Pitt On Friday, June 13, 2014 9:17 AM, Mike & Jane Keppler <[email protected]> wrote: I vote YESSSS!!!! Jane Keppler On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> wrote: > After the discussion on a requirement for updating county websites, we need > to vote on the issue. > > The proposed new requirement for the MTGenWeb Project is: > >  All MTGenWeb county websites must be updated at least once every 6 months > and must have the last update date on the website. > > Please vote yes or no on this proposed requirement. Just hit reply so that > your votes are posted on the mail list. > > The voting will begin at noon today, June 13, 2014 and will continue for 14 > days (through noon June 27, 2014). > > Shirley > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything with love. ~ 1 Corinthians 16:13-14, NLT ------------------------------- 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

I vote yes Jane Colmenare >________________________________ > From: Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 9:04 AM >Subject: [MTGEN] Requirement to Update > > >After the discussion on a requirement for updating county websites, we need >to vote on the issue. > >The proposed new requirement for the MTGenWeb Project is: > >All MTGenWeb county websites must be updated at least once every 6 months >and must have the last update date on the website. > >Please vote yes or no on this proposed requirement. Just hit reply so that >your votes are posted on the mail list. > >The voting will begin at noon today, June 13, 2014 and will continue for 14 >days (through noon June 27, 2014). > >Shirley > >------------------------------- >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 > > >

It is built in standard html with nested tables. Do you not have experience with nested tables? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sara Cross Sent: Monday, June 09, 2014 12:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MTGEN] Last Update Dates on Websites Coahoma county in Mississippi Thanks, Sara On Jun 8, 2014 1:08 PM, "Kimm Antell" <[email protected]> wrote: > Tell me what county it is and I can take a look. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Shirley Cullum > Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 12:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MTGEN] Last Update Dates on Websites > > I use Core so let me know for sure. : ) > > Shirley > > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Sara Cross <[email protected].com> > wrote: > > > I think Core. I'm not near my computer now but I can look at it in > > the next few days and let you know for sure. > > > > Sara > > On Jun 7, 2014 10:46 PM, "Shirley Cullum" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Sara, > > > > > > What program was the page created with? > > > > > > Shirley > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 10:25 PM, Sara Cross > > > <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Ok, so maybe I have a dumb question but I'm going to ask it > > > > anyway. Is there a way to change the program that you create the > > > > page with? I > > have a > > > > page in another state and I can't fugue the thing out. I want to > > > > be > > able > > > to > > > > do it thru rootsweb. > > > > > > > > Any help you can give me I will appreciate. I haven't been able > > > > to > > update > > > > the site since I took it over. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Sara > > > > On Jun 7, 2014 10:11 PM, "Karen De Groote" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Wow that must be a new policy. So happy to see that. > > > > > Unfortunately there are counties in states out there that > > > > > haven't been updated > > since > > > > > 2008. > > > > > Karen > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Shirley Cullum < > > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Just a reminder that county websites must be updated at > > > > > > least > > twice a > > > > > year > > > > > > per the USGenWeb requirements. Therefore the last update > > > > > > date on > > our > > > > > > websites should not be more than 6 months old. And according > > > > > > to the MTGenWeb Policies page, it is *suggested* that last > > > > > > update dates be > > > > > "within > > > > > > a month or so" (see below). With those statements in mind, > > > > > > the > > County > > > > of > > > > > > Excellence rules will be updated. To be eligible for the > > > > > > MTGenWeb > > COE > > > > > > award, county websites that have a last update date on them > > > > > > must > > have > > > > > dates > > > > > > that are no older than 6 months. > > > > > > > > > > > > I appreciate your assistance in making sure your county > > > > > > website is compliant with all rules. > > > > > > > > > > > > Shirley > > > > > > > > > > > > >From the Policies page: > > > > > > 10.*IT IS ESSENTIAL* that your site be well-maintained and > > > > > > updated > > as > > > > > > frequently as possible. Every site needs to have some basic > > research > > > > > > resources, i.e. Courthouse offices addresses, phone numbers, > > > > > > fees, > > > > etc., > > > > > > library, historical society, newspaper, cemetery names & > > > > > > addresses, > > > > > funeral > > > > > > homes, etc. Many have also provided a bibliography page > > > > > > showing > > > > reference > > > > > > books available for their county and much more. Your site > > > > > > needs to > > be > > > > > > checked often for bad links, new ideas, etc., and the update > "date" > > > > > > changed. We do check these and inquire of county > > > > > > coordinators if we > > > > find > > > > > > sites that have not been updated within a month or so. If > > > > > > you are > > > ill, > > > > > > going on vacation, or having some temporary problems, the > > > > > > State > > > > > Coordinator > > > > > > would like to know and, of course, we make exceptions for > > > > > > those > > > times. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- 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 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Coahoma county in Mississippi Thanks, Sara On Jun 8, 2014 1:08 PM, "Kimm Antell" <[email protected]> wrote: > Tell me what county it is and I can take a look. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Shirley Cullum > Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 12:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MTGEN] Last Update Dates on Websites > > I use Core so let me know for sure. : ) > > Shirley > > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Sara Cross <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I think Core. I'm not near my computer now but I can look at it in the > > next few days and let you know for sure. > > > > Sara > > On Jun 7, 2014 10:46 PM, "Shirley Cullum" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Sara, > > > > > > What program was the page created with? > > > > > > Shirley > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 10:25 PM, Sara Cross <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Ok, so maybe I have a dumb question but I'm going to ask it > > > > anyway. Is there a way to change the program that you create the > > > > page with? I > > have a > > > > page in another state and I can't fugue the thing out. I want to > > > > be > > able > > > to > > > > do it thru rootsweb. > > > > > > > > Any help you can give me I will appreciate. I haven't been able to > > update > > > > the site since I took it over. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Sara > > > > On Jun 7, 2014 10:11 PM, "Karen De Groote" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Wow that must be a new policy. So happy to see that. > > > > > Unfortunately there are counties in states out there that > > > > > haven't been updated > > since > > > > > 2008. > > > > > Karen > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Shirley Cullum < > > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Just a reminder that county websites must be updated at least > > twice a > > > > > year > > > > > > per the USGenWeb requirements. Therefore the last update date > > > > > > on > > our > > > > > > websites should not be more than 6 months old. And according > > > > > > to the MTGenWeb Policies page, it is *suggested* that last > > > > > > update dates be > > > > > "within > > > > > > a month or so" (see below). With those statements in mind, the > > County > > > > of > > > > > > Excellence rules will be updated. To be eligible for the > > > > > > MTGenWeb > > COE > > > > > > award, county websites that have a last update date on them > > > > > > must > > have > > > > > dates > > > > > > that are no older than 6 months. > > > > > > > > > > > > I appreciate your assistance in making sure your county > > > > > > website is compliant with all rules. > > > > > > > > > > > > Shirley > > > > > > > > > > > > >From the Policies page: > > > > > > 10.*IT IS ESSENTIAL* that your site be well-maintained and > > > > > > updated > > as > > > > > > frequently as possible. Every site needs to have some basic > > research > > > > > > resources, i.e. Courthouse offices addresses, phone numbers, > > > > > > fees, > > > > etc., > > > > > > library, historical society, newspaper, cemetery names & > > > > > > addresses, > > > > > funeral > > > > > > homes, etc. Many have also provided a bibliography page > > > > > > showing > > > > reference > > > > > > books available for their county and much more. Your site > > > > > > needs to > > be > > > > > > checked often for bad links, new ideas, etc., and the update > "date" > > > > > > changed. We do check these and inquire of county coordinators > > > > > > if we > > > > find > > > > > > sites that have not been updated within a month or so. If you > > > > > > are > > > ill, > > > > > > going on vacation, or having some temporary problems, the > > > > > > State > > > > > Coordinator > > > > > > would like to know and, of course, we make exceptions for > > > > > > those > > > times. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- 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 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

That is a good point Alicia. Shirley On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Alicia Littlejohn <[email protected]> wrote: > I have updated dates on my websites and besides being good for visitors to > my sites, it helps me remember to check my links regularly (with a link > checker). > > I think all projects should require updated dates to prevent the appearance > of a stagnant project. > > Alicia Littlejohn > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> To: TXGW-News <[email protected]> Cc: Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2014 17:59:12 -0500 Subject: Fwd: [STATE-COORD] CORRECTION: USGenWeb Project National Elections ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tina Vickery <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 3:53 PM Subject: [STATE-COORD] CORRECTION: USGenWeb Project National Elections To: board <[email protected]>, state-coord <[email protected]>, usgenweb-all <[email protected]>, usgenweb-discuss < [email protected]> *Please forward to all USGenWeb lists and members* The USGenWeb Election Committee would like to announce the open seats for the National 2014 Election. Nominations for these positions will begin June 1, 2014 at 12:01AM and end June 22, 2014 at 11:59PM. A form will be made available for nomination submissions. The URL is http://usgenweb.org/usgwelections/index-2014.htm Please bookmark and visit the USGenWeb Project National 2014 Election pages for more information. http://usgenweb.org/usgwelections/index-2014.htm Open Seats: National Coordinator One Year Term Ending 8/31/2015 Incumbent: Tina Vickery NENC State Coordinator Representative Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2016 Incumbent: Nancy Janyszeski NENC County Coordinator Representative Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2016 Incumbent: Alice Allen NWPL County Coordinator Representative Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2016 Incumbent: Ann Allen Geoghegan SEMA State Coordinator Representative Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2016 Incumbent: Lesley Shockey SEMA County Coordinator Representative Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2016 Incumbent: Denise Wells SWSC State Coordinator Representative Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2016 Incumbent: Larry Flesher SWSC County Coordinator Representative Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2016 Incumbent: Pat Asher Respectfully, The USGenWeb Election Committee http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/ ------------------------------- 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

I have updated dates on my websites and besides being good for visitors to my sites, it helps me remember to check my links regularly (with a link checker). I think all projects should require updated dates to prevent the appearance of a stagnant project. Alicia Littlejohn

Here's the one with the correct dates. The expirations are for the position under election. Karen > *Sent:* Saturday, June 7, 2014 3:53 PM > *Subject:* [STATE-COORD] CORRECTION: USGenWeb Project National Elections > > *Please forward to all USGenWeb lists and members* > > The USGenWeb Election Committee would like to announce the open seats > for the National 2014 Election. > > Nominations for these positions will begin June 1, 2014 at 12:01AM and > end June 22, 2014 at 11:59PM. A > form will be made available for nomination submissions. The URL is > http://usgenweb.org/usgwelections/index-2014.htm > > Please bookmark and visit the USGenWeb Project National 2014 Election > pages for more information. > http://usgenweb.org/usgwelections/index-2014.htm > > Open Seats: > > National Coordinator > One Year Term Ending 8/31/2015 > Incumbent: Tina Vickery > > NENC State Coordinator Representative > Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2016 > Incumbent: Nancy Janyszeski > > NENC County Coordinator Representative > Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2016 > Incumbent: Alice Allen > > NWPL County Coordinator Representative > Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2016 > Incumbent: Ann Allen Geoghegan > > SEMA State Coordinator Representative > Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2016 > Incumbent: Lesley Shockey > > SEMA County Coordinator Representative > Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2016 > Incumbent: Denise Wells > > SWSC State Coordinator Representative > Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2016 > Incumbent: Larry Flesher > > SWSC County Coordinator Representative > Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2016 > Incumbent: Pat Asher > > Respectfully, > The USGenWeb Election Committee > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/ > > ------------------------------ - > 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 On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Tina Vickery <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 1:43 AM > Subject: [STATE-COORD] USGenWeb Project National Elections > To: usgenweb-all <[email protected]>, usgenweb-discuss < > [email protected]>, state-coord <[email protected]>, > board <[email protected]> > > > *Please forward to all USGenWeb lists and members* > > > The USGenWeb Election Committee would like to announce the open seats > for the National 2014 Election. > > Nominations for these positions began June 1, 2014 at 12:01AM and end > June 22, 2014 at 11:59PM. > > The nomination form is available for nomination submissions. The URL > is http://usgenweb.org/usgwelections/index-2014.htm > > > Open Seats: > > National Coordinator > One Year Term Ending 8/31/2009 > Incumbent: Tina Vickery > > NENC State Coordinator Representative > Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2015 > Incumbent: Nancy Janyszeski > > NENC County Coordinator Representative > Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2015 > Incumbent: Alice Allen > > NWPL County Coordinator Representative > Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2015 > Incumbent: Ann Allen Geoghegan > > SEMA State Coordinator Representative > Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2009 > Incumbent: Lesley Shockey > > SEMA County Coordinator Representative > Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2009 > Incumbent: Denise Wells > > SWSC State Coordinator Representative > Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2010 > Incumbent: Larry Flesher > > SWSC County Coordinator Representative > Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2010 > Incumbent: Pat Asher > > > Respectfully, > The USGenWeb Election Committee > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/ > > ------------------------------- > 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

I totally agree with some updated requirements. And I am totally thrilled to see some activity on this mailing list, it is TOO quite. Karen and Suzanne you two are doing an awesome job. Many thanks. Jane Keppler On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Suzanne Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > Yep, I too thought that could happen, but I would hope that our county > coordinators would not do that. Why bother volunteering if they are not > interested in helping researchers to their county find the resources they > need > to aid them in their search? I think a few new or updated basic rules > would be > helpful. > > > On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 15:34:19 -0500 > Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: > > While having an automatic date change code is nice, the date changes > > each time it is uploaded whether there has been any change or not. I > > have seen CCs use this to get away with state update requirements in > > the past. I agree, if you take on a county, it should be to add data > > or assistance for researchers, it should not be to collect counties > > which in the past was an issue with a few peeps in the project. While > > we are at it, why don't we think about a few basic rules for MTGW? > > Aside from updating, requiring CC response within, say 96 hours of a > > contact and no self promotion for paid genealogical research? I know > > it takes a while in the sparsely populated counties of Montana but > > believe me, after a while you will get more queries as well as > > interaction from researchers. They seem hesitant to approach you at > > first but after some time, you are part of the county. > >Food for thought of course.... Karen > > > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> > >wrote: > >> I definitely agree that we don't need dates on all pages of the > website. <g> > >> > >> Shirley > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Karen De Groote <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> A What's New can be used for a variety of things including > >>> housekeeping, new interesting and useful links or the fact that a page > >>> on your site has been added to. I am going to start adding a date on > >>> pages when I work on them so eventually my sites will have dates on > >>> every page but I don't think that should be a requirement. > >>> > >>> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Suzanne Andrews < > [email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > I like the idea of a "What's New" page. I'll have to think about that > >>> for my > >>> > pages--at least for my county. The other two counties I have might > be a > >>> little > >>> > more difficult to come up with new things other than possible links. > >>> > Definitely a good idea tho! > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 14:09:11 -0500 > >>> > Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> >> Personally I feel that the reason many states in the USGenWeb have > >>> >> gone stagnant is because the project does not require periodic > >>> >> updating to county sites within the project. Some counties in the > >>> >> project, (not here), list a last update of 2008, which in my opinion > >>> >> is shameful. I don't think it is asking too much of a county > >>> >> coordinator to provide a minimum of two additional sources of > >>> >> genealogical information a year to our counties. I don't think an > >>> >> update date within 3 months is necessary but I do agree that there > >>> >> needs to be something added once every six months at minimum. In > >>> >> another project we are required to have a What's New page on which > we > >>> >> list our additions. Not only does this make it easy for researchers > >>> >> to check new additions and promote people's return but it makes it > >>> >> easy for project members to see that the CC is active. > >>> >> > >>> >> Perhaps we could vote in some bare minimum requirements for our > state > >>> >> project? I feel that this could only be a positive move for us! > >>> >> Karen > >>> >> > >>> >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Shirley Cullum < > [email protected]> > >>> >>wrote: > >>> >>> Correction...the USGenWeb does not have a requirement on updates > to the > >>> >>> county websites. The paragraph from the Policies page is from the > >>> MTGenWeb > >>> >>> rules and is not part of the required elements but is "strongly > >>> >>> recommended". > >>> >>> > >>> >>> I don't think we need to require a "last update date" on all county > >>> >>> websites but would like to see the MTGenWeb add a requirement for > sites > >>> >>> with a last update date to keep the date current. I personally > like a 3 > >>> >>> month time frame but 6 months works too. <g> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> Please post your thoughts on this issue and let's discuss the pros > and > >>> cons. > >>> >>> > >>> >>> Shirley > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Shirley Cullum < > [email protected]> > >>> >>> wrote: > >>> >>> > >>> >>>> Just a reminder that county websites must be updated at least > twice a > >>> year > >>> >>>> per the USGenWeb requirements. Therefore the last update date on > our > >>> >>>> websites should not be more than 6 months old. And according to > the > >>> >>>> MTGenWeb Policies page, it is *suggested* that last update dates > be > >>> >>>> "within a month or so" (see below). With those statements in > mind, the > >>> >>>> County of Excellence rules will be updated. To be eligible for the > >>> MTGenWeb > >>> >>>> COE award, county websites that have a last update date on them > must > >>> have > >>> >>>> dates that are no older than 6 months. > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> I appreciate your assistance in making sure your county website is > >>> >>>> compliant with all rules. > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> Shirley > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> From the Policies page: > >>> >>>> 10.*IT IS ESSENTIAL* that your site be well-maintained and > updated as > >>> >>>> frequently as possible. Every site needs to have some basic > research > >>> >>>> resources, i.e. Courthouse offices addresses, phone numbers, fees, > >>> etc., > >>> >>>> library, historical society, newspaper, cemetery names & > addresses, > >>> funeral > >>> >>>> homes, etc. Many have also provided a bibliography page showing > >>> reference > >>> >>>> books available for their county and much more. Your site needs > to be > >>> >>>> checked often for bad links, new ideas, etc., and the update > "date" > >>> >>>> changed. We do check these and inquire of county coordinators if > we > >>> find > >>> >>>> sites that have not been updated within a month or so. If you are > ill, > >>> >>>> going on vacation, or having some temporary problems, the State > >>> Coordinator > >>> >>>> would like to know and, of course, we make exceptions for those > times. > >>> >>>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> ------------------------------- > >>> >>> 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 > >>> > > >>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >>> > Suzanne Andrews > >>> > [email protected] > >>> > Volunteer - Butte-Silver Bow Archives > >>> > Volunteer - MTGenWeb County Coordinator > >>> > for Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, > >>> > and Powell counties, Montana > >>> > http://www.mtgenweb.com/silverbow/index.htm > >>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >>> > > >>> > ------------------------------- > >>> > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Suzanne Andrews > [email protected] > Volunteer - Butte-Silver Bow Archives > Volunteer - MTGenWeb County Coordinator > for Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, > and Powell counties, Montana > http://www.mtgenweb.com/silverbow/index.htm > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Be on guard. 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Oh, I know you weren't saying we needed dates on all pages. LOL Shirley On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Suzanne Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > Not to misunderstand what I was saying...that is, I was not saying that all > the pages need update dates...only that it is nice to see them there--it > also > helps the website owner know when s/he last updated that page. However, I > do > think there should be one on the entry page tho--required or not--it makes > a > statement that the site is current. I have an automatic date that updates > on > my pages so whenever I do go in and make a change, big or small, it changes > the date and I don't have to worry about it. > > On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 15:04:47 -0500 > Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> wrote: > > I definitely agree that we don't need dates on all pages of the website. > <g> > > > > Shirley > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Karen De Groote <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> A What's New can be used for a variety of things including > >> housekeeping, new interesting and useful links or the fact that a page > >> on your site has been added to. I am going to start adding a date on > >> pages when I work on them so eventually my sites will have dates on > >> every page but I don't think that should be a requirement. > >> > >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Suzanne Andrews <[email protected] > > > >> wrote: > >> > I like the idea of a "What's New" page. I'll have to think about that > >> for my > >> > pages--at least for my county. The other two counties I have might be > a > >> little > >> > more difficult to come up with new things other than possible links. > >> > Definitely a good idea tho! > >> > > >> > > >> > On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 14:09:11 -0500 > >> > Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Personally I feel that the reason many states in the USGenWeb have > >> >> gone stagnant is because the project does not require periodic > >> >> updating to county sites within the project. Some counties in the > >> >> project, (not here), list a last update of 2008, which in my opinion > >> >> is shameful. I don't think it is asking too much of a county > >> >> coordinator to provide a minimum of two additional sources of > >> >> genealogical information a year to our counties. I don't think an > >> >> update date within 3 months is necessary but I do agree that there > >> >> needs to be something added once every six months at minimum. In > >> >> another project we are required to have a What's New page on which we > >> >> list our additions. Not only does this make it easy for researchers > >> >> to check new additions and promote people's return but it makes it > >> >> easy for project members to see that the CC is active. > >> >> > >> >> Perhaps we could vote in some bare minimum requirements for our state > >> >> project? I feel that this could only be a positive move for us! > >> >> Karen > >> >> > >> >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Shirley Cullum < > [email protected]> > >> >>wrote: > >> >>> Correction...the USGenWeb does not have a requirement on updates to > the > >> >>> county websites. The paragraph from the Policies page is from the > >> MTGenWeb > >> >>> rules and is not part of the required elements but is "strongly > >> >>> recommended". > >> >>> > >> >>> I don't think we need to require a "last update date" on all county > >> >>> websites but would like to see the MTGenWeb add a requirement for > sites > >> >>> with a last update date to keep the date current. I personally like > a 3 > >> >>> month time frame but 6 months works too. <g> > >> >>> > >> >>> Please post your thoughts on this issue and let's discuss the pros > and > >> cons. > >> >>> > >> >>> Shirley > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Shirley Cullum < > [email protected]> > >> >>> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>>> Just a reminder that county websites must be updated at least > twice a > >> year > >> >>>> per the USGenWeb requirements. Therefore the last update date on > our > >> >>>> websites should not be more than 6 months old. And according to the > >> >>>> MTGenWeb Policies page, it is *suggested* that last update dates be > >> >>>> "within a month or so" (see below). With those statements in mind, > the > >> >>>> County of Excellence rules will be updated. To be eligible for the > >> MTGenWeb > >> >>>> COE award, county websites that have a last update date on them > must > >> have > >> >>>> dates that are no older than 6 months. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> I appreciate your assistance in making sure your county website is > >> >>>> compliant with all rules. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Shirley > >> >>>> > >> >>>> From the Policies page: > >> >>>> 10.*IT IS ESSENTIAL* that your site be well-maintained and updated > as > >> >>>> frequently as possible. Every site needs to have some basic > research > >> >>>> resources, i.e. Courthouse offices addresses, phone numbers, fees, > >> etc., > >> >>>> library, historical society, newspaper, cemetery names & addresses, > >> funeral > >> >>>> homes, etc. Many have also provided a bibliography page showing > >> reference > >> >>>> books available for their county and much more. Your site needs to > be > >> >>>> checked often for bad links, new ideas, etc., and the update "date" > >> >>>> changed. We do check these and inquire of county coordinators if we > >> find > >> >>>> sites that have not been updated within a month or so. If you are > ill, > >> >>>> going on vacation, or having some temporary problems, the State > >> Coordinator > >> >>>> would like to know and, of course, we make exceptions for those > times. > >> >>>> > >> >>> > >> >>> ------------------------------- > >> >>> 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 > >> > > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> > Suzanne Andrews > >> > [email protected] > >> > Volunteer - Butte-Silver Bow Archives > >> > Volunteer - MTGenWeb County Coordinator > >> > for Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, > >> > and Powell counties, Montana > >> > http://www.mtgenweb.com/silverbow/index.htm > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> > > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Suzanne Andrews > [email protected] > Volunteer - Butte-Silver Bow Archives > Volunteer - MTGenWeb County Coordinator > for Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, > and Powell counties, Montana > http://www.mtgenweb.com/silverbow/index.htm > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Another aspect of the What's New page is that it lists concrete housekeeping or data updates independently of the auto dates. I am not saying that automatic dating is bad, I do use it myself but like to let the researcher's know what has been done. Something we may want to look into in the future. We can use baby steps to get there and this discussion is definitely going in the right direction! On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: > While having an automatic date change code is nice, the date changes > each time it is uploaded whether there has been any change or not. I > have seen CCs use this to get away with state update requirements in > the past. I agree, if you take on a county, it should be to add data > or assistance for researchers, it should not be to collect counties > which in the past was an issue with a few peeps in the project. While > we are at it, why don't we think about a few basic rules for MTGW? > Aside from updating, requiring CC response within, say 96 hours of a > contact and no self promotion for paid genealogical research? I know > it takes a while in the sparsely populated counties of Montana but > believe me, after a while you will get more queries as well as > interaction from researchers. They seem hesitant to approach you at > first but after some time, you are part of the county. > Food for thought of course.... Karen > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> wrote: >> I definitely agree that we don't need dates on all pages of the website. <g> >> >> Shirley >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A What's New can be used for a variety of things including >>> housekeeping, new interesting and useful links or the fact that a page >>> on your site has been added to. I am going to start adding a date on >>> pages when I work on them so eventually my sites will have dates on >>> every page but I don't think that should be a requirement. >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Suzanne Andrews <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > I like the idea of a "What's New" page. I'll have to think about that >>> for my >>> > pages--at least for my county. The other two counties I have might be a >>> little >>> > more difficult to come up with new things other than possible links. >>> > Definitely a good idea tho! >>> > >>> > >>> > On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 14:09:11 -0500 >>> > Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> Personally I feel that the reason many states in the USGenWeb have >>> >> gone stagnant is because the project does not require periodic >>> >> updating to county sites within the project. Some counties in the >>> >> project, (not here), list a last update of 2008, which in my opinion >>> >> is shameful. I don't think it is asking too much of a county >>> >> coordinator to provide a minimum of two additional sources of >>> >> genealogical information a year to our counties. I don't think an >>> >> update date within 3 months is necessary but I do agree that there >>> >> needs to be something added once every six months at minimum. In >>> >> another project we are required to have a What's New page on which we >>> >> list our additions. Not only does this make it easy for researchers >>> >> to check new additions and promote people's return but it makes it >>> >> easy for project members to see that the CC is active. >>> >> >>> >> Perhaps we could vote in some bare minimum requirements for our state >>> >> project? I feel that this could only be a positive move for us! >>> >> Karen >>> >> >>> >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> >>> >>wrote: >>> >>> Correction...the USGenWeb does not have a requirement on updates to the >>> >>> county websites. The paragraph from the Policies page is from the >>> MTGenWeb >>> >>> rules and is not part of the required elements but is "strongly >>> >>> recommended". >>> >>> >>> >>> I don't think we need to require a "last update date" on all county >>> >>> websites but would like to see the MTGenWeb add a requirement for sites >>> >>> with a last update date to keep the date current. I personally like a 3 >>> >>> month time frame but 6 months works too. <g> >>> >>> >>> >>> Please post your thoughts on this issue and let's discuss the pros and >>> cons. >>> >>> >>> >>> Shirley >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Just a reminder that county websites must be updated at least twice a >>> year >>> >>>> per the USGenWeb requirements. Therefore the last update date on our >>> >>>> websites should not be more than 6 months old. And according to the >>> >>>> MTGenWeb Policies page, it is *suggested* that last update dates be >>> >>>> "within a month or so" (see below). With those statements in mind, the >>> >>>> County of Excellence rules will be updated. To be eligible for the >>> MTGenWeb >>> >>>> COE award, county websites that have a last update date on them must >>> have >>> >>>> dates that are no older than 6 months. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> I appreciate your assistance in making sure your county website is >>> >>>> compliant with all rules. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Shirley >>> >>>> >>> >>>> From the Policies page: >>> >>>> 10.*IT IS ESSENTIAL* that your site be well-maintained and updated as >>> >>>> frequently as possible. Every site needs to have some basic research >>> >>>> resources, i.e. Courthouse offices addresses, phone numbers, fees, >>> etc., >>> >>>> library, historical society, newspaper, cemetery names & addresses, >>> funeral >>> >>>> homes, etc. Many have also provided a bibliography page showing >>> reference >>> >>>> books available for their county and much more. Your site needs to be >>> >>>> checked often for bad links, new ideas, etc., and the update "date" >>> >>>> changed. We do check these and inquire of county coordinators if we >>> find >>> >>>> sites that have not been updated within a month or so. If you are ill, >>> >>>> going on vacation, or having some temporary problems, the State >>> Coordinator >>> >>>> would like to know and, of course, we make exceptions for those times. >>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> >>> 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 >>> > >>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> > Suzanne Andrews >>> > [email protected] >>> > Volunteer - Butte-Silver Bow Archives >>> > Volunteer - MTGenWeb County Coordinator >>> > for Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, >>> > and Powell counties, Montana >>> > http://www.mtgenweb.com/silverbow/index.htm >>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> > >>> > ------------------------------- >>> > 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

While having an automatic date change code is nice, the date changes each time it is uploaded whether there has been any change or not. I have seen CCs use this to get away with state update requirements in the past. I agree, if you take on a county, it should be to add data or assistance for researchers, it should not be to collect counties which in the past was an issue with a few peeps in the project. While we are at it, why don't we think about a few basic rules for MTGW? Aside from updating, requiring CC response within, say 96 hours of a contact and no self promotion for paid genealogical research? I know it takes a while in the sparsely populated counties of Montana but believe me, after a while you will get more queries as well as interaction from researchers. They seem hesitant to approach you at first but after some time, you are part of the county. Food for thought of course.... Karen On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> wrote: > I definitely agree that we don't need dates on all pages of the website. <g> > > Shirley > > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A What's New can be used for a variety of things including >> housekeeping, new interesting and useful links or the fact that a page >> on your site has been added to. I am going to start adding a date on >> pages when I work on them so eventually my sites will have dates on >> every page but I don't think that should be a requirement. >> >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Suzanne Andrews <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I like the idea of a "What's New" page. I'll have to think about that >> for my >> > pages--at least for my county. The other two counties I have might be a >> little >> > more difficult to come up with new things other than possible links. >> > Definitely a good idea tho! >> > >> > >> > On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 14:09:11 -0500 >> > Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Personally I feel that the reason many states in the USGenWeb have >> >> gone stagnant is because the project does not require periodic >> >> updating to county sites within the project. Some counties in the >> >> project, (not here), list a last update of 2008, which in my opinion >> >> is shameful. I don't think it is asking too much of a county >> >> coordinator to provide a minimum of two additional sources of >> >> genealogical information a year to our counties. I don't think an >> >> update date within 3 months is necessary but I do agree that there >> >> needs to be something added once every six months at minimum. In >> >> another project we are required to have a What's New page on which we >> >> list our additions. Not only does this make it easy for researchers >> >> to check new additions and promote people's return but it makes it >> >> easy for project members to see that the CC is active. >> >> >> >> Perhaps we could vote in some bare minimum requirements for our state >> >> project? I feel that this could only be a positive move for us! >> >> Karen >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> >> >>wrote: >> >>> Correction...the USGenWeb does not have a requirement on updates to the >> >>> county websites. The paragraph from the Policies page is from the >> MTGenWeb >> >>> rules and is not part of the required elements but is "strongly >> >>> recommended". >> >>> >> >>> I don't think we need to require a "last update date" on all county >> >>> websites but would like to see the MTGenWeb add a requirement for sites >> >>> with a last update date to keep the date current. I personally like a 3 >> >>> month time frame but 6 months works too. <g> >> >>> >> >>> Please post your thoughts on this issue and let's discuss the pros and >> cons. >> >>> >> >>> Shirley >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> Just a reminder that county websites must be updated at least twice a >> year >> >>>> per the USGenWeb requirements. Therefore the last update date on our >> >>>> websites should not be more than 6 months old. And according to the >> >>>> MTGenWeb Policies page, it is *suggested* that last update dates be >> >>>> "within a month or so" (see below). With those statements in mind, the >> >>>> County of Excellence rules will be updated. To be eligible for the >> MTGenWeb >> >>>> COE award, county websites that have a last update date on them must >> have >> >>>> dates that are no older than 6 months. >> >>>> >> >>>> I appreciate your assistance in making sure your county website is >> >>>> compliant with all rules. >> >>>> >> >>>> Shirley >> >>>> >> >>>> From the Policies page: >> >>>> 10.*IT IS ESSENTIAL* that your site be well-maintained and updated as >> >>>> frequently as possible. Every site needs to have some basic research >> >>>> resources, i.e. Courthouse offices addresses, phone numbers, fees, >> etc., >> >>>> library, historical society, newspaper, cemetery names & addresses, >> funeral >> >>>> homes, etc. Many have also provided a bibliography page showing >> reference >> >>>> books available for their county and much more. Your site needs to be >> >>>> checked often for bad links, new ideas, etc., and the update "date" >> >>>> changed. We do check these and inquire of county coordinators if we >> find >> >>>> sites that have not been updated within a month or so. If you are ill, >> >>>> going on vacation, or having some temporary problems, the State >> Coordinator >> >>>> would like to know and, of course, we make exceptions for those times. >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> ------------------------------- >> >>> 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 >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > Suzanne Andrews >> > [email protected] >> > Volunteer - Butte-Silver Bow Archives >> > Volunteer - MTGenWeb County Coordinator >> > for Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, >> > and Powell counties, Montana >> > http://www.mtgenweb.com/silverbow/index.htm >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > 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

I didn't really think that you thought that. ;) I really would like to see some of the county pages updated tho. Each month when I review them for COE, I hardly ever see anything different. Some of the errors and appearances don't ever seem to be changed. It's getting more difficult to actually choose a county for nomination. On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 15:39:02 -0500 Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, I know you weren't saying we needed dates on all pages. LOL > > Shirley > > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Suzanne Andrews <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Not to misunderstand what I was saying...that is, I was not saying that all >> the pages need update dates...only that it is nice to see them there--it >> also >> helps the website owner know when s/he last updated that page. However, I >> do >> think there should be one on the entry page tho--required or not--it makes >> a >> statement that the site is current. I have an automatic date that updates >> on >> my pages so whenever I do go in and make a change, big or small, it changes >> the date and I don't have to worry about it. >> >> On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 15:04:47 -0500 >> Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I definitely agree that we don't need dates on all pages of the website. >> <g> >> > >> > Shirley >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Karen De Groote <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> A What's New can be used for a variety of things including >> >> housekeeping, new interesting and useful links or the fact that a page >> >> on your site has been added to. I am going to start adding a date on >> >> pages when I work on them so eventually my sites will have dates on >> >> every page but I don't think that should be a requirement. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Suzanne Andrews <[email protected] >> > >> >> wrote: >> >> > I like the idea of a "What's New" page. I'll have to think about that >> >> for my >> >> > pages--at least for my county. The other two counties I have might be >> a >> >> little >> >> > more difficult to come up with new things other than possible links. >> >> > Definitely a good idea tho! >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 14:09:11 -0500 >> >> > Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Personally I feel that the reason many states in the USGenWeb have >> >> >> gone stagnant is because the project does not require periodic >> >> >> updating to county sites within the project. Some counties in the >> >> >> project, (not here), list a last update of 2008, which in my opinion >> >> >> is shameful. I don't think it is asking too much of a county >> >> >> coordinator to provide a minimum of two additional sources of >> >> >> genealogical information a year to our counties. I don't think an >> >> >> update date within 3 months is necessary but I do agree that there >> >> >> needs to be something added once every six months at minimum. In >> >> >> another project we are required to have a What's New page on which we >> >> >> list our additions. Not only does this make it easy for researchers >> >> >> to check new additions and promote people's return but it makes it >> >> >> easy for project members to see that the CC is active. >> >> >> >> >> >> Perhaps we could vote in some bare minimum requirements for our state >> >> >> project? I feel that this could only be a positive move for us! >> >> >> Karen >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Shirley Cullum < >> [email protected]> >> >> >>wrote: >> >> >>> Correction...the USGenWeb does not have a requirement on updates to >> the >> >> >>> county websites. The paragraph from the Policies page is from the >> >> MTGenWeb >> >> >>> rules and is not part of the required elements but is "strongly >> >> >>> recommended". >> >> >>> >> >> >>> I don't think we need to require a "last update date" on all county >> >> >>> websites but would like to see the MTGenWeb add a requirement for >> sites >> >> >>> with a last update date to keep the date current. I personally like >> a 3 >> >> >>> month time frame but 6 months works too. <g> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Please post your thoughts on this issue and let's discuss the pros >> and >> >> cons. >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Shirley >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Shirley Cullum < >> [email protected]> >> >> >>> wrote: >> >> >>> >> >> >>>> Just a reminder that county websites must be updated at least >> twice a >> >> year >> >> >>>> per the USGenWeb requirements. Therefore the last update date on >> our >> >> >>>> websites should not be more than 6 months old. And according to the >> >> >>>> MTGenWeb Policies page, it is *suggested* that last update dates be >> >> >>>> "within a month or so" (see below). With those statements in mind, >> the >> >> >>>> County of Excellence rules will be updated. To be eligible for the >> >> MTGenWeb >> >> >>>> COE award, county websites that have a last update date on them >> must >> >> have >> >> >>>> dates that are no older than 6 months. >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> I appreciate your assistance in making sure your county website is >> >> >>>> compliant with all rules. >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> Shirley >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> From the Policies page: >> >> >>>> 10.*IT IS ESSENTIAL* that your site be well-maintained and updated >> as >> >> >>>> frequently as possible. Every site needs to have some basic >> research >> >> >>>> resources, i.e. Courthouse offices addresses, phone numbers, fees, >> >> etc., >> >> >>>> library, historical society, newspaper, cemetery names & addresses, >> >> funeral >> >> >>>> homes, etc. Many have also provided a bibliography page showing >> >> reference >> >> >>>> books available for their county and much more. Your site needs to >> be >> >> >>>> checked often for bad links, new ideas, etc., and the update "date" >> >> >>>> changed. We do check these and inquire of county coordinators if we >> >> find >> >> >>>> sites that have not been updated within a month or so. If you are >> ill, >> >> >>>> going on vacation, or having some temporary problems, the State >> >> Coordinator >> >> >>>> would like to know and, of course, we make exceptions for those >> times. >> >> >>>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> ------------------------------- >> >> >>> 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 >> >> > >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> > Suzanne Andrews >> >> > [email protected] >> >> > Volunteer - Butte-Silver Bow Archives >> >> > Volunteer - MTGenWeb County Coordinator >> >> > for Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, >> >> > and Powell counties, Montana >> >> > http://www.mtgenweb.com/silverbow/index.htm >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> > >> >> > ------------------------------- >> >> > 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 >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Suzanne Andrews >> [email protected] >> Volunteer - Butte-Silver Bow Archives >> Volunteer - MTGenWeb County Coordinator >> for Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, >> and Powell counties, Montana >> http://www.mtgenweb.com/silverbow/index.htm >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Suzanne Andrews [email protected] Volunteer - Butte-Silver Bow Archives Volunteer - MTGenWeb County Coordinator for Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, and Powell counties, Montana http://www.mtgenweb.com/silverbow/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I definitely agree that we don't need dates on all pages of the website. <g> Shirley On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: > A What's New can be used for a variety of things including > housekeeping, new interesting and useful links or the fact that a page > on your site has been added to. I am going to start adding a date on > pages when I work on them so eventually my sites will have dates on > every page but I don't think that should be a requirement. > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Suzanne Andrews <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I like the idea of a "What's New" page. I'll have to think about that > for my > > pages--at least for my county. The other two counties I have might be a > little > > more difficult to come up with new things other than possible links. > > Definitely a good idea tho! > > > > > > On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 14:09:11 -0500 > > Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Personally I feel that the reason many states in the USGenWeb have > >> gone stagnant is because the project does not require periodic > >> updating to county sites within the project. Some counties in the > >> project, (not here), list a last update of 2008, which in my opinion > >> is shameful. I don't think it is asking too much of a county > >> coordinator to provide a minimum of two additional sources of > >> genealogical information a year to our counties. I don't think an > >> update date within 3 months is necessary but I do agree that there > >> needs to be something added once every six months at minimum. In > >> another project we are required to have a What's New page on which we > >> list our additions. Not only does this make it easy for researchers > >> to check new additions and promote people's return but it makes it > >> easy for project members to see that the CC is active. > >> > >> Perhaps we could vote in some bare minimum requirements for our state > >> project? I feel that this could only be a positive move for us! > >> Karen > >> > >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> > >>wrote: > >>> Correction...the USGenWeb does not have a requirement on updates to the > >>> county websites. The paragraph from the Policies page is from the > MTGenWeb > >>> rules and is not part of the required elements but is "strongly > >>> recommended". > >>> > >>> I don't think we need to require a "last update date" on all county > >>> websites but would like to see the MTGenWeb add a requirement for sites > >>> with a last update date to keep the date current. I personally like a 3 > >>> month time frame but 6 months works too. <g> > >>> > >>> Please post your thoughts on this issue and let's discuss the pros and > cons. > >>> > >>> Shirley > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Just a reminder that county websites must be updated at least twice a > year > >>>> per the USGenWeb requirements. Therefore the last update date on our > >>>> websites should not be more than 6 months old. And according to the > >>>> MTGenWeb Policies page, it is *suggested* that last update dates be > >>>> "within a month or so" (see below). With those statements in mind, the > >>>> County of Excellence rules will be updated. To be eligible for the > MTGenWeb > >>>> COE award, county websites that have a last update date on them must > have > >>>> dates that are no older than 6 months. > >>>> > >>>> I appreciate your assistance in making sure your county website is > >>>> compliant with all rules. > >>>> > >>>> Shirley > >>>> > >>>> From the Policies page: > >>>> 10.*IT IS ESSENTIAL* that your site be well-maintained and updated as > >>>> frequently as possible. Every site needs to have some basic research > >>>> resources, i.e. Courthouse offices addresses, phone numbers, fees, > etc., > >>>> library, historical society, newspaper, cemetery names & addresses, > funeral > >>>> homes, etc. Many have also provided a bibliography page showing > reference > >>>> books available for their county and much more. Your site needs to be > >>>> checked often for bad links, new ideas, etc., and the update "date" > >>>> changed. We do check these and inquire of county coordinators if we > find > >>>> sites that have not been updated within a month or so. If you are ill, > >>>> going on vacation, or having some temporary problems, the State > Coordinator > >>>> would like to know and, of course, we make exceptions for those times. > >>>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> 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 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Suzanne Andrews > > [email protected] > > Volunteer - Butte-Silver Bow Archives > > Volunteer - MTGenWeb County Coordinator > > for Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, > > and Powell counties, Montana > > http://www.mtgenweb.com/silverbow/index.htm > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 >

I have an automatic date change every time I work on a page, so I don't even have to think about changing the last update. I always us a template I made and the auto update is there. You can go to one of my pages and just copy and paste the last update at the bottom. Also, ever so often when I have a few minutes, I go in and at least refresh some of my main pages, like cemetery, census or address just to update those. There is just not a lot of info to find for my counties and I think in the 2 years I've had them, I've only received 2 queries. Jane Keppler Treasure and Musselshell On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: > A What's New can be used for a variety of things including > housekeeping, new interesting and useful links or the fact that a page > on your site has been added to. I am going to start adding a date on > pages when I work on them so eventually my sites will have dates on > every page but I don't think that should be a requirement. > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Suzanne Andrews <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I like the idea of a "What's New" page. I'll have to think about that > for my > > pages--at least for my county. The other two counties I have might be a > little > > more difficult to come up with new things other than possible links. > > Definitely a good idea tho! > > > > > > On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 14:09:11 -0500 > > Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Personally I feel that the reason many states in the USGenWeb have > >> gone stagnant is because the project does not require periodic > >> updating to county sites within the project. Some counties in the > >> project, (not here), list a last update of 2008, which in my opinion > >> is shameful. I don't think it is asking too much of a county > >> coordinator to provide a minimum of two additional sources of > >> genealogical information a year to our counties. I don't think an > >> update date within 3 months is necessary but I do agree that there > >> needs to be something added once every six months at minimum. In > >> another project we are required to have a What's New page on which we > >> list our additions. Not only does this make it easy for researchers > >> to check new additions and promote people's return but it makes it > >> easy for project members to see that the CC is active. > >> > >> Perhaps we could vote in some bare minimum requirements for our state > >> project? I feel that this could only be a positive move for us! > >> Karen > >> > >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> > >>wrote: > >>> Correction...the USGenWeb does not have a requirement on updates to the > >>> county websites. The paragraph from the Policies page is from the > MTGenWeb > >>> rules and is not part of the required elements but is "strongly > >>> recommended". > >>> > >>> I don't think we need to require a "last update date" on all county > >>> websites but would like to see the MTGenWeb add a requirement for sites > >>> with a last update date to keep the date current. I personally like a 3 > >>> month time frame but 6 months works too. <g> > >>> > >>> Please post your thoughts on this issue and let's discuss the pros and > cons. > >>> > >>> Shirley > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Just a reminder that county websites must be updated at least twice a > year > >>>> per the USGenWeb requirements. Therefore the last update date on our > >>>> websites should not be more than 6 months old. And according to the > >>>> MTGenWeb Policies page, it is *suggested* that last update dates be > >>>> "within a month or so" (see below). With those statements in mind, the > >>>> County of Excellence rules will be updated. To be eligible for the > MTGenWeb > >>>> COE award, county websites that have a last update date on them must > have > >>>> dates that are no older than 6 months. > >>>> > >>>> I appreciate your assistance in making sure your county website is > >>>> compliant with all rules. > >>>> > >>>> Shirley > >>>> > >>>> From the Policies page: > >>>> 10.*IT IS ESSENTIAL* that your site be well-maintained and updated as > >>>> frequently as possible. Every site needs to have some basic research > >>>> resources, i.e. Courthouse offices addresses, phone numbers, fees, > etc., > >>>> library, historical society, newspaper, cemetery names & addresses, > funeral > >>>> homes, etc. Many have also provided a bibliography page showing > reference > >>>> books available for their county and much more. Your site needs to be > >>>> checked often for bad links, new ideas, etc., and the update "date" > >>>> changed. We do check these and inquire of county coordinators if we > find > >>>> sites that have not been updated within a month or so. If you are ill, > >>>> going on vacation, or having some temporary problems, the State > Coordinator > >>>> would like to know and, of course, we make exceptions for those times. > >>>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> 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 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Suzanne Andrews > > [email protected] > > Volunteer - Butte-Silver Bow Archives > > Volunteer - MTGenWeb County Coordinator > > for Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, > > and Powell counties, Montana > > http://www.mtgenweb.com/silverbow/index.htm > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > -- Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything with love. ~ 1 Corinthians 16:13-14, NLT

Yep, I too thought that could happen, but I would hope that our county coordinators would not do that. Why bother volunteering if they are not interested in helping researchers to their county find the resources they need to aid them in their search? I think a few new or updated basic rules would be helpful. On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 15:34:19 -0500 Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: > While having an automatic date change code is nice, the date changes > each time it is uploaded whether there has been any change or not. I > have seen CCs use this to get away with state update requirements in > the past. I agree, if you take on a county, it should be to add data > or assistance for researchers, it should not be to collect counties > which in the past was an issue with a few peeps in the project. While > we are at it, why don't we think about a few basic rules for MTGW? > Aside from updating, requiring CC response within, say 96 hours of a > contact and no self promotion for paid genealogical research? I know > it takes a while in the sparsely populated counties of Montana but > believe me, after a while you will get more queries as well as > interaction from researchers. They seem hesitant to approach you at > first but after some time, you are part of the county. >Food for thought of course.... Karen > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> >wrote: >> I definitely agree that we don't need dates on all pages of the website. <g> >> >> Shirley >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A What's New can be used for a variety of things including >>> housekeeping, new interesting and useful links or the fact that a page >>> on your site has been added to. I am going to start adding a date on >>> pages when I work on them so eventually my sites will have dates on >>> every page but I don't think that should be a requirement. >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Suzanne Andrews <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > I like the idea of a "What's New" page. I'll have to think about that >>> for my >>> > pages--at least for my county. The other two counties I have might be a >>> little >>> > more difficult to come up with new things other than possible links. >>> > Definitely a good idea tho! >>> > >>> > >>> > On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 14:09:11 -0500 >>> > Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> Personally I feel that the reason many states in the USGenWeb have >>> >> gone stagnant is because the project does not require periodic >>> >> updating to county sites within the project. Some counties in the >>> >> project, (not here), list a last update of 2008, which in my opinion >>> >> is shameful. I don't think it is asking too much of a county >>> >> coordinator to provide a minimum of two additional sources of >>> >> genealogical information a year to our counties. I don't think an >>> >> update date within 3 months is necessary but I do agree that there >>> >> needs to be something added once every six months at minimum. In >>> >> another project we are required to have a What's New page on which we >>> >> list our additions. Not only does this make it easy for researchers >>> >> to check new additions and promote people's return but it makes it >>> >> easy for project members to see that the CC is active. >>> >> >>> >> Perhaps we could vote in some bare minimum requirements for our state >>> >> project? I feel that this could only be a positive move for us! >>> >> Karen >>> >> >>> >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> >>> >>wrote: >>> >>> Correction...the USGenWeb does not have a requirement on updates to the >>> >>> county websites. The paragraph from the Policies page is from the >>> MTGenWeb >>> >>> rules and is not part of the required elements but is "strongly >>> >>> recommended". >>> >>> >>> >>> I don't think we need to require a "last update date" on all county >>> >>> websites but would like to see the MTGenWeb add a requirement for sites >>> >>> with a last update date to keep the date current. I personally like a 3 >>> >>> month time frame but 6 months works too. <g> >>> >>> >>> >>> Please post your thoughts on this issue and let's discuss the pros and >>> cons. >>> >>> >>> >>> Shirley >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Just a reminder that county websites must be updated at least twice a >>> year >>> >>>> per the USGenWeb requirements. Therefore the last update date on our >>> >>>> websites should not be more than 6 months old. And according to the >>> >>>> MTGenWeb Policies page, it is *suggested* that last update dates be >>> >>>> "within a month or so" (see below). With those statements in mind, the >>> >>>> County of Excellence rules will be updated. To be eligible for the >>> MTGenWeb >>> >>>> COE award, county websites that have a last update date on them must >>> have >>> >>>> dates that are no older than 6 months. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> I appreciate your assistance in making sure your county website is >>> >>>> compliant with all rules. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Shirley >>> >>>> >>> >>>> From the Policies page: >>> >>>> 10.*IT IS ESSENTIAL* that your site be well-maintained and updated as >>> >>>> frequently as possible. Every site needs to have some basic research >>> >>>> resources, i.e. Courthouse offices addresses, phone numbers, fees, >>> etc., >>> >>>> library, historical society, newspaper, cemetery names & addresses, >>> funeral >>> >>>> homes, etc. Many have also provided a bibliography page showing >>> reference >>> >>>> books available for their county and much more. Your site needs to be >>> >>>> checked often for bad links, new ideas, etc., and the update "date" >>> >>>> changed. We do check these and inquire of county coordinators if we >>> find >>> >>>> sites that have not been updated within a month or so. If you are ill, >>> >>>> going on vacation, or having some temporary problems, the State >>> Coordinator >>> >>>> would like to know and, of course, we make exceptions for those times. >>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> >>> 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 >>> > >>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> > Suzanne Andrews >>> > [email protected] >>> > Volunteer - Butte-Silver Bow Archives >>> > Volunteer - MTGenWeb County Coordinator >>> > for Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, >>> > and Powell counties, Montana >>> > http://www.mtgenweb.com/silverbow/index.htm >>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> > >>> > ------------------------------- >>> > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Suzanne Andrews [email protected] Volunteer - Butte-Silver Bow Archives Volunteer - MTGenWeb County Coordinator for Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, and Powell counties, Montana http://www.mtgenweb.com/silverbow/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Karen, I totally agree. If a CC can't or won't update within 6 months, then why are they even involved with the project. I belong to 2 other states and 1 is great and the other is not. Like you said shameful on such OLD updates. Why bother putting it there? The SC should be doing more or getting more help to oversee sites. Personally when I'm researching and find an old date, that tells me site is not worth visiting or wasting my time. I say 6 months mandate. Jane Keppler Treasure and Musselshell On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally I feel that the reason many states in the USGenWeb have > gone stagnant is because the project does not require periodic > updating to county sites within the project. Some counties in the > project, (not here), list a last update of 2008, which in my opinion > is shameful. I don't think it is asking too much of a county > coordinator to provide a minimum of two additional sources of > genealogical information a year to our counties. I don't think an > update date within 3 months is necessary but I do agree that there > needs to be something added once every six months at minimum. In > another project we are required to have a What's New page on which we > list our additions. Not only does this make it easy for researchers > to check new additions and promote people's return but it makes it > easy for project members to see that the CC is active. > > Perhaps we could vote in some bare minimum requirements for our state > project? I feel that this could only be a positive move for us! > Karen > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Correction...the USGenWeb does not have a requirement on updates to the > > county websites. The paragraph from the Policies page is from the > MTGenWeb > > rules and is not part of the required elements but is "strongly > > recommended". > > > > I don't think we need to require a "last update date" on all county > > websites but would like to see the MTGenWeb add a requirement for sites > > with a last update date to keep the date current. I personally like a 3 > > month time frame but 6 months works too. <g> > > > > Please post your thoughts on this issue and let's discuss the pros and > cons. > > > > Shirley > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> Just a reminder that county websites must be updated at least twice a > year > >> per the USGenWeb requirements. Therefore the last update date on our > >> websites should not be more than 6 months old. And according to the > >> MTGenWeb Policies page, it is *suggested* that last update dates be > >> "within a month or so" (see below). With those statements in mind, the > >> County of Excellence rules will be updated. To be eligible for the > MTGenWeb > >> COE award, county websites that have a last update date on them must > have > >> dates that are no older than 6 months. > >> > >> I appreciate your assistance in making sure your county website is > >> compliant with all rules. > >> > >> Shirley > >> > >> From the Policies page: > >> 10.*IT IS ESSENTIAL* that your site be well-maintained and updated as > >> frequently as possible. Every site needs to have some basic research > >> resources, i.e. Courthouse offices addresses, phone numbers, fees, etc., > >> library, historical society, newspaper, cemetery names & addresses, > funeral > >> homes, etc. Many have also provided a bibliography page showing > reference > >> books available for their county and much more. Your site needs to be > >> checked often for bad links, new ideas, etc., and the update "date" > >> changed. We do check these and inquire of county coordinators if we find > >> sites that have not been updated within a month or so. If you are ill, > >> going on vacation, or having some temporary problems, the State > Coordinator > >> would like to know and, of course, we make exceptions for those times. > >> > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > -- Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything with love. ~ 1 Corinthians 16:13-14, NLT

A What's New can be used for a variety of things including housekeeping, new interesting and useful links or the fact that a page on your site has been added to. I am going to start adding a date on pages when I work on them so eventually my sites will have dates on every page but I don't think that should be a requirement. On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Suzanne Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > I like the idea of a "What's New" page. I'll have to think about that for my > pages--at least for my county. The other two counties I have might be a little > more difficult to come up with new things other than possible links. > Definitely a good idea tho! > > > On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 14:09:11 -0500 > Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: >> Personally I feel that the reason many states in the USGenWeb have >> gone stagnant is because the project does not require periodic >> updating to county sites within the project. Some counties in the >> project, (not here), list a last update of 2008, which in my opinion >> is shameful. I don't think it is asking too much of a county >> coordinator to provide a minimum of two additional sources of >> genealogical information a year to our counties. I don't think an >> update date within 3 months is necessary but I do agree that there >> needs to be something added once every six months at minimum. In >> another project we are required to have a What's New page on which we >> list our additions. Not only does this make it easy for researchers >> to check new additions and promote people's return but it makes it >> easy for project members to see that the CC is active. >> >> Perhaps we could vote in some bare minimum requirements for our state >> project? I feel that this could only be a positive move for us! >> Karen >> >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> >>wrote: >>> Correction...the USGenWeb does not have a requirement on updates to the >>> county websites. The paragraph from the Policies page is from the MTGenWeb >>> rules and is not part of the required elements but is "strongly >>> recommended". >>> >>> I don't think we need to require a "last update date" on all county >>> websites but would like to see the MTGenWeb add a requirement for sites >>> with a last update date to keep the date current. I personally like a 3 >>> month time frame but 6 months works too. <g> >>> >>> Please post your thoughts on this issue and let's discuss the pros and cons. >>> >>> Shirley >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Just a reminder that county websites must be updated at least twice a year >>>> per the USGenWeb requirements. Therefore the last update date on our >>>> websites should not be more than 6 months old. And according to the >>>> MTGenWeb Policies page, it is *suggested* that last update dates be >>>> "within a month or so" (see below). With those statements in mind, the >>>> County of Excellence rules will be updated. To be eligible for the MTGenWeb >>>> COE award, county websites that have a last update date on them must have >>>> dates that are no older than 6 months. >>>> >>>> I appreciate your assistance in making sure your county website is >>>> compliant with all rules. >>>> >>>> Shirley >>>> >>>> From the Policies page: >>>> 10.*IT IS ESSENTIAL* that your site be well-maintained and updated as >>>> frequently as possible. Every site needs to have some basic research >>>> resources, i.e. Courthouse offices addresses, phone numbers, fees, etc., >>>> library, historical society, newspaper, cemetery names & addresses, funeral >>>> homes, etc. Many have also provided a bibliography page showing reference >>>> books available for their county and much more. Your site needs to be >>>> checked often for bad links, new ideas, etc., and the update "date" >>>> changed. We do check these and inquire of county coordinators if we find >>>> sites that have not been updated within a month or so. If you are ill, >>>> going on vacation, or having some temporary problems, the State Coordinator >>>> would like to know and, of course, we make exceptions for those times. >>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Suzanne Andrews > [email protected] > Volunteer - Butte-Silver Bow Archives > Volunteer - MTGenWeb County Coordinator > for Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, > and Powell counties, Montana > http://www.mtgenweb.com/silverbow/index.htm > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ------------------------------- > 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

Not to misunderstand what I was saying...that is, I was not saying that all the pages need update dates...only that it is nice to see them there--it also helps the website owner know when s/he last updated that page. However, I do think there should be one on the entry page tho--required or not--it makes a statement that the site is current. I have an automatic date that updates on my pages so whenever I do go in and make a change, big or small, it changes the date and I don't have to worry about it. On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 15:04:47 -0500 Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> wrote: > I definitely agree that we don't need dates on all pages of the website. <g> > > Shirley > > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A What's New can be used for a variety of things including >> housekeeping, new interesting and useful links or the fact that a page >> on your site has been added to. I am going to start adding a date on >> pages when I work on them so eventually my sites will have dates on >> every page but I don't think that should be a requirement. >> >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Suzanne Andrews <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I like the idea of a "What's New" page. I'll have to think about that >> for my >> > pages--at least for my county. The other two counties I have might be a >> little >> > more difficult to come up with new things other than possible links. >> > Definitely a good idea tho! >> > >> > >> > On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 14:09:11 -0500 >> > Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Personally I feel that the reason many states in the USGenWeb have >> >> gone stagnant is because the project does not require periodic >> >> updating to county sites within the project. Some counties in the >> >> project, (not here), list a last update of 2008, which in my opinion >> >> is shameful. I don't think it is asking too much of a county >> >> coordinator to provide a minimum of two additional sources of >> >> genealogical information a year to our counties. I don't think an >> >> update date within 3 months is necessary but I do agree that there >> >> needs to be something added once every six months at minimum. In >> >> another project we are required to have a What's New page on which we >> >> list our additions. Not only does this make it easy for researchers >> >> to check new additions and promote people's return but it makes it >> >> easy for project members to see that the CC is active. >> >> >> >> Perhaps we could vote in some bare minimum requirements for our state >> >> project? I feel that this could only be a positive move for us! >> >> Karen >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> >> >>wrote: >> >>> Correction...the USGenWeb does not have a requirement on updates to the >> >>> county websites. The paragraph from the Policies page is from the >> MTGenWeb >> >>> rules and is not part of the required elements but is "strongly >> >>> recommended". >> >>> >> >>> I don't think we need to require a "last update date" on all county >> >>> websites but would like to see the MTGenWeb add a requirement for sites >> >>> with a last update date to keep the date current. I personally like a 3 >> >>> month time frame but 6 months works too. <g> >> >>> >> >>> Please post your thoughts on this issue and let's discuss the pros and >> cons. >> >>> >> >>> Shirley >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Shirley Cullum <[email protected]> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> Just a reminder that county websites must be updated at least twice a >> year >> >>>> per the USGenWeb requirements. Therefore the last update date on our >> >>>> websites should not be more than 6 months old. And according to the >> >>>> MTGenWeb Policies page, it is *suggested* that last update dates be >> >>>> "within a month or so" (see below). With those statements in mind, the >> >>>> County of Excellence rules will be updated. To be eligible for the >> MTGenWeb >> >>>> COE award, county websites that have a last update date on them must >> have >> >>>> dates that are no older than 6 months. >> >>>> >> >>>> I appreciate your assistance in making sure your county website is >> >>>> compliant with all rules. >> >>>> >> >>>> Shirley >> >>>> >> >>>> From the Policies page: >> >>>> 10.*IT IS ESSENTIAL* that your site be well-maintained and updated as >> >>>> frequently as possible. Every site needs to have some basic research >> >>>> resources, i.e. Courthouse offices addresses, phone numbers, fees, >> etc., >> >>>> library, historical society, newspaper, cemetery names & addresses, >> funeral >> >>>> homes, etc. Many have also provided a bibliography page showing >> reference >> >>>> books available for their county and much more. Your site needs to be >> >>>> checked often for bad links, new ideas, etc., and the update "date" >> >>>> changed. We do check these and inquire of county coordinators if we >> find >> >>>> sites that have not been updated within a month or so. If you are ill, >> >>>> going on vacation, or having some temporary problems, the State >> Coordinator >> >>>> would like to know and, of course, we make exceptions for those times. >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> ------------------------------- >> >>> 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 >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > Suzanne Andrews >> > [email protected] >> > Volunteer - Butte-Silver Bow Archives >> > Volunteer - MTGenWeb County Coordinator >> > for Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, >> > and Powell counties, Montana >> > http://www.mtgenweb.com/silverbow/index.htm >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Suzanne Andrews [email protected] Volunteer - Butte-Silver Bow Archives Volunteer - MTGenWeb County Coordinator for Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, and Powell counties, Montana http://www.mtgenweb.com/silverbow/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~