Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Denise Wells via <[email protected]> > Date: September 29, 2015 at 9:02:08 PM CDT > To: Board <[email protected]>, state-coord <[email protected]>, usgenweb-discuss <[email protected]>, usgenweb-all <[email protected]> > Subject: [STATE-COORD] Call for National Webmaster > Reply-To: Denise Wells <[email protected]>, [email protected] > > PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL REGIONAL AND STATE LISTS > > PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DEFINITELY MISSED THE TIME PERIOD INDICATED IN THE BODY > OF THIS MESSAGE. LET'S NOT QUIBBLE ABOUT THIS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. > > > The USGenWeb Project is recruiting a webmaster and assistant webmaster to > maintain its USGenWeb Project National pages. You will find an outline of > the qualifications and duties in sections 2, 3 and 5 of Motion 2008/09-04, > restated below. > > If you are interested, please send a short statement of your qualifications > and reference urls of sites you host for the Advisory Board to consider. > > Please send your qualifications to me at [email protected] & any or > all of these AB members http://usgenweb.org/about/advisoryboard.shtml > > Your statement will be shared with Advisory Board members. > > Applications will remain open through midnight Friday, October 9 2015. > > > NATIONAL WEBSITE MAINTENANCE & WEBMASTER QUALIFICATIONS & DUTIES > > Section 1: The USGenWeb Advisory Board (AB) will appoint the webmaster and > an assistant webmaster from the Project membership to maintain the USGenWeb > National website. The webmaster and assistant serve as trusted technical > assistants to the Advisory Board. In addition, one AB member will be > appointed to work with and act as a liaison between the AB and the > webmaster and assistant, to ensure the National site is in compliance with > the Project by-laws and that the duties outlined in this document are > fulfilled. The National Coordinator (NC) will also work with the webmaster > and assistant to > ensure that their responsibility for day-to-day operational management of > the project site is fulfilled. > > Section 2: Selection of the Webmaster - The USGenWeb Advisory Board (AB) > will issue a call the last two weeks of September for interested > individuals to serve as the webmaster and assistant webmaster of the > National site. > >> From this call, the newly seated AB will make their selections at the > beginning of the term, at the same time the remainder of the appointments > are made. The AB shall determine if those currently in place shall > continue, or if one or more of the new respondees shall be selected. > > The qualifications for both positions are: > > (a) The individual must have been a member in good standing of the USGenWeb > Project for a minimum of 6 months. > (b) The individual must have a strong demonstrated knowledge of HTML, CSS > (cascading style sheets), SSI (server side includes), and FTP software. > (c) The individual must be able to devote approximately 8 to 24 hours per > month to their duties as webmaster, spread out across the month. > (d) The individual must respond to requests for updates in a timely manner. > This is defined by responding to the request within 48 hours and completing > the requested update within one week. These time limits do not apply if the > webmaster and/or assistant have notified the board they will be unavailable > for a period of time or if there are extenuating circumstances such as a > natural disaster in the area where the webmaster and/or assistant reside. > > The second limit does not apply if the scope of the change is large and if > the webmaster or assistant have notified the board that it will take longer. > > If the webmaster or assistant have notified the board it will take longer > than the stated week, they must provide an expected completion date for the > change. > > (e) Additional knowledge and/or skills such as php, > databases and search engine optimization may be desirable but are not > required. > > Section 3: Duties & Responsibilities of the Webmaster and Assistant > Webmaster: > > (a) Makes website changes requested by the advisory board or the National > Coordinator. Changes may include, but are not limited to adding additional > or updated links, updating the identity of committee members and/or state > SCs or ASCs and and formatting and posting of committee minutes. > (b) Finding and correcting broken or erroneous links by running a link > checker monthly. > (c) Reviewing server logs for errors and taking any needed corrective > action. > (d) Keeping a log of all changes made to or other actions taken in regards > to the National site. This log must be available for review by the AB > members at all times. > (e) Watching, reporting on and taking steps to improve the performance of > the National site's performance. > (f) Receiving reports on website problems from site visitors, pro-actively > detecting problems that arise whenever practical and reporting the problems > to the web host provider, either directly or through the designated process > in place at the time, and work with their support organization to correct > the problems. > (g) Providing quarterly reports to the AB regarding the site and actions > taken and changes made by the webmaster and/or assistant. > (h) Notify the assistant/assistant webmaster, AB representative and NC if > they will be unavailable for periods of more than 48 hours so that others > can cover the duties and complete any necessary updates. > > Section 4: Responsibility of the NC or Designated Individual with Control > Panel Access: > > (a) Provide the codes/passwords to the webmaster, assistant webmaster and > the AB representative so the stated responsibilities can be carried out. > (b) If the webmaster and assistant don't have direct access to site error > logs, do whatever is required to make them available to the webmaster and > assistant so that their duties can be carried out. > (c) If the webmaster and assistant don't have direct access to the support > organization of the webhosting service, serve as the interface to report > problems to the web hosting service and in working with their support > organization to correct them. > > Section 5: General Requirements: > > (a) The financial information of the account holder must be protected at all > times. > (b) The website must be designed such that it is portable between web > hosting services in the event that a move is necessary or desirable. > (c) The ability to hand code a site in HTML format is not necessary. > Pages may be created using website designing software, but the software must > not be specific to the web host, causing the transfer of the site to be > impossible, nor should the software insert scripts that are not portable > between web design applications. > (d) The webmaster and/or assistant webmaster may be replaced for failure to > comply with Sections 2 and 3, above. > (e) The webmaster and assistant webmaster will only be granted ftp access to > those portions of the National site for which the Advisory Board have > assigned them responsibility. > > > Denise Wells > National Coordinator 2014-2016 > The USGenWeb Project > www.usgenweb.org <http://www.usgenweb.org> > > Celebrating in 2016 the 20th Anniversary of The USGenWeb Project! > Look for us at the 2016 NGS Conference - Booth 431 > <http://fp37.a2zinc.net/clients/NGS/NGS2016/public/eventmap.aspx?shExhList=1>! > > > USGenWeb Advisory Board Agenda > (Agenda to be updated shortly) > > ------------------------------- > 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