I vote nay. Trudy McKean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 3:09 AM Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] Bylaws amendment - vote > On 5/12 I sent the proposal below asking that you consider this series of > changes to the Bylaws. > > Please vote now by sending in a vote of 'yes', 'no' or 'abstain'. You may > send your votes either to the list or to Joe at: jzsed@slic.com and/or > myself at: tstowell@chattanooga.net > > This will also serve as our Roll Call for this quarter. So please vote in > one fashion or another. > > Thanks, > > Tim > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The proposal is as follows: > > Current Version: > > ARTICLE XIII. SPECIAL PROJECTS > > Section 1. Special projects shall be established by The USGenWeb Project to > promote the gathering of information in specialized areas. A coordinator > shall be appointed by the Advisory Board to organize the project and enlist > volunteers. In addition, each special project shall have an Assistant > Project Coordinator or other support team in place that can take charge in > case the Project Coordinator becomes unavailable for a period of 30 days, > unless there are extenuating circumstances. Special projects shall be > repositories for public domain or research documents and shall provide an > easily accessible website for online research by the genealogical > community. A collection of links does not constitute a special project, > although links to appropriate websites maintained by other individuals or > organizations are encouraged. > > Section 2. The name of the special project shall be The USGenWeb ______ > Project > > Section 3. The staff members of The USGenWeb Archives Project, The USGenWeb > Project, and The USGenWeb Tombstone Project shall each elect one > Special Project Representative to serve as a voting member of The USGenWeb > Project Advisory Board. > > Section 4. Project Coordinators shall be elected to those positions by the > project staff. > > Section 5. Project Coordinators are subject to possible removal by a 2/3 > vote of the Advisory Board and a 2/3 vote of the project staff. A quorum of > 75% of the project staff shall participate in order for the vote to be > binding. > > Section 6. If a Project Coordinator is unable to perform his/her duties, > the Assistant Project Coordinator, or other support team, shall serve until > an election can take place among the project staff. In the case of special > projects with more than one Assistant Project Coordinator, they shall > choose one among themselves to serve in the interim. > > ** > > Proposed Version: > > Article XIII. THE ARCHIVES PROJECT > > Section 1. The USGenWeb Archives Project shall have a Coordinator and an > Assistant Coordinator or other support team in place that can take charge > in case the Coordinator becomes unavailable for a period of 30 days, unless > there are extenuating circumstances. The USGenWeb Archives(Digital > Library) shall be a repository for public domain or research documents and > shall provide an easily accessible website for online research by the > genealogical community. > > Section 2. The name of the project shall be The USGenWeb Archives Project. > > Section 3. The staff members of The USGenWeb Archives Project shall elect > one Representative to serve as a voting member of The USGenWeb Project > Advisory Board. > > Section 4. The Archives Project Coordinator shall be elected by the project > staff. The Coordinator in place at the time this section of the Bylaws is > amended shall be exempt from election procedures, unless he/she is removed, > resigns or is unable to perform his/her duties. > > Section 5. The Archives Project Coordinator is subject to possible removal > by a 2/3 vote of the Advisory Board and a 2/3 vote of the project staff. A > quorum of 75% of the project staff shall participate in order for the vote > to be binding. > > Section 6. If the Archives Project Coordinator is unable to perform his/her > duties, the Assistant Coordinator, or other support team, shall serve until > an election can take place among the project staff. In the case of more > than one Assistant Coordinator, they shall choose among themselves to serve > in the interim. > > ** > > Other Proposed Changes: > > Article II. > Section 2. Change "The USGenWeb Project Archives" to "The USGenWeb > Archives Project" > > Article V. > Change "one(1) representative each from The USGenWeb Archives Project, The > USGenWeb Census Project, and the USGenWeb Tombstone Project," to "one(1) > representative from The USGenWeb Archives Project," > > Article VI. > Section 9. > Change "and Special Project Representative" to "and Archives Project > Representative" > Change "with the Special Projects" to "with the Archives Project" > > Article VIII. > Section 1. > Change "Eight(8) voting members of the Advisory Board shall constitute a > quorum." to "Seven(7) voting members of the Advisory Board shall constitute > a quorum." > > Article XII. > Section 2. > Change "The USGenWeb Project Archives" to "The USGenWeb Archives Project" > >