I am on the USGenWeb Bylaw Committee and what has happened in the past with some of the archives is that the coordinators have actually taken physical control of data submitted by many different individuals and and called the archives their own work. They have attempted to copyright other peoples work and even deleted all the information on the archive when they either quit or or replaced for their behavior. This is an effort to make sure that the fate of the archives are not at the whim of a single person and will not be in such a position as to "rip off" the contributors of all the data that was freely submitted. It is more to protect the submitters rights than anything else. Even if this passes, the contributor of any data can call for it's removal, from any archive, at any time and it will be done as requested. Dennis Muncrief Host - Murray County, OK ----- Original Message ----- From: "David W. Morgan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 1:05 PM Subject: Re: [OK-Coordinators] USGenWeb Proposed Admendments > On Sat, 11 May 2002, Bob Chada wrote: > > > Ron, those are a set of proposed by laws ammendments from the State of Nevada. > > > If four more states sponsor them, we will be voting on them in July. > > > > The official USGenWeb By Laws Revision Committee site is at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~censlook/ByLaws/. Take a look there and see what is > > happening, and email any of the reps with comments you may have. > > > It will be a miracle if the official committee gets anything finished and > on the ballot in July. > > David > > [email protected] David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm > > >

This is also happening on the county sites also, almost every CC that resigns takes the site with them and claims all information is theirs. The archives is in the fate of a single person, Linda Lewis, although I do not think she would ever "rip off" the archives. http://tess.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=doc&state=o7i3cg.3.33 Word Mark USGENWEB ARCHIVES Goods and Services IC 042. US 100 101. G & S: PROVIDING A WEBSITE FEATURING INFORMATION IN THE FIELD OF GENEALOGY VIA THE INTERNET Mark Drawing Code (1) TYPED DRAWING Serial Number 78006402 Filing Date May 1, 2000 Filed ITU FILED AS ITU Published for Opposition October 2, 2001 Owner (APPLICANT) Lewis, Linda R. INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES 531 Queensway Rd. Richmond VIRGINIA 23236 Disclaimer NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "ARCHIVES" APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN Type of Mark SERVICE MARK Register PRINCIPAL Live/Dead Indicator LIVE Once you submit information to the archives you cannot have it removed. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/timetodo.htm Guidelines: 13. Once submitted, the data can't be retracted by submitter. Sharon C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Muncrief" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 7:36 AM Subject: Re: [OK-Coordinators] USGenWeb Proposed Admendments > I am on the USGenWeb Bylaw Committee and what has happened in the past with > some of the archives is that the coordinators have actually taken physical > control of data submitted by many different individuals and and called the > archives their own work. They have attempted to copyright other peoples > work and even deleted all the information on the archive when they either > quit or or replaced for their behavior. > > This is an effort to make sure that the fate of the archives are not at the > whim of a single person and will not be in such a position as to "rip off" > the contributors of all the data that was freely submitted. It is more to > protect the submitters rights than anything else. > > Even if this passes, the contributor of any data can call for it's removal, > from any archive, at any time and it will be done as requested. > > Dennis Muncrief > Host - Murray County, OK > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David W. Morgan" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 1:05 PM > Subject: Re: [OK-Coordinators] USGenWeb Proposed Admendments > > > > On Sat, 11 May 2002, Bob Chada wrote: > > > > > Ron, those are a set of proposed by laws ammendments from the State of > Nevada. > > > > > > If four more states sponsor them, we will be voting on them in July. > > > > > > > The official USGenWeb By Laws Revision Committee site is at > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~censlook/ByLaws/. Take a look there and see > what is > > > happening, and email any of the reps with comments you may have. > > > > > > It will be a miracle if the official committee gets anything finished and > > on the ballot in July. > > > > David > > > > [email protected] David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm > > > > > > > >

On Sat, 11 May 2002, Sharon C wrote: > This is also happening on the county sites also, almost every CC that > resigns takes the site with them and claims all information is theirs. > > The archives is in the fate of a single person, Linda Lewis, although I do > not think she would ever "rip off" the archives. Linda is not in it by herself. I can only speak for myself, but I believe in the archives, the ground rules for it, the reasons for it. There are a lot of us that are committed to the USGenWeb Archives, and we will stick with it, no matter what happens with the USGenWeb Project. The search engines, especially Google, can find the data, with or without a link on the USGenWeb Project page. If the AB wants to delink the archives, that is the way it goes. Some people will cut off their nose to spite their face. Think about that while working on new rules/bylaws. David [email protected] David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm