>Perhaps we should be discussing whether > there is a constructive input that the Society can present concerned with > ensuring the integrity and availability of the records we are interested > in wherever they are stored and processed. > > Howard I recall that advice was offered by members of the SoG regarding the need for appropriate Quality Assurance proceedures for the 1901 census transcription and it was totally ignored, and was found to be totally absent, by those members who were able to take part in the operation. I do hope that the Society will make the necessary representations to ensure that proper standards are instituted and that checking procedures are put in place, and evaluated, long before the transcription is started for real. Fred Jackson