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    1. [STATE-COORD] Additional issue - Use of logo.
    2. Tina S. Vickery
    3. An additional issue I would like to bring up concerns hyper linking of the USGenWeb Project logos. The hyperlink should lead the visitor to the USGenWeb Project home page. That is not always the case. I have, in my experience, found the logo is hyperlinked to pages outside of the project which defames and/or is otherwise a detriment to the project. The logo that links in such a manner is a disgrace to the USGenWeb Project and is an extraordinary disservice to our visitors and the genealogical community as a whole. It should be considered improper use of the logo per the Bylaws and CC guidelines. Over the course of my term, the SC and the member(s) were notified of the improper use of the logo repeatedly. Short of delinking a state the Advisory Board's hand's are tied regarding an infraction that is certainly unbecoming of an USGenWeb Project page. I would like to see this issue addressed procedurally within whatever document is appropriate to put a stop to use of the USGenWeb Project logo in this manner. The State Coordinator is ultimately responsible for the misuse or improper use of logos on Project sites. If they don't address the issue, the Advisory Board should have the ability to do so short of disenfranchising an entire XXGenWeb Project for the inattention of the SC or the belligerency of an individual CC. Tina

    10/11/2009 08:45:19