In Massachusetts, the SC manages only the CCs. The local/town sites are managed by the CCs. We operate a very tolerant state. The many emails [over half the state sites] from the EC before the last election were for the most inane reasons. I was livid, to say the least. They amounted to: Logo too old, Logo not found [they were at the bottom of the first page], Logo resized [are you kidding??], no name on page [they did have email contact to "webmaster" but for personal reasons they didn't want their name online] and on and on. All trivial, inane reasons to bar them from voting. The major problem is that the Guidelines [and I read them as suggestions NOT must haves] and the By-laws do not complement each other....in fact they are almost in opposition. The By-laws seem to have been built around who can vote. This is what I plan to do for the next round. I'm telling all MA GenWeb members that if they would like to vote, they will have to kow-tow to strange "rules". But if they don't care to vote, they can have their sites with only State requirements. 1. respond to a roll call 2. subscribe to state[business only] email list The rest are Suggestions, such as link backs, logos, etc.[which 99% of members DO have on their sites, without the threats!] As per the following By-Law article they will continue to be GenWeb members....just not VOTING members. ARTICLE IV. MEMBERSHIP Section 1. The ONLY requirement for membership in The USGenWeb Project is a desire to assist in gathering and disseminating genealogical and historical information for free online access by researchers. Section 2. The USGenWeb Project is an equal opportunity organization and will not tolerate discrimination in any form because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, etc. When and if the Guidelines/By-laws are revised to a more tolerant, sane level I will reconsider my stand. Betty Thomas MA State Coordinator - [email protected] Professional Genealogy Research - http://bettysgenealogy.org/researcher Personal - Wicks,Hammond, Heintz,Bradfield,Walbridge - http://BettyT.tripod.com GenWeb Coordinator for: Genesee, NY http://genesee.bettysgenealogy.org/ Wyoming, NY http://wyoming.bettysgenealogy.org/ Worcester, MA http://worcester.bettysgenealogy.org/ Commonwealth of Massachusetts - http://magenweb.bettysgenealogy.org/