I am not in favor of denying the right to vote to some of our volunteers and I will definitely vote against this when the time comes. David > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger Swafford" <sagitta56@mchsi.com> > To: <USGENWEB-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 5:41 PM > Subject: [USGW-Discuss] Bylaws Revision -- News > > > > (**Please forward to all appropriate project lists**) > > > > The Bylaws Revision Committee (BRC) is starting the final review process > of > > first draft proposals. Members are encouraged to respond with comments or > > suggestions related to the following articles. > > > > > > ARTICLE IX. COPYRIGHT > > Section 1. Members of The USGenWeb Project shall comply with copyright > laws > > of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code). > > A10 > > > > ARTICLE X. LOCAL PROJECTS > > Section 1. Each state organization shall provide local websites which > > reflect whatever divisional structure is appropriate for that state. > > Section 2. Local Project Coordinators shall be appointed by the State > > Coordinator in accordance with national and state guidelines. In making > > Local Coordinator selections, consideration should be given to knowledge > and > > interest in genealogy in the area, technical ability, activity in The > > USGenWeb Project, and existing workload. All Local Project Co-Coordinator > > and Assistant Coordinator appointments must be authorized and approved by > > the State Coordinator. Local Projects are limited to one Local Project > > Coordinator and one Local Project Co-Coordinator, if desired, who will > each > > have full voting rights within The USGenWeb Project. Local Projects may > > have as many Assistant Coordinators as they wish, subject to authorization > > and approval by the State Coordinator. Assistant Local Project > Coordinators > > shall not have voting rights. All Local Coordinators shall be subscribed > to > > the state mailing list. > > Section 3. The local website shall be created and maintained in accordance > > to all national and state guidelines. The website should include on the > > home page, a direct link to the state and national projects; an easily > > accessible area devoted to researcher's queries, the name(s) of the > > coordinator(s) with current email link(s), and any additional requirements > > specified by the state organization. Contents of the website should be > > updated at least quarterly and reviewed under the supervision of the state > > coordinator. > > Section 4. If a Local Coordinator can no longer perform their duties for > > any reason, (including, but not limited to, abandonment of the site, > > resignation or dismissal for valid cause), content of the website > submitted > > by contributors shall remain with the website, unless the contributor(s) > > otherwise request. > > > > All revision drafts may be viewed at http://home.mchsi.com/~sagitta56/ > > > > Roger Swafford > > BRC - Chairman > > David W. Morgan dmorgan@efn.org Honolulu Hawaii SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/

I'll agree with that, and add that "Contents of the website should be updated at least quarterly and reviewed under the supervision of the state coordinator" has problems. The time period is too specific. This is something that needs to be determined by each state. I'm also not sure how to interpret "under the supervision of the state coordinator." My guess would be the state coordinator checks the sites or assigns someone else to review them. If that's it, say so. Susan David W. Morgan wrote: > I am not in favor of denying the right to vote to some of our volunteers > and I will definitely vote against this when the time comes. > > David