At 08:43 PM 11/1/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Is it written anywhere that when a CC leaves the Project that the files >(submitted information) that were on the site when they became CC? > >Article X, Section 2 states: >"In The USGenWeb Project, copyright to queries and any other data submitted >to any state or local websites resides with the submitter. The submission of >queries and other data to The USGenWeb Project implies that The USGenWeb >Project may continue to post the material until/if such time the submitter >requests removal." I think it is quite clear that the material is donated to the project (i.e. the State County or Local site) NOT to the person who happens to be coordinator at the time the donation is made. >"If a Local Coordinator can no longer perform their duties for any reason, >those sections of the website submitted or donated by contributors other >than the website coordinator, shall remain with the website, unless the >submitter(s)/contributor(s) indicates otherwise." The material belongs to the site when the CC leaves even though the CC has participated by formatting and uploading the material donated by another person. >It can be read into both of these articles, but it isn't spelled out >definitely, as far as I can tell. > >In my opinion, it's not fair to a contributor if the files they've submitted >to the USGenWeb Project are actually to be found on another site because a >CC left and took all of the pages that they had up originally with them to a >new site. Not everyone agrees with my view, though... There are 2 very >different, strongly held opinions on the subject within the KY Project, so >am seeking guidance from ones who've been in these shoes longer than I. > >Thanks, >Sherri Hall >SC, KYGenWeb Some CCs may leave and have or get permission to post some of the same material on new sites (independent or affiliated with a different project) that they may create. However the Project continues to have the right to also post the material until such time as the original submitter requests its removal. -Isaiah