Here is part of what I was looking for. David -----Original Message----- From: Tim Stowell [mailto:tstowell@mccallie.org] Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 4:30 PM To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BOARD-L] Motion 01-20 as amended - vote Please cast your vote on Motion 01-20, as amended: "I move that we overturn Executive Order 2000-E-1. I further move that we link from a page on the national web site, without prejudice, to the census projects located at www.rootsweb.com/~census and www.us-census.org" Thanks, Tim ______________________________ ------------------------------ On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, David W. Morgan wrote: > On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, Angie Rayfield wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> > > >> If I remember correctly, the Archives Project and the > > >Tombstone Project > > >> are the only actual special projects recognized by the > > >USGenWeb Project, > > >> and from what I've seen, they're both still linked. Neither Census > > >> Project is actually recognized as being part of the USGenWeb Project, > > >> and that's been the case for years. > > >> > > >> Angie > > >> > > > > > >No argument here. > > > > > >So why were the links to both census projects removed from the main > > >USGenWeb page, and why wasn't there some discussion of it in public? > > > > Hmm, but you could as easily turn that question around -- why should > > there have ever been links to the census projects on the USGW main page? > > Neither is recognized as a special project of the USGW Project. Useful, > > yes, but despite the use of the project name, neither is part of the > > project. The only link on the front page now is to the census image > > portion of the Archives, which *is* recognized by the USGW Project. > > > > It makes more sense to me to have removed the links. Why should be main > > USGW page link to groups that aren't actually associated with our > > project? There's no link on the main page for the Family Group Sheet > > project, which is working to be accepted as an official project within > > the USGWP. Why should the unofficial census projects get a link? > > > > Angie > > > > I believe there was a motion passed at the time, to include both > links. > > It was all done in public, to the best of my memory. > > David > > > David W. Morgan dmorgan@efn.org Honolulu Hawaii > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > FM - http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > David W. Morgan dmorgan@efn.org Honolulu Hawaii SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ FM - http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/