There are some pretty major differences between the Census Projects, the TP, and the other Projects that you mentioned. I am all for giving all SPs, whether they are officially sanctioned or not, a link from the SP page. The only requirements should be that they operate within the bylaws, they display the USGW logo, and the fill a true need as a Project. The CP situation is vastly more complicated because of things done in the past that need to be rectified. The only SPs mentioned in the bylaws are The Archives (IMO, not a true SP), the Tombstone Project, and the Census Project. Since we can't come to terms as to which CP is the true CP, it was decided to link to both from the front page. The other SPs are not called for in the bylaws and do not encompass the breadth of the TP or the CPs. This isn't to say that they are not terribly important - just that they are on a different level. Pam -----Original Message----- From: angie [mailto:angie@inmyattic.com] Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 2:59 PM To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [STATE-COORD] Re: [BOARD-L] Motion 03-25 NO ADJOURNMENT > > 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. > Yup, but the motion didn't specify front page links, only that they should both be linked to, and basically they should recieve equal billing. They both have links, and they're linked to from the same area of the special projects page. To me, that is in accordance with the motion that the AB passed. Some of the arguments to put the links back on the front page I'm afraid don't make sense to me. I've seen the comment that neither project has violated the bylaws (although you might could point out that since neither is really part of USGW, there's not really a way of knowing if they violate the bylaws -- they're not covered by them), that both projects are made up of USGWP members, and that the projects provide a benefit to the researcher. All that's true, but is it fair to other special projects to say that that's all you need to do? I don't think the Tombstone Project got a link under those conditions, or the Kidz Project, the Events Project, and so on. I *know* that the Family Group Sheet Project didn't. In fact, there's no link to the Family Group Sheet Project now that I see, because it hasn't yet been accepted by USGWP as an official special project. But it's in compliance with the bylaws, is made up of USGWP members, and is providing a benefit to the researchers. Shoot, the FGS has even asked to be recognized as a project -- I don't believe either census project has. To me, if you're going to argue that the unofficial census projects should have a link from the front page, then you also be in favor of putting all the official projects on the front page, as well as the trying-to-become-official projects. It's not fair to give special dispensations to some groups while making the others jump through hoops. Angie