At 06:12 PM 8/18/2003 -0700, Isaiah wrote: >At 06:27 PM 8/18/2003 -0500, Ellen Pack wrote: > >>Perception is important, and something about the way Friends is presented >>is disturbing to me. Maybe just a few changes would do the trick. :-) >> >>Ellen >>MS > >The IAGenWeb Project and the Friends of IAGenWeb are two different >entities. I agree the distinction needs to be made clearer on the websites. I think that would go a long way to relieving minds, at least my own. RW, for example. We link to it, usually using their own logo. When you click on the link you don't arrive at a page that looks like the one you just left, and you don't see our logo on their pages. You're also in an entirely different domain. Some visitors still erroneously equate RW with USGW, but at least there's a clear visual distinction in place. >Friends of IAGenWeb is currently involved, with the help of our attorney >and our accountant, in preparing incorporation papers as a non-profit and >will apply for not for profit status. > >I do want to assure everyone that the IAGenWeb Project is now and intends >to continue to be a self-supporting organization providing free access to >genealogical materials on the Internet. I never doubted that. >Friends of IAGenWeb was created to raise funds for this purpose. We >certainly will do this in a solidly legal manner. We have also attempted >to do this in a manner consistent with the bylaws of The USGenWeb Project. >Of course, if the bylaws change, we will have to review our procedures. Thanks! Ellen

At 09:22 PM 8/18/2003 -0500, you wrote: >At 06:12 PM 8/18/2003 -0700, Isaiah wrote: >>At 06:27 PM 8/18/2003 -0500, Ellen Pack wrote: >> >>>Perception is important, and something about the way Friends is >>>presented is disturbing to me. Maybe just a few changes would do the >>>trick. :-) >>> >>>Ellen >>>MS >> >>The IAGenWeb Project and the Friends of IAGenWeb are two different >>entities. I agree the distinction needs to be made clearer on the websites. > >I think that would go a long way to relieving minds, at least my own. > >RW, for example. We link to it, usually using their own logo. When you >click on the link you don't arrive at a page that looks like the one you >just left, and you don't see our logo on their pages. You're also in an >entirely different domain. Some visitors still erroneously equate RW with >USGW, but at least there's a clear visual distinction in place. > >>Friends of IAGenWeb is currently involved, with the help of our attorney >>and our accountant, in preparing incorporation papers as a non-profit and >>will apply for not for profit status. >> >>I do want to assure everyone that the IAGenWeb Project is now and intends >>to continue to be a self-supporting organization providing free access to >>genealogical materials on the Internet. > >I never doubted that. > >>Friends of IAGenWeb was created to raise funds for this purpose. We >>certainly will do this in a solidly legal manner. We have also attempted >>to do this in a manner consistent with the bylaws of The USGenWeb >>Project. Of course, if the bylaws change, we will have to review our >>procedures. > >Thanks! > >Ellen I can't answer the domain name question. How different one website name will be from the other is a matter of what is technically possible with the webspace we are currently using. We are investigating the feasibility of purchasing our own server, in which case we would certainly have a greater latitude for naming sites. -Isaiah