Congratulation Isaiah, but one question: Why is the agreement confidential? Patricia Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard (Isaiah) Harrison" <IsaiahH@cox.net> To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 11:23 AM Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Re: Hosting Agreement Communication > I am very happy to announce I have signed a Hosting Agreement with > Rootsweb.com for our National website. > > Over the past few months, the Advisory Board and I have been working > extensively with Tera Phomsopha, a RootsWeb.com Account Manager, to > establish a legally binding agreement for the hosting of The USGenWeb > Project national organization home page. The AB has endeavored to examine > every aspect of the agreement, two attorneys volunteered their time to > advise us, and RootsWeb.com has worked with the AB to formulate an > agreement that is fair and beneficial to both parties. > > This confidential agreement was completed to make official, and lay out in > writing, the verbal arrangements that had previously been made between the > two organizations. The contract applies only to the National website, and > will not affect any functionality of the website or organization. The > contract does not apply to XXGenWeb sites, to Special Projects or to County > pages. > > Recently, there has been some discussion among some USGenWeb members > regarding these contract negotiations. While the sense that "something was > going on" was correct, much of what has been said exists only in the > imaginations of the authors. Please realize that I was unable to publicly > inform you of the negotiations prior to now for legal purposes. I apologize > for any confusion this may have caused. > > Thanks to all those who made the effort to raise questions, massage > language and explain fine points during this effort. I believe we can all > look forward to a continuing positive relationship with RootsWeb.com. > > -Isaiah > > > Richard "Isaiah" Harrison > National Coordinator > The USGenWeb Project > > (Please forward to all appropriate lists.) > >

At 11:25 AM 5/6/2003 -0700, you wrote: >Congratulation Isaiah, but one question: > >Why is the agreement confidential? > >Patricia Scott Because attorneys are involved? ; -} Actually, I think it is because RootsWeb.com and MyFamily.com sign many different agreements with many different organizations for many different purposes. They figure it is in their best interest not to have people comparing apples and oranges. -Isaiah