I feel like we should be picky about our counties, cities and towns, AND we should be picky about how we present ourselves. It matters. Shari [-----Original Message----- [From: Jan Bony [mailto:jbony@ochoco.com] [Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 3:00 PM [To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com [Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD-L] Re: [TXGEN] Bylaws Revision - News [ [ [Accessability of the web pagess is much more important than [whether or not [a logo is in the correct space. Providing our "customers" with simple [easy to use web pages with data about specific information to [the state [or county is what we need to focus on. I think we need to [remember why we [are here: From the About the Project at www.usgenweb.com [ ["The USGenWeb Project consists of a group of volunteers [working together [to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in [every county and [every state of the United States. The Project is [non-commercial and fully [committed to free access for everyone." [ [I think we need to remember that free access for everyone [means that we [should not be picky about a logo, and should be picky about providing [information about our counties, states, cities and towns. [ [ [On Sat, 3 May 2003, Elsi wrote: [ [> At 04:31 PM 5/2/2003 -0500, Roger Swafford wrote: [> >Section 1. All USGenWeb web sites shall display an [official USGenWeb [> >logo prominently, on the home or index page, in such away that [> >the entire image is visible without scrolling down on a [standard browser [> >screen. The USGenWeb logo used shall be at least 100 pixels by 100 [> >pixels in size. [> [> [> Please define "standard browser screen". Within how many [pixels of the top [> of the "screen" does this image have to appear in order to [avoid scrolling? [> [> What about horizontal scrolling? You don't want to restrict that? [> [> Unless the USGenWeb wants to dictate design templates (which I don't [> necessarily think is a bad idea), you're going to find this [particular [> requirement difficult to properly define and police. [> [> And, this proposal pre-supposes a graphical browser. There [are users who [> browse with text browsers and will never see a logo, no [matter how much [> they scroll. [> [> Why does the logo have to appear on only the [first/home/index page of the [> site? Why not require it on each and every page? [> [> A much better effort for our organization would be to start [proposing [> accessibility standards. [> [> Regards, [> Elsi (aka Leigh Compton) [> [> [ [Jan Bony [jbony@ochoco.com [Crook Co. OR, USA Coordinator: http://www.rootsweb.com/~orcrook [Deschutes Co. OR, USA Coordinator: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ordeschu [Harney Co. OR, USA Coordinator: http://www.rootsweb.com/~orharney [Wheeler Co. OR, USA Coordinator: http://www.rootsweb.com/~orwheele [Personal Genealogy Pages: http://www.ochoco.com/jbony/genealogy/index.html Ochoco Computer Services: http://www.ochoco.com