--Boundary_(ID_EQf585Mpxdo2IU35VbwwKA) Content-type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-176B6081; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT At 01:42 PM 5/13/2003 -0400, Tim Stowell wrote: >Does this qualify as a Bylaws violation: > > >From a constituent: > >Joining the Ancestry.Com Affiliates program - > >Making money from advertising Ancestry.com on one's county site - go to >VIEW and see Source...when you look at the pages you will see the >Affiliate ID number...which identifies their site to Ancestry.com when >someone goes from the page to Ancestry.com and signs up for a paid service >the CC gets a percentage of that amount paid by the new subscriber to >Ancestry. >=============== >It certainly seems to violate them - but I'd like a second, third opinion >on such. "Section 2. Solicitation of funds for personal gain is inappropriate. This is defined as the direct appeal on the home page of any of the websites comprising The USGenWeb Project for funding to do research, to pay for server space, to do look-ups, etc. A website may, however, acknowledge any entities who may host their website (i.e., provide server space at no cost) or may include a link to a coordinator's personal page on which they offer research services for reimbursement. The acknowledgement may include a link to the hosting entity's website. A website may list research materials and/or services which may be for sale/hire, either by the coordinator, a genealogy society, or others. Such a listing shall not be on the main web page for the site, but may be linked from the main web page. It may be appropriate to include a disclaimer that the coordinator and The USGenWeb Project do not guarantee the contents of such research materials and/or the expertise of any professional researchers." On the face of it, it sure looks like a violation to me. If the banner or click-thru is on a separate page and clearly identified as something that could financially benefit the coordinator (or whoever's affiliate ID is used -- I suppose it might be a genealogical or historical society), I think it would technically comply. But that would be about the only way I can imagine that it could be done without being in violation. Angie Rayfield NCGenWeb --Boundary_(ID_EQf585Mpxdo2IU35VbwwKA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-176B6081 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.476 / Virus Database: 273 - Release Date: 4/24/2003 --Boundary_(ID_EQf585Mpxdo2IU35VbwwKA)--