Well, Fred, as usual, you've helped a lot. Given the need to incorporate, which I'm generously willing to grant :-), doing it this way, with this kind of thing in the Bylaws would get my approval. You see, I'm one of the "nationally oriented" people you speak of, in a way. I believe there should be a national organization with oversight (*not* control!) over the project as a whole and the individual state projects which make it up. Now, don't *you* go ballistic! What I mean is *not* "interfering in internal affairs" or ruling with an iron hand. I do think it's good to have a Board which will keep the national perspective on things, and look at each state's project with an eye to seeing that it all fits together smoothly, so that we don't have one state requiring CCs to follow stringent guidelines and another with none at all, even on internal matters. I do believe that keeping the larger perspective is necessary to prevent us from unknowingly re-inventing the wheel. To use the analogy of church organization, one with which I am familiar, it would be, as I see it, not at all like having a pope (I'm 96% Catholic, that' not a slam), but more like the Baptists run things -- each church pretty much decides it's own internal affairs, but if they run into trouble or need help, the larger organization is there to turn to. This does require an organization at the national level, and I'm a full supporter of such. OK, let's talk about incorporation. Give me an overview of the process, as you invision it. How long do you think it's going to take? What are the first steps? Since not everyone is on this list, how will issues be hashed out? Who's going to cook supper while I do email on this? :-) Thanks for replying and I'm sorry I missed the details in the first read through. Su Wilson County Coordinator, Chester County SC USGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~scchest2/scchester.htm I'd rather be looking for dead people than have them looking for me!