Marceline Beem et al, (All the postings of my questions will be numbered. If you find you are missing a number, or joined the list late, ask me privately for a copy.) First, I am not necessarily suggesting that the special non-voting TNGenWeb Coordinators be Board members at all. I see them as either as heads of TNGenWeb projects or as liaisons to USGenWeb Projects. I see them as reporting to our SC and/or the Board. If you go to our TGW home page, you will see: TNGenWeb State Coordinator is Bridgett Smith TNGenWeb Asst. State Coordinator is Nancy Cole TNGenWeb Special Projects Coordinator is Fred Smoot TNGenWeb Archives Coordinator is Michael DeLoach TNGenWeb Tombstone Project Coordinator is Mitzi Freeman (Note that Jim Cole is not listed yet.) Any person from the USGenWeb Project who represents them could be simply be USGenWebs Tennessee file manager and representative to the TNGenWeb. On the other hand, the SC and the Board might name that very person as TNGenWeb Xxxxxx Coordinator. It almost goes with out saying that there is no way we will tell the USGenWeb who will be in their special projects. And the USGenWeb will not name our special Coordinators. I believe we should consider this as a non-issue. The duties of the various Coordinator positions will be tailored to the needs of the position. The SC and the Board will need the flexibility that is required to deal with the various requirements. They should not be restricted by harsh rules. They should be given the authority to deal with these situations as they occur. I assume that in the future, we will need more special Coordinators to head up new TNGenWeb special projects or to be the liaisons to the new special projects of the USGenWeb. As for the "Census Project Coordinator for TN," currently, this is a consideration for the SC and the RCs. Talk to Bridgett. Sounds reasonable to me, but then, I am out of the loop on this. All my special projects involve TNGenWeb only. Sort of an in-house product development thing. Thanks for the message. This what make it all work. Fred >>> Marceline Beem wrote: > > Fred and all, > > I realize I'm the newbie on board, and I'm still trying to learn my way > around TNGW, so to speak, but I do have one concern with the section on who > appoints whom as coordinators of the various projects: > > <snip> > > The SPC. The Special Projects Coordinator > The HTC. The Hi-tech Coordinator > The AC. The Archives Coordinator > The TPC. The Tombstone Project Coordinator > These positions should be a non-voting positions. Therefore they could > be appointed positions where the SC appoints these Coordinators with > advice and consent of the Board. > > <snip> > > By the AC (archives coordinator) am I correct in assuming that you mean the > USGW Archives Project? If so, we need to keep in mind that the file > manager/archivist/archive manager/whatever-we-call-the-person would need to > be approved not only by someone within TNGW but also the national Archives > Project Manager. I know that as File Manager for Pennsylvania and New > Mexico, I had to contact Linda Lewis. I don't think there would be a > problem with the setup you are proposing, it might be wise to ask for input > from the project itself so we don't wind up stepping on any toes, so to > speak.j > > Ok, I lied. I have another question <G>... > > What about the Census Project Coordinator for TN? This is a special project > of the USGW Archives Project, as is the Tombstone Project. Should they be > included as a non-voting member of the board? (Just throwing this out as > food for thought) > > Marceline