Did I miss something here? What does porn have to do with the USGenweb sites? I read this as an example. I can't imagine that any volunteer with the US Genweb would have "porn" on their pages. Isn't this proposal a result of the delinking by the NC of the original USGenweb Census project without a vote? Linda, no offense, but I think you could have used a better example for your proposal. Being specific and stating the actual problem and the reason for the new proposal would IMO be much more "appropriate." I am new to the project, but not new to personal political agendas, which I have seen from both census projects- your archives and the one that was delinked from the project. Is it true that you have control of the entire archives project and that the archives do not fall under the by-laws of the rest of the USGenweb project? Thanks in advance for clarifying this. I would *not* vote for the proposal the way it is worded. The new proposal is arbitrary and so is the previous one. IMO when too much power is given to one person, it can easily become a dictatorship. If "porn" is the issue, then why not word the proposal as such, so people do not misunderstand? The way the proposal is worded would make me afraid to post anything on my website, because an NC who didn't like something I had posted, or thought it was "inappropriate" could lock me out of my own page and take it over with no warning. "Inappropriate" is too arbitrary- and leaves the interpretation open to subjective opinions and whims. Best Regards, Dodie Browning CC-Tazewell County -----Original Message----- From: Rena Worthen <doreatr@rbnet.com> To: VAGEN-L@rootsweb.com <VAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, May 12, 2000 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [VAGEN-L] Proposal >Porn does not have a place in a Genealogy website and should be removed >post-haste., better that it isnt there at all. >Rena, CC for Rockbridge, Botetourt, Craig & Patrick Counties in Va > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Linda Lewis <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> >To: VAGEN-L@rootsweb.com <VAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Friday, May 12, 2000 8:23 AM >Subject: [VAGEN-L] Proposal > > >>It has come to my attention that a section of the By-laws prevent the >>Advisory Board from immediately correcting situations (a porn site >>replacing an XXGenWeb, for example). The way the By-laws read now, if >>XXGenWeb was a porn site, it could remained linked from the main >>USGenWeb page for two weeks or more. There are some situations when >>action has to be taken immediately, while allowing the offender to >>correct and be relinked. >> >>I propose the following change to a section of the by-laws, and >>encourage all state coordinators to forward to their county coordinators >>and sponsor the amendment in order to get it on the upcoming ballot: >> >>ARTICLE VI: DUTIES/QUALIFICATIONS OF ADVISORY BOARD >> >>Old: >> >>Section 5. The Advisory Board shall also have the responsibility to >>remove links from the national website, as appropriate, to websites >>which fail to meet the established guidelines/standards for The USGenWeb >>Project or to websites which display inappropriate content. Coordinators >>of any websites found to be in non-compliance shall be notified of such >>and shall be given a period of two (2) weeks in which to bring their >>website into compliance. The two-week time limit shall be flexible based >>on justifiable reasons presented by the website coordinator. >> >>------------ >> >>New: >> >>Section 5. The Advisory Board shall also have the responsibility to >>remove links from the national website, as appropriate, to websites >>which fail to meet the established guidelines/standards for The USGenWeb >>Project or to websites which display inappropriate content. Coordinators >>of any websites found to be in non-compliance shall be notified of such >>and shall be given a period of two (2) weeks in which to bring their >>website into compliance. The two-week time limit shall be flexible based >>on justifiable reasons presented by the website coordinator. The >>Advisory Board shall also have the right to immediately place a >>temporary page replacing the non-compliant website while the >>responsibile website coordinator brings the site into compliance. >> >>------------ >> >>Linda >>VAGenWeb ASC >> > >