Hi Linda, I agree completely, also if the situation is not urgent and in need of immediate change, ALL of the efforts to make contact should be recorded thoroughly as well as any replies involved. You know where I am silently going with this <G> *Wink * Kell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Lewis" <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> To: <VAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 5:14 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 > >