Tina: I am now getting duplicate emails. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina S Vickery" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 11:24 AM Subject: [WIGEN-L] DISCUSSION: Basic Requirements > DISCUSSION: Basic Requirements for becoming a WIGenWeb Project County > Coordinator. > > Below I have listed an outline of the very basic requirements to > become a WIGenWeb County Coordinator. This is in no way complete and I > provide it for discussion and brainstorming purposes only. I will > admit that in compiling these I visited many USGenWeb Project State > pages, so the ideas aren't all original, but seem to work well in the > states I visited. > > I would like to use these discussions as we go along to not only > update our WIGenWeb Project Guidelines pages (by majority vote of > WIGenWeb Project volunteers), but to also compile a listing of useful > resources to incorporate into a "Volunteers Helping Volunteers" > website. Future discussion topics will deal with the "nitty gritty" > of the role of State Coordinator, Assistant State Coordinator, County > Coordinator, Assistant County Coordinator etc. > > Please take time to read the outline, and to share thoughts, ideas, > comments and resources you may have to expand and improve. > > Thanks! > > Tina > > _____ > > To be a successful WIGenWeb Project County Coordinator, you will need: > > A knowledge of, or willingness to learn about the county/area you will > be coordinating. > > A desire and willingness to assist researchers who visit your county > website. > > A basic knowledge or ability to learn HTML (Hyper Text Markup > Language) page coding and design. > > A basic knowledge or ability to learn how to FTP (File Transfer > Protocol) pages to the server of your choice. Access to reliable > server space. There are many "free" servers available. County > Coordinators may host their pages on the server of their choice. > > Time, energy and enthusiasm to devote to your county page. > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Taylor County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~witaylor/ >

Marie, What are your thoughts on the term and/or term limit of the WIGenWeb Project State Coordinator? Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Marie Mickalunas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 7:48 AM Subject: Re: [WIGEN-L] Error in judgement. > Yes, I think guidelines are something a state should have. > > Article XII, Section 5 of the US GenWeb project bylaws states: State > projects are empowered to develop/adopt any additional rules/bylaws and > guidelines, as appropriate, for their state so long as they do not conflict > with these bylaws. > > To me, this implies the national level has recognized the state levels will > need guidelines to operate effectively. > > > > >R. Marie, from reading your campaign page, I think I know what your > >thoughts are about state guidelines, but would you mind synopsizing (is > >that a word?) your thoughts and give us all a brief overview of how you > >feel about guidelines? > > > >Are guideleines something a state should have? > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Walworth County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwalwor/ >

Marie and all, Quite frankly, I don't want a list that only I post to. Often times when "official" WIGenWeb Project or USGenWeb Project business is posted to WIGEN-L, questions from all of you arise, and a list that only I post to would not be conducive nor amenable to a question, answer and discussion format and most certainly not fully serve the needs of the volunteers. I very much feel that as volunteers of the WIGenWeb Project and the USGenWeb Project, that all of us have a responsibility to not only participate, but to be informed of important information as it pertains to WIGenWeb Project and USGenWeb Project business and to have the ability to respond, ask questions and discuss as we feel so inclined. However, I am not adverse to having a business list (WIGEN-L) that all WIGenWeb Project County Coordinators are subbed to (mandatory) and a WIGEN-DISCUSS (for example), that all are initially subbed to but subscription is not mandatory. Comments all? Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Marie Mickalunas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 1:30 PM Subject: [WIGEN-L] Suggestion About WIGEN-L List(s) > Tina: > > I'd like to suggest that the WI GenWeb project have two lists available for > the CCs: > * One list would be mandatory for all CCs. Only the SC would be able > to post to this list, and it would be reserved for communicating official > WI GenWeb announcements. Since this list would have very few postings, I > think a lot of the CCs would be more likely to read these postings rather > than automatically deleting something just because it came from > WIGEN-L. > * One list would be voluntary for all CCs. This one everyone could > post to, and it would be a more informal list. It would be more like what > the WIGEN-L is now. > This may solve the problem of CCs automatically deleting items sent to the > WIGEN-L list, and it would help alleviate a lot of the hostilities we have > seen in the past. > > Marie > > > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Trempealeau County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~witrempe/ >

Tina: I'd like to suggest that the WI GenWeb project have two lists available for the CCs: * One list would be mandatory for all CCs. Only the SC would be able to post to this list, and it would be reserved for communicating official WI GenWeb announcements. Since this list would have very few postings, I think a lot of the CCs would be more likely to read these postings rather than automatically deleting something just because it came from WIGEN-L. * One list would be voluntary for all CCs. This one everyone could post to, and it would be a more informal list. It would be more like what the WIGEN-L is now. This may solve the problem of CCs automatically deleting items sent to the WIGEN-L list, and it would help alleviate a lot of the hostilities we have seen in the past. Marie

DISCUSSION: Basic Requirements for becoming a WIGenWeb Project County Coordinator. Below I have listed an outline of the very basic requirements to become a WIGenWeb County Coordinator. This is in no way complete and I provide it for discussion and brainstorming purposes only. I will admit that in compiling these I visited many USGenWeb Project State pages, so the ideas aren't all original, but seem to work well in the states I visited. I would like to use these discussions as we go along to not only update our WIGenWeb Project Guidelines pages (by majority vote of WIGenWeb Project volunteers), but to also compile a listing of useful resources to incorporate into a "Volunteers Helping Volunteers" website. Future discussion topics will deal with the "nitty gritty" of the role of State Coordinator, Assistant State Coordinator, County Coordinator, Assistant County Coordinator etc. Please take time to read the outline, and to share thoughts, ideas, comments and resources you may have to expand and improve. Thanks! Tina _____ To be a successful WIGenWeb Project County Coordinator, you will need: A knowledge of, or willingness to learn about the county/area you will be coordinating. A desire and willingness to assist researchers who visit your county website. A basic knowledge or ability to learn HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) page coding and design. A basic knowledge or ability to learn how to FTP (File Transfer Protocol) pages to the server of your choice. Access to reliable server space. There are many "free" servers available. County Coordinators may host their pages on the server of their choice. Time, energy and enthusiasm to devote to your county page.

Hi Tina, Thanks for asking. I have been updating my county sites regularly, and have noted such on each counties' "what's new" page. Thanks for providing links to each of those pages on the state website. Significant additions have been made to the Trempealeau Co. Photo Album where Jim Datta, a new contributor, has been submitting some great wedding photos from the 1800s and early 1900s on an almost daily basis. When I asked him how many photos he has, he said 'around 300!'. Looks like I'll be busy for quite some time! :-) I'm also working on a new look for the Eau Claire Co. site, hoping to find a 'classier cow' look. A sample of what I've been working on can be seen here - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wieaucla/ . (Debbie B., I have long admired the look of your website creations. I hope you don't mind that I copied it a little...well, okay, alot!) Nothing has been set in stone yet, but I'm thinking about it. Nance Tina S Vickery wrote: >Tim, > >I have added to What's New. What has everyone else been up to to add to >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/whats_new.html? > >Tina >

Shelley, I am little, I fit in a suitcase ... although not sure about my 2 labs and 4 cats <g>. Hawaii, wow, have a great trip! Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 10:19 PM Subject: [WIGEN-L] I will be gone > I asked about absentee ballots, but I will apparently have to try to access a > computer on vacation. I wanted to also let you know that I will be gone from > Oct. 13 - Oct 25. Sunny Hawaii, here I come! > > Shelley > > Marathon County --<A HREF="www.rootsweb.com/~wimarath">www.rootsweb.com/~wimarath</A> > Lincoln County -- <A HREF="www.rootsweb.com/~wilincol">www.rootsweb.com/~wilincol</A> > Personal Tree - <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/sdgreen715/index.html">http://members.aol.com/s dgreen715/index.html</A> > Mailing Lists: > Marathon County -- [email protected] > Lincoln County -- [email protected] > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Taylor County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~witaylor/ > >

Tim, I have added to What's New. What has everyone else been up to to add to http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/whats_new.html? Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Stowell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 6:59 PM Subject: [WIGEN-L] Crawford County history update > Chapter 28 - Town of Clayton is now online from the History of Crawford and > Richland counties. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wicrawfo/chap28.htm > > The bios section from the book has also been updated - > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wicrawfo/bios.htm > > More to come as I have time to do so. > > Just coming off a visit to the ER yesterday, so I'm a tad tired. > > Tim > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Vernon County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wivernon/ > >

Chapter 28 - Town of Clayton is now online from the History of Crawford and Richland counties. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wicrawfo/chap28.htm The bios section from the book has also been updated - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wicrawfo/bios.htm More to come as I have time to do so. Just coming off a visit to the ER yesterday, so I'm a tad tired. Tim

DISCUSSION: Term of State Coordinator. One of the recent SC Election issues was the term of the WIGenWeb Project State Coordinator. With this note, I would like to open this discussion in the hopes of updating our WIGenWeb Project Guidelines in respect to this issue. Below I have referenced USGenWeb Project considerations to guide our discussions. Please all take time to read, ask questions, and discuss here on this list what avenue you all would like to take in respect to this issue. Tina (who is going to a kids Halloween party this afternoon -- wish me luck <g>). _____ Considerations when discussing: USGenWeb Project Bylaws: http://www.usgenweb.org/official/bylaws.html "ARTICLE XII. STATE PROJECTS Section 1. Each state shall have a State Coordinator who manages the state website and oversees the state project. In addition, each state shall have an Assistant State Coordinator or other support team in place that can take charge in case the State Coordinator becomes unavailable for a period of 30 days, unless there are extenuating circumstances. Section 2. The state website shall include direct links to the county pages, The USGenWeb Project national website, The USGenWeb Project Archives (Digital Library) at both their own state and the national levels, The USGenWeb Project's Guidelines/Standards for county websites (which includes a link to the Official Project Name/Logo page), The USGenWeb Project Copyright Information page, and the WorldGenWeb Project. Section 3. It shall be the responsibility of each state organization to ensure that the state project is in compliance with the stated bylaws of The USGenWeb Project. Section 4. State Coordinators shall remain subscribed to the State Coordinators mailing list and maintain a current mailing list of all local-level coordinators. State Coordinators shall provide their name, postal address, and phone number to the National Coordinator to be held in strictest confidence and only used in the case of an emergency. Section 5. State projects are empowered to develop/adopt any additional rules/bylaws and guidelines, as appropriate, for their state so long as they do not conflict with these bylaws. State projects shall be highly encouraged to develop and adopt rules/bylaws that cover grievance procedures within the state Section 6. It shall be the responsibility of each state project to periodically review local-level project websites to ensure compliance with The USGenWeb Project/XXGenWeb Project established guidelines/standards. Section 7. The state project shall have the responsibility to remove any links to websites which fail to meet The USGenWeb Project/XXGenWeb Project established guidelines/standards. Section 8. State Coordinators shall be elected to those positions by the local-level coordinators within the state. Those State Coordinators and Assistant State Coordinators in place at the time these bylaws are adopted shall be exempt from election procedures, unless he/she/they are removed, resign, or are unable to perform their duties. Section 9. State Coordinators and Assistant State Coordinators are subject to possible removal by a 2/3 vote of the Advisory Board and a 2/3 vote of the Local Coordinators within the state. A quorum of 75% of the Local Coordinators shall participate in order for the vote to be binding. Section 10. If a State Coordinator is unable to perform his/her duties, the Assistant State Coordinator, or other support team, shall serve until an election can take place within the state. In the case of state projects with more than one Assistant State Coordinator, they shall choose one among themselves to serve in the interim." ___ On-going discussions of the Bylaws Revision Committee: http://home.mchsi.com/~sagitta56/revisions.htm (ARTICLE XI. STATE PROJECTS). When considering the above be mindful that: "These are "first draft" proposed revisions and are subject to further revision by amendment during final review." ___

This posted to the Rootsweb Helpdesk yesterday. __ Mail Lists: 2003-10-24 Domains bouncing e-mail from RootsWeb AOL.COM has taken exception to one of our mailing lists and is bouncing email from that server. While this happens occasionally and is usually resolved quickly there is no guarantee that is the case this time. Users of aol.com service should direct their queries to the AOL HelpDesk as the matter is solely within their control. Users should also check their list subscriptions as e-mail addresses have bounced off mailing lists. See link 'Checking list subscriptions'. Est. downtime: 2 day(s) __ CHECKING LIST SUBSCRIPTIONS Following resolution of e-email problems, subscribers are encouraged to double-check their subscriptions to mailing lists at http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ in case they have bounced off a mailing list. __ A number of AOL addresses are bouncing from this list, I will forward this note and others to the individuals separately. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Tina

Tina, I just heard from Bev personally, so probably should not unsub her. Cordially, Linda Scheimann http://www.rootsweb.com/wiwashin/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Tina S Vickery <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 4:00 PM Subject: [WIGEN-L] Thank you to the Election Committee. > Bev, Jackie and Larry, > > With this note, I would like to thank each of you, and the USGenWeb > Project Election Committee for facilitating the WIGenWeb Project SC > election. I, and the WIGenWeb Project volunteers appreciate your > time, energy and hard work. Thank you! > > If there are no further questions for Bev, I will unsubscribe her from > this list later this evening. > > Most sincerely, > Tina > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Washington County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwashin/ >

Thanks, Bev, Linda Cordially, Linda Scheimann http://www.rootsweb.com/wiwashin/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Bev <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 8:34 AM Subject: [WIGEN-L] WI Run Off Election > Just a quick reminder that the polls will close at 8 AM CST tomorrow morning. > I will get the results to the list as soon as Larry gets them to me. > Thank you. > Bev. > USGenWeb EC > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Vilas County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wivilas/ >

I appreciate the chance to work with all of you. Thank you for your participation. Bev. USGenWeb EC

I look forward to working together with each of you to build WIGenWeb Project to be "Genealogy at it "Very" Best!" I would like to thank Marie and Tim for their willingness to run for the position of State Coordinator, and each and every one of you for raising concerns and issues. I hope we can work out solutions through discussion and consensus over the next few weeks as a group. I will be opening discussion topics over the next few days to begin the process of addressing them, and it is my hope that each of you will participate. Thank you all for the privilege and pleasure to continue as your State Coordinator. Most sincerely, Tina

Bev, Jackie and Larry, With this note, I would like to thank each of you, and the USGenWeb Project Election Committee for facilitating the WIGenWeb Project SC election. I, and the WIGenWeb Project volunteers appreciate your time, energy and hard work. Thank you! If there are no further questions for Bev, I will unsubscribe her from this list later this evening. Most sincerely, Tina

Well Congratulations to Tina and the status quo. Looks like those of us, not in agreement with politics as usual, need to keep quiet, and move on to better things. Our opinions are not welcome here. I wish you success, Tina, I hope some of the thoughts that went across this list, make you stop and think about how you have handled things here. You have a lot of dissatisfied coordinators. And if you think I am out of line, please go ahead and moderate me. I have nothing more to add here, and I'll keep my thoughts to myself from now on. Jan Cortez

36 voters voted in the run off. The totals are as follows: Vickery 23 Mickalunas 13 Thank you once again for participating in the WI SC Run Off election. Bev. Hopkins USGenWeb EC

The polls closed at 8 AM CST this morning. As soon as Larry has the numbers for me, I will get them to the list. Thank you. Bev. USGenWeb EC

FYI. Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Swafford" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:08 PM Subject: [STATE-COORD] Bylaws Revision -- News > (**Please forward to all appropriate project lists**) > > The Bylaws Revision Committee (BRC) has completed a first draft revision of > Section 4 of Article XII. Special Projects. > > Section 4. Each official Special Project shall have a Coordinator > (SPC) to oversee its operations. The founding SPC shall hold that office > until such time as he or she steps down or is otherwise unable to continue. > Thereafter, a new SPC shall be elected by a majority of that Special > Project's members every 36 months, or sooner if specified in the Special > Project's bylaws/rules. The SPC, as primary administrative officer of the > project may appoint one or more Assistant Special Project Coordinator(s) > (ASPC) as necessary to assist in administration of the Special Project. > > All revision drafts may be viewed at http://home.mchsi.com/~sagitta56/ > > Members are encouraged to send comments or questions related to this or > other revision drafts. > > Roger Swafford > BRC - Chairman >