FYI and comment if you wish. AB members emails can be found here. http://www.usgenweb.com/about/advisoryboard.shtml Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Haas Davenport" <lhaasdav@cox.net> To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 2:25 PM Subject: Non Resolution of Grievances >I posted this message today on ABChat. If you are not subbed to > ABChat you can follow the discussion by reading usgenweb-all in > Rootsweb's threaded archives. > > The AB is asking for imput from the membership about this > problem. > **** > > The Project's by-laws assign certain duties to the AB. Article VI > (Duties of the Advisory Board), Section 3, lists one of the AB's > duties as: "advising and mediating, if necessary, any grievances > or appeals."http://www.usgenweb.com/volunteers/bylaws.shtml > > Over the years, acting under this section of the by-laws the AB > has heard grievances and rendered recommendations to the parties > of a grievance. However, once the AB rendered its recommendations > it has been up to the parties of the grievance whether or not to > follow the AB's recommendations. The by-laws do not give the AB > the authority to enforce its recommendations. > This situation has resulted in frustration on both sides - the AB > and the members. > > This AB was recently involved in a grievance filed by a CC > against an SC over the delinking of the CC. The AB members > hearing this grievance rendered a set of recommendation, one of > which was for the SC to relink the CC. The SC declined to > implement the recommendations, citing past precedent that an SC > has the right to delink any CC they wish and there is no > requirement for grievance recommendations to be implemented. > > The decision of the SC resulted in yet more grievances being > filed and e-mails from members demanding that the AB "do > something." > > The AB has discussed this situation in Exec (the place to discuss > grievances) and after extensive discussion has decided to bring > this issue of non-resolution of grievances to open discussion to > try to find a workable solution to the problem. > > (message may be forwarded) > > Linda Haas Davenport > NC USGenWeb Project > > ______________________________