FYI. Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Swafford" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 3:03 PM Subject: [USGW-Discuss] Bylaws Revision -- News > (**Please forward to all appropriate project lists**) > > The Bylaws Revision Committee (BRC) is starting the final review process of > first draft proposals. Members are encouraged to send comments or > suggestions related to the following articles. > > ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP > Section 1. Members of The USGenWeb Project are those individuals of "good > standing" within The USGenWeb Project who maintain a website (county, > township, parish, town, etc.) as part of an XXGenWeb, or who function as > file managers for a part of an authorized Special Project. > Section 2. Members shall maintain "good standing" status, which includes but > is not limited to, the following requirements; responding to email in a > timely manner, actively supporting researchers, maintaining websites with > appropriate content, working to promote The USGenWeb Project public image > and respecting the rights and opinions of other members. > Section 3. The USGenWeb Project is an equal opportunity organization and > will not tolerate discrimination in any form on the basis of race, color, > religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or sexual > orientation > > Article IV Composition of Advisory Board > The Advisory Board membership shall consist of the National Coordinator, one > Representative at Large, one State Coordinator Representative, one Special > Projects Representative and eight (8) Local Coordinator Regional > Representatives. All shall have voting privileges except the National > Coordinator who shall vote only when the vote determines the outcome of an > issue. The following regions shall elect one Local Coordinator > Representative; > North East - Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, > Rhode Island, New York; > Mid-Atlantic - Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, > Virginia, North Carolina; > South East - Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, > Mississippi, Florida; > Great Lakes - Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota; > Plains - Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota; > South West - Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona; > Rocky Mt. - Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada; > Pacific - Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii > > All revision drafts may be viewed at http://home.mchsi.com/~sagitta56/ > > Roger Swafford > BRC - Chairman > > > > ==== USGENWEB-DISCUSS Mailing List ==== > --Celebrate the USGenWeb Project! -- Can you identify? > Livery House, Germantown [there are 5 Germantowns in PA] > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/mystery/postcards/livhse.jpg > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >