Les, thanks for taking the time to ask for our opinion. 1. Only if the entire membership votes and decides that incorporation is what it wants for the USGenWeb Project. 2. The type of incorporation should be Non-profit, or UNA (unincorporated non-profit association), but registered in a state that best fits our needs. 3. For WV, incorporation only if the majority of all the WV-CCs agree to this. 4. For WV, Non-profit, or UNA (unincorporated non-profit association), but registered in WV. It is NOT necessary that we add 501(c)(3) to the non-profit entity. I think we can easily handle the small $amount that would be needed for non-profit without having to go 501(c)(3) for Federal Tax Exemption. 5. Yes, as a Plan-B, in case we don't like the result of the negotiations between the USGenWeb Advisory Board and TGN. 6. It would be fantastic if we could work out a deal with WVArchives. That would be a super place to have our web-pages. But we might need to be a registered non-profit to do this. 7. I would be very interested in having a URL with www.wvgenweb.org/my-county/ 8. No, we all love you as WV State Coordinator and want you to continue there forever. We like your style. 9. For the county-list, there's not much you can do. I wish there were county-lists that "belonged" to USGenWeb, but the Rootsweb county-lists (and boards) are not "ours", they can be administered by anyone. Connie Marion County, WVGenWeb Taylor County, WVGenWeb -----Original Message----- From: wvgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wvgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lesley L Shockey Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:27 PM To: wvgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVGEN] Some questions that I have on my mind In order to maybe provide a clearer picture to this group, here are some of the questions and/or ideas for which I have been trying to find the right answers. I really do not want to lose any WVGenWeb CCs. 1. Should the USGenWeb Project incorporate? 2. If they incorporate, which type should they get? 3. Should the WVGenWeb Project incorporate? (several states have) 4. If we incorporate, which type should we seek? 5. Should we trying to find a different place to host our files? (there is much distrust of Rootsweb / Ancestry.com since the big snafu last month) 6. Could we possibly work out a deal with the state of West Virginia to host our pages using our domain name(s)? (Kansas is one that has all of their Project pages on one server.) 7. If it could be arranged, how many WVGenWeb counties would be interested in having a URL similar to www.wvgenweb.jackson,org/ or www.wvgenweb,org./jackson/ for the Jackson County page. (Just substitute your county name and such domains are available for less than ten per year.) 8. Is anyone interested in taking on the role as State Coordinator for WVGenWeb? 9. What do you do when a non CC gains control of county email lists and then blocks posts with announcements by the WVGenWeb CC? I am sure that there are more but these are enough questions for now. Les ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message