Linda Lewis wrote:
Sue Soden contacted me Sunday, Nov. 21, and asked me to call to discuss
merging the two census projects. She said that even though her name is
not on the census pages, she is still very much involved in the project.
Connie Burkett said she spoke with Sue before and after Sue and I spoke
by phone.
We agreed on two points:
1) The name of the project would be The USGenWeb Archives Census Project
(the name we used when it was created in Feb. 1997 - sometimes it was
called The USGenWeb Archives Census Transcription Project)
2) The census project file managers, who receive, format and prepare the
files for uploading, will have their own account and passwords that will
automagically upload the files to a /state/county/census/fedcens
directory. This will eliminate the census project standardized files
(those using CART and/or standard templates) from getting mixed up with
the miscellaneous census files that are submitted to the Archives - like
surname specific, indexes, incomplete with only names, ages, etc.
The two items we have not agreed on:
1) Which pages to use.. the ones originally designed by Holly, being
used at .org/census, or the ones Maggie has created at
~usgenweb/census/.
2) The URL - whether to use the current one at ~usgenweb/census/ or to
create a completely new URL.
My thoughts:
1) - Maggie has put a lot of long, hard hours into rebuilding those
pages, based on Holly's originals, updating and designing, with Kelly's
help. During the past several months, both Maggie and Kelly have
attempted to work together with the other census project. I told Sue any
negotiating or compromising about the html's would have to involve
Maggie.
2) - The URL needs to be at home.. at ~usgenweb/census/ to identify it
as part of the USGenWeb Archives project.. just as we planned it in
February 1997.
I also told Sue that I was thinking of requesting that Ron put the
founder's name on the main page of his census project. If he refuses, or
does not recognize the founder, then the date their project started
should be changed, and not claim February 1997.
Please.. comments.. suggestions.. and your thoughts - to the list.
I'm cc'ing Sue on this message.
Thanks,
Linda