guidelines discussion before the USGW board
by Michael and Vivian Saffold
Hello, everyone,
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season.
Below is a summary of an important change currently being discussed
by the USGenWeb Advisory Board.
My main concern about this effort is that it may be presented as
"clarification" rather than changes to the bylaws. "Clarification"
could be approved by the board *without* ratification by the membership.
I encourage you to read the proposal and make your comments known to
members of the Advisory Board.
Advisory Board members and their addresses are listed here:
http://www.usgenweb.org/about/advisoryboard.shtml
(We are in the Southeast-Mid-Atlantic Region.)
Following is the proposed committee purpose:
Thanks,
Vivian
>The purpose of this committee is to draft a guidelines/standards
>document to replace the current SC and CC Guidelines in order to
>
>- Clarify and align the requirements with the Project bylaws,
>Standard Rules and other Standing committee documentation that the
>Project operates under.
>
>- Separate the requirements from the recommendations (suggested guidelines)
>
>- Use more inclusive language to encompass all member sites (i.e.
>town, city, special project)
>
>- Clarify the issue of logos (that they be one of the official logos
>and if linked should only be linked to the USGenWeb National site)
>
>- Make the document(s) user friendly (i.e. easily understandable,
>requirements and recommendations separated)
>
>The committee's business will be conducted on an archived mail list
>that any member may subscribe to in moderated status.
>
>The committee will have four weeks to complete the task. If
>substantial progress is being made but additional time is needed to
>complete the charge, they may request an additional two weeks to
>complete the task.
>
>As one section is completed (i.e. documents for CCs vs. SCs vs.
>other designated member sites), it may be presented to the full
>AB. Once all sections of the document are complete, the AB shall
>decide to endorse or modify the group's proposals and shall make the
>required changes to the current documents, Standard Rules or
>Standing Committee procedures.