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----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Stowell <tstowell(a)chattanooga.net>
To: <GAGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 10:46 PM
Subject: [GAGEN-L] Bylaws amendment
I'm going to ask you all to vote on a proposed series of changes
to the
Bylaws. Please give this your careful consideration. Please send your
vote
to GAGENWEB-L(a)rootsweb.com between now and 8 PM 5/31 - Wednesday.
Please
vote by indicating 'yes' or 'no' and what counties you work with.
The proposal is as follows:
Current Version:
ARTICLE XIII. SPECIAL PROJECTS
Section 1. Special projects shall be established by The USGenWeb Project
to
promote the gathering of information in specialized areas. A
coordinator
shall be appointed by the Advisory Board to organize the project and
enlist
volunteers. In addition, each special project shall have an
Assistant
Project Coordinator or other support team in place that can take charge in
case the Project Coordinator becomes unavailable for a period of 30 days,
unless there are extenuating circumstances. Special projects shall be
repositories for public domain or research documents and shall provide an
easily accessible website for online research by the genealogical
community. A collection of links does not constitute a special project,
although links to appropriate websites maintained by other individuals or
organizations are encouraged.
Section 2. The name of the special project shall be The USGenWeb ______
Project
Section 3. The staff members of The USGenWeb Archives Project, The
USGenWeb
Project, and The USGenWeb Tombstone Project shall each elect one
Special Project Representative to serve as a voting member of The USGenWeb
Project Advisory Board.
Section 4. Project Coordinators shall be elected to those positions by the
project staff.
Section 5. Project Coordinators are subject to possible removal by a 2/3
vote of the Advisory Board and a 2/3 vote of the project staff. A quorum
of
75% of the project staff shall participate in order for the vote to
be
binding.
Section 6. If a Project Coordinator is unable to perform his/her duties,
the Assistant Project Coordinator, or other support team, shall serve
until
an election can take place among the project staff. In the case of
special
projects with more than one Assistant Project Coordinator, they shall
choose one among themselves to serve in the interim.
**
Proposed Version:
Article XIII. THE ARCHIVES PROJECT
Section 1. The USGenWeb Archives Project shall have a Coordinator and an
Assistant Coordinator or other support team in place that can take charge
in case the Coordinator becomes unavailable for a period of 30 days,
unless
there are extenuating circumstances. The USGenWeb Archives(Digital
Library) shall be a repository for public domain or research documents and
shall provide an easily accessible website for online research by the
genealogical community.
Section 2. The name of the project shall be The USGenWeb Archives Project.
Section 3. The staff members of The USGenWeb Archives Project shall elect
one Representative to serve as a voting member of The USGenWeb Project
Advisory Board.
Section 4. The Archives Project Coordinator shall be elected by the
project
staff. The Coordinator in place at the time this section of the
Bylaws is
amended shall be exempt from election procedures, unless he/she is
removed,
resigns or is unable to perform his/her duties.
Section 5. The Archives Project Coordinator is subject to possible removal
by a 2/3 vote of the Advisory Board and a 2/3 vote of the project staff.
A
quorum of 75% of the project staff shall participate in order for the
vote
to be binding.
Section 6. If the Archives Project Coordinator is unable to perform
his/her
duties, the Assistant Coordinator, or other support team, shall serve
until
an election can take place among the project staff. In the case of
more
than one Assistant Coordinator, they shall choose among themselves to
serve
in the interim.
**
Other Proposed Changes:
Article II.
Section 2. Change "The USGenWeb Project Archives" to "The USGenWeb
Archives Project"
Article V.
Change "one(1) representative each from The USGenWeb Archives Project, The
USGenWeb Census Project, and the USGenWeb Tombstone Project," to "one(1)
representative from The USGenWeb Archives Project,"
Article VI.
Section 9.
Change "and Special Project Representative" to "and Archives Project
Representative"
Change "with the Special Projects" to "with the Archives Project"
Article VIII.
Section 1.
Change "Eight(8) voting members of the Advisory Board shall constitute a
quorum." to "Seven(7) voting members of the Advisory Board shall
constitute
a quorum."
Article XII.
Section 2.
Change "The USGenWeb Project Archives" to "The USGenWeb Archives
Project"
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Should you have questions; or wish to discuss it here, please do so.
Tim Stowell
Georgia State Coordinator
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