Please note that the majority of the material on
the website that I CC for GaGenWeb has been
removed by the contributors (myself and others)
and placed elsewhere for free access.
This is in acord with the current rules.
Donna Parrish
--- Tim Stowell <tstowell(a)chattanooga.net> wrote:
(**Please forward to all appropriate project
lists**)
First I wish to thank everyone who has sent
comments and suggestions
regarding the latest revision draft. I'm
confident that some rewording and
grammar changes will be made during final
review.
Our project consists of volunteers with a
common purpose. To provide "free
access" information. Project members are those
who maintain a website as a
component part of the project or a XXGenWeb
project, and abides by the basic
requirements for those websites, such as the
display of the logo. It follows
then that when the bylaws refer to websites it
means those which are
associated with The USGenWeb Project.
It has been commonly accepted that whenever a
change in CC's (Local
Coordinators) occurs, material contributed to
the website remains with the
associated website (regardless of where
hosted). The task of being a CC is
to provide the means of "free access" to those
materials on behalf of the
project and to add to those materials whenever
possible. Therefore, the CC
(Local Coordinator) is also a contributor. It
is reasonable to expect that
all contributions to a project website remain
part of the website regardless
of who the coordinator is or where the site is
hosted.
The draft revision contains "shall remain with
the website, unless the
contributor(s) otherwise request." Very often
contributors can't be
contacted to obtain permission to continue use
or to move to another host.
Therefore all contributions should be
considered as for permanent use by The
USGenWeb Project as long as the material is
available for "free access".
The purpose of the project and the spirit of
volunteerism in providing free
access material is best served by XXGenWeb
county websites which continue to
grow and remain intact. Members who depart are
entitled to keep copies of
their own work and are expected to provide
copies for continued use by the
project.
Roger
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