Greetings;
We are pleased to announce that in keeping with the volunteer spirit of the
USGenWeb Project, several members of the Project [see names below] have
agreed to "pool their efforts" to recognize the work of county coordinators
and their contributors by presenting a monthly award for each of the four
regions.
Central, Northeastern, South / Midwest and Western. In addition, a "Best of
USA" award will be bestowed. This endeavor is the brainchild of Bonnie
Palmer and as such, committee members have chosen the title of "The Palmer
Awards".
The awards consist of a suitable graphic to be displayed on their county web
page. Monthly winners will be listed on a web page (url to be announced).
Appropriate logos may be downloaded from this site, for presentation on
winning counties.
Please help us recognize your county coordinators by notifying your CC's of
this project, (you may repost this note on your state mailing list) and by
nominating up to three counties of your state each month. You may
determine your own nomination process. We will send a "reminder" note to
you a few days before nominations are due.
All nominated sites will be evaluated by one of our volunteers who will have
no 'personal interest' in your state/region. Over-all presentation will be
considered, but content will weigh most heavily in the selection process.
We would like to present the first awards on June 1st. Please e-mail your
nominations to;
Central Region --- Debbie Gibbons ms_bolivar(a)yahoo.com for;
Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, N. Dakota,
Oklahoma, S. Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin.
Northeastern Region -- LeeAnn Pease Sharpe LAS85302(a)aol.com for;
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont,
West Virginia.
South / Midwest Region -- Roger Swafford gizmo(a)wcic.cioe.com for;
Alabama, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia.
Western Region -- Bonnie Palmer bpalmer(a)bihs.net for;
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.
We are eager to help spotlight some of the hundreds of hard-working
volunteers that comprise the foundation of The USGenWeb Project, and so
very much appreciate your help and cooperation.
Thank you
Bonnie Palmer
LeeAnn Pease Sharpe
Debbie Gibbons
Ellen Pack
Roger Swafford
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