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----- Original Message -----
From: merope <merope(a)Radix.Net>
To: <BOARD-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 8:23 AM
Subject: [BOARD-L] Guidelines Committee report for the week ending
5/25/2002
GUIDELINES COMMITTEE WEEKLY REPORT, for the week ending May 25 2002
On May 19 the weekly report was submitted to the Project. Numerous
comments were received. Several of them concerned issues more
appropiately
handled when the SC guidelines are addressed and were deferred until
that
time. Cyndi Howells, owner of the Cyndi's List website, sent a comment
that noted her concern for the suggestion that the USGenWeb recommend her
site. The Committee also received one comment noting the commercial
nature
of Ms. Howell's site. A comment was received by a member who
noted her
concern over the possibility that LCs be required to provide their name
and
email address as contact information on their USGenWeb websites. She
noted
in particular that she does not list her name "for privacy and
security
reasons" and it is not likely that the USGenWeb can legally force anyone
to
publish their full name. This comment was forwarded to the Committee
for
discussion
Recommended Links: Due to concern over the commercial nature of Cyndi's
List, Ms. Howell's objection to the suggestion, and lack of interest by
the
rest of the Committee, the suggestion to recommend Cyndi's List
as a
place
for LCs to start searching for links to add to their USGenWeb pages
was
withdrawn.
Contact Information: Last week the Committee began discussion of a
requirement that the LCs provide contact information on their web pages.
The Committee debated requiring both a name and email address, vs
requiring
only a valid email address. Discussion on this item continues.
Lookups: The Committee approved the changed wording to the lookup section
of the proposed guidelines.
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The current version of the working document is posted
at:
http://www.radix.net/~merope/lcguide.txt
Please address comments to Teresa Lindquist <merope(a)radix.net>
-Teresa Lindquist
Chair, Guidelines Committee
Representative At Large, USGenWeb Project
merope(a)radix.net