Forwarding as requested.
Jackie
The EC would appreciate it if you would forward this message to your
state
lists. Thank you so much.
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Information about things we all need to be aware of:
I know that many (if not most) of you are not the least bit interested in
the "politics" at National Level and pretty much ignore what goes on
there.
However, over these past months things have been going on at National
that
each of us as Project members need to, at least, be aware of.
There is a new By-Laws Committee that is busy reviewing the existing
By-Laws
and will be coming up with a new set to send to the membership for
vote.
There is also a grass-roots group that has come up with a new set of
By-Laws
(that REALLY have an impact on all SCs/CCs/Special Project
volunteers)
that
they are trying to get the necessary 5 states to sponsor. If that
happens
then that set of By-Laws will also be up for vote by the membership.
A new Guidelines Committee is in operation and they are busy establishing
guidelines for all USGenWeb members and sites. It is assumed at this time
that these Guidelines will also be submitted to the membership for vote.
The Election Committee is being asked by different groups to host some
polls
to gather input from the members.
There is a new Newsletter / PR committee that is busy developing a Project
wide newsletter and ways to promote the Project to outsiders.
All of these things have the potential to impact each of us and our web
sites. Over the next few months the Election Committee's web site will
have
links and/or information on all of these things.
And just as a reminder - The USGenWeb Project's annual election is almost
here and the Election Committee is busy updating each state's membership
list.
The Election Committee has a registration form on its web site
(
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/) and it will help the EC (not to
mention your SC) if you will take a minute or two to register.
I know that most list owners don't usually post National level information
to the list since so many people don't wish to hear it but I encourage
each
of you to find the time to keep an eye on the developments at
National
since
so much of what is going on will effect each of us.
And, please go register to vote.
Thanks.
Linda Haas Davenport
USGenWeb Project Election Committee