You have jumped to conclusion Tracy, needlessly.
USGennet.org provides the FORUMS....and i give them credit for that.
I believe that is legal. And my pages meet all guidelines in all ways, so
sorry you wasted your time. However, i do really appreciate people letting
me know if i have slipped up anywhere--as a matter of fact I have the text
on my web page that request people to let me know about bad links or
suggestions. Suggestions will be taken under consideration, as always.
But i too have seen problem pages for years and have reported on them when i
saw it. Yet nothing was ever done about them. One page went for several
years without the USGenWeb logo on it. The GenConnect logo and links are
still on some pages.
However logos are Not required to link back. They just have to be on the
page somewhere and a link must be somewhere on the page. I recall
complaining once that a county did not have a link back....LOL, i was told
by the then SC, that it was okay as long as the link was somewhere within
the site. ROFL !!
The Perquimans host is brand new to the project...I think that the SC should
have helped him get his pages right before now. Currently he is recovering
from surgery, but before this was doing a great effort at being a
"coordinator" of visitors or researchers- feverishly working on his pages.
Before he adopted, that county had been without the logos for ages. I
complained about it too, but nothing was done. I complained to the old
National Coordinator, and still nothing was done....all he did was run a
links check on my pages in an atttempt to make me stop reporting on illegal
pages. It is a wonderful system we have ;-)
cheers, diane
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tracy Putnam" <nccuzins(a)hotmail.com>
To: <NCGENWEB-DISCUSS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 2:49 AM
Subject: Re: [NCGENWEB-DISCUSS] NCGenWeb bylaws/guidelines/rules
I have pretty much kept quiet the past couple of years, I unsubbed
from
this
list two years ago, and only re-subbed during the last election.
I asked a few weeks ago to be unsubbed again, because quite frankly this
IS
NOT a discuss list, its a BASH your fellow cc's list.
As I have not yet been unsubbed I am going to put my two cents in:
Its real easy for all of us to point accusing fingers, and to complain
about
what are fellow cc's are doing, or not doing. But if we are going
to do
this
lets start in our own back yards.
The Albemarle County front page is on
http://ncroots.com/Albemarle/ but
credits USGenNet as the web host.
There is also a link to North Carolina GenWeb Project- County selection
links, but lo and behold the link does not bring you to the NCGenWeb
Projects county selection page, it brings you to
http://www.ncroots.com/ncgwLinks.htm
How does this help or promote our project? As a matter of fact, One of the
counties I currently handle is listed as being handled by the old
webmaster.
While our own NCGenWeb Project page directs vistors looking for
Glasgow
County information to the Greene County Page, this page directs them to a
Glasgow County page that is shown as being handled by a cc who has left
the
project. This page gives a brief history of Glasgow County and tells
visitors that the County has been been merged with the Greene County
project. (The page IS linked on the Greene County site, so visitors can
find
the history of the county)
Same thing with Bath, front page on one server, credit given to another.
Same misleading links for NCGenWeb County selection.
The front page of Bladen County says it was last updated Friday, April 19,
2002
While the front page of Bute has all the required logos they are not
linked
back to each project. (as far as I can see)
The Perquimans page does link to the NCGenWeb project but does not have
either required logo, or link back to the USGenWeb main page.
I have seen many USGenWeb logos that are not on the USGenWeb projects
approved logo page.
I am NOT trying to single anybody out here, just trying to make a point,
if
you feel the need to complain about a fellow cc and their project
pages,
look at your own pages first!!!
BTW in perusing the project pages this evening, I HAVE to say, there are
really some GREAT county websites representing the NCGenWeb Project!! Good
Work cc's!!
If we put as much effort into our counties as we do in trying to find
something wrong with someone else, we cannot fail to do anything but
shine!
(now I am going to take my own advice and go check my county pages!!)
Tracy Putnam
cc
Craven
Green
and Lenoir Counties
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