It's your State Coordinator here to provide you with my own "According
to our State Coordintor . . . " reference. (I'm very good at giving
MY OWN opinions without help - just ask my husband!!)
Well -- I was going to give my own opinion, but it appears that
Elizabeth handled it nicely already! (Actually, our guidelines handle
it - don't they.)
Furthermore, I do not know of any ncgenweb county site where funds are
being solicited for research - just links to individuals who might
asked for fees. If anyone has a page on a county site that they are
concerned about, let me know the URL.
As far as the mailing list, those aren't under my "jurisdiction" and
concerns should be brought to the attention of Rootsweb.
Denise
On Nov 15, 2007 9:02 PM, Elizabeth Harris <ncgen(a)mindspring.com> wrote:
> >According to our State Coordinator, it is perfectly
acceptable for
>>County Coordinators to charge fees to researchers. I'm not talking
>>about reimbursement for the cost of a postage stamp, I'm talking
>>about charging several dollars for emailing someone a scanned image
>>in order to "recoup" computer/ scanner/ or whatever other,
> >"equipment costs."
Our project guidelines for volunteers
(
http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Encgenweb/volunteer.html) include the
following:
Solicitation of funds for personal gain is forbidden. You may however
provide links to personal web pages where research services or
materials are offered for sale. You may also list materials for sale,
for example publications by your local genealogical society, but
these should not be listed on the main web page for your site. You
may however provide a link to these listings from your main page. You
may also acknowledge the server or organization that provides your
web space.
On my "resources" pages I list names of people who will do research
for a fee, and leave it to the reader to contact these people. I
don't endorse anyone.
Personally I never accept money for any research, lookups, copies, or
other assistance. To me this seems unethical in a volunteer project
like NCGenWeb. If somebody offers to pay me, I tell her to pass the
favor along to another genealogist or make a contribution to charity
or a local genealogical organization.
From the beginning, county e-mail lists at Rootsweb were not allowed
to mention research for hire, or genealogical materials for sale. So
far as I know, this rule hasn't changed.
--
Elizabeth Harris
ncgen(a)mindspring.com
Personal genealogy webpage:
http://www.duke.edu/web/chlamy
Winston-Salem NC area genealogy:
http://www.fmoran.com/
HOLDER DNA project:
http://www.mindspring.com/~holderdna/
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