Not wanting to get behind, and having the dictators 'fire' (or worse)
me, I decided to "comply" with the logo dictation in advance.
I was not 100% positive exactly which logo to prominently display at
the top of the page, so I placed both there.
Hopefully, this will satisfy all requirements.. I surely do not wish
to cross anyone!
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/nc/county/pasquotank/
Robert
We have seen the rapidly eroding intellectual rights of the title
"GenWeb." There are now several entities that use the NCGenWeb,
USGenWeb
and other variations in their logo. In order to make a
differentiation
between our organization and the pretenders, the committee discussed
this
issue at length.
It doesn't matter how many county pages have USGW logos or where they
place
them -- if another organization is using "USGenWeb Project," "XXGenWeb
Project," or closely similar variations, they may be guilty of
trademark/service mark infringement. You could replace the index page
of
every USGW county with a giant logo, and it will have no effect on
what
another organization is doing. By the way, do you have any examples
of
projects and/or pages with this sort of violation? I'd like to take a
look
-- if they're county pages, it's possible that they're in violation of
their own project's guidelines if they're copying USGW logos.
There was one particular NCGenWeb page that was used as an example of
how
only grudging support is being given to the Project.
And in my opinion, that page is already in violation of the by-law as
currently written. There's no need to re-write the by-laws, only the
necessity of a way to enforce what we already have.
The intent is for the page to be recognizable as a member project of
the
USGWP. This can only be effectively achieved by making the logo
visable
without scrolling. The specified minimum size (100 X 100) should not
be
interpreted as the determining factor for page compliance. Some pages
currently make it difficult to determine who the sponsoring
organization
is and further confuse the issue by using a hodge-podge of logos.
Sponsoring organization? My page doesn't exist thanks to the USGWP,
the
USGWP exists thanks to my page and hundreds of others like it. Maybe
I'm
being overly picky about the semantics, but the USGWP doesn't sponsor
me. If anyone sponsors me, I suppose you could say that Rootsweb
does,
since they provide my webspace. I'm a volunteer and a member of the
USGWP.
I think it's just silly to say that a page can't be recognizable as a
USGWP
member unless the logo slaps you in the face. Again, we have dozens
of
pages withing NCGW that have the logo further down the page, but
there's no
doubt about their membership. Again, if you can't tell that a page
belongs
to the USGWP, then it's already in violation of the by-law as is
currently
written. Take it up with that particular webmaster.
Without entering a discussion regarding the future of the
organization, I
can only say that without immediate recognition of who we are, we
could
become another genealogical entity suffering from lack of
sponsorship.
Apples and oranges. If the USGWP is so pitiful and on such a shaky
foundation that my putting a logo "below the fold," so to speak, is
going
to be catastrophic, then maybe we're all wasting our time trying to
prop it
up.
There was no suggestion that page hosts abandon their current
affiliations
with other entities, only that the USGWP page be given its due and
appear
preeminent. Further discussion (Section 2) will be devoted to other
issues.
Ahhh, but call me suspicious. I tend to think that this "us first!
us
first!" hue and cry is just the first step towards demanding an all or
nothing allegiance to the USGWP. And I don't like that, not one bit.
I
don't think that's how you attract and keep hard-working volunteers.
I
think it's far better to set the minimal requirements and then let
your
volunteers run with it. Any organization that can't function unless
the
members are basically caged is in deep trouble.
Angie
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