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Sounds good to me!!! Will Ohio stand up for itself and be counted now? To
have no way to protect ourselves from the whimsies of those who supposedly
represent us was a major item missing from the Bylaws. This is our chance
to fix it. If you read the proposal, a recall will be difficult to achieve
and is not taken lightly. But as it is now, we can do NOTHING at all to
right a wrong made by an elected official. A RECALL amendment added to the
bylaws is the 'fair' thing to do. And the Amendment will have to pass a
USGenWeb-wide vote of ALL voting members (not just us). When/Where do we
vote to have this amendment placed on the USGenWeb ballot in July???????
At 23:03 5/22/2000 -0400, Scott wrote:
>Hello, my dear Ohio CCs, PCs, and SCs,
>
>Please review the amendment below. I will be happy to answer any questions
you may have. While I know the amendment is not perfect, it is too late now
to change it, so we will have to vote for or against it as written.
Subsequent amendments are, of course, possible.
>
>********************************************************************
>
>ARTICLE XVII RECALL
>
>SEC. 1. Recall is the power of the members to remove an elective officer
>for violation of rules or confidence.
>
>SEC. 2. (a) An Advisory Board Secretary shall be elected at the beginning of
>every Advisory Board term, or when another Advisory Board Secretary has
>resigned, quit or is unable to perform the duties of the office. The
>Advisory Board Secretary is to be a non-voting member of the Advisory Board.
>The Advisory Board Secretary is to be chosen from USGenWeb Members who are
>not members of the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board Secretary shall keep
>minutes for all Advisory Board meetings, which will be posted to the
>National website.
> (b) Recall of an Advisory Board Member is initiated by delivering to the
>Advisory Board Secretary a petition alleging reason for recall. Reasons for
>recall are to be limited to: violation of bylaws, improper handling of
>information or legal/ethical violations.
> (c) A recall petition will consist of one or more e-mails containing the
>names and e-mail addresses of those in favor of recall. This petition must
>be verified to determine validity.
> (d) A petition to recall an Advisory Board Member (including the National
>Coordinator, who is also an Advisory Board Member) must be signed by voting
>members equal in number to at least 20 percent of the last vote for the
>office. Any Advisory Board Member may be recalled, but only by their own
constituents. The Advisory Board Secretary shall maintain a continuous count
of the petition signatures certified to that office, and deliver a report to
the Advisory Board and inform the constituents in question if there are enough
>signatures to force a recall vote.
>
>SEC. 3. (a) An election to determine whether to recall an Advisory Board
>Member and, if appropriate, to elect a successor shall be called by the
>National Coordinator, or Election Committee Chairman if there is one at the
>time, and held not less than 30 days nor more than 50 days from the date of
>certification of sufficient signatures. If the National Coordinator is
>unable, and no Election Committee is seated at the time, the Advisory Board
>Secretary shall call for the election and insure all constituents of the
>Member subject to the recall action are notified.
> (b) In the event of a proposed recall action against an Advisory Board
>Member, nominations will be taken to immediately fill the position vacated
>if the recall vote is successful. The member being recalled is not eligible
>for this nomination.
> (c) If the simple majority vote of those voting on the question is to
>recall, the Member
>is removed and, if there is a candidate to replace the Member, the candidate
>who receives a plurality is the successor. If the recall action fails, the
>Advisory Board Member retains their position, and the election for a
>successor is declared null and void.
> (d) Votes in recall elections are subject to verification by either the
>Advisory Board Secretary or Election Committee, if there is one.
>
>SEC. 4. The Advisory Board Secretary shall provide for circulation, filing,
>and certification of petitions, nomination of candidates, and the recall
>election.
>
>SEC. 5. If recall of the National Coordinator is initiated, the recall
>duties of that office shall be performed by the Advisory Board Secretary or
>Election Committee Chairman, if there is one.
>
>SEC. 6. An Advisory Board Member who is not recalled shall not have another
>recall action initiated against the member until six months after the
>election.
>
>SEC. 7. Terms of elective offices provided for by this Article, commence
>immediately following the election, and shall last until the term of the
>recalled Member expires.
>
>SEC. 8. In the event of conflict between any Other Articles of the USGenWeb
>Bylaws and this Article, this Article shall take precedence.
>
>
>
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>
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>OHGenWeb project by OHGenWeb Coordinators and Assistant Coordinators.
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>Allen Richmond, sciototrails(a)usa.net, OHGenWeb SC
>Judy Kelble, jkelble(a)accnorwalk.com, OHGenWeb ASC
>
>
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wally(a)calweb.com
I think I lost the original message, but nevertheless,
congratulations on the new baby! May your nites be
peaceful and diapers dry. Well, someone's diapers
<grin>.
I recently have a grandniece to cuddle, so I experienced
the joy of newborns and I tell ya it's definetely worth
ummm..the effort!
I better quit before I get in trouble from Allen :>
James W. McCluer
repa(a)worldnet.att.net
County Coordinator Richland County Ohio
> Thank you for all the wonderful email and congrats! We are certainly two
> happy parents over here, and one happy big sister too! We have been printing
> up all the great emails and placing them in Maggie's baby book, so hopefully
> when she gets older she won't attack them with crayons :)
>
> And by the way, I certainly hope there is nothing in "the water"!! I
> don't plan on doing this again anytime soon!! Maybe I should just buy
> bottled water...hehe!
>
> But thanks again for all the warm wishes and great emails, we do enjoy
> reading them!
>
> Best Regards,
> Angela Kneller
> Estatic Mom and CC for Perry Co., Ohio!
>
>
> ==== OHGEN Mailing List ====
>
> This list is for the discussion of topics related to the
> OHGenWeb project by OHGenWeb Coordinators and Assistant Coordinators.
> OHGenWeb Project: http://www.scioto.org/OHGenWeb/index.html
> Allen Richmond, sciototrails(a)usa.net, OHGenWeb SC
> Judy Kelble, jkelble(a)accnorwalk.com, OHGenWeb ASC
>
Congratulations Angela. I guess I'll pass on my similar information.
My second son, Sean Edward Bush, was born 19 May 2000, at 1:04 PM. He
weighed 9 lbs 7 1/2 ozs (more than a pound lighter than our other son)
and was 21 1/2". Everyone here is doing well also.
John Bush
Ashland County OHGW CC
>Howdy Folks:
>
>Wanted to take a moment to pass along some great news:
>
>Our own Angela Kneller, Perry County OHGW CC, is now a new mother
>(again)!
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Hello Angela, wonderful news, a new precious family member. I have 5 grown, and I think it was in the water, anyway, I am very happy for you and your precious little bundle from heaven, one of God's greatest gifts to us.
Nola Miles Rogers
Visit the Licking County USGenWeb site At:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohlickin/
---------------------------------
>In reviewing the USGenWeb and OhGenWeb requirements, I re-read the
>instructions r.e. allowing copyrighted information to be posted on our web
>pages and any information which was copyrighted being posted only with
>written permission of the authors.
>
--- snip ---
>I ran a genealogy computer Bulletin Board for 15 years prior to the
>Internet
>popularity and copyrighted materials were prohibited in any way! Not
>re-typing to try to do an "end run" around the copyright laws or re-naming
>so it would look like something else. Even information that was taken from
>someone else's work with permission still needed to give credit to the
>authors. No copyrighted programs nor information in any form was allowed.
>I
>believe we still have the same guidelines.
This is the same stuff that keeps going around, trying to keep genealogical
data off of the internet. It is true that copyrighted information could
only be posted with written permission of the authors, but that begs the
question. I think most of the information you are talking about falls into
the area of facts--which cannot be copyrighted. So, if the information is
not copyrighted to begin with, no permission would be required to publish
that information.
I think it would still be respectful to source and credit information, but
anyone can take any of the information I have compiled (such as
transcriptions from census records) and do anything they want with them.
Why? Because I have transcribed data which cannot be copyrighted. That is
different than scanning images and then reprinting those--that would be a
violation of the law. These might seem like minor distinctions, but I think
they make all the difference in the world.
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Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Thank you for all the wonderful email and congrats! We are certainly two
happy parents over here, and one happy big sister too! We have been printing
up all the great emails and placing them in Maggie's baby book, so hopefully
when she gets older she won't attack them with crayons :)
And by the way, I certainly hope there is nothing in "the water"!! I
don't plan on doing this again anytime soon!! Maybe I should just buy
bottled water...hehe!
But thanks again for all the warm wishes and great emails, we do enjoy
reading them!
Best Regards,
Angela Kneller
Estatic Mom and CC for Perry Co., Ohio!
Congratulation- Angela on your newest family member.
Jim Filson
Hocking County Ohio Webmaster
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allen Richmond [SMTP:Scioto@Scioto.Org]
> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 6:36 PM
> To: oh(a)usgenweb.org
> Subject: [OHGW] Welcome OHGW's Newest CC-in-training
>
> Howdy Folks:
>
> Wanted to take a moment to pass along some great news:
>
> Our own Angela Kneller, Perry County OHGW CC, is now a new mother
> (again)!
>
> Please help me welcome Mary Magdalene Kneller into the OHGW
> family. She arrived on the scene yesterday, 20 May 2000, at 1:50 PM,
> weighing in at eight pounds even and 21 inches tall.
>
> Everyone in the family is doing just fine, and Angela is now home from
> the hospital -- she just couldn't stay away! <LOL>
>
> Congratulations, Angela, and WELCOME Mary Magdalene! We're glad to have
> y'all with us! :-D
>
> Allen
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Allen Richmond
> * Scioto(a)Scioto.Org
>
> OHGenWeb Project State Coordinator
> * http://Scioto.Org/OHGenWeb/
>
> In the asking comes sharing;
> in sharing comes knowledge;
> in knowledge comes wisdom which lasts a lifetime. -Ar.
>
> ==== OHGEN Mailing List ====
>
> This list is for the discussion of topics related to the
> OHGenWeb project by OHGenWeb Coordinators and Assistant Coordinators.
> OHGenWeb Project: http://www.scioto.org/OHGenWeb/index.html
> Allen Richmond, sciototrails(a)usa.net, OHGenWeb SC
> Judy Kelble, jkelble(a)accnorwalk.com, OHGenWeb ASC
In a message dated 5/21/00 4:48:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
Scioto(a)Scioto.Org writes:
<<
Our own Angela Kneller, Perry County OHGW CC, is now a new mother
(again)!
Please help me welcome Mary Magdalene Kneller into the OHGW
family. She arrived on the scene yesterday, 20 May 2000, at 1:50 PM,
weighing in at eight pounds even and 21 inches tall.
>>
Congratulations Angela! Welcome Mary!
We had a new Arrival in COGenWeb last week. Boy it must be in the water.
Mary Ann Hetrick
Summit, Mahoning, and Trumbull Counties
Congratulations to Angela!
Lynn
co-host of Wood County
-----Original Message-----
From: Allen Richmond <Scioto(a)Scioto.Org>
To: oh(a)usgenweb.org <oh(a)usgenweb.org>
Date: Sunday, May 21, 2000 6:44 PM
Subject: [OHGW] Welcome OHGW's Newest CC-in-training
>Howdy Folks:
>
>Wanted to take a moment to pass along some great news:
>
>Our own Angela Kneller, Perry County OHGW CC, is now a new mother
>(again)!
>
>Please help me welcome Mary Magdalene Kneller into the OHGW
>family. She arrived on the scene yesterday, 20 May 2000, at 1:50 PM,
>weighing in at eight pounds even and 21 inches tall.
>
>Everyone in the family is doing just fine, and Angela is now home from
>the hospital -- she just couldn't stay away! <LOL>
>
>Congratulations, Angela, and WELCOME Mary Magdalene! We're glad to have
>y'all with us! :-D
>
>Allen
>______________________________________________________________________
>
>Allen Richmond
> Scioto(a)Scioto.Org
>
>OHGenWeb Project State Coordinator
> http://Scioto.Org/OHGenWeb/
>
>In the asking comes sharing;
> in sharing comes knowledge;
> in knowledge comes wisdom which lasts a lifetime. -Ar.
>
>==== OHGEN Mailing List ====
>
>This list is for the discussion of topics related to the
>OHGenWeb project by OHGenWeb Coordinators and Assistant Coordinators.
>OHGenWeb Project: http://www.scioto.org/OHGenWeb/index.html
>Allen Richmond, sciototrails(a)usa.net, OHGenWeb SC
>Judy Kelble, jkelble(a)accnorwalk.com, OHGenWeb ASC
Allen,
would it be possible to have you add a link to the Pike Co. Ohio OhGenWeb
page for the Pike Co.Genealogy Society's page?
the url is:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohpcgs/index.htm
Thanks very much,
yur cuz, Carol
President, Pike Co.Genealogy Society
To all CC's
Maybe this compliance review is a good thing for us as State & County
Coordinators.
Maybe we should pick May each year to review our compliance and each of us
to review the rules and regulations we agreed to when we joined the USGenWeb
and OhGenWeb.
In reviewing the USGenWeb and OhGenWeb requirements, I re-read the
instructions r.e. allowing copyrighted information to be posted on our web
pages and any information which was copyrighted being posted only with
written permission of the authors.
I think all of us need to weigh the issues here as we walk the tight rope
between sharing genealogy information "for all" and the rights of those who
make the efforts to publish and sell information/books/etc.
Putting information on pages that we control puts us in the position of
being responsible to the "powers that be" ...be it the USGenWeb, OhGenWeb,
our State Coordinator, our own Internet providers, the FBI, the Federal,
State & Local courts...or ??? I think the "I didn't know" is not going to
work...we are supposed to be informed as well as setting good examples.
I ran a genealogy computer Bulletin Board for 15 years prior to the Internet
popularity and copyrighted materials were prohibited in any way! Not
re-typing to try to do an "end run" around the copyright laws or re-naming
so it would look like something else. Even information that was taken from
someone else's work with permission still needed to give credit to the
authors. No copyrighted programs nor information in any form was allowed. I
believe we still have the same guidelines.
There is so much information out there which can be obtained and that
hasn't heretofore been published, I would think that to really do other
genealogists the most benefit, we should discourage people from submitting
previously published works and encourage them to work on projects and
information which has not been published. In that way, all will benefit.
In requesting persons who submit information to submit only their own work,
or having written permission of the authors, we don't put ourselves in a
position of ending up in court...or jail for information we allowed someone
to submit to our web page....But for which we are responsible.
I will be adding a disclaimer/warning on all of the pages I am affiliated
with and I personally think everyone else should seriously think about doing
the same. AND enforcing it!
We should be the leaders in this...not the ones who put our head in the
sand. I believe this is going to be a big issue shortly and we need to be in
compliance with the copyright laws as as well as the other rules & regs.
set up as standards for all.
At one of the GenTech Conferences, I attended a session given by an
attorney. One of the things he said was that Copyright infringements on the
internet were going to be one of the biggest, hottest and most expensive
(legal wise) issues we were going to have to deal with.
I also think it might be a good idea to check with our insurance agents to
see what type of liability insurance we have which might cover this type of
possible situation or what we need...
Carol
CC Belmont Co. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbelmon/index.html
CC Mercer Co. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohmercer/index.htm
Co-CC Jefferson Co. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohjeffer/index.html
Web master:
Pike Co. Gen.Soc http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohpcgs/index.htm
Hi All,
As always, I'm proud of all of our CC's. I know we will be at 100%
compliance before next Friday. Keep up the good work!!
--
Peace, Judy Kelble
OHGenWeb ASC
http://www.scioto.org/OHGenWeb
Huron County Chapter/OGS Webmaster / Mail list owner
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohhuron
Allen Richmond wrote:
> Howdy Folks:
>
> Thought I'd pass along an aggregate update on OHGW's strides toward
> meeting USGW's compliance requirements.
>
> As of last Friday, of our 88 county sites, 63 (72%) passed with flying
> colors and 25 (28%) failed to meet one or more of the five necessary
> items.
> ___________________________________
>
> > The five (5) required items for every OHGW County Coordinator are these
> > (http://www.usgenweb.org/official/bylaws.html and
> > http://www.scioto.org/OHGenWeb/statedocs/requirements.html):
> >
> > (1) Placement of the USGW logo [IX-1]
> > (2) A query system in place [XI-3]
> > (3) Subscription to the state email list [XI-2]
> > (4) A direct link to the state website: [XI-3; OH-2]
> > http://www.Scioto.Org/OHGenWeb/index.html
> > (5) Placement of the OHGW logo [XI-3; OH-2]
> > http://www.scioto.org/OHGenWeb/logos/logos.html
> ___________________________________
>
> As of today, of our 88 county sites, 79 (89%) are within USGW-required
> compliance, leaving 9 (11%) still needing to step up to the plate. The
> two-week window of opportunity (as mandated by USGW Bylaws) closes on
> Friday, 26 May 2000.
>
> I've written individually to each CC today (prior to sending this email)
> indicating the change(s)/update(s) needed, and provided futher
> information in how to go about making those changes happen easily and
> effectively.
>
> I also want to thank the 17 CCs (of 65 total) who took a moment to
> answer the request (from last Friday's email) to let Judy and me know
> when the updates happened (if needed), or if specs were already in
> place. Your active participation is greatly appreciated! (It really
> helps make an ugly, time-consuming job on our end a little more
> tolerable. <smile>)
>
> Thanks!
> Allen
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Allen Richmond
> Scioto(a)Scioto.Org
>
> OHGenWeb Project State Coordinator
> http://Scioto.Org/OHGenWeb/
>
> In the asking comes sharing;
> in sharing comes knowledge;
> in knowledge comes wisdom which lasts a lifetime. -Ar.
>
> ==== OHGEN Mailing List ====
>
> This list is for the discussion of topics related to the
> OHGenWeb project by OHGenWeb Coordinators and Assistant Coordinators.
> OHGenWeb Project: http://www.scioto.org/OHGenWeb/index.html
> Allen Richmond, sciototrails(a)usa.net, OHGenWeb SC
> Judy Kelble, jkelble(a)accnorwalk.com, OHGenWeb ASC
Announcement Only--
In the past I have completely ignored visiting various national project
sites because of my cranky, old, non-upgradable machine (slow modem, slow
processor, inadequate RAM or free hardsisk space). Having bookmarks for 88
counties to each project site was more than I wanted to have in my browser's
bookmarks. Becasue of that, I built the following page for my own use, but
others may find it useful as well ... especially beginners or those not
quite sure what next to check.
At the new 'Ohio Paths' site
http://www.calweb.com/~wally/ipih/paths.htm
you can find the specific county links for ALL Ohio Counties for these five
single-site projects:
GenExchange,
GenForum,
Migrations,
Political Graveyard, and
Rootsweb Resources
It is just a navigational tool to those projects for the various counties in
Ohio.
Please note this is not an INDEX site for all Ohio county sites. It is
merely a 'portal' for the above-named five projects. It is much faster and
less complicated going from county to county and project to project using
'Ohio Paths' as a base page. National projects such ALHN, USGenWeb, etc.,
which have independent pages all over the net, are not included.
Any who wish, may link to this site.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
wally(a)calweb.com
FYI
-----Original Message-----
From: merope [mailto:merope@Radix.Net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 10:31 AM
To: USGW-CC-L(a)usgennet.org
Subject: USGW-CC-L: Proposed amendment to the USGW bylaws
This has been making the rounds, and many of you have already seen it. If
it is somethign you think your state could/would support, by all means
forward it around. I think it needs to be received by the Board with five
states supporting by June 1.
-Teresa
merope(a)radix.net
>
>Proposed Amendment to the USGenWeb Bylaws
>
>I hereby move that the following language be added to the USGenWeb
>Project
>Bylaws, in accordance with the amendment procedures of Article XVI of
>said
>bylaws.
>
>ARTICLE XVII RECALL
>
>
>SEC. 1. Recall is the power of the members to remove an elective
>officer.
>
>SEC. 2. (a) Recall of an Advisory Board Member is initiated by
>delivering
>to the Advisory Board Secretary a petition alleging reason for recall.
>Sufficiency of reason is not reviewable.
> (b) A petition to recall an Advisory Board Member must be signed by
>voting members equal in number to 12 percent of the last vote for the
>office, with signatures from each of 5 counties equal in number to 1
>percent of the last vote for the office in the county. Signatures to
>recall the National Coordinator must equal in number 20 percent of the
>last vote for the office.
> (c) The Advisory Board Secretary shall maintain a continuous count of
>the signatures certified to that office.
>
>SEC. 3. (a) An election to determine whether to recall an officer
>and, if appropriate, to elect a successor shall be called by the
>National Coordinator and held not less than 30 days nor more than 50
>days from the date of certification of sufficient signatures. If the
>recall action is against the National Coordinator, the Advisory Board
>Secretary shall insure that the election is called and all Project
>members are notified.
> (b) In the event of a proposed recall action against an Advisory
>Board Member, nominations will be taken to immediately fill the position
>vacated if the recall vote is successful.
> (c) If the majority vote of those voting on the question is to
>recall,
>the officer
>is removed and, if there is a candidate, the candidate who receives
>a plurality is the successor. The Advisory Board Member may not be a
>candidate. If the recall action fails, the Advisory Board Member
>retains
>their position, and the election for a successor is declared null and
>void.
>
>SEC. 4. The Advisory Board Secretary shall provide for circulation,
>filing, and certification of petitions, nomination of candidates, and
>the recall election.
>
>SEC. 5. If recall of the National Coordinator is initiated, the
>recall duties of that office shall be performed by the
>Advisory Board Secretary.
>
>SEC. 6. An Advisory Board Member who is not recalled shall not
>have another recall action initiated against the member until six
>months after the election.
>
>SEC. 7. Terms of elective offices provided for by this
>Article, commence immediately following the election, and shall last
>until
>the term of the recalled Member expires.
>
At 12:05 PM 5/12/00 -0700, you wrote:
>>We take this position as we feel that this action was wrong and that to
>>promote submitting anything to any USGenWeb national project could put
>>those files in jeopardy. The actions of the National Coordinator and
>>non-action of the Advisory Board have made it obvious there is more
>>concern about possession of the files than there is in generating them,
>>encouraging the volunteers, or providing quick service when storing &
>>indexing files. I have assurances from both our National Coordinator and
>>Rootsweb that our State and County accounts at Rootsweb are secure >>from
>>any tampering, etc.
What does an assurance from this N.C. mean???? NOTHING
You sound like Chamberland coming back from his meeting with HITLER just
before WW II .
Give up your false hopes that anything is tamper resistant on the
Rootsweb server. I had a Coshocton OH site located on that server until
Brian Leverich changed the password on my account.THAT WAS IT ! GONE.
So don't tell me your files are safe on Rootsweb! and THINK TWICE
before believing in ASSURANCES from Brian Leverich!
I again repeat, as I've done for Many years, PUT your data on a server
that is not out to hold all the genealogy data in the world.!
Wake up volunteers!
SCott Williams
>Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 18:36:56 -0500
>From: Connie Snyder <cjsnyder(a)midusa.net>
>Organization: NEGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~negenweb/
>To: tstowell(a)chattanooga.net, jzsed(a)slic.com, pamreid(a)home.com,
> hollyft(a)bright.net, gingerh(a)shawneelink.com, richpump(a)wf.net,
> TVick65536(a)aol.com, jfisher(a)ucla.edu, FEATHER2s(a)aol.com,
> MaggieOhio(a)columbus.rr.com, shari(a)klondyke.net, jpowelljr(a)gru.net,
> pettit(a)Adobe.COM, betsym(a)1starnet.com, gbmayfield(a)tyler.net,
> RootsLady(a)email.msn.com, cjsnyder(a)midusa.net,
> SC list <STATE-COORD-L(a)rootsweb.com>
>Subject: Announcement
>
>Since the National Coordinator has seen fit to delink a national special
>project, and then did not relink that project when the Advisory Board
>failed to ratify that delinking, and since the National Coordinator has
>now decided to read something into a motion that wasn't there by
>declaring that the motion to sever its relationship with the USGenWeb
>Census Project, Inc. also meant (by reading between the lines) that the
>relationship with the domain name was severed, we will no longer
>actively support any National USGenWeb Special Project in our position
>as the NEGenWeb Project State Coordinator and NEGenWeb Project Advisory
>Committee. Our State website will follow the By-laws and we will provide
>the required links on our website, not necessarily on our main page. We
>will not encourage any of our volunteers to submit files to any national
>project. Our State Project will continue to serve the researchers who
>visit us at the State level.
>
>We take this position as we feel that this action was wrong and that to
>promote submitting anything to any USGenWeb national project could put
>those files in jeopardy. The actions of the National Coordinator and
>non-action of the Advisory Board have made it obvious there is more
>concern about possession of the files than there is in generating them,
>encouraging the volunteers, or providing quick service when storing &
>indexing files. I have assurances from both our National Coordinator and
>Rootsweb that our State and County accounts at Rootsweb are secure from
>any tampering, but I no longer have that assurance about any file that
>is stored in any of the national USGenWeb Project special projects that
>are based at Rootsweb.
>
>This statement may be forwarded as needed. I will not respond to private
>'flames'. Please do not send them.
>
>Connie Snyder, NEGenWeb Project State Coordinator
>Bill Oliver, NEGenWeb Project Assistant State Coordinator
>The NEGenWeb Advisory Committee
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>Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 11:38:20 -0400 (EDT)
>From: merope <merope(a)Radix.Net>
>To: Daily Board Show <usgw_all(a)listbot.com>, USGW-CC-L(a)usgennet.org
>Subject: Class action grievance
>
>
>I have forwarded the attached to each board member in order to attach my
>name to the grievance originally filed by Nate Zipfel on 6 May 2000. You
>are all welcome to do the same and to forward my message to any state or
>other project list you may feel is appropriate so that all interested
>parties may have the opportunity to join with the grievance.
>
>[Incidentally, the Board is now apparently discussing delinking two state
>projects, OHGW and NEGW, for their protest of the actions against the CP.]
>
>
>-Teresa
>merope(a)radix.net
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 11:33:59 -0400 (EDT)
>From: merope <merope(a)Radix.Net>
>To: Tim Stowell <tstowell(a)chattanooga.net>, jzsed(a)slic.com, pamreid(a)home.com,
> hollyft(a)bright.net, gingerh(a)shawneelink.com, richpump(a)wf.net,
> jfisher(a)ucla.edu, Ginger Cisewski <FEATHER2s(a)aol.com>,
> maggieohio(a)columbus.rr.com, shari(a)klondyke.net, jpowelljr(a)gru.net,
> pettit(a)adobe.com, betsym(a)1starnet.com, gbmayfiled(a)tyler.net,
> rootslady(a)email.msn.com
>Subject: Formal Grievance
>
>
>[The following grievance is adapted from that filed by Nate Zipfel on 6
>May 2000; I wish to join my name to his in this grievance. My
>representatives are respectfully requested to forward this to Board-L.]
>
>
>I wish to file a formal Grievance against the USGenWeb Project National
>Coordinator for violation of the USGenWeb Project Bylaws, specifically
>Article VIII, Section 3 and Article VI, Section 2. I further wish to file
>a formal grievance against the USGenWeb Project Advisory Board members who
>supported the actions of the National Coordinator, specifically for
>violation of Article VIII, Section 3 and Article VI, Section 3.
>
>The specific issues in regard to the National Coordinator are:
>
>1 - He willfully de-linked a recognized Special Project which was outside
>his authority to do.
>
>2 - He purposefully called for votes on very important issues without
>calling for a 48 hour notice for members of the USGenWeb Project to
>provide comment.
>
>The specific issues in regard to the Advisory Board members who supported
>the National Coordinator that they endorsed willful violations of the
>By-laws by:
>
>1 - Endorsing the National Coordinator's violation of the By-laws
>
>2 - Violating the USGenWeb By-laws
>
>Being that this grievance is being filed against board members and the
>National Coordinator, I request that neutral parties be appointed to
>address this grievance.
>
>sincerely,
>
>-Teresa Lindquist,
>CC for Johnson, Anderson, and Shawnee counties, KSGenWeb
>Publisher, Daily Board Show
>merope(a)radix.net
>
>
>
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