Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 15:11:43 -0700
From: "Richard (Isaiah) Harrison" <IsaiahH(a)cox.net>
Subject: [USGW-Discuss] The Hosting Agreement
To: USGENWEB-DISCUSS-L(a)rootsweb.com
I have received a number of requests for additional information regarding
the Hosting Agreement with
RoosWeb.com: "When will it be posted for us to
read?" "Does Rootsweb own our data now?" "Is it the same one the
Archives
signed?' "Which AB members voted for or against it?"
The Hosting Agreement is confidential. It will not be publicly posted
It's certainly not unusual for businesses to consider the details of
contracts and
negotiations as proprietary information and part of what we agreed to was
not to disclose.
RootsWeb.com and
MyFamily.com sign many different
agreements with many different organizations for many different purposes.
They figure it is in their best interest not to have people comparing
apples and oranges.
The Hosting Agreement affects only our use of the web space given to us by
RootsWeb for our National website.
It doesn't affect ownership of our trademark or our domain namesThe
Project still owns them. It doesn't affect copyrightsubmitters still own
their data. And I have no idea whether or not the Archives have signed the
same or a different agreement.
The AB did not vote on the Hosting Agreement.
The AB read the agreement, discusses it, argued about it and suggested
changes to it. Considering all their input and advice, I signed the
Agreement as National Coordinator.
I am happy to answer any other questions you may have, but I will not
violate the confidentiality of the agreement.
-Isaiah
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