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Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Oregon's Amendment Proposal to Article II, section 2
Resent-Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 15:38:06 -0600
Resent-From: STATE-COORD-L(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 17:39:25 -0400
From: Holly Timm <usgenweb(a)cox.net>
Reply-To: STATE-COORD-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: STATE-COORD-L(a)rootsweb.com
The following Bylaws Amendment, sponsored by ORGenweb, has been posted to
the USGenWeb Project site:
http://www.usgenweb.org/official/amendments.html#oregon
Please forward to your state lists.
>I, John Henry McCoy, State Coordinator for Oregon GenWeb Project,
do
>hereby submit the following AMENDMENT for consideration by the voting
>membership of The UsGenWeb Project, in compliance with the current
>Bylaws, it having been approved for submission by the coordinators
>in the State of Oregon: Proposed as Amendment, pertaining to Article
>II, section 2 of The UsGenWeb Project Bylaws, which originally reads
>
>Section 2. This purpose shall be accomplished by presenting websites
>which shall be central repositories of historical and genealogical
>research data, donated either by the website Coordinator or other
>contributor. In presenting this information, the foundation of the
>organization shall be at the local websites (county, township,
>parish, town, etc.) which shall be linked to the state websites
>which shall be linked to the national website. The UsGenWeb Project
>shall also provide a "digital library" called The UsGenWeb Project
>Archives(SM). Shall be amended to read as follows:
>
>Section 2. This purpose shall be accomplished by a mutual linkage
>of websites which shall be central repositories of historical and
>genealogical research data. The National website shall link to
>each State website, each state website shall link back to the
>national website. Each local website within each State shall
>mutually link to the State website, or County website if intermediate
>levels are provided. Each state shall link to their respective
>County and Local websites as well as other intermediate level
>websites within that county. All recognized USGenWeb Project sites
>will have The USGenWeb Logo prominently displayed near the top
>of the dedicated USGenWeb Project page and will link to the national
>website. The UsGenWeb Project shall also provide a Digital Library
>(specifically "The USGenWeb Project Data Library") and other
>sites including but not limited to "Special Projects".