FYI. I will conduct a poll of volunteers to see if we would
like to co-sponsor this amendment . After a period of
discussion, I will poll volunteers beginning on Thursday,
March 1, 2007.
Tina
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Burow" <sburow(a)swbell.net>
To: <board(a)rootsweb.com>; <usgw-discuss(a)rootsweb.com>;
<state-coord(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 1:42 PM
Subject: [STATE-COORD] Announcement - Bylaw Amendment Proposal by KSGenWeb
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The KSGenWeb Project has proposed the following amendment to the USGenWeb
Bylaws pursuant to Article XVI, Section 3, and has been posted to the
USGenWeb Project national webpage at:
http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/notice.shtml
and is quoted in it's entirety here:
In compliance with bylaw Article XVI, the KSGenWeb Project requests the
following proposed amendment to the USGenWeb Bylaws be presented on the
ballot during our annual voting period July 1, 2007 through July 31, 2007
for approval by The USGenWeb Project membership.
Proposed Amendments to the USGenWeb Bylaws - February 20, 2007
The State Coordinators represent the smallest segment of the USGenWeb
Project membership. Their members makeup approximately 5% of the
membership
but they are allocated over 25% of Advisory Board positions. The State
Coordinators should not have a larger ratio of representation than the
Special Projects and Local Coordinators on the Advisory Board.
As the terms of the present positions for regional State Coordinator
Representatives expire they will be replaced by the new positions of this
proposal. Three (3) at-large representatives will replace three (3) State
Coordinator Regional Representatives and one State Coordinator
Representative elected by all State Coordinators will replace one (1) of
the
State Coordinator Regional Representative.
With the above as reference the KSGenWeb Project is sponsoring the
following
amendment to the USGenWeb bylaws.
Amend Article V.
ARTICLE V. COMPOSITION OF ADVISORY BOARD which reads:
"The Advisory Board membership shall consist of: the National Coordinator,
four (4) State Coordinator Regional Representatives, eight (8) Local
Coordinator Regional Representatives, one (1) Special Projects
representative elected by members of the special projects, and one (1)
at-large representative. All shall have voting privileges except the
National Coordinator who shall vote only in the case of a tie. The regions
from which State Coordinator and Local Coordinator Representatives are
elected shall be decided by the Advisory Board on an annual basis."
>From the above, strike three (3) State Coordinator Regional Representative
positions from the four (4) present State Coordinator Regional
Representative positions and replace with three (3) at-large
representatives
positions and one (1) State Coordinator Representative position.
The amended article will read:
ARTICLE V. COMPOSITION OF ADVISORY BOARD
"The Advisory Board membership shall consist of: the National Coordinator
and four (4) at-large Representatives, elected by all members of the
USGenWeb Project, one (1) State Coordinator Representative, elected by
State
Coordinators, eight (8) Local Coordinator Regional Representatives,
elected
by Local Coordinators, one (1) Special Projects Representative elected by
members of the Special Projects. All shall have voting privileges except
the
National Coordinator who shall vote only in the case of a tie. The regions
from which Local Coordinator Representatives are elected shall be decided
by
the Advisory Board on an annual basis."
As terms of State Coordinator Regional Representative positions expire
they
will be replaced with the positions of this amendment. The first two State
Coordinator Regional Representative positions terms that expire will be
replaced by the one (1) State Coordinator Representative to be elected by
all State Coordinators and by one (1) at-large representative. The
remaining
two (2) State Coordinator Regional Representative positions, upon
expiration
of their term, will be replaced by two (2) at-large representatives."
Any project wishing to co-sponsor this amendment should advise a member of
the USGenWeb Project Advisory Board so that their name may be included as
a
co-sponsor. The proposed amendment shall remain posted to the national
webpage until the annual election.
Scott Burow
National Coordinator
USGenWeb Project
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