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>From: Donald Tharp <dontharp(a)onemain.com>
>Subject: Guideline Committee Report
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>GUIDELINES COMMITTEE REPORT,
>for the week ending August 09, 2002
>
>===
>
>State Coordinator Guidelines: On August 09 the Committee ended
discussion on
>the following proposed changes to the State Coordinator
guidelines.
>
>===
>
>Public/county coordinator inquiries:
>State Coordinators are expected to respond to all inquiries from Local
>Coordinators and the Public within seven to ten days. State Coordinators
are
>also expected to follow up on all complaints from the public
concerning
Local
>Coordinators.
>
>Required links:
>The following links are required for all state pages:
>
>*Counties within the state
>*The USGenWeb Project -
><http://www.usgenweb.org/> or <
http://www.usgenweb.net/> or
><http://www.usgenweb.com/>
>*The USGenWeb Archives Project -
><http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb>
>An optional link to the archives search option might also be included:
><http://searches.rootsweb.com/usgwarch.html>
>*A link to The USGenWeb Project's Guidelines/Standards for county
>websites, <
http://www.usgenweb.com/volunteers/countypage.html>
>as well as a link to the Official Project Name/Logo page.
><http://www.usgenweb.com/volunteers/namelogo.html>
>*The USGenWeb Project Copyright Information page.
><http://www.usgenweb.com/volunteers/copyright.html>
>*WorldGenWeb Project -
><http://www.worldgenweb.org/>
>
>===
>
>The Committee will be discussing the following State Coordinator
guidelines
>
>Recruit/startup help for county coordinators:
>Include information on adopting available counties and help new
coordinators
>get their pages started. A committee of experienced county
coordinators
could
>be formed for the purpose of aiding new coordinators.
Alternatively or in
>addition, a "help" page addressing the most frequent problems encountered
by
>new coordinators could be considered.
>
>Recommended (Optional) Items:
>* Recruit someone to coordinate archives submissions for the state
>* County boundary maps since the state was first settled showing changes
>* Lookups
>* A place for visitors to post surnames for unknown counties
>* A page for visitors to post queries for unknown counties
>* As much information as possible regarding the state's research
resources
> with links
>* A listing of state and county genealogical societies, with links as
> appropriate
>* Establish or encourage state projects such as state history, Civil War
> regiment transcription, etc.
>* A bibliography related to research in the state
>* Family reunion announcements
>
>The USGenWeb Project policy on HTML code, graphics, etc.:
>It is the policy of The USGenWeb Project to obtain permission from the
>creator of the code, graphics, and backgrounds before using them on our
>pages unless they have been placed in the public domain. If you find
yourself
>having used someone's code without their permission, please
either obtain
>that permission or remove that feature from your pages. This includes
pages
>of links that others have put together.
>
>Welcome to the Project:
>Beyond these few requirements, your page is yours to do with as you
please.
>Should there be any changes made in the basic
guidelines/standards, you
>will be notified by the national coordinator and this website will also
be
>updated. We welcome you to The USGenWeb Project. If you need
>assistance with getting your pages uploaded, check out the Upload Help
>page. Please don't hesitate to ask someone associated with the project or
>post a query on the RootsWeb Help mail list, if you have problems not
>addressed by the Upload Help page.
>
>===
>
>A working copy of the State Coordinator guidelines may be reviewed at URL
><http://home.onemain.com/~dontharp/state/scguide.html>
>Also, a working copy of the Local Coordinator guidelines may be reviewed
at
>URL
><http://home.onemain.com/~dontharp/state/lcguide.html>
>
>Please address comments to Don Tharp <dontharp(a)onemain.com>
>
>-Don Tharp
>Chair, Guidelines Committee
>Host - Chautauqua county, KS