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Subj: [BOARD-L] Guidelines Committee, weekly report for the week ending
3/16/2002
Date: 3/17/2002 12:04:20 PM Eastern Standard Time
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GUIDELINES COMMITTEE WEEKLY REPORT, for the week ending March 16 2002
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On March 10, Holly Timm announced the formation of the Guidelines
Committee. Teresa Lindquist called the meeting to order on March 11.
These are the 10 committee members and a bit about each one:
Teresa Lindquist (Chair): with USGW since August 1996, coordinator for
two Kansas counties and a co-coordinator on another; currently serve
as the Representative At Large on the Advisory Board; publisher of the
Daily Board Show; formerly served on the Election Study Committee and
on the predecessor to this committee, the Guidelines "starter"
committee.
Alice Allen: CC for 4 counties--1 in KS, 2 in OH, 1 in WA
Jan Cortez: WI Census Project; CC for NY, WI, MI, IA,VT,PA, and OH.
Morgan Johnson: county coordinator for two parishes in Louisiana and
one county in Illinois since 1996.
Rich Howland: [did not respond to roll call]
William David Samuelson: Baker and Grant County, Oregon
Don Tharp: CC for three Kansas counties and have been with the project
since 1996.
Cheryl Parker: hosts 3 counties in Indiana, one being the Unknown
County page; also hosts 2 county biography pages in Indiana
Cheryl Rothwell: CC for Logan County, IL
Lorraine Newsome: CC in Ohio, SD, AR, MI, WI, NY (also ASC), and IL
(also ASC); on the EC as a rep for the NE/NC Region
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The Chair announces that the order of discussion will be to proceed
through the current guidelines for Local Coordinators, State
Coordinators and Special Projects and recommend revisions. Then
additions to the guidelines will be discussed. The Chair also
announces that a weekly report will be filed to the Project outlining
progress.
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First topic opened for discussion on March 11 is the title of the
revised guidelines. After some discussion, the title "Guidelines for
Local Coordinators" was selected on March 14. This title is
recommended both because the term "Local Coordinators" is used
throughout the bylaws, and because it covers a wider base of
volunteers than the more commonly used "County Coordinators".
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Second topic opened for discussion is the "requirements for Local
Coordinators". This topic was opened for discussion on March 13.
There are currently 2 requirements for Local Coordinators: 1. All
websites shall include prominent display of The USGenWeb Project logo
on the home page. 2. Solicitation of funds for personal gain is
inappropriate. This is defined as the direct appeal on the home page
of any of the websites comprising The USGenWeb Project for funding to
do research, to pay for server space, to do look-ups, etc. These
cannot be changed by the Committee, but will be listed for
recommendation for inclusion in updated guidelines.
In the current Guidelines there are three other requirements: 1.
requirement to join the state mail list; 2. requirement to have a
query page; and 3. requirement to link to the county selection list
for their state.
State Mail List: It was noted that the current requirement for CCs to
join a state mailing list contradicts a requirement in the current
guidelines for State Coordinators. It is suggested that the
requirement to join a state mailing list be retained and the SC
guidelines updated to match that requirement. It is also suggested
that a notice informing the volunteers of a mandatory subscription to
USGENWEB-NATL-L, the Election Committee's announcement list, should be
included in the guidelines.
Queries: It is the decision of the group to retain an amended query
requirement. Local Coordinators will be required to provide a
mechanism by which visitors to their pages can submit and view
queries, but the specific method shall be left up to their discretion.
It is also suggested that LCs add disclaimers to their sites when they
are linking to outside query resources and that they provide
instruction on how visitors may return to their pages after visiting
them.
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On March 16, Teresa Lindquist posts a "working document" of proposed
revisions. It is available at
http://www.radix.net/~merope/lcguide.txt and will be updated as
needed.
Any comments on this report may be sent to Teresa Lindquist at
merope(a)radix.net
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-Teresa Lindquist
Chair, Guidelines Committee
Representative At Large, USGenWeb Project
merope(a)radix.net