Hi all,
Just realized I missed this forward. As it pertains to Local and State requi
rements, I felt it important to pass along.. better late than never.
Tina
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Subj: [BOARD-L] Guidelines Committee report for the week ending 4/20/2002
Date: 4/21/2002 9:21:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time
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GUIDELINES COMMITTEE WEEKLY REPORT, for the week ending April 20 2002
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On April 14, the weekly report was submitted to the Project. A comment was
received from Advisory Board member Robert Bremer. He is opposed to making
the "local resources" section required and suggested that this information
be recommended and a help page be provided for LCs. After some discussion,
the Committee was still in agreement that requiring the Local Coordinators
to provide this information will benefit genealogical researchers, although
Robert's suggestion of a help page was positively received and will be
considered.
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Local Resources: The Committee continued to discuss this issue and come up
with a list of sugggested items to include in the Local Resources section
of the local webpages. The current proposed wording of this section is as
follows:
"Each Local Coordinator is required to provide a page or section listing
contact information for local resources as part of their USGenWeb
site. "Local Resource" is defined as a place located in or near the area
covered by the webpage and contact information should include an address,
telephone number, email address and/or website, if
available. Additionally, you may provide information on the type of
records held by each resource. Examples of local resources that should be
included if available are: county courthouse, public library, genealogical
society, and historical society. You may also provide information on
churches, cemeteries, the local newspaper, museums, funeral homes, regional
archives or historical societies, or any other locally available resource
that may hold material of interest to genealogists."
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Additional State Requirements: On April 20, the Committee began to discuss
the item in the current Guidelines suggesting that LCs read the FAQ for
their state to see if there are additional guidelines specific to the
state. Discussion on this item continues.
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Recommended Links: On April 20, the Committee began to discuss
"Recommended Links" as they are listed in the current Guidelines. It was
suggested to drop the recommended link to
USGenWeb.org, as it is included
in "Required Links" in the proposed new guidelines. It was recommended to
retain the suggestion to link to the Archives, but to update the link to
its search page. It was recommended to retain the link to WorldGenWeb. It
was recommended to remove the link to Gene Stark's Gendex, as it is
believed to be outdated. Discussion on this item continues.
===
The current version of the working document is posted
at:
http://www.radix.net/~merope/lcguide.txt
Please address comments to Teresa Lindquist <merope(a)radix.net>
-Teresa Lindquist
Chair, Guidelines Committee
Representative At Large, USGenWeb Project
merope(a)radix.net