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From: Bob Bamford <>
Subject: Re: [BOARD-L] Additional Resources could become available..
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 05:31:01 -0500


At 07:12 PM 11/30/98 -0700, you wrote:
>As the rep for the archives, I am very interested in pursuing this.
>Jan

How about a motion to the affect that the Archives Project should persue
this matter making no commitments and report to the board all progress on a
weekly basis and an assesment by 1/1/98? All correspondence with these
folks should also be kept by the Archives Project for future reference.

Bob

>>Dear Sir,
>>>
>>>I am writing you on behalf of a Company that I work in an attempt to
>>>establish communication and get the initial "ball rolling". Though I do
not
>>>have authority to speak for the Company, I have talked to the CEO of the
>>>Company and he is very interested in hearing more on what I have proposed.
>>>
>>>The Corporation, System Integrators, Inc., has been in business for 25
years
>>>now and has been a top level producer of Publishing Software for the
>>>International Magazine and Newspaper publishing industries. In its early
>>>years, System Integrators, Inc. produced terminals and connective software
>>>to Mainframe Computers. More recently, as the personal computers became
>>>more prevalent, System Integrators, Inc. provided emulation boards to
>>>connect PC's to the Tandem Mainframes. Ever changing with today's
>>>technologies, System Integrators, Inc. continues to lead the marketplace in
>>>software and it's connectivity to mainframes.
>>>
>>>What I had proposed to my CEO, Mr. Frank Washington, was to find out
whether
>>>we, as the software writers, had the ability to turn on some type of switch
>>>that would allow our customers to be able to "forward" their daily
>>>obituaries to your project's archives ? We already produce the software
>>>that our customers use to create their obituary columns, why can't we keep
>>>all future typing to a minimum ? I know that the volunteers that are
typing
>>>past documents are extremely overworked and if there is a way to "keep up"
>>>with today, why not ? My continued thoughts would be that on a daily or
>>>weekly basis, our customers could compile their data, push their button and
>>>forward the data on to a central receiving point designated by GenWeb for
>>>final archiving ?
>>>
>>>Right now, the thoughts are rough, the intent and benefits are long
lasting.
>>>I would continue to assume, that as the individual transcribers receive
>>>"posting" credits for their work, so could the "donating" newspaper or
>>>agency receive the same byline(s) ? System Integrators, Inc. would only be
>>>receiving compensatory compensation from it's customers for the added
>>>feature(s) provided by this ability vs. sharing a byline by donation.
>>>
>>>My question(s) to you are;
>>>1. In what form would the U.S.GenWeb Project prefer to receive the daily or
>>>weekly information ? After researching the Idaho records this morning on
>>>the FTP site, even the Census has been transcribed into ASCII text ?
>>>2. Presuming that down the road, that "this" project were in test phases,
>>>would it be better to FTP the information to a receiving site for further
>>>processing ? or directly into it's final resting grounds ?
>>>3. We also provide a format for the industry using Adobe's PDF ( Portable
>>>Document Format ) which carries all of the pictures, text and fonts as a
>>>single document. It is fully searchable and can be modified, if so need
be.
>>>Would this be a better option ?
>>>
>>>I am quite sure that there are many more details to work out before we can
>>>get this project going ? I will be stepping out of the picture as things
>>>progress, as relaying information between sources has a tendency to fall
>>>apart if not monitored properly and this is not part of the scope for the
>>>department I do work in. I hope that my insight into the needs of GenWeb
>>>and my insight into my Company's abilities can work out a mutually
>>>beneficial partnership.
>>>
>>>Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
>>>
>>>Sincerely,
>>>
>>>Toby White-Beebe
>>>Network/System Specialist
>>>
>>>SYSTEM INTEGRATORS, INC.
>>>1300 National Drive
>>>Sacramento, CA 95834
>>>(916) 929-9481 ext. 3432
>>>
>>>Business Email;
>>>Business Website ;http://www.sii.com
>>>Personal Email ;
>>>
>>>Cc:Julia M Case, Editor RootsWeb Review
>>>
>>>
>>>
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