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From: "Ms. Piglet" <>
Subject: Re: [BOARD-L] Motion to Adopt Resolution
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 23:06:19 -0600


I agree absolutely with what Trey has said.

My understanding of the nature of project government is that it's kind of a
states' rights thing.....the board only has the powers over states (and/or
special projects) that are listed in the bylaws, and I'll be damned if I can
find anywhere in the bylaws that the board is given sufficient power to
radically reorganize the special projects in this fashion.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Trey Holt <>
To: <>
Date: Friday, 05 March, 1999 18:24
Subject: Re: [BOARD-L] Motion to Adopt Resolution

>I'm only going say two things:
>
>1. I will publicly say here that I am definitely opposed to the proposed
>resolution.
>
>2. Any action this drastic that affects the very structure of the project
>would have to be made as a change to the bylaws not as a resolution by this
>board. Any resolution by this board should only be in the form of a
>recommendation or as an opinion statement. In any case I am still opposed.
>
>Trey Holt
>
>
>
>At 01:34 PM 3/5/99 EST, you wrote:
>>I Move the adoption of the following Resolution:
>>
>>Whereas, the USGenWeb Project has amassed huge amounts of data, with the
>>purpose of making it available to all researchers free of charge, and
>>
>>Whereas that purpose remains unchanged, and this collection of data has
>become
>>large enough that diversification has become necessary, and
>>
>>Whereas the Bylaws of The USGenWeb Project addressed this in Article XIII
by
>>separating the digital library commonly referred to as "the Archives" into
>>separate entities, naming them The USGenWeb Archives Project, The USGenWeb
>>Census Project, and The USGenWeb Tombstone Project, and provided for the
>>creation of future Special Projects, appointment of Coordinators for them,
>and
>>specified how these things must be accomplished, and
>>
>>Whereas common sense indicates that each Special Project should have its
own
>>directory and its own infrastructure for file creation, uploading and file
>>maintenance and not have their files co-mingled with those of any other
>>Special Project, therefore be it
>>
>>RESOLVED:
>>
>>That the Special Projects of the USGenWeb Project be known collectively as
>the
>>USGenWeb Project Digital Library and a page be placed on the national
website
>>at www.usgenweb.org/library.html and at www.usgenweb.net/library.html as a
>>main entrance to the Digital Library, with all Special Projects of the
>>USGenWeb Project being listed, a brief history of each Special Project, as
>>well as a link provided there to each Special Project, and
>>
>>That each Special Project will maintain their own directory and
>>infrastructure, separate from any other Special Project, and further
>>
>>That duplication of the efforts of any Special Project by any other
Special
>>Project is counterproductive and not to be done; whenever possible,
>volunteer
>>submissions will be referred to the appropriate Special Project, and
>>
>>That the National Coordinator of the USGenWeb Project will instruct the
>>Webmaster for The USGenWeb Project to place this Resolution on the Special
>>Projects page of the national website within 48 hours of its adoption by
the
>>Advisory Board, and
>>
>>That the Secretary of the USGenWeb Advisory Board be required to
distribute
>>this Resolution to all the Regional Mailing Lists, the State Coordinators
>>List, and the unofficial USGenWeb -Discuss and USGenWeb-ALL lists within
the
>>same 48 hour period.
>>
>>Respectfully submitted,
>>
>>Ginger Cisewski
>>Northwest-Plains CC Representative
>>
>>
>>
>

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