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From: GingerH <>
Subject: Re: [BOARD-L] Motion 00-29A Vote
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 05:38:14 -0500


> Please vote on Motion 00-29A as follows by sending along
> your vote equivalent of yes, no, abstain. Thanks, Tim

Yes

Ginger

----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Stowell <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 12:18 AM
Subject: [BOARD-L] Motion 00-29A Vote


>
> Motion 00-29A reads:
>
> Whereas, the mark "USGenWeb" has been in public use since June 1996 as
> a Collective Membership mark[*] for the USGenWeb Project, a non-profit
> volunteer group providing free online genealogical services, and the
> derivative mark 'USGenWeb Archives' has been in public use since August
> 1996 as a service mark for the USGenWeb Project's archival services,
> and the derivative mark 'USGenWeb Archives Project' has been in use
> since that date as a Collective Membership mark for that subset of the
> Project's volunteers who manage and maintain that archival service, it
> is the finding of the USGenWeb Advisory Board that the USGenWeb Project
> as a group is the rightful holder of 'USGenWeb', 'USGenWeb Archives',
> and all derivative marks.
>
> Whereas the USGenWeb Archive's Project's current Coordinator, Linda Lewis,
> filed[**] with the U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office (PTO) on 1 May, 2000,
> an application (Serial Number 78006402) in which "Linda Lewis" is listed
> as the name of the applicant, and "volunteer group" as the applicant
> entity type, that application containing the declaration that "no other
> person, firm, corporation or association has the right to use the mark",
> such an application, if granted, could deny to the USGenWeb Project the
> lawful right to use the marks by which it has identified the Project's
> member web sites for over four years.
>
> Therefore, the USGenWeb Project Advisory Board officially requests that
> Linda Lewis withdraw her application as soon as possible, and that she
> furnish the Advisory Board with a bona fide copy or proof of her
> withdrawal of said application.
>
> The Advisory Board further advises Linda Lewis that it is the Project's
> intention to retain the legal right to the USGenWeb Archives mark, and
> that if proof of withdrawal is not received by the Advisory Board within
> ten (10) business days of the passage of this motion, the Advisory Board
> will assume that withdrawal is not forthcoming and will proceed with
> other measures to protect the Project's right to the mark.
>
> Recognizing that Linda's goal in making her application was to protect
> the USGenWeb Archives mark from unauthorized use by those not representing
> the USGenWeb Project, the Advisory Board assures Linda Lewis that if
> her application is withdrawn, the Advisory Board will act as expeditiously
> as possible to register the USGenWeb Project's legal right to the mark.
>
> Recognizing that the authority for determining membership in the
> USGenWeb Archives Project lies with the Coordinator of the USGenWeb
> Archives Project, the Advisory Board further assures Linda Lewis
> that if her application is withdrawn, authority for granting or
> removing authorization to use the USGenWeb Archives mark to identify
> web sites as part of the USGenWeb Archives Project will be assigned by
> the USGenWeb Project to Linda Lewis as long as she is a member of the
> USGenWeb Project and holds the office of Coordinator of the USGenWeb
> Archives Project.
>
>
>
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