ARTICLE XII. STATE PROJECTS
Section 1. Each state shall have a State Coordinator who manages the state website and oversees the state project. In addition, each state shall have an Assistant State Coordinator or other support team in place that can take charge in case the State Coordinator becomes unavailable for a period of 30 days, unless there are extenuating circumstances.
Stare Coordinator: Tim Stowell tstowell@chattanooga.net
Assistant State Coordinator:
Other Support Team:
Section 2. The state website shall include direct links to
the county pages,
Georgia
Counties Selection List
The USGenWeb Project national website,
The USGenWeb Project - Home
Page
The USGenWeb Project Archives (Digital Library) at both
their own state and
USGenWeb
Project: GAGenWeb Archives
the national levels,
USGenWeb Archives - census wills
deeds genealogy
The USGenWeb Project's Guidelines/Standards for county websites
The
USGenWeb Project - Info for Volunteers -
County
Website Guidelines
(which includes a link to the Official Project Name/Logo page),
USGW -Official
Logos and Name
The USGenWeb Project Copyright Information page,
The USGenWeb
Project - Copyright Information
and the WorldGenWeb Project.
WorldGenWeb Project.
Section 3. It shall be the responsibility of each state organization to
ensure that the state project is in compliance with the stated bylaws of
The USGenWeb Project.
The USGenWeb Project
Bylaws
Section 4. State Coordinators shall remain subscribed to the State Coordinators mailing list and maintain a current mailing list of all local-level coordinators. State Coordinators shall provide their name, postal address, and phone number to the National Coordinator to be held in strictest confidence and only used in the case of an emergency.
Section 5. State projects are empowered to develop/adopt any additional rules/bylaws and guidelines, as appropriate, for their state so long as they do not conflict with these bylaws. State projects shall be highly encouraged to develop and adopt rules/bylaws that cover grievance procedures within the state
Section 6. It shall be the responsibility of each state project to periodically review local-level project websites to ensure compliance with The USGenWeb Project/XXGenWeb Project established guidelines/standards.
Section 7. The state project shall have the responsibility to remove any links to websites which fail to meet The USGenWeb Project/XXGenWeb Project established guidelines/standards.
Section 8. State Coordinators shall be elected to those positions by the local-level coordinators within the state. Those State Coordinators and Assistant State Coordinators in place at the time these bylaws are adopted shall be exempt from election procedures, unless he/she/they are removed, resign, or are unable to perform their duties.
Section 9. State Coordinators and Assistant State Coordinators are subject to possible removal by a 2/3 vote of the Advisory Board and a 2/3 vote of the Local Coordinators within the state. A quorum of 75% of the Local Coordinators shall participate in order for the vote to be binding.
Section 10. If a State Coordinator is unable to perform his/her duties, the Assistant State Coordinator, or other support team, shall serve until an election can take place within the state. In the case of state projects with more than one Assistant State Coordinator, they shall choose one among themselves to serve in the interim.