Minutes of the Board of Directors for the USGenWeb Census Project Meeting held 24 MAY 2001 via Internet using mIRC beginning at 20:39 EDT and ending at 21:55 EST. Present: Wayne Duncan, President Veda Mendoza, Secretary/Treasurer Ellen Horner, Membership Connie Burkett Jeri Shangle A quorum being present the meeting was called to order by Wayne Duncan Minutes for 12 Apr 2001; 26 Apr 2001; 10 May 2001 and 17 May 2001 were approved as presented via email. There were no officer, board or standing committee reports. There were no special orders addressed. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: There was no unfinished business addressed. NEW BUSINESS: A discussion was held concerning the election of the USGenWeb Census Project Coordinator. Per the by-laws the Coordinator serves a one-year term. It was agreed that the nominations would be held between May 25 and 30, 2001. Absentee voting will be held on May 31. The Coordinator will be elected at the annual Membership Meeting on June 1. We discussed the qualifications and agreed that the qualifications necessary would be the qualifications that would also qualify a person to be a voting member. Motion 2001-05 that the USGenWeb Census Project Coordinator must be elected from the voting membership of the Project. The motion passed with no dissenting votes. This now becomes policy. Connie Burkett requested that the following be made a part of the minutes: Any current voting members who have not yet met the voting criteria are grandfathered for one-year following the adoption of the Bylaws according to ART V, Sec. 3. Wayne Duncan accepted the statement as part of the minutes. Wayne Duncan adjourned the meeting.