Minutes of the Board of Directors for the USGenWeb Census Project Meeting held 24 July 2001 via Internet using mIRC beginning at 20:17 EDT and ending at 20:51 EDT. Present: Wayne Duncan, President Ellen Horner, Vice President Sandy Onbey, Secretary/Treasurer April Phillips A quorum being set, the meeting was called to order by Wayne Duncan. Officer, board, or standing committee reports: None presented Special orders addressed: None presented Minutes of the 17 July 2001 meeting as sent electronically have been received by all present and there being no discussion or corrections are accepted as sent. Old Business: State Coordinator Recruits: Wayne commented that his potential recruit is hesitant because she is so new to transcribing and nervous about HTML. She is also worried about transcribing and handling SC duties at the same time. He will contact her again in a couple of days. April also has a potential recruit. Service Mark update Wayne had called the attorney at the Trademark and Patent office, but both times she had been out of the office. He left messages, but no results as yet. He will try again and if no contact this time will send a letter if he does not hear from her by Wednesday. The Board agreed that this was the best way to handle it. Wayne also mentioned that he felt Sue was in a better position to Inform the USGW AB of our service mark request. Wayne said that he would speak to Sue about it and draft something for her to send. Volunteer and Elected Agreements Ellen will be making some adjustments on the draft of the agreement and will submit a final draft to the Board for their approval. After each of the Board members have signed their agreement, it will be posted on our website and will also be included in the minutes. The Volunteer Agreement and the Coordinator Agreements are not yet Ready. New Business: Wayne mentioned that he is working on an award certificate for Ron and Connie to acknowledge them for all the work they have done for the Project both past and present. When finished, we will post it to the Recognition page. All present Board members agreed whole-heartedly. Wayne Duncan adjourned the meeting at 20:51EDT to reconvene on July 31, 2001 at 20:00 EDT (8:00 PM) Items for next Board Meeting: Final draft of Elected Agreement Volunteer Agreement Coordinator Agreement Award for Ron and Connie Service Mark Contact? Standing of possible new recruits for SC