LINKS TO MINUTES September 2012 Session	September 2012 Session Opened Motion 2012/13-01 Motion to Sustain the Special Rules Motion 2012/13-02: Appointment of Board Secretary Approval of August Advisory Board Minutes Adjournment
SESSION OPEN	1 September 2012 I want to take a moment to thank each and every Board member that has served this term. Each of you demonstrated unflagging support for each other, for the Project, its volunteers and to the entire genealogical community as we dealt with the issues presented this term. Thank you all for doing a very hard job very well. It has been a pleasure to serve with all of you and I look forward to working with you all again this coming year. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Suzanne Shephard and Jeff Kemp respectively for their service to the Project in their role as Board Secretary and Web Manager. Their dedication and service to this Project is a credit to each of them. A great big thank you also goes out to all of the Standing Committee volunteers. The volunteers who serve on the committees go the extra mile to assure that the duties of their respective committees are carried out to serve and benefit the entire USGenWeb Project community. The 2011-2012 USGenWeb Project Advisory Board session is adjourned. Sherri Bradley National Coordinator USGenWeb Project Information about the USGenWeb Project at http://usgenweb.org Advisory Board Agenda http://usgenweb.org/agenda2.shtml The 2011-2012 USGenWeb Project Advisory Board Term is called to order. This being a new term, will you all please respond that you are present? This may be a first - we had no departing members of the Advisory Board! I would like to welcome returning board members Nancy Janyszeski, Alice Allen, Ann Allen Geoghegan, Les Shockey, Denise Wells, Larry Flesher and Pat Asher. Your 2012/2013 Advisory Board members are: NC: Sherri Bradley RAL: Tina Vickery Special Projects: Cyndie Enfinger Regional Representatives: NENC SC: Nancy Janyszeski NENC CC: Alice Allen, Pauli Smith NWPL SC: Bill Oliver NWPL CC: Ann Allen Geoghegan; Nancy Beach SEMA SC: Les Shockey SEMA CC: Denise Wells; Jeff Kemp SWSC SC: Larry Flesher SWSC CC: Linda Lewis, W. Pat Asher Sherri Bradley 4 September 2012 All board members have been subscribed to the Board-Exec, Board, AB-Chat and State Coordinators lists. The Board-Exec list is a confidential list. All postings to Board-Exec are required to remain confidential. It will be a list that we use for personnel issues. If you agree that you will honor the confidentiality of Board-Exec, please signify by responding with "Agree". If you do not feel that you can honor the confidentiality of Board Exec, please signify by responding with "Disagree".
Motion 2012/13-01 Motion to Sustain the Special Rules	4 September 2012 With the conclusion of the National election, even without a change in National Coordinator of the USGenWeb Project, a motion to sustain the Special Rules is required according to Section 1 of the Special Rules at http://usgenweb.org/volunteers/special-rules.shtml "SECTION I. SUSTAINING/CHANGING THE SPECIAL RULES. These Special Rules will be sustained by motion/voting when a change in permanent National Coordinator occurs. These rules may be amended or revised by the members in accordance with USGenWeb Bylaws, Section VIII, Advisory Board Procedures at http://usgenweb.org/volunteers/bylaws.shtml May I hear a motion to sustain the Special Rules located here. http://usgenweb.org/volunteers/special-rules.shtml 5 September 2012 Moved by Les Shockey and seconded by Bill Oliver, the motion reads: "I move to sustain the Special Rules located here: http://usgenweb.org/volunteers/special-rules.shtml Is there any discussion on this motion?  If not please indicate by responding "No Discussion". Sherri Bradley National Coordinator 6 September 2012 Please vote on motion 2012/13-01, which reads: "I move to sustain the Special Rules located here: http://usgenweb.org/volunteers/special-rules.shtml If you agree with the motion, please respond with "agree" or "yes"; if you disagree with the motion, please respond with "disagree" or "no". Voting will continue until 8:00 pm EDT 9 September 2012 unless completed prior to that time. 16 September 2012 With 12 members voting, motion 2012/13-01 passed. Those voting to approve the motion: Alice Allen, Ann Allen Geoghegan, Bill Oliver, Cindy Enfinger, Denise Wells, Jeff Kemp, Les Shockey, Linda Lewis, Nancy Beach, Nancy Janyszeski, Pat Asher and Pauli Smith. Those voting "no": none Those not voting: Larry Flesher and Tina Vickery. "Let the record show that both members did vote to approve" Sherri Bradley National Coordinator
Motion 2012/13-02: Appointment of Board Secretary	16 September 2012 Moved by Les Shockey and seconded by Larry Flesher and dated 16 September 2012, the motion reads: "I move to appoint Suzanne Shephard to serve again as secretary for the AB by general consent." Are there any objections to this motion? Sherri Bradley National Coordinator 30 September 2012 Having heard no objections, motion 2012/13-02 has passed. Sherri Bradley National Coordinator
Approval of August Advisory Board Minutes	16 September 2012 The August 2011 Advisory Board minutes have been posted at http://usgenweb.org/business/AB-08-2012.shtml  Please take a few moments and review them for errors or omissions. If no comments/corrections are noted, they'll stand approved at 7:00 am on EDT 16 September. 29 September 2012 Having heard no objections, the minutes stand approved. Sherri Bradley National Coordinator
Adjournment	1 October 2011 The September 2012 session of the Advisory Board is adjourned and the October 2011 session is opened. Sherri Bradley National Coordinator

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