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| Note: These rules are subject to change at any time without prior notice. All Coordinators must meet the following
basic requirements:
*Time to devote to properly maintaining
a county website,
*A basic knowledge of
HTML page coding and design, access to a HTML
Editor, or access to
a reliable Webmaster, *A basic knowledge of
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and access to a FTP
program,
*Ability to respond to
email messages from site visitors and from members
of the administrative
team in a timely manner. Monthly check-in is mandatory so we know you are still interested in maintaining your county(s). Failure to respond to the monthly roll call 3 months in a row may result in your county being returned to the 'Adoptable' Status. All County
Coordinators, County Co-Coordinators, Assistant
County Coordinators, and
Webmasters must keep the State Coordinator apprised of his or her current email address at all times and must remain subscribed to the CAGenWeb Project mailing list through Google Groups. The list is a discussion forum. All coordinators and webmasters must respond within ten (10) days to roll call whenever the State Coordinator initiates it. County Coordinators are responsible for
maintaining a website for their county's project.
The
CAGenWeb Project hosts its local projects and special projects together on one server, which is administered by the CAGenWeb Project State Coordinator and Assistant State Coordinator(s), at no charge to local and special project Coordinators. Being a Coordinator or a Webmaster carries no financial obligation whatsoever. County Coordinators are responsible for
adding actual data to their county's project website
at
least once each year. Project websites that only link to other external sites are not contributing to our mission and, therefore, are not acceptable. Each county website within The CAGenWeb
Project generally is maintained by one individual
volunteer. In some cases, duties are shared by more than one individual. The duties for each level project involvement are outlined below: County Coordinator (or County
Co-Coordinator): The County
Coordinator hosts one or more
county within the State of California. The County Coordinator (CC) is responsible for creating and maintaining the county-level project website. The CC may recruit research and lookup volunteers. The county website offers general assistance to the researcher and usually has links to a general query or message boards or mailing list(s) that researchers can use. In addition to the above, the CC tries to establish working relationships with other county websites (archives, research, universities, etc.) and often coordinates transcription projects to benefit researchers in that county. In the case of County Co-Coordinators, each coordinator shares responsibility and control of the county website equally. County Coordinators need not reside within the county that they host, though resident status is preferred. Assistant
County Coordinator: An Assistant County
Coordinator (ACC) offers general
assistance to the researchers (usually lookups) and/or provides others services for a County Coordinator, such as transcription of data. ACCs do not have direct access to county-level project websites, but they do contribute services and/or data to the website via the County Coordinator or County Webmaster. Assistant County Coordinators almost always reside within the county for which they volunteer services. Webmaster: A
Webmaster manages a county-level website for a
County Coordinator, but
generally does not offer assistance to researchers or provide any other services. Webmasters need not reside within the county for which they volunteer web services. Webmasters work with County Coordinators and Assistant County Coordinators to publish county data to the county's website. Special Project Coordinator: A
Special Project Coordinator (SPC) is responsible for
creating
and maintaining a special project website. The SPC may recruit research and lookup volunteers. The SPC tries to establish working relationships with County Coordinators and often coordinates transcription projects to benefit researchers in various counties. |