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- April 16, 1993
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- Worldwide__Genealogy__Association
- North American Component
-
- -= Serving Genealogy Bulletin Boards and Users =-
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- PURPOSE
- ~~~~~~~
- This document provides guidance for SYSOPS and individuals who are
- members of the Worldwide Genealogy Association, North American
- Component (WGA-NA) and who participate in the WGA-NA Network
- (WGA_Net). The WGA-NA is a professional, nonprofit association of
- genealogists. The WGA-NA shares with WGA-EUR in operating an
- electronic communications network called WGA_Net.
-
- MEMBERSHIP
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- Membership in WGA-NA is gained by completing a membership
- application and submitting it, either directly or indirectly
- through a WGA_Net Host, to the North American Coordinator,
- Worldwide Genealogy Association. There are two types of
- membership: SYSOP and PRIVATE.
-
- A SYSOP is the operator of a bulletin board (BBS) which carries
- genealogical conferences for the use of callers. The bulletin board
- operates and is accessable 24 hours per day except during Zone Mail
- Hour. A SYSOP shall not act as a feed to non-members; however, all
- callers to the SYSOP member's bulletin board shall be able to read,
- answer and enter messages in those WGA_Net public conferences carried
- on the SYSOP's bulletin board. If a caller desires to download all
- messages in any or all WGA_Net conferences, that caller must become a
- member of WGA-NA prior to being allowed to download.
-
- Persons who are PRIVATE members do not operate a bulletin board but
- use the information in genealogical conferences furnished by the
- WGA_Net for personal research purposes. The PRIVATE member can
- receive traffic on all the echoes authorized a SYSOP member.
-
- At the present time, no dues are being collected from members of WGA-
- NA. However, dues are currently being paid by members of the Worldwide
- Genealogy Association, Europe (WGA-EUR) and It is anticipated that as
- the network grows in North America that meager dues will be collected.
- If, and when, this is done the amount of such dues will be set at that
- level which will *only* pay for intercontinental telephone calls which
- must be made to transfer traffic between continents.
-
- PROCEDURE FOR JOINING WGA-NA
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A SYSOP (or PRIVATE node) should first (electronically) obtain a
- membership application from a Host in the WGA_Net. The application
- should be completed and returned to the Host. The Host will
- (electronically) forward the completed membership application to the
- North American Coordinator of WGA (WGA-NA) (40:2/1). Upon approval of
- the applicant by the Coordinator, the Coordinator will furnish
- (through the Host) the new member a WGA_Net node number.
-
- RULES FOR MEMBER SYSOPS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Current rules for all WGA_Net SYSOPs are contained in the file
- WGA_RULE.TXT.
-
- AVAILABLE FACILITIES
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The WGA_Net furnishes conferences as listed in the current
- WGA_ECHO.NA (or WGA_ECHO.EUR) file.