Møde om Arkivalieronline
A meeting was held in Copenhagen on the 18th March 2005 at the Rigsarkiv - the Danish National Archives - about their web site of census and church book images.

Participating were:-
the chairman of Sammenslutningen af Slægtshistoriske Foreninger
Elsebeth Ib,
representing DIS-Danmark Jens V. Olsen,
representing AOHackers Per Agerbæk
for Statens Arkiver Erling Haagh, En medarbejder ved AO
Chr. R. Jansen,
Brian Jessen, webmaster
Johan Peter Noack and Poul Erik Olsen.


At the meeting the many questions which users of Arkivalieronline, had raised were discussed. In spite of differences it was agreed to seek solutions cooperatively.

It was agreed
1. to form a working group to investigate solutions within the existing budget to improve the performance of the network and the server.

2. to recommend that major downloads using AO-Værktøj should preferably be between midnight and 9.00am danish time.

3. to recommend that the big downloads, of kirkebøger or folketællingsmateriale, be restricted to users current needs.

4. to establish a brugerråd (users group), that can enable future cooperation.

5. to meet again when the working group has a report on 1. above, and has a proposal of rules for a users' group vedtægter for et brugerråd.