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Meeting
Gogebic Roots Genealogical Society
Annual Meeting is tentatively scheduled for
September 16th
– 11:00 A.M. - at the Elk & Hound Restaurant.
GOGEBIC
RANGE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
August 4,
2010 - 10:00 A.M.
BESSEMER
HERITAGE CENTER - BESSEMER, MI
President, Gary Harrington, called the meeting to order at 10:00 A.M. Board members present: Gary
Harrington, Diane Egan, Dwight Filippini, Tim Egan and Karen Bielawski. Absent without notification: Gail Speer.
Agenda: Approved as printed.
Minutes: Motion by Karen, seconded by Tim, to
accept the July 7, 2010 minutes as printed; motion carried.
Correspondence/Announcements: (1) Northwoods Genealogical
Conference co-sponsored by Eagle River, Lakeland Area and Northern Waters
Genealogical Societies will be held on September 11, 2010 at the Woodruff
Community Center in Woodruff, WI; and (2) Gary and Karen summarized the various
requests for information recently received.
Treasurer's Report:
Dwight reported the following activity for July:
Income
Dues Obits Donations
Expenses
Balance
$36.50 $236.00 $0.00
$346.00
$4,069.68
A motion by Diane, seconded by Tim, to file the report for audit.
Committee Reports:
Research: Karen volunteered
to continue on in this capacity.
Website: Continues to be working smoothly.
Programs: A discussion was held on speaker/s
for future meeting/s and at this point there are no definite arrangements for a
speaker for our Annual Meeting.
Newsletter: Gary has finished the July Newsletter
and this will be placed on our website.
Obits: Karen has received many requests for
information and one contained approximately 50 names. Diane continues to input the obits
weekly from the Ironwood Daily Globe.
Membership:
Diane is sending Membership renewal notices one month prior to expiration and
the members are added/up dated on our active membership list as Dwight receives
payments.
Cemetery: Dwight reported no activity at
present and the Board discussed the possibility of doing some work in the
Ironwood Cemetery.
Nominating Committee: Tim and Dwight reported that Karen
and Gary have volunteered to be placed on the slate of proposed Board members,
which leaves one more person needed.
Old Business:
Gary will handle the reservations at Elk & Hound for our Annual Meeting. Diane will send a copy of the Call to
Meeting, Board Members’ Ballot, and Bylaw Change Ballot to Gary and Gail. These will be put onto our website
will the hope that all members will vote.
Our next meeting (Annual Meeting) is scheduled for September 16th –
11:00 A.M. – at the Elk & Hound Restaurant.
New Business:
None.
There being no further business, Dwight moved and Karen seconded, to adjourn at
11:10 A.M.; motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane M. Egan
Acting Secretary
GOGEBIC
RANGE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
JULY 7,
2010 - 10:00 A.M.
BESSEMER
HERITAGE CENTER - BESSEMER, MI
President, Gary Harrington,
called the meeting to order at 10:00 A.M.
Board members present: Gary Harrington, Diane Egan, Dwight Filippini, Tim
Egan and Gail Speer. Absent with
notification: Karen Bielawski.
Agenda:
Approved with the addition
of Bylaws under New Business.
Minutes:
Motion by Tim, seconded by
Gail, to accept the June 2, 2010 minutes as printed; motion carried.
Correspondence/Announcements:
(1) Federation of
Genealogical Societies Annual Conference is August 18-21, 2010 in Knoxville, TN;
(2) Joint Societies Workshop will be held on September 11, 2010 in Minocqua, WI;
(3) National Genealogical Society Conference is scheduled for May 11-14, 2011 in
Charleston, SC; (4) Federation of Genealogical Societies Annual Conference is
planned for September (no date available at present) 2011 in Springfield, IL.
Treasurer's Report:
Dwight reported the ease of
using Paypal appears to be bringing in more timely payments with the following
activity for June:
Income
Dues Obits Donations
Expenses
Balance
$24.00 $106.00
$17.00
$50.00
$4,101.61
A motion by Gail, seconded
by Tim, to file the report for audit.
Committee Reports:
Website:
Gail supplied the Board
with passwords and id’s for our website and the original copy was filed. She also mentioned that it is
necessary to make our website renewal payments in time or the website would be
erased. Dwight requested an invoice
be made by Gail so all charges can be brought up-to-date.
Programs:
Gail will contact Sharon
Cook (her great-grandmother perished with the Lady Elgin on Lake Michigan), and
Dwight will contact Jim Ghellar (of the Bessemer Historical Society and Piave
Society), as a possible speaker/s for the Annual Meeting. The Board decided to send a post card
to all members announcing the Annual Meeting once the speaker and date have been
established.
Newsletter:
Gary has plans to publish
one this month.
Obits:
Diane continues to input
the obits weekly from the Ironwood Daily Globe and Karen reported via email that
the current obit requests are completed.
Membership: Diane is sending Membership
renewal notices one month prior to expiration and as payments are received the
members are added/up dated on our active membership list.
Cemetery:
Dwight reported he has not
received any new cemetery lists recently.
Old Business:
Karen’s subscription to
Newspaper Archives expires May 2011 and the Board will then check into current
subscriptions available at the Godfrey Memorial Library.
Our next meeting is
scheduled for August 4th – 10:00 A.M. – Bessemer Heritage Center and
the Annual Meeting is tentatively scheduled for September 16th
– 11:00 A.M. - at the Elk & Hound
Restaurant.
New Business:
Gary appointed Dwight and
Tim to the Nominating Committee and Gary has agreed to be placed on the slate of
proposed Board members. Karen will
also be contacted.
Following a discussion,
Dwight moved and Tim seconded, to send to a membership vote the following Bylaw
change:
ARTICLE VI: BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Section 4.
Five Board
members shall constitute a quorum.
Change to:
Four Board members shall constitute a quorum.
There being no further
business, Dwight moved and Tim seconded, to adjourn at 11:10 A.M.; motion
carried.
Respectfully
submitted,
Diane M. Egan
Acting
Secretary
GOGEBIC
RANGE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
JUNE 2,
2010 - 10:00 A.M.
BESSEMER
HERITAGE CENTER - BESSEMER, MI
President, Gary Harrington,
called the meeting to order at 10:00 A.M.
Board members present: Gary Harrington, Diane Egan, Dwight Filippini, Tim
Egan and Gail Speer. Absent without
notification: Karen Bielawski.
Agenda:
Approved.
Minutes:
Motion by Gail, seconded by
Dwight, to accept the May 13, 2010 minutes as printed; motion carried.
Correspondence/Announcements:
None.
Treasurer's Report:
Dwight reported the
following activity for May:
Income
Dues Obits Donations
Expenses
Balance
$72.00 $26.00
$7.00
$90.00
$4,096.68
Committee Reports:
Website: Following a discussion, Diane moved
and Tim seconded, that Gail invoice us quarterly for the monthly charge of
$40.00 to maintain our website.
Motion carried. The Board is very
pleased that our website continues to run smoothly.
Programs: Gary attended a Consortium meeting in
Ishpeming, MI and returned with no new ideas for a program on mining. Possible ideas for future meetings
were discussed and suggestions are welcome.
Newsletter: Gary will continue to write our
Newsletters and welcomes input from all of our members.
Obits: Diane reported that obits thru May
15, 2010 have been input. Gail has
January thru July 2006 done and will continue as soon as information is
available on the Internet. The
process of payment via Paypal is running smoothly.
Membership: Diane is
sending Membership renewal notices one month prior to expiration. Payment of dues can now be made via
Paypal.
Cemetery: Gary will help with Ironwood cemetery
research and Dwight will do the same for the Bessemer cemetery. A special paper is available to do
tombstone rubbings with the use of the paper and a tennis ball.
Old Business:
A group subscription to
Godfrey Memorial Library in CT. is not available was reported by Gary. Following a discussion, Gail moved,
seconded by Dwight, that when Karen’s present subscription to Newspaper Archives
expires, GRGS will pay for her Scholar Blue Package subscription to Godfrey
Memorial Library; motion carried.
Diane will check as to the expiration date of Karen’s subscription.
Dwight reported that an
E-filing receipt has been received from the IRS notifying that our 990-N form
for 2008 has been accepted. This
form is necessary to maintain our non-profit status.
New Business:
A tentative Annual Meeting
date of September 16th, 11:00 A.M. at the Elk & Hound Restaurant was
set.
For security purposes, Gail
will provide the Board with passwords and id’s for our website at our next
meeting.
There being no further
business, Dwight moved and Tim seconded, to adjourn at 11:15 A.M.; motion
carried.
Respectfully
submitted,
Diane M. Egan
Acting
Secretary
GOGEBIC ROOTS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
MAY 12, 2010 – 10:00 A.M.
BESSEMER HERITAGE CENTER – BESSEMER, MI
President, Gary Harrington, called the meeting to order at 10:00 A.M. Board members present: Gary Harrington, Diane Egan, Dwight
Filippini, Karen Bielawski, Tim Egan and Gail Speer.
Agenda:
Approved with the addition of: New Business – A. Newspaper Archives.
Minutes:
Diane moved to approve the minutes of
January 6, 2010 as printed, seconded by Dwight; motion carried.
Correspondence/Announcements:
Northern Waters Genealogical Society is
planning a Beginners Workshop on June 5th at the Presque Isle
Community/Library building from 8:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Treasurer’s Report:
Dwight reported a balance of
$4,054.94 and the following:
January Income $103.00 Expenses $241.00
February Income $ 87.00
Expenses $585.22
March
Income $149.00 Expenses $0.00
April
No totals available
Diane moved to file for audit, Karen seconded; motion carried. Our post office box rental has
increased from $38.00 to $40.00 per year.
Committee Reports:
1.
Website – Karen and Dwight expressed thanks to Gail as Paypal has made
responding to obits and corresponding payments for them flow more smoothly.
2.
Cemetery – No report.
3.
Newsletter – Gary has prepared one for April and is continuing with the
Enlistment Records for Company 1, Third Infantry, of the Michigan National
Guard. Also to be included is a
“searching for” section and items of local history. Anyone having items they wish to
contribute, please contact Gary.
4.
Obit/s – Karen has been busy processing the many requests. Also see #1. Diane will continue to input the
obits from the Ironwood Daily Globe.
5.
Membership – Diane has sent notices to expired memberships and also those that
come up for renewal thru June. The
Board decided to mail renewals if the email addresses fail to work.
6.
Program/s – Any suggestions for programs would be appreciated and can be
directed to any Board member.
New Business:
A discussion was held on future programs.
Dwight will check into the possibility of a speaker on Italian Heritage
and Gary will do the same for Mines/Mining.
The Board welcomes any, and all, suggestions.
Gail reported that payments for obit requests are accepted via check/s, credit
card/s and Paypal. International
payments can now also be made thru Paypal.
A big thank you was extended to Gail for her enthusiasm and dedication in
helping our website to be a success.
Old Business:
Karen stated that the charge for subscribing to Newspaper Archives was
approximately $119.00 per year and Gary stated for Godfrey Memorial Library it
was approximately $80.00 per year.
Information on various types of memberships for each will be researched for our
next meeting.
Our next scheduled meetings are:
June 2nd and July 7th at 10:00 A.M. at the Bessemer
Heritage Center.
There being no further business, Dwight moved and Gail seconded to adjourn at
11:50 A.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane M. Egan
Acting Secretary
Please note our Board meetings are open to all who wish to attend.