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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 

 

 

 

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