2002 GFA Reunion Agenda – Open Discussion

From: Larry Grinnell, Acting President

To: GFA Board Members

Here is the proposed agenda:

Meeting place and time: TBD by Marj Murray

Committee Reports:

• Newsletter
• Genealogical
• Treasurer
• Membership

• Book Sales
• Book Donations
  • Enough money exists in treasury for board members to identify more than one library each for donations (perhaps unlimited)
  • Other issues
• Genealogy Committee Issues
  • Purchase multiple memberships in Ancestry.com
  • 7-Generation research
  • Officially appoint Chuck Ketchum as Genealogical Committee Chair
  • Thanks to Chuck for getting Ark. Jim Grinnell’s files. Thanks, too, for massive updates and corrections to database.
  • Other issues
  • We might even want to revisit the United Kingdom research. Over the last few years, more records have been unearthed from all over Britain (many on CD-ROM). I forwarded an e-mail address to Chuck Ketchum of an Essex County researcher. I think it might be worthwhile to offer somewhere between $250 and $500 to get some work done over there.
• Newsletter/Genealogy on CD project
• Preview of nearly-finished project
• Web Site
  • Renewed domain (grinnellfamily.org) for $70.00 with register.com
  • New genealogy posted in June (with apologies for taking so long to post info provided in April)
  • Comments on web-based membership database?
  • Added access for Marj.
  • Had some instabilities that are hopefully resolved. Eventually want to move website to a hosted site. Cost probably $25-50/mo.
  • Other comments
• What do we do with Elizabeth Bartelds? Will someone take over the efforts to continue prosecution?
• Constitution/Bylaws revisions
  • Bruce presented some suggested changes at Seekonk but nothing done yet.

Nomination of officers for 2002-2003