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Minutes From General Meeting April 10, 2008

President's Opening remarks- The President welcomed all members and guests.

Announcements and Reports

The President announced the following events:

“Harvest Your Family Tree” seminar in Kelowna Saturday Sept. 27, 2008, Featuring the following speakers: Ann ten Cate, Bob Ell, Marina Garrison, Sherry Irvine, Dave Obee, Tracy Satin, Brenda Smith, Sylvie Tremblay, Sharon Weber, 24 Concurrent Sessions to choose from, Okanagan College Campus, 1000 KLO Road, Kelowna, BC, Friday, September 26, 2008, Dinner & Keynote Address, Hosted by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, For more information and to register, please download the, Seminar 2008 brochure and registration form by typing in “Harvest Your Family Tree” seminar.

The Victoria Family History Centre of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Presents “A Family History Seminar - Branching Out on Your Family Tree”, Saturday, April 19, 2008 - 8 am to 4 pm, 701 Mann Avenue. Register online – www.genealogyvictoria.org or telephone 250.479.3631.

“Future Evidence, Past Record” An Archives and Records Management Conference, April 24, 25, 26, 2008 - Harbour Towers, Victoria, BC. Inspiring speakers, educational workshops, networking opportunities, entertaining walking tours and site visits, and a shared banquet. Speakers and workshop facilitators will also address practical issues relating to program funding, media preservation, and metadata in the context of the archival world. More information is available on the AABC website.

The President announced the resignation of Roni Frey as Director of SIGs. Any events that Roni had been involved in planning will go ahead as planned.

The President reported the lack of progress in securing a Nominating Committee and asked for volunteers for both the Committee and the positions of President, SIG Director and Projects Director. If no nominations are received, nominations from the floor of the AGM, may be the only way of filling the vacant positions.

The President also reported that the Journal staff desperately need a volunteer to assist them with recruiting more advertisers and asked anyone willing to help to contact Peter Weinrich or Pat Rosson.

Vice President Ron Nicholson:

Announced that the speakers for the May meeting will be VGS members Phyllis Lindsay, Gael Huntley and Melanie Arscott. One more speaker is required and anyone interested should contact Ron.

Asked that anyone attending the upcoming seminar at the Victoria Family History Centre of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints take note of the speakers and contact him with the names of anyone that might be a possible speaker for VGS meetings.

Leila Muldrew:

Announced that a Silent Auction would be held at the May meeting and asked that anyone who had suitable items for the auction to please bring them to the Library before the May meeting.

Pat Rosson:

Announced that a seminar would be held on October 25th, 2008. Speakers will be Penny Christenson and Brian Hutchison. Details of the seminar will be provided in the next issue of the Journal

Member recognition:

The following report was made by Pat Rosson recognizing VGS members:

Tonight we continue to recognize members who have or are serving this Society and who are still members. We really appreciate their efforts and hope their example will encourage others to volunteer their services. Those members whose number lies between 400 and 599 will be recognized and are invited to enjoy this evening’s refreshment.

#418 – John Clazie is one of our longest serving Library Volunteers.

#491 – Gerry Poulton has previously been the Society’s Secretary and is now a Library Volunteer and is also serving on the Celebration Committee.

#499 – Keith Holden has been our Vice-President at least twice and has been Library Volunteer for many years.

#528 – Robert Irvine collects the Island Farm bar codes which so far this year has raised $124.50.

#590 – Margaret and Harvey Buckmaster who together have served as SIG Coordinator. Harvey also spent many hours documenting and photographing the Veterans’ Cemetery.

#591 – Peter Vaines has served as our Treasurer and is now a Library Volunteer. Peter is also a member of the Celebration Committee.

Tonight we are also going to recognize member #129 Dorothy Sweet. Dorothy has been a good friend to genealogy and to this Society in particular. She joined the Society soon after she took up residence in Canada and has been shuttling back and forth between here and Cornwall for many years. She is very knowledgeable on English resources and has mentored the South West England SIG for a long time. We would like to thank Dorothy for the many resources she has placed in our Library and wish her well on her return to England.

Special Presentation:

Wendy Leyland presented Dorothy Sweet with a special memories album thanking her for her involvement with the VGS. Dorothy responded with a few words of thanks. In Dorothy’s honour a cake was served at the refreshment break.

Guest Speaker

The guest speaker was Roger Stonebanks, author of “Fighting for Dignity: The Ginger Goodwin Story”. Roger’s presentation dealt with his experiences researching this book and his discovery that many mistakes had been made and simply repeated by previous writers who failed to check with original sources.

Roger and his wife Helen both, thank the members in attendance at the April General Meeting for their hospitality.

If anyone wants more information about Albert (Ginger) Goodwin and his life and death, they should just e-mail Roger @ - rstonebanks@telus.net - The book can be purchased for $20 by contacting Roger.

Further information is available at two Cumberland websites: Cumberland Museum and The Cumberlander (click on the Goodwin section).

Minutes by Patricia Acton
Secretary
Victoria Genealogical Society

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