Macoupin County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 95
Staunton IL 62088-0095
http://macoupinctygenealogy.org/mcgs/index.html
Cindy Leonard,
President
January 20, 2009
To the Board of Directors of the Macoupin County Genealogical Society:
After discussing changes and
needs to continue our society, those of us attending tonight’s meeting
–
myself, Jarid Ott, and Sharon Bruhn – things have become very evident.
The following decisions have to be made:
- Raise dues to $20.00 per year for upcoming year.
Alternatives?
a. Eliminate newsletter (we are paying out $45.00
more/year than we take in)
b. Publish only 2 newsletters per year with no increase in pages/issue
c. Disband when we run out of money
- Eliminate refreshments – saves money.
- It has been discussed
by those of us who do attend
that
we meet quarterly.
I’m sorry to
see an organization that was started right here in in 1980 disintegrate
to nothing. It
appears that the interest is gone. Numerous people have asked
that their names be added to our meeting reminder mailing
list,
but in spite of having done that, with monthly reminders having
been sent,
our attendance is still limited. Several of us have been
filling
several offices even though not officially elected to them. There is so
much we could do, but not with
the few who are attending meetings.
Most meetings,
no action is taken on business items because no one has the time to
take on
another project. One of our far away
members, Alice Sherfy Berman, is going to type the Old Settlers volumes
for us
and I will add pictures to them. The
file will be converted to PDF and sold on CD only. We can’t afford
printing costs for
publications anymore and who has room to store all of that? Another
possible project would be to get the
program about the Sears Homes in Carlinville on DVD and offer it for
sale.
If any of you
have any other projects that you can prepare to be sold on CD or DVD,
please
let us know so we can discuss it.
I know I sound
very negative about our society right now, but the handwriting is on
the
wall. We are not the only society in
this situation. Unless any of you can
provide a legitimate reason not to raise the dues, this will become
official
with the 2009/2010-membership year. Feel
free to comment to me or the entire board regarding this situation.
Cindy
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