Anne Arundel Genealogical Society: From the President

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From the President

From the (past) president’s (messy) desk:
        CONGRATULATIONS to our newly elected officers for the 2008-2010 term. Our new president is Connie Sparrow. Our new 1st vice president (programs) is Tina Simmons. Our new treasurer is Ron Davis. Please support them as they assume the leadership of our society!
        At our February 28th board meeting, we entertained a motion to increase the dues in the society to $25/individual, $30/family at the same address, and $500/life individual, effective with the beginning of our new fiscal year on September 1st. This is not a decision that we arrived at without serious discussion. The motion was tabled until our May 8th board meeting. We reviewed the membership prices of neighboring societies. From this review, we found that we offer more publications than other societies with comparable dues. We will soon have our third postal cost increase since our last increase in dues. We have been running with negative budgets for several years, now. We know that family expenses have increased, and that membership in our society is a leisure expense, not a necessary expense. We tabled the motion because, with the increase in dues, we wanted to offer our members more value in membership that wouldn't increase our expenses. To that end, we are working to have a digital audio presentation of our monthly speakers' presentations (along with handouts) available from this web site. If you go to the bottom of the page on "Meetings and Events", you will be able to listen to some very interesting presentations from our general meetings, including the one discussed next. In the near future, this will be a "Members Only" feature of our web site. For now, please enjoy the presentations.
        
UPCOMING EVENTS:
        Our very own Bob Barnes is presenting at a series of four family history workshops on Saturdays at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore. Please see the flyer under !!Special Events!! on our home page. Each session is from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and includes continental breakfast and box lunch.  Each session is only $40 MdHS Member, $50 non-member. Call (410) 685-3750 Ext. 321 for reservations. 
        The Maryland Genealogical Society is pleased to announce a Basics+ Workshop on census records, which will be held at the McKeldin Library, University of Maryland College Park on Saturday, July 26, 2008. Staff from the National Archives and Records Administration will share their insights on United States census records, some of our most valuable genealogical sources. The program will run from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The cost for pre-registrants is $15.00 for MGS members and $20.00 for non-members. The deadline for pre-registration is July 19. Walk-in registrants will be accepted at an additional $5.00 cost.  A registration form and further details are available at www.mdgensoc.org. 
        At our short business meeting in December 2006, we approved the board's recommended changes to our bylaws. You can find them under the "Mission/Bylaws" hot button on the home page.
	Yours,
	Paul Izat, Past President
	May 2, 2008

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