The
Troy Irish Genealogy Society did meet on Thursday, December
16 th, at Mahrs Place in South Troy.
Attending the meeting were Kristin
Ayotte, Bill McGrath, Rich and Eileen
Shea, Lizette Strait, Mike McAlonie
and Jeanne Keefe. The meeting had been
planned as a holiday gathering but
an abbreviated business portion was
conducted.
The meeting was brought
to order by Jeanne Keefe. Minutes from
the last meeting, 11/17/04, were previously
approved by attending members and posted
to the web site.
OLD BUSINESS
Members
Projects – Bill
McGrath informed the group that
there are 29 people across the
country working on the transcription
of the Burden Records. At the
time of the meeting there were
16 of 73 pages still out being
transcribed. Kay Brearton, Marialice
Mangan and Lynn Grice are doing
proofreading. Bill asked for
more volunteers to move the
project along. He had pages with
him at the meeting and Kristin
Ayotte
volunteered to assist. There
are still pages to be proofread
and volunteers are being sought.
When completed Jeanne Keefe
will set up for posting on the
TIGS Web site.
Website
Update – Jeanne
informed the group that with
every addition to the site we
would need to look for growth
options. We have limited space
allowed and will need to explore
other avenues.
Tours – None
planned
Group
Resources – Tabled
Report
from List Administrator – Tabled
Links
to other websites – Tabled
Meeting
Place Discussion – The
group attempted to book Mahrs
Place for the January meeting
but the room was not available.
Will meet in January at the CDCC
at 6:15 on 1/19/05. Jeanne will
post directions, details on the
web site. The night and location
of future meetings is up for
further discussion. It was noted
that the CDCC is planning a move
per the bulletin received by several
members.
Charter/Mission
Statement – The
Charter and Mission Statement were
posted for review by all list members
and only 3 comments were received for
change and 1 for no change. Both Donna
and Ruth were concerned with the Mission
Statement using only the word “Troy” when
referring to our Irish Families. The
group agreed that inserting other cities
into the Mission Statement would lose
its original identity of researching
Troy Ancestry. Realizing that families
did indeed move from place to place,
but maintaining our focus on Troy,
the group agreed to insert the word “area” into
the Mission Statement.
Therefore the following
is the final draft; “The
mission of the Troy Irish Genealogy
Society is to discover, share and honor
the heritage of our Troy area Irish
families through monthly meetings,
our web-site and participation of our
members.”
Bob had also commented
on the above item and also noted that
getting 2/3 of the dues paying members
to make changes to the charter would
be extremely difficult. He suggested
that 2/3 of the vote cast would be
appropriate. This change was adopted.
NEW BUSINESS
Member
Projects – Joan
Howe has contributed a listing
of the Troy Police Department
back to the original members.
It has been posted to the web
site.
Charter – Dues
collected from membership will
be used for postage, copies and
any costs affiliated with projects
in the future.
Checking
Account – Jeanne
Keefe will look into opening
a checking account for TIGS to
deposit membership dues.
Co-Chairs – Kristin
Ayotte volunteered to chair the
January and February meetings.
A co-chair would be greatly appreciated.
Genealogy
Table – Lizette
Strait shared a notebook found while
renovating her home. Details of the
notebook were previously posted to
the list. Kristin Ayotte brought with
her a business card circa 1910 found
in her home to give to Lizette. The
card belonged to the builder of her
home, George Strait, an ancestor of
Lizettes’. Kristin also gave
to each attending member an Irish 1
cent Euro as a “very” small
holiday gift.
Holiday
Gathering - The
group ordered food and enjoyed
some holiday chatter before going
home to holiday work…
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