LFA Board Minutes - 2006-01-08
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Livingston Family Association Board Meeting
DATE: Sunday, January 8, 2006
TIME: 7:00 PM
PLACE: Charlene Clark's Home
Present: Ted Livingston, Ross Livingston, Blaine Livingston Ann MacDonald, Nadine Curtis, Charlene Clark, Lynne Herring, Enid Cox
Excused: Stott Cook – vacationing in Australia and New Zealand
Opening Prayer - Ann Macdonald
Welcome - Ted Livingston
Ted discussed Robert’s Rules of Order and invited us to abide by them in the meeting.
Review Minutes - Enid Cox
Minutes from last meeting read and approved.
Financial Report - Enid Cox
Discussion regarding spending of money and our responsibility to carefully use the donations made to the organization. It was agreed to put a blurb in the newsletter.
Reunion - Ann MacDonald
Ann brought an assignment sheet from Stott and the board reviewed the suggestions. The tentative plans for next year’s reunion to be held at Soldier Hollow Chalet in Heber City - which Stott has reserved and paid for Friday night and Saturday, June 16th and 17th. The place is available to us after 3:00 pm on Friday. That night will be only a campfire and visiting. Saturday will be breakfast, activities and meeting and then a bring-your-own lunch. Stott will do the sign and fires. Ann will develop a theme for the reunion. We talked about a theme – something like “LIVINGSTON LINKS THROUGH TIME”. Blaine was assigned to call Susan Easton Black to see if she was available to speak. If not, he will contact Joseph McConkie. If that doesn’t work, he and Stephen will work up a presentation on power point. Since Stott wasn’t there we volunteered him for the children’s activities. Charlene volunteered to do the awards.
Schedule for the reunion:
- 9:00 – Registration, Name Tags, and Dues Collected??? (Inserted by Enid)
- 9:30 – 10:30 Breakfast served by the board – Lynn Herring will plan and purchase food.
- 10:30 – Business Meeting
- Election of officers
- Finance Report
- Ancestor Research Project
- Web Site Review
- Descendancy Chart
- 11:00 AM – Program –
- Awards
- Speaker (as discussed above)
- 12:30 PM – Bring your own Lunch
- 2:00 PM – Board Meeting
Future Reunions
Future reunions will be:
- 2007 - Birch Creek - Dance Hall
- 2008 - Wheeler Farm
- 2009 - Black Hawk
- 2010 - Cottonwood Canyons
Descendancy Chart Report - Blaine Livingston
There has been a good response from the request for descendancy information. Blaine reports there are now 2200 names on the chart. Article in the newsletter still offering a Livingston patch to anyone who submits their information. This has been a great incentive. Motion made by Blaine to purchase more patches. Second by Charlene. Check given to Blaine for more patches and postage.
Ancestor Research Project
Discussion was held regarding suggestions made by Nadine Curtis for a project. It was agreed that they were all good suggestions. Lynn Herring will work with Nadine Curtis and move forward with a project. Everyone liked the idea presented of a “story book” of our ancestors, but agreed this needed more time. Nadine and Lynn will come up with the project for this year and write a newsletter article about it. Blaine made the motion to bring the maternal lines into the research project. It was seconded by Ann and agreed by all.
Newsletter Report - Charlene Clark
About 100 to 150 people are receiving the newsletter now by email. We are hoping to increase that to reduce mailing expenses. Ross does a great job of converting it to a format that can be accessed on the internet. The next newsletter will go out in February. It will include reunion information, a history, a plea for dues and information about a specific ancestral project. HAVE YOUR ARTICLES TO CHARLENE BY JANUARY 30, 2006.
Website Report - Ross Livingston
Ross has done some great things with the website and the verified information that he has. In the next few months he will continue to work on it. Ross will renew the web site and maintenance.
Assignments
- Charlene will work on making copies of the Bill Livingston video to have available at the reunion.
- Ross will work on a CD of Livingston photos.
- Nadine and Lynn will come up with an ancestral project for this year and write a newsletter article about it.
Board Members for 2005-2006
Board meeting attendance was not quite 100% - with Stott missing, a group picture was taken of the board.
| Name | Term Expires |
|---|---|
| Stott Cook | 2006 |
| Blaine Livingston | 2006 |
| Ann MacDonald | 2006 |
| Charlene Clark | 2007 |
| Enid Cox | 2007 |
| Nadine Curtis | 2007 |
| Lynn Herring | 2008 |
| Ross Livingston | 2008 |
| Ted Livingston | 2008 |
Next Meeting
Next meeting to be held at the home of Ross Livingston on April 9, 2006, 7:00 PM (PUT THIS ON YOUR CALENDAR NOW!)
Respectfully submitted by Enid Cox