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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
3 January 1998
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met
January 3, 1998 at the LeMars Public Library at 1:30 p.m.,
President Darrell Easton presiding.
Darrell told of two members who had died
recently, Rose DuVal "Duval" on Jan. 1 and Theodore
Moeller on Dec. 30. Sympathy cards were signed by the
members present.
The minutes were read and approved and the
treasurer's report, showing a balance of $160.55, was read and
accepted.
A miniature poinsettia was sent to the DuVals
before Christmas. There being no time to bring this before
a meeting, the membership approved it at this time.
Darrell mentioned the certificates for CD
rental/donations again. These certificates may be
purchased, as many as you want, to help boost the CD ROM fund at
any time. Anytime you wish to rent a CD, you may turn in a
certificate.
The Social Security CD will be ordered for our
library.
It was believed that an unintentional error
had been made in changing a by-law in May and June of 1997, this
being Article 5 Section 2 on officers and elections.
Motions were made and rescinded when it was found that the change
had evidently been made previously. The article read:
Upon acceptance of their nomination and election, officers shall
serve for a term of
one year and may be re-elected for one subsequent term in that
office.......
The change would read: Upon acceptance
of their nomination and elections officers shall serve for a term
of one year. Officers may be re-elected for additional
terms at the discretion of the members...... The words
"for one subsequent term" were changed to read "
for additional terms at the discretion of the members".
The matter of liability insurance was tabled
for one month. It will be voted on at the February meeting.
Good comments were made on the last
newsletter. A discussion was held about the cost and size
of the newsletter. It was decided that we keep it the same
number of pages, small enough so cost of mailing each one does
not exceed 78?.
Stan Bastman moved we keep our ad in the
Hawkeye Heritage. Ethel Heidesch seconded the motion. Motion
carried.
Each year before January 31, we will need to
pay sales tax we are a non-profit organization, but if the money
from sales is given to another non-profit organization, there is
no need to pay sales tax to IRS. But, if the money is kept
in the organization, we need to pay the sales tax.
The Heritage Quest will be in our area and we
will sponsor them in June or July. Marla Nelson moved we do
this, seconded by Verna Shockey. Motion carried.
A discussion on procedure for remembering our
deceased members was held.
Motions were made and dropped for lack of a
second or a favorable vote. We discussed the possibility of
sending plants or flowers; how much to spend; if a member loses a
relative, which relatives would warrant receiving regards;
memorials for members, not to "sxceed" exceed $25, to
the CD Fund, etc. Clay Nemmers moved we send cards to
deceased members' family and get-well cards to members, seconded
by DeBoom, motion
carried.
We still need an historian and a
secretary. Ethel Heidesch agreed to be the Historian.
No one volunteered for secretary. John Winterringer moved
and Frank Postma seconded a motion that the nominating committee
reconvene and have a secretary nominated for the February
meeting.
Kathy Fischer moved and Stan Bastman seconded
that the meeting be adjourned.
Darrell awarded some certificates to the
first 11 members who started our group four years ago. He
also presented certificates to charter members, with April
1994 being the cut-off date. He read the names of
those who had continuous membership for 4 years. He
had some nteresting statistics about our membership and the
Computer Genies.
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
7 February 1998
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met
February 7, 1998 at the First United Methodist Church in Sioux
City, Iowa, President Darrell Easton presiding. There were 31
members and guests in attendance.
Everyone introduced themselves, the minutes
were read and approved and the
treasurer reported a balance of $256.83.
Stan Bastman gave a library report and also
presented a bill for printing.
On the matter of liability insurance, Clay
Nemmers reported that a company he talked to said it is not worth
it for what it would cost. Stan Bastman moved and Clay
Nemmers seconded the motion that we will not pursue a liability
insurance policy at this time, motion carried.
The March meeting will be March 7 at Meriden
with Madonna Harms, a professional
genealogist and archivist speaking on Orphan Trains. The
April meeting is undecided at this time; the May meeting will be
at WIT in Cherokee with the program on the Internet.
The June meeting will be in Cleghorn at the
school building. This will be a Heritage Quest
workshops The schedule is, 7:30 - set up, 8:30 -
registration, 9:00 - program, 10:45 - program, 12:00 lunch, 1:30
- program, 3:15 - program. The fee will be $30 (our cost $24) and
$15 additional ('pur cost $10) for a spouse. Kathy Fischer
moved that we set these fees, Stan Bastman seconded, motion
Carried Larry DuVal moved we add a $5 charge for
registration received less than one week prior to the day or at
the door. Stan Bastman seconded the motion, motion
Carried Darrell appointed Sally Oswald and Pat Behrens to
be in charge of the lunches
There will bebrown bag lunches with extras,
such as beverage, cookies, bars, etc., furnished by us.
Lecture topics chosen were (1) Locating
Your Ancestor's Family When All You Know is the State!, (2)
Little Used Sources of Genealogical Information, (3) Finding
Births, Marriages and Deaths prior to 1910, and (4) Organization,
Filing & Numbering Systems
in the 90's.
There had been an irritating problem with a CD
rental and after some discussion, Frank Postma moved we return
the man's money. Tom Beauvais seconded, motion
Carried.
Darrell mentioned the work that Doug Lilly
does to help with our Internet Home
Page and suggested we offer him a membership in exchange for his
work. Kathy Fischer moved we do this, Beverly Woolsey
seconded, motion carried.
Larry DuVal thanked the group for the messages
and flowers at the time of Rose's death.
The meeting adjourned.
Darrell presented a program on Beginning
Computer Genealogy. With all the interaction and
discussion, he could not finish all his points, so will continue
at a future meeting.
Before dismissing the group, Darrell appointed
Edith Staab as the new secretary for 1998.
Pat Behrens
Secy. pro-tem
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
March 7, 1998
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa March 7, 1998 at Maridon was called of because of a blizard. By president Darrell Easton.
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
4 April 1998
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met
April 4, 1998 at the Le Mars Public Library at 1:30 p.m.
President Darrell Easton presided.
The minutes were read. A correction was made
to read "return $15 fir membership and disk"
instead of"return the man's money."
The treasurer's reports for March and April
were given. The March balance was $599.44 and
the April balance was $545.74. Pat Behrens moved to accept the
treasurer's report. Verna
Shockey seconded the motion. The motion carried.
Stan Bastman gave the library report. There
are 52 gedcom Elles in the library. CD # 154 is
missing. #136 is due. He is also missing copies of the 1997 June,
September, October, and
December minutes.
Beverly Woolsey asked if the members would
like to have the Gedcom Journal made completely
at her house instead of having some of the work done in Sioux
City. It costs about $545 per year. she paid
$153.70 for only part of the last journal. She thought that it
would save $47.45 per issue. Plain paper costs
her about $21 or $22 per 5000 sheets and cartridges about
$100. She would need about 5, plus colored paper. Other
members volunteered to check on prices and the matter will be
discussed again at the May meeting.
Beverly also brought handouts about the Orphan
Trains. Those who know of someone in the LeMars area who came on
an Orphan Train may fill out one of the sheets. We will have help
with
this project at the September meeting in Le Mars. 6 orphans came
to Woodbury County by a
train to Le Mars. 4 others stayed in the Le Mars area. Emily
Allan went to Marcus to a family
named Byrd. Catherine (?) went to a Krogman family in
Remsen. (?) Pick is researching
this one. Walter Johnson, 9 years old, went to Sutherland. Mary
Homer went to Sanborn.
Iris Hemmingson moved to cancel the July 4th
meeting. Kathy Fisher seconded, motion partied.
The latest journals were distributed and those
present were asked to take along those that they
could to give other members in their hometown, thus saving on
postage.
Darrell and Beverly showed samples of the
"Aneestry Catalog", "Parson's Technology",
the
"Heritage Quest" magazine, and "The Record".
"The Record" can be received free of charge
from the National Arehives. You may copy the address from the
back of the magazine.
Floppy disks can be ordered through Darrell .
They will cost $6 per box of 50 Memorex disks.
Darrell explained how the home page is made. They paid $35 to
Doug Lilly to have this done.
Stan and Darrell will be making the new page.
Darrell explained that we had a decrease of 16
memberships in 1997 but that there were already 17 new
memberships in 1998.
Beverly suggested that the members in
the city where the meeting is being held be responsible
for the coffee and treats.
Darrell reported that we have a good number of
sumanes in our gedcom files. There are about
15000 now compared to about 7000 last year. This is updated each
year.
Those who haven't signed the surname cards are
reminded to do so.
On the maker of sending newsletters to those
societies in NW Iowa Stan Bastman moved that we do so. Tom
Willems seconded the motion. Motion carried. There are about 10
societies that these will be sent to. It is hoped that the
societies will send us a newsletter in exchange.
Beverly would appreciate old telephone books
for in her files.
Broderburld is offering a grant for supplies
to an organization that qualifies or to someone to
train to be a certified genealogist.
The Heritage Quest presentation will be given
in Cleghorn on Julie 6 at the Middle School for
the first 60 to register. There is a sign-up sheet next to the
back cover of the last Gedcom
Journal. Please register in advance. The school is located at the
north end of the main street.
Everton's Lab will be September 26 in Sioux
City. This will also take the place of the October 5 meeting. The
program will include 1. Notekeeping, 2. U.S. vital records, 3.
Iinportant U.S.
genealogical records, and 4. denigration, emigration, and
naturalization records. We may have
a choice of 1 other program: British research or German research.
The Gelman research
program was selected by a show of hands. Our cost for the program
is $24. It was moved by
Kathy Fisher and seconded by Beverly Woolsey to charge an advance
fee of $30 with an
additional $5 charge to those registering at the door or less
than 1 week prior to the lab. Motion
carried. This lab will be at the First Methodist Church on 1915
Nebraska Street in Sioux City.
The basement room will be used. Those attending will receive a
subscription to the Everton
magazine which is worth $24.
Meetings:
May - WIT in Cherokee September - Le Mars
June - Cleghorn October -
July- canceled November- Spencer
August - Storm Lake (hands on computer training) December -
Le Mars
Verna Shockey moved that we adjourn. Kathy
Fisher seconded the motion. Motion camed.
Beverages and treats were served by Beverly
Woolsey, Terrie Bartee, and Darrell Easton.
Darrell presented the rest of the program on
Beginning Computer Genealogy and also reviewed
what he had presented previously.
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
2 May 1998
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met May 2,
1998 at WIT in Cherokee at 1:30 p.m. President Darrell Easton
presided
Beverly Woolsey reminded those present to make
reservations for the Heritage Quest workshop in Cleghorn in June.
Copies of the April minutes were distributed
to those present. Beverly Woolsey will supply the information
needed to replace the question marks in the report. Tom Willems
moved to accept the report. Kathy Fisher seconded the motion.
Motion carried
Kathy Fisher gave the treasurer's report,
which showed a balance of $634.61. Stan Bastman moved to accept
the report Bexerly Woolsen seconded the motion. Motion carried
Sympathy cards were signed and sent to Pat
Behrens and Doris Dunn after the death of their mother and to Jim
Bilsland after the death of his father.
Stan Bastman gave the library report. He
also showed the Library Index that he had made. He reported that
I CD is still checked out. The one that has been missing (# 154)
may have been returned to Beverly. She will check on this.
It was moved by Stan Oswald and seconded by
Sally Oswald to pay the bills brought by; Stan Bastrnan. Edith
Staab and Clay Nemmers Motion carried
Flyers about Irish genealogy were given to
those who wanted them
The IGS convention to be held in Marshalltown
was discussed in regard to placing an ad in the syllabus and
having a table with merchandise to sell. Kathy Fisher moved that
we place an ad in the syllabus like we have in the Hawkeye
Heritage for $15 Beverly Woolsey seconded it. Motion carried.
Stan Oswald moved that the fiords "7000 surnames" be
changed to "over 15,000 surnames" Seconded by Stan
Bastman. Motion carried. Larry Bragwin moved that we rent a table
for $30 and sell the genealogy merchandise Seconded by Torn
Willems Motion carried.
Beverly distributed handouts about information
from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City Many of the
items are free.
Concerning old business: Stan Bastman moved
that Beverly buy the supplies and print the news letters at her
home Seconded by Kathy Fisher Motion carried
Bars will be needed for the noon detert for
the meeting in Cleghorn. So far 9 people have registered
A reminder was given about the September 26th
Everton's Lab in Sioux City
Torn Willems moved to adjourn the meeting Stan
Bastman seconded the motion Meeting adjourned.
Coffee, tea. Doughnuts and rolls were served;
purchased from Hy-Vee.
Darrell Easton and Stan Bastman gave a
demonstration on using the home page on the computer and
conducted a
Question and answer period about computers and
the Internet.
Edith Staab
Secretary
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
6 June 1998
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met June 6,
1998 at Marcus Meriden Cleghorn middle school in Cleghorn
We sponsored a Heritage guest roadshow that
was presented by Leland Wietzler. Five programs were presented
from 9 AM to 4 PM. 23 people attended the workshop. Leland had
cd-roms, books and maps for sale for use in doing research.
A short business meeting was called to order
during the lunch break. The meeting was called to order by
President Darrell Easton at 12:00. He thanked everyone for
attending and thanked Leland for presenting the program.
May minutes were read by Kathy Fischer. motion
to accept as read by Stan Bastman and seconded by Larry DuVal.
motion carried.
Treasurers report given by Kathy Fischer
showing a balance of $495.24 on hand. Motion to accept report
made by Stan Bastman and seconded by Larry DuVal, motion Carried
A bill from Hyvee in Cherokee was presented, this was for our May
meeting at WIT and for rolls & beverages served at afternoon
break. Total bill is $95.10. Darrell Easton presented bill for 12
canvas bags to be offered for sale at October Convention of
$239.40. Motion to pay bills made by Beverly Woolsey and seconded
by Larry DuVal. Beverly asked for postage to mail the newsletter
in July since we are not having a meeting. At 78? per letter and
she prints 100 she would need $78.00. Stan 9Astman made a motion
that postage for the newsletter to be an automatic expenditure
that doffs not need approval every time as long as it doesn't
exceed $78.00. Larry DuVal seconded and everyone approved. Motion
carried. In
Darrell reminded everyone there will be no
meeting in July because of the holiday. August meeting on the 1st
will be a hands on computer workshop at Storm Lake.
September meeting will be a program given by Madonna Harms on the
Orphan Train to be held at Meriden. The Everton Workshop to be
held September 26th in Sioux City. And no meeting in October.
Motion to adjourn made by Larry DuVal and
seconded by Stan Bastman.
Respectfully Submitted,
Kathy Fischer,
Acting Secretary
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
4 July 1998
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa meeting for
Independance Day was called of in the April meeting
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
2 August 1998
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met August
2, 1998, at Iowa Central Community College in Storm
Lake at 1:30 p.m. Acting-President Janice Damielson presided.
The secretary's report was read and
approved. The treasurer's report was read with a balance of
$154.49. There were 18 members and 3 guests present.
A short business meeting was held. A
discussion was held discussing the post cards that are mailed to
the newspapers. If was suggusted that information be placed on
the cards that this is a genealogy interest club.
Regristration sheets were handed out for the Everton workshop
that is being held September 26 in Sioux City.
Stan Bastman adjourned the meeting. The
program for the afternoon was computer emonstrations on the
differenct types of genealogy software.
Acting Secretary
Marilyn Bastman
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
1 September 1998
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met
September 1, 1998, at the Meriden Community Center at 1:30
p.m. President Darrell Easton presided. There were 8
members and 2 guests present.
The minutes were read and approved.
The July treasurer's report was read with a
balance of $154.49. The report was approved.
There was no financial activity during the
month of August.
Darrell reported that one new membership was
received.
Stan Bastman presented a bill for
$46.76. Edith Staab made the motion to pay the bill;
seconded by Beverly Woolsey. Motion carried. Edith
also made the motion to pay Darrell's bill of $105.99.
Seconded by Marilyn Bastman. Motion carried.
Librarian Stan Bastman reported that there are
17,020 names in the file. He is also indexing the 1925 census for
Dickenson County.
Sympathy cards were sent to Wayland Hicks, Jr.
and to John and Kathleen Mertes since the June meeting.
We were reminded of the IGS Convention in
Marshalltown. There will be a speaker on Thursday evening
which is not a part of the original program.
The Everton's workshop will be September 26 at
the First United Methodist Church at 1915 Nebraska Street in
Sioux City. We will have a short meeting during the lunch
hour.
There will be no October meeting. The
November meeting will be on the 7th in the Spencer library at 21
E 3rd Street. The December and January meetings will be in
Le Mars.
Stan Bastman moved that we adjourn. Seconded by Hugh
Boylan. Motion carried.
Doris Dunn served lunch after the meeting.
Madonna Harms then gave a presentation and had
a display about the Orphan Train Riders.
Edith Staab
Secretary
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
3 October 1998
The Everton's workshop will be September 26
at the First United Methodist Church at 1915 Nebraska Street in
Sioux City. We will have a short meeting during the lunch
hour.
There will be no October meeting.
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
7 November 1998
9 members of the Computer Genies of N W
Iowa met at 1:30 p.m. on November 7, 1998 at the Spencer Public
Library.
President Darrell Easton called the meeting to
order.
The secretary's report was read and approved.
Kathy Fisher gave the treasurer?s
report. There is a balance of $73.32. Some bills to
Darrell are yet outstanding. Stan Bastman moved to accept
the report. Stan Oswald seconded the motion. Motion
carried.
It was brought to our attention that the 1999
dues are now due. They are $10. If you want a written
meeting notice sent to you the dues are $15.
A couple news letters from other clubs were
brought. Esther Connell moved that we send newsletters to
only those clubs that reciprocate. Seconded by Marilyn
Bastman. Motion carried.
Darrell read a letter from the IGS conference
thanking us for a door prize we gave away at the
conference. He also shared comments that he received
because he had given an hour program there about ?Beginning
Genealogy.? It was apparently well received and
appreciated.
There will be 1 more newsletter yet this
year. Stan Bastman explained that after that the
newsletters will be able to be read on the Internet Home Page for
those who can get it in this manner. Other members will get
paper copies. Stan made a motion to do this. Kathy
Fisher seconded the motion. Motion carried. Stan
explained how the Home Page will be more attractive, contain more
information, and be faster. 76 of the members now have
e-mail compared to only 3 when the group organized. 16
members do not have it.
Ideas for the newsletters are
appreciated. One suggestion was to make it more personal.
Example: send in items of interest about
yourself.
A new brochure about the club will be
available next year.
Stan Bastman made the motion to cancel both
the Heritage Quest and the Evertion?s workshops that were
scheduled for 1999 due to the lack of attendance at the last
one. Seconded by Kathy Fisher. Motion carried.
It was suggested that we get more local people
to give presentations instead of hiring people. Kathy will
contact a Sioux City cemetery caretaker to see if he would
be willing to give a program.
Esther Connell made the motion to no longer
send out meeting notice cards to the media. Marjory Carroll
seconded the motion. Motion carried. Club members
volunteered to ask the media in their respective towns to publish
the meeting notices.
The following officers either volunteered or
were unanimously elected:
President - Darrell Easton
Vice-president - Larry Du Val
Secretary - Edith Staab
Treasurer - Kathy Fisher
Librarian - Stan Bastman
The December 5th meeting will start at noon
with a meal at the Pantry Cafe in Le Mars. The meeting will
follow at the Le Mars Public Library. It was suggested to
have a silent auction of items brought by the members to include
genealogy-help items and other items as well.
On January 6th the meeting will be in Le Mars and will be a 5th
anniversary party.
Stan Bastman moved that the meeting
adjourn. Seconded by Marjory Carroll. Motion carried.
Lunch was served by Marilyn Bastman and
Mary Storley.
After lunch there was a discussion and
demonstration about Gedcom led by Stan Bastman.
Secretary, Edith Staab
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
5 December 1998
The Computer Genies
of N W Iowa met at the Pantry Cafe at noon for the annual
Christmas Luncheon on December 5 and then met at 1:30 p.m. at the
LeMars Public Library for the regular meeting.
President Darrell
Easton called the meeting to order.
The secretary’s
report was read and approved.
Kathy Fisher reported a
balance of $113.32 in the treasury
Old Business discussed
was the election of officers. The following have graciously
volunteered to serve as officers for 1999: President: Darrell
Easton Vice-President: Larry Deval, Secretary: Edith Staab,
Treasurer: Kathy Fisher, Librarian: Stan Bastman, and Newsletter:
Beverly Woolsey.
The financial status of
the club was discussed and the following changes will take place:
1): With the high cost of postage, paper, and toner if a member
has an e-mail address they will no longer receive a newsletter
through the mail. The newsletter will be available on the Genies
hamepage. 2) The club will stop trading with other societies that
do not trade with us. 3)The club will try not to pay for any
person to put on a program or presentation 4) Do not pay a
deposit for any meeting place with the exception of Meridan and
5) News media meeting notification will stop instead will use
e-mail, fax, phone calls to notify the news media of meetings.
For new business
membership dues are due January 1. Sue Morris made a motion to
mail out notices for late memberships by February 1, 1999. Kathy
Fisher seconded the motion. Approved and carried.
Ideas for future labs
and workshops were discussed. One program idea that was mentioned
was to have a program on what large libraries (like the one in
Milwaukee) have in their holding, source books and reference
books.
Stan Bastman made a
motion to adjourned the meeting with Kathy Fisher seconding the
motion. Approved and carried.
Program was everybody
sharing their family history.
Acting Secretary
Marilyn Bastman