Cleanup, then Board Meeting on Sat May 17

Work Day, cleaning out cabinets

9 AM - 1 PM

Executive Meeting

1 - 2 PM

Semi-Annual Meeting has been cancelled.

Sorry, but the semi-annual meeting scheduled for this Saturday April 12 has been cancelled due to low expected turnout.

Semi-Annual Meeting - Cancelled!

Sorry to say, but this event has been cancelled due to low expected turnout.

You can put it on your own calendar with information from here.

If we broadcast it, we will put the information there.

February Executive Board Meeting

THOMAS TOLMAN FAMILY ORGANIZATION

Executive Board meeting

Family Research Center - Bountiful

Feb 9, 2014 6:30 pm

PRESIDING & CONDUCTING: John Tolman, President

OPENING PRAYER: Kay Badger

WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS John Tolman

THOSE IN ATTENDANCE & VOLUNTEER HOURS: (8)

Barbara Tolman (12), Loraine Pace (50), Kay Badger, Trent Larson, John O. Tolman (1), Tom Tolman, Dawna Beagley, Lola Tolman Beagley

MINUTES : Minutes of 8 Sept 2013 Executive Board Meeting were read by Lola T Beagley and approved by those present.

FINANCIAL REPORT: presented by Treasurer, Barbara L Tolman, and is attached. The report was approved by unanimous vote .

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE/REMARKS: John advised that much more participation is needed from the youth in the family. The April Semi Annual meeting will be used to promote actions/activities for a comprehensive youth involving semi-annual meeting in October. Tom Tolman indicated that many youth visit the Tolman Family Group facebook page.

BUSINESS: John Tolman commented on the poor attendance at the October 2013 Semi-Annual meeting and asked for suggestions to improve the attendance. The following were mentioned:

1. Electronically announce the April meeting via emails and facebook
2. Kay Badger suggested a meeting/fair in the Bountiful Tabernacle focused on getting the youth interested in Thomas Tolman history.
3. Have an activity in the Tolman Park
4. Have a temple session in the morning.

Suggestion for a speaker for the April meeting was Jay Burrup who is in the Church History Research Dept. Kay Badger will check with him.

Loraine will speak on issues that she feels needs addressing

Need to schedule additional cleanup of the filing cabinets at the Center.

REPORTS OF BOARD MEMBERS:

Web Master – Trent Larson: Reminded the members that the list of passwords are in

the cabinets at the center. Suggested setting up video tape for the semi- annual meetings

Genealogist and Temple Work – Loraine T Pace :

1. She continues to scan pertinent documents retrieved from the filing cabinet cleanup

2. Received an email from Donavan Tolman in CA and is a descendant of Nathan Tolman.

3. Update on the Thomas Briggs journals- The hard copy is over 500 pages and covers time period of 1881 to 1909. It will be available on CD.

4. Still wrapping up loose ends on the “outside” lines. Much of research in England dead ends in 1500’s.

5. Church is making it much easier to do research from home with the digitizing of books.

Cyrus Line – Kay Badger: No report but would like copies of emails and will send

Loraine the Cyrus ged com.

Judson Line – Tonga Titcomb: not present

Benjamin Line – Mary Touchet: not present

Postcard and Magazine – Tom Tolman: Needs the magazine articles by March 1, 2014.

100-150 magazines are sent via email and 80 by regular mail.

NEXT MEETING:

ASSIGNMENTS:

Loraine will check with Mary and Tonge

Encourage all youth with who we have contact to come to the April meeting to discuss what they would like for the October meeting.

CLOSING PRAYER: Trent Larson