LitvakSIG, March 11, 2007

Teleconference Board Meeting

8:00 pm EDT

Aaron Roetenberg, Ada Green, Carol Baker, David Hoffman, Howard Margol, Judy Baston, Mike Posnick and Olga Zabludoff, constituting the entire Board, were present.

Aaron Rottenberg,Treasurer, provided a financial update to the Board over the past few days before the meeting. The LitvakSIG has a total of $81,000 in its accounts, pending an ongoing process of balancing of costs not taken into account in these totals, as well as the accounting of District and Vital Records Translation funds.

There are 207 members of the LitvakSIG so far for 2007.

Mike Posnick discussed changing LitvakSIGs Registered Agent in Iowa

Mike Posnick Informed Board of change in insurance coverage for the LitvakSIG.

Mike Posnick discussed that LitvakSIG is investigating the process of making Canadian donations tax deductible.

Carol Baker informed the Board of the Status of efforts to obtain domain names associated with LitvakSIG.

The Board referred to the Bylaws Committee discussion about the manner in which LitvakSIG elections will take place, with the intention that questions that need to be resolved before the coming nominations and elections would be addressed first. The LitvakSIG Bylaws Committee consists of Mike Posnick, Chair, Board members Judy Baston and David Hoffman, and LitvakSIG Member, Sam Aaron, representing an international perspective.

The Board voted that the LitvakSIG should make a transition to enable all Bylaws approval and Elections by electronic means as soon as possible.

Research Groups Coordinator Olga Zabludoff presented an overview of District Coordination. Olga pointed out that District Coordinators are needed for the Trakiai and Oshmiany Districts.

The Board discussed the LitvakSIG luncheon, at which there will be Ask the Experts tables for Litvak areas, subjects, and research.

Meeting was adjourned at approximately 10 pm Eastern Daylight Time.

Respectfully Submitted,

David B. Hoffman

Secretary, LitvakSIG