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Meeting of the Board of Directors, Tues., Aug. 15, 2006

The first Meeting of the LitvakSIG Board of Directors took place on Tues., Aug. 15, 2006, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, New York, NY.

Following are the minutes of that meeting:

Meeting was called to order at 9:40am.

Present were: Carol Coplin Baker, Judy Baston, Ada Green, David Hoffman, Merle Kastner, Howard Margol, Mike Posnick, Aaron Roetenberg, Olga Zabludoff.

Chaired by Judy Baston.

Election of Officers:
  • Howard Margol was elected as President.
  • Merle Kastner was elected as Secretary.
  • Aaron Roetenberg was elected as Treasurer.
  • The Board voted unanimously to accept votes as cast, during the election held on August 14, 2006.
  • A need for clarification between the LitvakSIG and JewishGen Vital Records projects was discussed.
  • The Board agreed to acknowledge the work done by Davida Noyek Handler and Richard Hoffman.
  • The Board agreed that a revision of the bylaws be prepared, for adoption at next year's annual meeting; the organization will continue to operate in the interim, under the existing by-laws.
Various:
  • Deena Berton will be contacted about the role of transmission of records to translators.
  • Richard Hoffman will be asked to be the Membership Chair.
  • Judy Baston will continue in her Moderator's position.
  • The Board voted to ask Judi Langer-Surnamer Caplan to continue as Online Journal Editor and to include volunteers in her work.
  • It was unanimously decided that all individuals who fill volunteer positions in LitvakSIG be asked to remain in their positions.
  • Joel Ratner will be asked to continue in his role as LitvakSIG Vital Records Coordinator.
  • Research Groups Coordinator Olga Zabludoff reported that The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People has a very interesting collection, and the inventory of records dealing with Lithuania will be reviewed carefully to avoid any duplication.
  • LitvakSIG will consider creating a page for community history and other information that is important to researchers but is not databaseable, such as information available in YIVO Lithuania Between the Wars Collection, apart from strictly vital records or tax and revision lists.
Future Meetings:
  • Decision was made to hold board meetings on the 2nd Sunday of each month via email.
  • A clear agenda to be emailed to Board members in advance of meetings.
  • There could be a meeting in the form of a telephone conference call twice per year, but only if major decisions need to be made.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:45am.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Merle Kastner.

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