Minutes
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LitvakSIG Board
Meeting September 9, 2007 Minutes Present: Gene Alpert, Judy Baston, Rose Cohen, David Hoffman, Eden Joachim, Howard Margol, Aaron Roetenberg, Olga Zabludoff. Absent Mike Posnick. 1. Financial report – Eden Joachim
369 Members to date for 2007; 24 new members since July 1, 2007. 2. Approval of Minutes – David Hoffman Approval asked for minutes for July 8th, 14th and 15th board meetings. 3. Membership outside the US – Rose Cohen Rose proposed a seminar in Israel for Litvaks. She will explore co-sponsorship by Israeli research organizations. Rose said that the Israel Jewish Genealogical Society is divided into smaller regional groups, but if we had high level speakers, people would take a day off work to come to a workshop/seminar. Eden hoped that Israelis who were Litvak descendants and Litvak mavens would participate. David moved to give Rose the approval to explore this idea. Aaron seconded the motion Approved unanimously 4. Further discussion about increasing membership – Gene Alpert We discussed the advantages of this model for other countries with significant Litvak populations. It was suggested that the LitvakSIG could have a designated contact person in South Africa, England, Australia and other countries with many Litvaks. Eden suggested liaisons with JGSs around the world. Judy suggested a survey on the Digest to find affinities. David suggested that we provide regular press releases and publicity about LitvakSIG projects, which could be used in JGS newsletters and for special interest groups within genealogical societies. 5. Bylaws Committee – David Hoffman Larry Hamilton will serve on the committee. The Bylaws will be reviewed and revised all at once rather than piecemeal. Input will be sought from members. This should be completed around January-February and submitted to the Board and Membership for final approval, long before the next Conference. Asked for permission to use the AccuConference system for one meeting of the Bylaws Committee. The Board approved this request. 6. Joel Ratner's VRT Website: The VRT website will be incorporated into the LitvakSIG website, but Joel will keep his blog to communicate directly to supporters of Vilna VRT projects. The benefits of merging the websites were discussed, especially having surname lists posted on the LitvakSIG website in order to enable people doing Google-type searches to identify ancestors and be attracted to support the project. Eden explained that Joel feels it's more expedient for him to post updates to the blog than to have to submit them to a busy webmaster for posting to the LitvakSIG website. Also the Jewish Vilna Group was set up as an alternative to the LitvakSIG digest for issues that were not of more general interest. Howard indicated that he would contact Joel after the holidays and facilitate merging of the two websites. 7. Guidelines for Internal Discourse – Judy Baston The board adopted guidelines for internal discourse which were similar to those used by Digest moderators. We unanimously approved implementing these guidelines. Meeting adjourned, 11:45 am. Respectfully submitted, David Hoffman
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