BY PROCLAMATION and ORDER OF THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS of JewishGen:
From this day henceforth and until the
stroke of midnight on December 31st , wherever such clock shall be
ensconced, the month of December
2001 shall be formally known as;
Bernard
Israelite Kouchel Month
Such
honor bestowed upon our friend and loyal member of the JewishGen Board for his
illustrious service rendered over a long and productive tenure
and his accomplishments both outstanding and unforgettable to this
virtual community.
Witnesseth:
b) Creating the concept and developing JewishGen's InfoFiles which provideth more information than even the hungriest of us can possibly digest;
c) Introducing the Sefard Forum which instilleth in us the fact that there is more to being Jewish than Ashkenazi;
d) Possessing extraordinary vision with acronym after acronym being the first who recognizeth that WOWW is yet another way of spelling WOW since it is an abbreviation for "Where Once We Walked";
e)
Putting
a barely known county in Florida on the
map when he foundeth The Jewish Genealogical Society of Broward County
f) Being an integral part of helping manageth the phenomenal growth JewishGen has experienced during his 11 year tenure from 150 monthly sub'scribers' to well over 125,000 monthly sub'scribers';
and
g) Having
the imagination and foresight that giveth to us one of the most popular projects
ever enjoyed by JewishGenn'ers the world over……
Therefore,
in grateful acknowledgement for his time, his efforts, his guidance, his spirit
and his energy and for the footprints he has left throughout JewishGen, it is
hereby decreed that this creation, forever more, from this day forward be known
to all and sundry as
by
order of the Board who herein under set its seal:
Susan
E. King
Mila Begun
Warren Blatt
Joseph Miller
Gary Mokotoff
Carol W. Skydell