To all:- Not being lazy, but I will add my sincere thanks for the wonderful card received from the OGS Seminar 2005. My years of volunteering started "way back when" at the Nova Scotia Mental Hospital, and in Ontario at the nursing homes -- where a smile from an elderly person made me feel very rich. Yes, volunteers are unpaid -- but a card with many names makes one feel as if the volunteer has caught the well-known brass ring!! Many, many thanks! Muriel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 12:09 PM Subject: Post 1901 Census - A thank you Greetings All. In Tuesday's mail (the slow kind from Canada Post) both Muriel and I received a pleasant surprize in the form of large, poster-sized cards sent to us by the organizers of the OGS Seminar 2005, held in Windsor, Ontario on 27 -29 May 2005. The cards thanked us for our efforts in seeking the return of public access to Historic Census records. They had hundreds of signatures on them from those attending Seminar 2005. Many of the signatures I recognized as belonging to those who have posted messages to the mail lists, signed petitions and written letters in support of the access we seek. People who volunteer (for whatever cause or organization) seldom do it for the thanks they get. Many times they spend their entire volunteer career without ever receiving a 'thank you'. It is always a pleasant surprize when someone gives you an 'attaboy'. Muriel will likely also post about this, but on her behalf and mine, I gratefully accept the 'thanks' expressed by these cards. I accept it not only on our behalf, but on behalf of all Canada Census Committee members and all individuals who have helped us in our campaign. Hopefully our efforts have not been in vain, and we will soon be researching the 1911 Census and be anxiously be awaiting the arrival of subsequent Censuses. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted