GFO Members PLEASE don’t forget the monthly membership meeting on Saturday, 8 January and your opportunity to vote on the proposed budget for this fiscal year. The speaker for the day is I, and the topic was posted as “Digital Photography: How to use it effectively in your genealogical research”. While telling you the story of my recent research trip to a rather remote area of southeast Oklahoma, where three generations of my paternal ancestors hung out and where the county courthouse had lots of records but little provisions for making copies, I hope to answerer the following questions and more: Of what use is a digital camera in genealogy? Is it just another unnecessary expense? What kind of camera would I need anyway? What features do I want? Do I need more than just the camera? How much money are we talking about? This will hopefully be a good introduction for a more detailed class I will be giving at The Forum in March for those who have made the decision to make use of their digital camera. EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, we need you there to vote for passage of the annual budget. The Forum has not officially approved a budget in strict accordance with the bylaws for a number of years. The current Board would like to change that trend. The budget for this fiscal year, which was tentatively approved by the Board in accordance with the bylaws, is presented at the front of the December issue of “The Bulletin”. Final approval of the budget requires a vote of the general membership, with a minimum of 40 members required for a quorum. So we need you there! We will do the voting first, and then you can get up and leave if you don’t want the information on the uses of digital cameras. If you can not make the meeting, perhaps you could send an email to the GFO Secretary, Cindy Webb at [email protected], with your vote regarding passage of the FY05 Budget as approved by the Board of Directors. I an not sure a this point, if such votes can be counted or not, but we can determine that later. The best way to make your vote count is to be there Saturday! See you there. Byron Blankenship GFO, Co-Treasurer -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.8 - Release Date: 1/3/2005