For those of you who are members of the society and were unable to attend the meeting Saturday, I have posted the minutes of the meeting below. The December journals were mailed today, so you should be receiving them soon. I want to apologize for the poor quality of the pictures in this journal, but we believe we have the problem solved now and promise much better pictures from now on. Lawrence County Genealogical Society Meeting Saturday, December 4, 1999 The meeting was called to order by president Mary Nell Hollis and the reading of the minutes dispensed with since they are printed in the journals that are available after the meeting. Mary Nell read the names of the officers that were elected in the board meeting following the regular meeting in September. They were: Shirley Hollis, Chairperson; Mary Nell Franks, President; Reita Burress, Vice-President; Kathy Niedergeses, Secretary; Travis Henderson, Treasurer; and Randy Hughes, Publicity. Viola Carpenter is to retain her position as Historian. Mary Nell reminded the members that the archives could use help with filing and some of the projects they are working on. She also suggested that people donate books or microfilm to the archives in memory of someone just as people do to the library. The program for the March meeting will be presented by Wayne Moore from the Tennessee State Library and Archives on the different types of records they have available and how to use their facility. The time for this meeting will be announced later and will depend on when Dr. Moore wants to start his program and how long it will be. The Family History Fair will be take the place of the June meeting and will be held the third Saturday in June (June 17, 2000). At the March meeting volunteers will be asked for to help with the organization of the fair. It is asked that everyone who has old Bible records bring them to the archives or the library so they can be copied and put in the family file folders. Taking them to both places would be even better. They could be copied by the staff at each place and returned immediately to the contributor. This way they could be used with articles on each particular family in the journal and also used in a future publication that would contain the First Families information. Since Kathy Niedergeses is having to take pictures for the journal home to scan them, a recommendation was made by the board to purchase a scanner for the archives. It is to remain the property of the society and is only on loan to the archives. This way the pictures could be scanned as they are brought in and then returned immediately to the contributors. All members were in favor. Kathy Niedergeses is to check prices and purchase the scanner. Since the person who was to present the program for the meeting could not be present, an alternative program was given instead. Reita Burress, Mary Nell Franks and Wally Moore each brought their lap top computers and were available for anyone who wanted to learn how the two genealogy programs Family Tree Maker and Family Origins work. Refreshments were served and Christmas music played while this took place. The meeting was adjourned.