> Hello WRG members ! > At Jeanne Muse's suggestion, I'm going to post again the idea of > having a Whitney family reunion. > Perhaps it isn't feasible with so many of us spread out so far, but the > potential is tremendous! I picture the reunion somewhere around the > Maryland/D.C. area, because there seem to be several of the regular > contributors from that part of the world. And I suspect some of them are > elderly and am not sure if travel is difficult or not. A central > location would be very important, and that is one reason for this > posting. Give me some feedback! > A weekend that included a combination of social events and lectures could > be arranged, with a "banquet" on 1 or 2 nights. We would have to see > about a resort willing to host such an event and then arrange for some of > the WRG members to act as speakers. We could have seminars where members > could learn about generic geneology techniques and lectures specific to > Whitney Geneology. > A good golf course would be nice. > We could structure this to be as formal as needed. Of course, this > would not be an inexpensive weekend. > What do you think? Would this be way too much work? Would anyone come? > Alan suggested something like this several months ago, but I saw no > response on the rootsweb site. Jeanne thinks it would be fun. I would > be willing to work with a group of people on the arrangements. It may not > be possible to arrange such a reunion for this summer, but perhaps > in 2002? or 2003? > from, Carolyn > > P.S. There still is no snow here in northern Vermont!