Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 15 Issue 10 June 1, 2018 June meeting •   Thursday, June 7th •   7:00 p.m. Start time •   MEMORIAL HALL; 210 W FRANKLIN STREET!!! •   Membership dues - single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00 •   Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop Ø   New meeting place Ø   Members corner Ø   1950 Census New meeting place Thanks to MCGS President Sue Sheldon and her large network of resources, we have a new monthly meeting location at the Veterans Memorial Hall at 210 W Franklin Street. The date and time (first Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m.) remain the same. A new venue with additional space was needed for several reasons. We are growing, and it was difficult to organize the museum space for our meetings. Our speakers were crammed into a small space with a troublesome arrangement for presentations. Come meeting night, we had to re-arrange chairs and move displays to accommodate our group. The idea of meeting at the museum had good intentions. We would have easy access to the museum’s collections of records and other documents, so we could assist the museum staff with digitizing records. Reality, however, has a way of turning good ideas into mush and headaches. We can still assist the museum and minimize the chance of damaging museum treasures by moving our meeting place to the Memorial Hall. Our dream location would be to have a genealogy room within the museum, but space prohibits this. Along with the move, Mason County Genealogical Society, learned it was time to join the Twenty- first Century in terms of following rules and regulations. I know, it’s the oppressive nature of government that stifles the free spirited genealogical pursuits by focusing on, “rules and regulations,” sometimes there is a time and place for rules and regulations. I was surprised, as anyone, to find out we had bylaws. What was more surprising was we were supposed to abide by them. What are our bylaws and how do we apply them? I checked back issues of the Mason Log looking for answers. While the newsletter contains information, there was nothing about our bylaws. An obvious editorial oversight. Thanks to Roger’s organizational skills, he was able to find the 1993 bylaws. The surprises kept on coming. In addition to our president and treasurer, we needed a vice-president, a secretary, and a board of directors (BOD), in order to qualify for non-profit status, which would allow us free use of the Memorial Hall for a meeting place. There will be no newsletter in July and August. Have a safe and fruitful Summer in your genealogical research and may you crash many brick walls. , OCR Text: Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 15 Issue 10 June 1, 2018 June meeting •   Thursday, June 7th •   7:00 p.m. Start time •   MEMORIAL HALL; 210 W FRANKLIN STREET!!! •   Membership dues - single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00 •   Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop Ø   New meeting place Ø   Members corner Ø   1950 Census New meeting place Thanks to MCGS President Sue Sheldon and her large network of resources, we have a new monthly meeting location at the Veterans Memorial Hall at 210 W Franklin Street. The date and time (first Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m.) remain the same. A new venue with additional space was needed for several reasons. We are growing, and it was difficult to organize the museum space for our meetings. Our speakers were crammed into a small space with a troublesome arrangement for presentations. Come meeting night, we had to re-arrange chairs and move displays to accommodate our group. The idea of meeting at the museum had good intentions. We would have easy access to the museum’s collections of records and other documents, so we could assist the museum staff with digitizing records. Reality, however, has a way of turning good ideas into mush and headaches. We can still assist the museum and minimize the chance of damaging museum treasures by moving our meeting place to the Memorial Hall. Our dream location would be to have a genealogy room within the museum, but space prohibits this. Along with the move, Mason County Genealogical Society, learned it was time to join the Twenty- first Century in terms of following rules and regulations. I know, it’s the oppressive nature of government that stifles the free spirited genealogical pursuits by focusing on, “rules and regulations,” sometimes there is a time and place for rules and regulations. I was surprised, as anyone, to find out we had bylaws. What was more surprising was we were supposed to abide by them. What are our bylaws and how do we apply them? I checked back issues of the Mason Log looking for answers. While the newsletter contains information, there was nothing about our bylaws. An obvious editorial oversight. Thanks to Roger’s organizational skills, he was able to find the 1993 bylaws. The surprises kept on coming. In addition to our president and treasurer, we needed a vice-president, a secretary, and a board of directors (BOD), in order to qualify for non-profit status, which would allow us free use of the Memorial Hall for a meeting place. There will be no newsletter in July and August. Have a safe and fruitful Summer in your genealogical research and may you crash many brick walls. , Mason County Genealogical Society,Mason Logs,Mason Logs,2018,V15 I10 MCGS Jun 2018 Newsletter.pdf,V15 I10 MCGS Jun 2018 Newsletter.pdf Page 1, V15 I10 MCGS Jun 2018 Newsletter.pdf Page 1