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From: Barbara Gunvaldsen <>
Subject: Re: [MEGEN] Fw: Speakers, Educational and Promotional Resources
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:53:42 -0500
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Tina,

This is an excellent project. First because of its promotional
benefit but also because it is educational. Too many people simply
do not know the extensive information that is available to them.

Barbara Gunvaldsen
Fairfield





At 06:00 PM 3/1/2008, you wrote:
>FYI.
>
>Tina
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Tina S. Vickery
>To: ;
>Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 5:13 PM
>Subject: Fw: Speakers, Educational and Promotional Resources
>
>
>At the request of a Board member, this is being forwarded to Project
>lists to get a feeling for whether or not this is something the
>Project wishes to pursue.
>
>Please forward to USGenWeb Project lists.
>
>Tina
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Tina S. Vickery
>To:
>Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 9:02 PM
>Subject: Speakers, Educational and Promotional Resources
>
>
>In the October newsletter I wrote, in part:
>
>"As the USGenWeb Project enters our 12th year, we face
>many great possibilities! My hope as your National
>Coordinator, is to facilitate a greater presence among the
>genealogical community of the work that our many
>volunteers and contributors do to make -- the USGenWeb
>Project ... the Land of Free Genealogy!
>
>Among the ideas is a "speakers bureau" of Project
>volunteers willing to speak on behalf of the Project, and
>to create a place on our national pages to promote that
>service to the genealogical community. I have seen such
>talent within the USGenWeb Project. PROMOTE!"
>
>I have had our web master do a mock-up of my initial
>thoughts for these pages and offer it now to all of you to
>discuss.
>
>http://www.usgenweb.org/education/speakers/
>
>Thank you Linda for your work on these pages.
>
>Additional considerations are:
>
>-- How does a Project member submit his/her own name or
>idea?, and to whom.
>
>-- The feasibility of this being a joint service
>[clearinghouse of sorts] with Genealogical, Historical
>Societies on state or local levels.
>
>Discussion and other considerations please.
>
>Tina
>
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