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2024 Annual Meeting Summary

Here is a brief summary of the Delano kindred 2024 Annual Membership meeting held in Maggis Valley, NC, on 14 September 2024.

• The Proposed Agenda was approved.
• The Treasurer's Report was approved.
• Minutes of the 2023 Annual Meeting were approved.
• The proposed budget was approved.
• All Committee Reports were approved.
• The Gravestone Restoration project was discussed (no current project).
• There were no nominations for the annual charity drawing at the meeting.
• A review of the 2023 European History Tour was presented by Tom Delano.
• The Delano Kindred Facebook page was discussed, and is doing well. Would like more participants.
• Tom Delano presented the status of the Alden Barn project at the Alden Historic Site.
• Annual Meeting in 2025 will be at the Alden Barn in Duxbury, MA, on Saturday September 13.
• The Eurpoean Advisory Group, part of the Research Project, was discussed.
• Terry Delano presented a brief status of the website update project.
• The slate of Directors presented by the Nominating Committee for 2024-2026 terms was approved.
• The new member on the Nominating Committee replacing outgoing chair Paula Delano will be Gene Marcinkowski.

2024 ANNUAL MEETING DOCUMENTS

Posted here are links to the documents being presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting in Maggie Valley, NC, on September 14.

Most of these documents are restricted to MEMBERS ONLY; you must be logged in as a member to view and download these documents. PLEASE NOTE: The ANNUAL MEETING START TIME is 9:30 AM (Eastern Time).

Here is the list of 2024 Annual Meeting documents:

• For the President's Letter introducing the meeting, click here.
• For the Annual Meeting Proposed Agenda, here.

More documents are availabe to logged-in members. If you are a Delano Kindred member, please log in to view the rest of the documents in the list.

Newsletter #115, June 2024

In this issue are notices of a planned upgrade to the Delano Kindred website and our big merchandise sale. There is an excelllent article on Jane Arminda Delano, a world-renowned nurse and pioneer in her field who helped lead the way for the creation of American Red Cross Nursing.

Also included are reminders about the 2024 Annual Meeting and Reunion to be held in Maggie Valley, NC, September 12-15, nominations for Delano Kindred Board of Directors and the Delano Kindred Facebook page. A listing of new members and a current staff listing round out the issue.

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Newsletter #114, May 2024

This issue of Bonnes Nouvelles reminds us of the new Delano Kindred Facebook page, and then presents an excellect review of the history of the Delano Kindred, starting with the David Kumpf's Delano Family Reunion in Buffalo, NY, in 1988. This led to the founding of the Delano Kindred in 1991. A more detailed account picks up in 2002 and details some of the Kindred's accomplishments over the years.

We want to remind members of the Delano Kindred/Soule Kindred Joint Annual Meeting/Reunion in September. The Reunion Brochure is included in this issue in case you missed it in previous issues. We hope to see many of you in just a few months in Maggie Valley, NC!

Included is a call for Nominations for the Board of Directors. Every other year, the Delano Kindred membership votes for 7 directors at the Annual Meeting. The directors, along with the elected officers, make up the Delano Kindred Board. The directors serve for 2 years. They may be re-elected as there are no term limits.

A current list of the Delano Kindred Officers, Directors, and Committee members is also included.

We continue to look for interesting newsletter articles from members. Please let us know if you have a topic of interest you wish to write about. Please also let us know if you know of any Delano Kindred members, or immediate family members, who have recently passed away and we will gladly include their names and relevant information in future newsletters.

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Newsletter #113, April 2024

This issue of Bonnes Nouvelles continues several of the articles from the March 2024 issue as we want to remind members of the Delano Kindred/Soule Kindred Joint Annual Meeting/Reunion in September. We hope to see many of you in just over 4 months in Maggie Valley, NC!

We continue to look for interesting newsletter articles from members. Please let us know if you have a topic of interest you wish to write about. Please also let us know if you know of any Delano Kindred members, or immediate family members, who have recently passed away and we will gladly include their names and relevant information in future newsletters.

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