2021 ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA and DOCUMENTS

The two-day schedule of events and all documents for the 2021 Annual Meeting are listed here. Most of these documents and reports are viewable only by logged-in members; you will see an error message at the top of the screen if you try to view one of those.. The Annual Meeting Agenda is available for all to view or download.

2021 Letter from the President (click here to view/download)

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

  • Friday, September 17
    • 10 - 11:30 AM: Early registration, genealogy chit-chat with Muriel, and "social hour" in the Baymont's conference room.
    • 12:15 - 1:00 PM: Registration in the Plimoth Patuxet Museums Accomack Room
    • 1:00 - 2:00 PM: Speaker - Jennifer Sinsigalli (author of Before the Mayflower, a work of historical fiction describing life in Leiden in 1609-1625) on Leiden in the Early 17th Century
    • 2:00 - 3:00 PM: Speaker - Carolyn Ravenscroft (Historian, Duxbury Rural & Historical Society) on the Samuel Delano Logbook, Amasa Delano's voyages and their influence on Herman Melville's short novel Benito Cereno
    • 3:00 - 4:00 PM: Speaker & Video - Carolyn Ravenscroft - Myles Standish Burying Ground tour and rededication of the restored Benoni Delano marker
    • 6:00 - 8:00 PM: Guided tour of the Alden House Historic Site with hors d'oeuvres
      • 7:00 PM: Speaker - Desiree Mobed (Alden Kindred Executive Director) on Delano and Alden Connections
  • Saturday, September 18
    • Saturday morning on your own until 12:20 PM (suggest visiting Mayflower II or the Museum grounds, tickets are for sale at the Museum)
    • 12:20 PM GROUP PICTURES! - Meet in the Accomack Room at Plimoth Patuxet. PLEASE BE ON TIME, our photographer needs to get to other commitments! If you are not there, you will not be in the picture! This is the official 30th anniversary picture for the Delano Kindred, so please be there.
    • 1:00 - 2:30 PM: Annual Meeting, in-person and via ZOOM for registered attendees in the Accomack Room
      • 2021 Meeting Agenda (click here to view/download)
      • 2020 Annual Meeting Minutes (click here to view/download)
      • 2021 Report from the Treasurer (click here to view/download)
      • 2021 Report from the Auditor (click here to view/download)
      • Committee Reports
        • 2021 Charitable Contributions Report (click here to view/download)
        • 2021 Contact Committee Report (click here to view/download)
        • 2021 Credentials Committee Report (click here to view/download)
        • 2021 Genealogy and DNA Committee Reports (click here to view/download)
        • 2021 European Research Committee Report (click here to view/download)
        • 2021 Finance Committee Report (click here to view/download)
        • 2021 Internet - Website Committee Report (click here to view/download)
        • 2021 Membership Committee Report (click here to view/download)
        • 2021 Memorialization Committee Report (click here to view/download)
        • 2021 Merchandise Committee Report (click here to view/download)
        • 2021 Reunion Committee Report (click here to view/download)
        • 2021 Social Media Report (click here to view/download)
      • 2021 Charitable Drawing Nomination (click here to view/download)
      • 2021 Proposed FY21-22 Budget (click here to view/download)
      • 2021 Motion: Gravestone Restoration Charter (click here to view/download)
      • 2021 Motion: Matching Grants (click here to view/download)
      • 2021 Officer Candidate Biographies (click here to view/download)
    • 3:00 - 4:00 PM: Speaker - DK member Becket Soule on After the Mayflower
    • 4:00 PM: Vacate Accomack Room to allow setting up for dinner
    • 6:00 - 6:45 PM: Cash bar and social hour
    • 6:45 - 9:00 PM: Dinner with guest speaker