2021 ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA and DOCUMENTS

The two-day schedule of events and all documents for the 2021 Annual Meeting are listed here. If you are a logged-in member, you will also see a link to view or download the document. 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
    • 2021 Report from the Treasurer
    • 2021 Report from the Auditor
    • Committee Reports
    • 2021 Charitable Contributions Report
    • 2021 Contact Committee Report
    • 2021 Credentials Committee Report
    • 2021 Genealogy and DNA Committee Reports
    • 2021 European Research Committee Report
    • 2021 Finance Committee Report
    • 2021 Internet - Website Committee Report
    • 2021 Membership Committee Report
    • 2021 Memorialization Committee Report
    • 2021 Merchandise Committee Report
    • 2021 Reunion Committee Report
    • 2021 Social Media Report
    • 2021 Charitable Drawing Nomination
    • 2021 Proposed FY21-22 Budget
    • 2021 Motion: Gravestone Restoration Charter
    • 2021 Motion: Matching Grants
    • 2021 Officer Candidate Biographies
  • 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