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October 19, 2002 Chattanooga, Tennessee The 2002 Business Meeting was called to order by President L. Frank Higdon. The invocation was given by Dr. Shelby Smith. The pledge to the flag was led by Ernest Higdon. The minutes of the 2001 business meeting were read by Secretary Barbara Higdon. Membership Group discussion of new membership ideas included:
Volunteers to establish communication with these other Higdon family meeting groups were:
News articles The group discussed the need for volunteers from the numerous small family groups to commit to write articles, collect news on what is of general interest within each small family group and forward it to our editor Lisa Atkins. Several people volunteered to do this as follows:
Membership Directory Request We have had requests from members asking for a list of membership (names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, etc.) No one had any significant objections to providing this data only to members.1 Next Meeting Next year's meeting was discussed and is scheduled for August 14, 15, 16, 17 in Fredericksburg, Texas being coordinated by Ernest and Joyce Higdon of Eldorado, Texas. The following year (2004) is to be in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Treasurer Charles P. Higdon presented the annual Treasurer's Report which showed an ending balance of $9,104.15 in the general account and $8,195.15 in the Scholarship Fund (subsequent donations & collections at the meeting probably sent the Scholarship Fund over $10,000 and activated the Scholarship Committee). New Officers The 2002-2003 newly elected officers and appointees are as follows:
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Adjournment
A motion to adjourn was made, seconded, and passed.
Additions accepted during the reading of the minutes in 2003:
Lisa Atkins volunteered to become the new editor for the HFA newsletter. With Lisa becoming editor, the need for someone to volunteer to be the Research Assistant to help with questions coming through the web site was presented. The Research Assistant should have access to e-mail and have an interest in genealogy. No one volunteered.
Charles and Nancy Higdon prepared and distributed a booklet (revision date October 13, 2001) to the members containing the Constitution and Bylaws that reflect the changes approved at the 2001 HFA meeting in Tulsa.
Eva Wood explained that the 2002 Archiving Committee checked with Western Carolina University. The university would own the copyright to HFA materials. Once archived, the HFA materials, including the photo albums, could not be removed for any reason from the university. The members present discussed how much they enjoy browsing the albums at the annual meetings. The idea to archive the HFA materials was shelved and the committee disbanded.
Here are a few notes taken by Nancy Higdon during the 2002 HFA meeting
that were not read as part of the minutes but may be of some interest:
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