update
by Michael and Vivian Saffold
Hello, all,
I hope everyone enjoyed their "vacation" from the GAGen-L list.
I thought I'd bring you up to date on what has been going on behind the
scenes since last we corresponded.
South Central Regional Assistant
Of the coordinators who responded to my small poll, more than half said
they preferred that I appoint an RA to fill Melody McCook's unexpired term,
rather than hold another election. We had five very fine volunteers for
South Central RA: Dee Pavey (Appling), Lorraine Newsome (Walker), Vicki
Shaffer (White), Stephanie Lincecum (Wilcox) and Lori Thornton (Franklin
and Telfair). Although Dee, Lorraine and Vicki are all quite qualified for
the RA job, their counties are not in South Central (a prerequisite, when
possible). Stephanie and Lori have counties in South Central. I chose Lori,
because of her experience as assistant state coordinator in the South
Dakota project. Lori will serve until the election in July 2005. Thanks to
all who volunteered.
Coordinators and County Sites
Does anyone know how to get in touch with Tom Parham. Tom applied for, and
was granted, McDuffie and Putnam counties back in June. We have had only
one message from him since that time. Mail to his email address bounces. I
have discovered that he no longer works at the company where he received
email. I have called or written (snail mail) every T./Tom/Thomas Parham
within commuting distance of his old company, with no luck. I also left a
message on the Parham surname message board. If anyone can think of any
other avenues I have not followed, please let me know.
Kim Gandy (Brooks, Grady, Thomas) also is among the missing. Her email is
not bouncing. If anyone knows how to get in touch with her, please let me know.
Barbara Timm (Macon, Peach) has adopted Coweta County. Keith Giddeon
(Wilkes) and Bob Franks (Liberty and Taliaferro) have adopted Chatham. If
you have not seen their great new websites, stop by and take a look.
One more time I will remind everyone to replace the old pink logo with the
new one. Choose from one of the ones located here:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/logos.htm
Vivian