Carpenter Reunion 2006 - Deadline Extended

Hi, Everyone,

Registrations are trickling in. We are extending the May 1 deadline because we are not going to need so much time for final details as originally thought. We are getting close to 50 registrations now. Do we have yours? We will be accepting registrations until the second week of June, but it will save a lot of last minute work if you can get your check and registration sent in earlier.

Please think about a family story that you might be willing to share during the Historical Presentation on Saturday afternoon. This will be a fun and informal time of sharing--a time of being with extended family, sharing and making memories. This is your reunion so please consider participating in all facets of it.

Do we have any musicians out there? Storytellers? Clowns? Genealogists with data to share? We need your help with the Historical Presentation and with entertainment at the barbecue. Any flower arrangers to help with table decorations? We are going to need some volunteer help during the reunion with registration, table decorations, name tags, greeters, entertainment, go-fers and other jobs. Let us know if you might be available.

Joseph has been putting in some long hours working on the web site and Joe Clarkson has just sent some more data for the GEDCOM. Please check the web page often. Lots is going on, the site is user friendly and there is lots of information there. We NEED to know if the information we have about your family is correct and complete. Please take the time to check it out. Also, please consider sending something (a story? a recipe?) to put on the web site.

We hope that some of you will be interested enough in the web site to help us figure out how we can keep it going like forever. For now, Joseph is donating his expertise and web space so there is no cost except for an relatively small annual fee that, I think is for the domain. At the Reunion, we will be talking about the future of the web page and the GEDCOM data. Where do we go from here? Do we want to have another Reunion in five years? two years? Ever? Do we want to continue the web page? Does anyone want to help with planning the next reunion? Where do we want to have it? Virginia? Shenandoah Valley? What do you want? This is your family and your reunion ( I say again!).

Bob and I are going to be on a short vacation for a week or so. I hope my mailbox is packed full of registrations when we get back.

Kathleen Carpenter Griffin