Oct. 30th we advised on this site that the PGCS
website would disappear after December 31st UNLESS a
genealogically-related 501 (c) (3) group would
accept PGCS as a gift. Well-l-l-l. . .
Memo from: David W. Dole - December 19, 2000
This is to advise you that:
Effective December 16, 2000, the Harris County
(TX) Genealogical Society (HCGS) acquired the Publishers Genealogical Coding
Service (PGCS) as a gift.
Transfer of operational data from PGCS Inc. to
HCGS will follow as soon as possible and from this point forward, the operation
of PGCS is under HCGS control.
Specifically:
a. The Harris County (TX) Genealogical Society
expressed interest in the acquisition of PGCS on 11/4/00,
b. PGCS, Inc. (David W. Dole) contacted HCGS
on 11/7 with both "information pertinent to consideration of David Dole's
offer to transfer ownership..." and its 6 questions asking for information
regarding the HCGS group,
c. HCGS answered our six questions satisfactorily
on 11/20,
d. We provided HCGS with a draft of the proposed
"Agreement" regarding the gift on 12/02,
e. We mailed a final agreement, executed by PGCS,
Inc. on 12/11,
f. HCGS executed the agreement on 12/16 and
g. HCGS returned the agreement to PGCS, Inc.
on 12/17/00.
May I express my personal thanks to the over 750
of you Internet "travelers" who have "registered" on the PGCS website and,
with the material supplied, have "gone after" your local newspapers to
try to convince them to use PGCS codes in their obituaries. (And
if you failed, know that it's worth trying again - and this time take a
bunch of your like-thinking friends with you!)
I hope your interest and enthusiasm for PGCS
will continue ... that you will cooperate in every way with HCGS as they
take up the future fulfillment of the PGCS goals.
I am grateful that HCGS, a 26-year-old established
group with 80+ members, a full complement of active officers and directors,
webmaster and committees, was interested in the PGCS acquisition.
My direct contact came from and negotiations
were handled with Loretta "Tommy" Burns, a long-time professional genealogist
who is HCGS' parlimentarian, nominating committee "chair" and editor -
and who was authorized by HCGS to deal with me on the society's behalf.
PGCS has been "slow growing", but we turn it
over to HCGS with one "national" paper and 13 local papers using PGCS coding.
The papers are located in Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri Montana and Texas
- plus 1 located in Ontario, Canada . . so PGCS is, at least barely, "International"
. . . which I stated years ago was my goal before I relinquished control
!
"Thank you," each and every person who has enthused
about, worked on and even "invested" in PGCS. That "invested" is
with reference to at least two instances when local genealogical societies
have made a deal with the paper - "if you'll use the PGCS codes, we'll
pay the small fee."
Please continue your support of PGCS under HCGS
ownership and continue to enlist others in the fight to make PGCS universal!
David W. Dole 8102 Highwood Drive B-125 Bloomington MN 55438
E-mail: [email protected]
PGCS Contact Information:
Who: Was - David W. Dole
Is - Harris County (TX) Genealogical Society
Telephone: Was - 952) 830-9552
Is - L. E. Burns - 713) 472-4703
Fax: Was - 952) 830-9552
Is - 713) 472-3405
Address: Was -8102 Highwood Drive #B-125
Is - P. O. Box 391
City/State/Zip: Was -Bloomington, MN 55438-1406
Is - Pasadena, TX 77501
Country: USA
E-Mail: Was - [email protected]
Is - [email protected]
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