MINUTES OF 2009 ANNUAL MEETING

The National Society Sons of Colonial New England met on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at the Army and Navy Club, 901 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006.  The meeting was called to order by Governor General Richard S. Austin.  The Invocation was given by Chaplain General Gene Patterson, and the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was led by former Governor General Andrew M. Johnson.

Twenty Associates and their guests were present, along with seven members and their guests of The Order of the First Families of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1636-1647.

1. The Governor General welcomed all in attendance and indicated that it had been a pleasure to serve as their Governor.
2. The Deputy Governor General James K. Raywalt was not present and had informed the Governor that he had no report.
3. The Governor General stated that the minutes of the 2008 meeting were published in the Pine Tree Colonial and requested approval not to read these minutes. It was moved, seconded and passed that they be approved.
4. The Treasurer General John Hallberg Jones gave his report for the year ending 31 December 2007.  There is a total active roll of 154 members: 28 Annual members and 126 Life members.  The total assets are: $58,745, Checking - $787, Savings-$1000, and Securities-$58,745. It was moved, seconded and passed to continue annually without reauthorization the annual donations ($1,400 total) to the New England Historic and Genealogical Society ($500), the New England Society for the Preservation of Antiquities ($300) and ($100 each) to the Connecticut Ancestry Society; Genealogical Society of Vermont; New Hampshire Society of Genealogy; Maine Genealogical Society; the Rhode Island Genealogical Society; and $100 to Hereditary Society Community website. All societies were heard from regarding our donation. There were 5 deaths. Copy of the financial and the membership reports are attached.
5. The Registrar General was unable to be present.  His report submitted to the Governor General indicated that the Society had eleven new members in the past year, with Paul M. Hays and Lawrence K. Casey, Jr., being present.
6. The Secretary General reported the request to purchase 9 various insignia.
7. The Director's report was given by Governor General Austin in the absence of the senior director. Former Governor General Peter Arrott Dixon was nominated for the term ending in 2012. Founding Governor General C. Owen Johnson voted the proxies he had received and Peter Arrott Dixon was elected unanimously.
8. The officers for the 2009-2011 term as named by the Directors are:
   Governor General: Richard S. Austin
   Deputy Governor General: James K. Raywalt
   Secretary: Richard E. Patten
   Treasurer: John Hallberg Jones
   Registrar: Arthur Louis Finnell
   Chaplain: Rev Gene Patterson
   Chancellor: Duane L.C.M. Galles
   Editor, Pine Tree Colonial: Duane L.C.M. Galles
9. Genealogist Timothy Field Beard gave an excellent talk entitled “Travelling By Family Roots”, in which he traced the Beard and Field ancestry through the occupants of the Field House. Associate Beard was presented with the Pine Tree Pin.
10. The Governor General reported that the SCNE website, www.nsscne.org, now has the application in Microsoft Word which a prospective member can download, complete and submit to the Registrar General.
11. The meeting for next year will be on Tuesday April 20, 2010, at the same time and place as the meeting for this year.
12. The meeting was adjourned with a benediction by Chaplain General Patterson. 

Respectfully submitted,

Richard S. Austin, Secretary General