The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Texas

Bart Henson

Welcome From The Texas Society Governor

Mayflower Greetings!

Let me bring two things to your special attention
  • - Highlights of our late March Annual Meeting in Corpus Christi.
  • - The upcoming Triennial Congress in Plymouth.

2008 Annual Meeting

Our Annual Meeting, ably hosted by our Corpus Christi Colony, was a success in many ways.   By scheduling several parallel sessions during the meeting we were able to add some fun and educational topics to our business meeting.   These special topics included

  • Our new website design (please try it out at www.texasmayflower.com ).
  • A sample elementary school Pilgrim presentation.
  • A colony workshop including colony reports.
  • A Historian workshop including membership requirements.

Our Awards Committee picked a long-serving and true gentleman Ross Shipman as our special award winner this year, and we have further honored him with a gift in his name to the General Society of Mayflower Descendants in Plymouth.

We approved our new budget for the upcoming year as summarized in the pie charts below.   Please see further details of our meeting in this newsletter.

Revenues Expenses

The Corpus Christi Colony was a wonderful host for this conference and we can look forward to another wonderful meeting in Arlington, Texas, next year as hosted by our Dallas-Ft. Worth Colony at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on March 27-28, 2009.   Put it on your calendars now!

Triennial Congress
Every three years, the General Society of Mayflower Descendants hosts the Triennial Congress in Plymouth, Mass.   This year the Congress will run from Sunday September 7 through Tuesday September 9.   Other interesting Mayflower-related events are planned to occur around the same time in Plymouth and nearby.   Full details are presented in the March issue of the Mayflower Quarterly.   At the Texas Annual Meeting in Corpus Christi, about 15 members indicated an interest in attending the Congress.   Since Texas is qualified by our large membership to have 20 delegates, we welcome other members who would like to attend.   Join me and enjoy this special time with your Mayflower cousins!   Let me know if you plan to be there.

Your Governor,
Bart