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CGS Board Nominations announced

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The 2022 Nominating Committee – Joanna Shear, Kathleen Beitiks, and Linda Okazaki – has proposed one new board nominee, Keith Montgomery, for the term 2023-2025. The candidate was presented to and accepted by the board at the October meeting. Nominations will be presented at the Annual Business Meeting on 14 January 2023, where the general membership will vote upon the full slate of directors.

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Keith Montogmery

Keith R Montgomery has been a member of CGS since 2015. He sits on numerous CGS committees, including Technology, Digital Archives, Education and Events, Reopening, and Finance and participates in many CGS SIG groups, especially those involving computer technology. A former editor of the newsletter for Clan Montgomery Society, he helps other members with genealogical records, and has been administrator of the Montgomery Genealogy Facebook page for the past 13 years. He’s active with DNA research on family and helps others in their work. Now living in Albany, California, Keith grew up in New Mexico and attended the University of Colorado. He’s a retired Hotel Controller and worked in downtown Oakland for many years. He’s passionate about traveling as much as possible and enjoys taking five-mile walks along the bay with friends.

Status of other board members:

Continuing in their first terms are Jacqueline Threet Henderson, Carly Morgan, Roger Prince, Cindy Kim Thomson, Evan Wilson, and Larry Youngman.

Continuing in their second terms are Grant Din and Joanna Shear.

Proposed nominations for their second terms are Ron Madson and Adelle Treakle.

Continuing in her third term is Chris Pattillo.

Proposed nominations for their third terms are Matt Berry, Jennifer Dix, and James Sorenson.

The California Genealogical Society’s bylaws outline the requirements for Directors in Article V, Section 1:

  1. The number of directors shall be not less than five (5) nor more than twenty (20).
  2. The last active past president, he or she consenting, shall serve as a Member of the Board of Directors until replaced by a new past president willing to serve on the Board of Directors.
  3. Immediate family members of Directors are ineligible for candidacy during the period of the sitting Director’s term.
  4. The term of each Director shall be two (2) years from the date of election.
  5. Any vacancy in the Board during an unexpired term may but is not required to be filled by the Board. Such Director shall serve until a successor Director is elected.
  6. Directors shall be limited to a maximum of three successive two-year terms, or a total of six (6) consecutive years.
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