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BIENVENUE!
The purpose of this organization as set forth in the Certification of Incorporation shall be: |
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*****WHAT'S NEW***** IMPORTANT NOTICE TO OUR MEMBERS DUE TO LOWER MEMBERSHIP AND THE LACK OF HELP, THE BOARD HAS DECIDED TO DISSOLVE THE FEDERATION. OUR JUNE ISSUE OF THE NEWSLETTER WILL BE OUR LAST PUBLICATION. NEW LOCATION for the Library of the American-Canadian Genealogical Society in Manchester, New Hampshire. Cercle Francais de la Capitale, a group you can find on Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Cercle-Francais For any questions, call Silvia at 303-818-1303.
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***** FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK After forty years, the time has come to dissolve the Federation. It is not easy to do after having been involved in it in one way or another for all these years. We have had many successes during those years and there are too many people to name them all, I must simply give them a general thank you for their dedication, talent and hard work over the many years. However, I would like to thank the present board members, Mary Beth who served until this year, Yvette, Suzanne, Pat and Tom Jacques. Tom did a great job setting up and maintaining the Federation’s web site. Yvette did the leg work for some of our trips – Europe, and the trip on Lake George aboard the ship, Lac du Saint Sacrament to name just two. She also handled both the positions of secretary and treasurer in addition to membership. Suzanne’s help with the film program, and articles for the newsletter. The wonderful research by Pat Jacques for many of the newsletter articles, Mary Beth for her permission to use material from her Franco American Gravy, and my wife Françoise for proofreading all the English articles for these many years. The help of many people over the years for our participation in the Festival of Nations, the Troy Festival under member Jane Otto and various other festivals. Thank you to Margaret Lanoue, Maurice Rivard, Eloïse Brière who organized our Lachine to Albany fur-traders route. And all who cooked, baked and helped with the French Mass in June each year, the brunches, the dance programs, the celebration of the feast of the Three Kings (Epiphany). I remember the dance program held at the Italian Society’s building with Mr. Tremblay and Mr. Janis. And for all the faithful attendance at our board meetings, thank you. Bernie |
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*****A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR HOST "THE VENUE" ***** WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE VENUE IN COHOES FOR GIVING US MEETING SPACE AND HOSTING MOST OF OUR EVENTS. DAN AND JEN O’NEIL WERE MOST GRACIOUS AND GENEROUS. |
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NEWSLETTER INFO; We encourage our members to send us articles or information pertinent to our goals. NEWSLETTER DATES
We will do our best to hold to these dates. ***** June/ Juin 2023 *****
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER If for some reason, you did not receive all the FRANCO NEWS/NOUVELLES FRANCOS issues, please let us know. We will be happy to mail the ones that were missed. You may send Bernie an E-mail at bouimet@nycap.rr.com or you may call him at 518-692-2690. You may also drop him a note at Bernard Ouimet, 205 Meeting House Rd, Valley Falls, NY 12185. |
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MEETINGS - - - Everyone is welcome to attend our open meetings, please join us. We no longer have a designated location for all our meetings. Meeting location will be announced well before each meeting.
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