VicGUM® August 2010 Meeting
Annual General Meeting &
Using Family Newsletters as a Genealogical Tool
Bubbles Segall
To be held Tuesday August 3,
commencing at 6:45 pm, at the GSV Meeting Room
Victorian GUM (Genealogists Using Microcomputers) Inc.
is an association of family history researchers using
computers to help them in their research. VicGUM® is based
in Melbourne, and has over 600 members around
Australia. It is incorporated in Victoria under Schedule 5 of the Associations Incorporation Act (1981), download
the Rules of Association document for more information.
Objectives
The following is a summary of the main objectives, for full
details download the Victorian GUM Incorporated Statement of Purposes document.
- To assist members with information about hardware and
software packages that can aid family history
research.
- To provide and maintain a library of genealogical
computing information: books, magazines, program reviews,
programs and program listings, public domain software,
demonstration software and so on.
- To exchange information and newsletters with groups
with similar interests both within Australia and
throughout the world.
- To liaise with other Australasian genealogical
computer groups with a view to providing compatible data
exchange formats.
Membership
Membership is open to all individuals and organisations
upon payment of the annual subscription fee. Membership
benefits include:
- a monthly newsletter
mailed to members
- the opportunity to participate and to hear expert
speakers at our monthly
meetings
- seminars and workshops
- information on software for genealogy
- our Dial Help network of members willing to help you
with many different software packages
- access to the "GUMNET" Internet mailing list
- use of the VicGUM® borrowing library
The annual membership fee is $35 for 1
year and $70 for 2 years. Joint membership, for two people
in the one household, is available for $40
for 1 year and $80 for 2 years. All fees are in Australian dollars and include GST/overseas charges. Download and print a
PDF version of the membership
form and send it in, or pay online with a Credit Card and PayPal to subscribe today!
Note that all information collected from members is covered by the VicGUM® Privacy of Information policy.
Contacting VicGUM® and VicGUM® committee members
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Location:
Postal Address: |
Victorian GUM Inc.
Level B1, 257 Collins Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000
Australia
How to find the GUM Office
Victorian GUM Inc.
PO Box 375
Flinders Lane Victoria 8009 (yes, that is the correct Postcode)
Australia |
E-mail info@vicgum.asn.au for more
information
President: Irene Fullarton, phone (03) 9778 7317, email
imf07@optusnet.com.au
Membership Secretary: John Donaldson, phone (03) 9639 2005
Software Sales & Distribution: GUM Office, phone (03)
9639 2005, fax (03) 9639 2006 (phone answered Monday to Saturday)
VicGUM®Office staffed Wednesday & Friday 10 am – 3 pm, email GUM Office
Guest Newsletter Editor: Irene Fullarton, phone (03) 9778
7317, email imf07@optusnet.com.au |
