Directors' Report
On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am pleased to report that 2006 has been another successful year in the life of our Society. We have sponsored several well-attended public events and our annual genealogy workshop, and have continued to add interesting content to our newsletter. We have continued to develop our web-site for better accountability to our members. This report, including our financial statements, is now accessible on line. We are pleased to note that this year public participation has increased both in terms of attendance at our events and the number of people visiting our centre. We continue to enjoy strong volunteer support which has allowed us to collect, process and preserve an increasing volume of historical information which might eventually have been lost. Thanks to the generosity and loyalty of our constituency we have again received adequate financial support to maintain our programs.
We reported in our April 2006 newsletter that an attempt was underway at that time by a private investor group (CAOBO) to gain access to lands seized by the Soviet government from former Mennonite landowners. As reported in our December 2006 newsletter, this initiative has been abandoned.
The members of our Board of Directors are working members who donate their time without compensation. Except in special circumstances, they are not reimbursed for expenses they incur in carrying out their responsibilities.
John Konrad - President