Dear CFAA Members,

 

I know we are all anxious to hear about the plans for our 2012 reunion. The Communiqué is delayed and as a consequence I am sending this email message with some important updates from our President including the dates for our reunion.

 

Doug Cooley

CFAA Genealogist

 

 

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE – JAN 2012

 

Happy New Year to all of our esteemed Cooley Family Association members!  I hope everyone has a great 2012, and I am very excited to present some important updates to you on behalf of the organization.

 

Our 2012 biennial reunion will be held for the first time ever in Washington DC on July 26 (late afternoon) – 28 (noon-ish).  We expect this to be a researcher’s dream event with planned visits to the National Archives and the DAR Library (see more details below!)  Of course the event will be highlighted by our traditional CFAA dinner event where we will have interesting speakers as well as the usual good food and good company.  Details are still being finalized but please lock in the dates  -- perhaps you can expand your visit to take full advantage of all our nation’s capitol has to offer!

 

I am also pleased to announce that the CFAA has “officially entered the 21st century” by establishing presences on both Facebook and Twitter.  For those of you already utilizing these modern networking tools, please search for us and reach out so we can begin to establish these easy-to-use platforms as a means to communicate more quickly and grow our membership.

 

In another important development, the board has also recently appointed Michael Cooley to serve as our Second Vice President.  You will read more about Michael in the next Communiqué.  Michael’s knowledge of the ‘non-Benjamin’ Cooley lines is unsurpassed and he will be a great asset to the organization as we continue to be more inclusive of all the upstanding Cooleys in the US and beyond.

 

As I complete my second term as your President, I am also seeking interested members who may wish to get involved in helping this organization into the future.  By the time of our reunion, I will have made my contribution and will be stepping down.  Please don’t hesitate to step up; this is a great and rewarding organization to serve.  If you would like to be considered for nomination, get involved in any of our leadership positions, please just shoot me an email (president@cooleyfamilyassociation.com) expressing your interest and we can set up a call.

 

I want to thank our entire leadership team for continuing to advance these great initiatives, and please let us know if you think you can attend the reunion so we can properly estimate a headcount.

 

Respectfully,

Dave Cooley

President, CFAA