Category Archives: Members

Help Wanted!

We need your help!  We have some openings on our volunteer team — maybe one is calling your name?

Newsletter Editor:  We publish the Alert newsletter 11 times a year.  It’s (usually) four pages long and contains news about our society activities.  The newsletter editor assembles content from the Librarian and other board members, gets the mailing list from the membership chairperson, and oversees the printing, folding and mailing of the newsletter with help from the library volunteers. The editor needs some computer skills, but nothing exotic; Vince has promised to provide as much technical assistance as required.

Publicity Coordinator: We publicize our society events in several local publications and newsletters.  The publicity coordinator assembles content from the board and writes and distributes publicity notices, mostly via email.  This person also contributes to our Facebook page and website.  Again, this position needs only basic computer skills, mostly email.

Building and Grounds Chairperson: We need someone to manage the maintenance on our property.  Although it helps to be handy, this person doesn’t necessarily need to actually do the maintenance — we need someone to identify issues, call suppliers for estimates on repairs, brief the board and get a decision, and supervise the work.  We can also use members who are able to help with the minor maintenance tasks like cleaning up the garden beds and replacing light bulbs.

All three of these positions are considered board members; the board meets each month on the second Saturday morning at 10:30.

Interested?  Contact Rex at president@mhgswichita.org or drop by the library.

Family History in the Wichita Eagle!

In this week’s Neighbors section, the Wichita Eagle published a terrific article about a family history project shared at the Afro-American Special Interest Group meeting last week.  The project itself is really cool — tracing several generations of a family with photographs — and the article is pretty good, too.

For some reason, the Eagle doesn’t post Neighbors content online, so you’ll have to find a paper copy…or come by the library, where we’ll have it on the bulletin board.

Continue reading Family History in the Wichita Eagle!

Please Renew Your Membership!

Please renew your membership by April 1st!  There will be a form in the March Alert.

Remember — your membership fee helps maintain our library, publish the Register and this website, and support our projects, like the White Chapel cemetery documentation project.  Please help keep MHGS going strong!

Annual Meeting March 28

The MHGS Annual Meeting will be March 28 at 11am at the library. We will be voting on a new mission statement and electing new members of the Board of Directors. There may be snacks. If you are a society member, please attend!

We’re still finalizing the wording of the mission statement. If you have thoughts, please email Elaine at president@mhgswichita.org. We’ll distribute a proposed statement well before the meeting.

Renew Your Membership!

Please renew your membership by April 1st!  There will be a form in the February Alert.

Remember — your membership fee helps maintain our library, publish the Register and this website, and support our projects, like the White Chapel cemetery documentation project.  Please help keep MHGS going strong!