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The following was received from the Association of Professional Genealogists:

Call for Recommendations for Nominations for APG Board Positions and Nominating Committee that take effect 1 January 2011.
Deadline for Recommendations: Postmarked or e-mailed by 1 August 2010.
Board of Directors Positions for Two Year Terms for 2010-2011

Region 1 (Western Canada; Western U.S.; Mexico): Two vacancies
Region 2 (Middle [...]

I got a note today from NEHGS’s Tom Champoux about the success of the “Family History Day” in Boston, sponsored by the New England Historic Genealogical Society and Ancestry.com. The event was held Saturday, Feb 20th at the Westin Copley Place Hotel and brought in more than 700 people from all [...]

The following note was just received form Kathleen Hinckley. It looks like the Association of Professional Genealogists is looking for someone to act as a sales rep for advertising within the Quarterly. This could be a challenging and rewarding part-time job for someone. If I wasn’t so darned busy already, I’d apply myself…
APGQ is looking [...]

WESTMINSTER, Colo., November 13 – Laura G. Prescott of Brookline, New Hampshire, has been elected president of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), the world’s leading professional organization of family history and related professionals. Prescott is genealogist for the Nickerson Family Association and a consultant for Footnote.com. She will succeed Jake Gehring [...]

The following was received from Kathleen W. Hinckley, CG, APG Executive Director:
The Twelfth Annual APG Professional Management Conference took place September 2, 2009, in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Syllabus is available for sale while supplies last at http://www.apgen.org/catalog/products.html for $20 plus shipping and handling.
The PMC presentations included:

Writing Professionally by Tom Jones, CG, CGL, FASG
Solving Mysteries [...]

The following press release was received from Kathleen Hinckley:
WESTMINSTER, Colo., September 24 – The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) honored five members for outstanding contributions and achievements at the 2009 Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Conference held September 2-5 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
APG named Loretto Dennis Szucs as the recipient of the APG Professional Achievement [...]

APG will be awarding its third “Professional Achievement Award” at the Professional Management Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, September 2, 2009. Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG received the award in 2007; and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking received it in 2008.
Nominations for this award can be made by individual APG members, by APG chapters, and by [...]

The following was received from Kathleen Hinckley, CG, Executive Director of the Association of Professional Genealogists.
The Association of Professional Genealogists will be awarding its third “Professional Achievement Award” at the Professional Management Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, September 2, 2009. Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG received the award in 2007; and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking [...]

The following was written by APG Staff. Note that the deadline is fast approaching - 1 week!
Call for Papers for the Professional Management Conference sponsored by the Association of Professional Genealogists
18 August 2010, Knoxville, Tennessee, in conjunction with the FGS Conference.
Deadline for Submission: 1 May 2009
Lecture proposals for the 2010 Professional Management Conference are now [...]

The Professional Management Conference is sponsored by the Association of Professional Genealogists, and will be held 18 August 2010, Knoxville, Tennessee, in conjunction with the FGS Conference. The Deadline for Submission is 1 May 2008.
Lecture proposals for the 2010 Professional Management Conference are now being accepted. The theme for the conference, Charting Your Path To [...]

The following was written by APG staff:
Westminster, Colo., November 21, 2008 – The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), the world’s leading professional organization of family history and related professionals, announced the results of its 2008 election. Ten board members were elected to two-year terms for 2009-2010. Two nominating committee members were elected to one-year terms.
Region [...]

The following was written by APG staff:
Jake Gehring, president of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), presented this year’s awards on September 5, 2008 at the association luncheon at the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. APG awards are given annually to recognize excellence and achievement within the field of genealogy.
One of [...]

The following was written by APG staff:
Members of the Association of Professional Genealogists gathered in Philadelphia on September 5th to an honor a long-time member for his professional accomplishments.
The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) named Gary Mokotoff as the second recipient of the APG Honorary Lifetime Membership Award. The award was created in 2007 to [...]

The following was written by APG staff:
Members of the Association of Professional Genealogists gathered in Philadelphia on September 5th to honor a long-time member for her professional accomplishments.
The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) named Sandra Hargreaves Luebking as the second recipient of the APG Professional Achievement Award. The award was presented during the association luncheon [...]

The following was written by APG staff:
Westminster, Colo., September 9; The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) presented the first Young Professional Scholarship award to Michael Melendez of Fullerton, California. The award was presented during the APG Professional Management Conference (PMC) during the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Melendez, a senior at Troy [...]