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Our
second anniversary …
On 15th
October 2003, I created the Association. Today, two years later, ending
another fiscal year, we count 169 members!! (You were 85 in 2004,
i.e. the double).
What a
satisfaction for me to have succeeded in getting together so many people
around this great objective: preserving our origins of Procida & Ischia.
Unbelievable!
Where are
we up to today?
During our
first General Meeting, we have been able to review together what we have
achieved so far, what are the next steps, and voted the following decisions:
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The name of the Association has been
officially changed within the statutes. « La Grande Famille de Procida »
has become « La Grande Famille de Procida & Ischia » strong of its
success and our capacity to carry out our projects.
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You reelected me President until the
15th October 2008 to unanimity. This will allow us to continue our
projects without being bothered with administrative constraints next
year.
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We have decided to open negotiations
in 2005/2006 with the towns of Monte di Procida and Casamicciola d’Ischia.
Many thanks to you all for your trust and
support.
Pascal SCOTTO
DI VETTIMO
President of the Association |
The
First General Meeting!
On 10th
September 2005 was held in Procida our First General Meeting. Far beyond my
hopes, this week-end of festivities was a lot more than just a simple
associative meeting.
As a
matter of fact, emotions of all kinds got together during this week-end of
reunion and remembrance, in an atmosphere extraordinarily warm and in
family.
It is for
me impossible to find the right words to explain what really happened there.
To learn more about this event, I invite you to go on our Web site. You will
find: the official documents, the speeches of our hosts, the newspaper
articles, the messages of the members present and a selection of photos.
The NEW Web site!
Discover
the new Web site completely reorganized, clearer and richer, based on a easy
navigation using tabulated pages, allowing an easy and more intuitive access
to all our information and services. |
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The
digitalization progresses
It is
ending for Procida where only the second half of the registers of souls
remains.
It has
been completed for Barano and will start next for Testaccio. It will also
continue for Forio (San Vito) and has started in September for Ischia
Ponte digitalizing 27 registers out of 75!
Today,
144 registers have been digitalized, i.e. 25000 photos or 16
Gb of data on disk.
The
computerization also goes well, thanks to fifty volunteers, and hard working
members. The first index of Ischia Ponte is even already on line!
The request for certificates
The
requests for certificates have largely increased in 2005: 2013
certificates have been sent to you, and 543 have been translated! This
represents more than 100% increase with regards to 2004. Knowing that
it takes 5 minutes to locate and extract a certificate, and 20 minutes to
translate it, I let you calculate the amount of work this involves!!!
Reminder
In order
to reduces the times for processing the certificates, I wish to
remind you the 2 following important rules:
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Ensure to use the format of your request as shown on the Web site and
clearly indicate the required information.
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Send imperatively your request to the following email addresses created
for this purpose :
The email
address
info@procida-family.com is reserved for all other correspondences. Thank
you. |
Renewal 2006
Here we
go! The new years starts for us and you can now renew you membership for
2006 whenever, or if not become a member earning a couple of months free.
You will
find on the Web site the brochure 2006, all tariffs, including a new
prepaid of 50 certificates. The tariffs of the translation have been also
updated to better reflect the reality of the associated work load.
You are a
voluntary member? Therefore when renewing, you will get the following
benefits, if you have computerized in 2005:
When
renewing, do not forget to send me your membership form, filled in and
signed.
Genealogy days on 8 and 9 October
This event
was held in Le Cannet and was organized by the “Cercle Généalogique du
Pays Cannois”. Our stand was managed by a few members alongside our
friends of the Corsican Association.
Thank you
to Jean-Pierre & Nicole FLORIO, Valérie & Frédéric ASSANTE DI CAPILLO,
Danielle LIMA-BOUTIN and Christiane PADOVANI for their help and the great
representation of your Association. |
