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Mike McCabe, President
Tim McNamara, Vice President
Jane McSally, Treasurer
Secretary, Angela McGuirk
Sheila Danehy, Membership Chairperson
Maureen Moore, Parliamentarian
Amanda Potkay, First Year Trustee
Mike Flyte, Sergeant-at-Arms

The latest revision of the Bylaws document can be accessed from the green Bylaws tab on the left side of the “About” page of of the website. This document includes all the proposals that were adopted by the 12/27/16, 3/28/17, and 4/25/17 votes of the general membership.

65 members in good standing were in attendance, 60 of whom voted; 40 “yes” votes (2/3 majority) were required to accept the proposed Bylaw changes. Vote count for each proposal was as follows:
Proposal #1 (Officers Terms of Office) 59 Yes and 1 No: Accepted

Proposal # 2 (Other Directors Terms of Office) 56 Yes and 4 No: Accepted

Proposal #3 (Activities) 38 Yes and 22 No: Not accepted

Proposal # 4 (Amendments) 41 Yes and 19 No: Accepted

The revised Bylaws document will be posted on the Bylaws Page of the Website.

I would like to thank everyone for making this a very memorable St. Patrick’s Day season for me. I am so honored to be able to represent the Irish Heritage Society of Milford as your Irish Woman of the Year for 2017.
From the raising of the Irish Flag in downtown Milford with Mayor Ben Blake to marching in the parade; it has all been the best. Thank you for the truly wonderful dinner party at Costa Azzurra Restaurant and the flowers and the plaque. It truly was a magical evening. I hope to continue to represent our club and the Irish culture in the best possible way.
Sláinte,
Nancy Smith,
ihsm Woman of the Year

Check out the fantastic article in the
New Haven Register about IHSM!

Congratulations to the Irish Heritage Society of Milford for winning the the Community Beautification Award, presented by the Milford Regional Chamber of Commerce! Accepting the award on behalf of the club was Ed Mead, past President.

The Milford Irish history project needs you! In order to keep this important project going, more members are still needed to participate! Plans are being made for mailings, and for interviews with IHSM members for the first phase of the project. Please attend this meeting and contribute a few hours of your time and energy and ideas! Some tasks that need to be completed are:
Mailings, follow-up phone calls, set-up appointments, possible interviews.

If you want to help, please contact Steve Kraffmiller at kskraffmiller@yahoo.com.

Those individuals interested in participating in the genealogy project can download this form to get started.

Next Meeting:
Saturday, November 26th 10am – 12pm at the Clubhouse

Our beautiful clubhouse is nice and new and spanking clean….but help is needed immediately to help keep it that way! The IHSM Housekeeping Committee needs more volunteers to join crews to clean on a rotating schedule. Men and women are equally welcome, volunteer solo and you’ll be paired up with another volunteer, or sign on as a duo – best friends, sisters/brothers, you and your spouse – any combination of workers will do!

The building needs to be cleaned twice a week, once on Saturday morning, and once between Monday – Wednesday. A minimum of a two people are needed for each shift/crew, and it takes about two hours to dust, sweep, clean three bathrooms and vacuum. The larger the pool of volunteers, the less often each person would be scheduled! The goal is for each person to not have to clean more than ONCE a month, and to have a few substitutes to cover for illness, vacations, etc. Please help to keep our Clubhouse a place of which we can be proud. Please contact Kathleen Stern – see Contact page of website.

Volunteers needed! Terri Flynn and the Bar Management Committee are coordinating the scheduling of greeters to check membership cards and ID’s during the hours the bar room is open. Normal schedule for greeters will be Thursdays, 5 p.m. on; Fridays, 5 p.m. on; Saturdays, 12 p.m. on; and Sunday, 12 p.m. on. The hours for greeters will be divided into shorter, consecutive shifts. Please specify your preference for either an afternoon or evening shift. Signup sheets will be available at the clubhouse on the weekend for volunteering to serve as greeters. The same few members have been helping, so we would be grateful for more volunteers. To volunteer click here or contact Terri Flynn: terirish15@gmail.com or 203-868-4505.

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