*Denotes Elected Executive Board

• Katherine M. Olsen*, President
• Marshall B. Seelye*, First Vice President
• Linda L. Crocker*, Second Vice President
• Mary Palley*, Secretary
• Sally Seeley*, Treasurer
• Karl Weiler*, Chief Genealogist
• Terry Tietjens*, Director
• Wesley Waring*, Director
• Dian Little*, Director
• James R. Seeley, Past President
• John R. Seely, Ancestor Files
• Ivey Harris, Membership
• Linda L Crocker, Query Editor
• Paul Taylor, Publications Editor
• Chris Havnar, Webmaster
• Terry Tietjens, Research Center
• Pamela D. Turner, SRC Librarian
• Ruthetta Seelye Hansen, Historian/Promotion
• Dr. Ken McCrea, Seeley DNA Project
• Bob Seeley, CD-ROM Project

Seeley descendants returned to Wethersfield, the site of the 1992 (fifth) SGS Reunion. The registration desk was set up for early arrivals on Wednesday afternoon in the hotel lobby. The busy area around the registration desk was often a place for greeting old friends and storytelling. The first official function of the reunion was a meeting of the 2005-2007 SGS Executive Board on Thursday morning, all of whom were present. The meeting was an open one, so several other members were present as well. The hospitality room was a large room adjacent to the meeting room. It was used for board meetings, meetings of small groups, displaying articles and documents of interest to the Seeley family, and just visiting with cousins we had not seen for a long time. The opening session was Thursday afternoon. Breakfast and lunch were on our own each day. Dinners were prepaid. The Sunday farewell buffet brunch was in the beautiful Garden Room overlooking the indoor pool. That gave us a chance to say our farewells to each other in a relaxed, beautiful setting. Friday was tour day with a bus tour of Old Wethersfield in the morning and a walking tour of Old Wethersfield Burying Ground in the afternoon. The main attraction on the bus tour was the stone memorial on the Village Green of Old Wethersfield listing the “Ten Adventurers” who founded Wethersfield in 1634. Among them (second from the top on the left side) is the name of Robert Seeley. We also visited the site where Robert Seeley lived just a short distance away.

Saturday morning was the business meeting. Veronica Seeley Newell was chairwoman of the nominating committee. She reported the committee’s nominations for the nine-member 2007-2009 SGS Executive Board. There were no further nominations from the floor and the new board was elected unanimously. The Executive Board recommended, and the membership approved Salt Lake City, Utah for the thirteenth SGS Reunion. The board also recommended the timeframe for the reunion be sometime during July or August 2009 to accommodate families who would like to bring their children. President James R. Seeley said he believed the volunteerism of one SGS member exceeded all others: SGS Query Editor Linda Crocker. To recognize Linda’s contributions to the society, he presented her a certificate and letter of commendation.

He then adjourned the meeting and turned the Dan Seelye Memorial Gavel over to Kathie Olsen.

James R. Seeley,
SGS President