Olin Family Society

And now that I have your attention ....

The title of this article was inspired by a former real-life governor who is undecidedly not running for President. The sentiment behind it is decidedly different.

You have elected me president of the OFS. Unlike the organization's first president, Jo-Anne Moriarty, who served in that position for nearly 20 years, I will not be serving nearly that long. I'll state right now that I intend to be a one-term president. My reasons are both selfish and selfless.

The 2011 International Reunion is history, and it was a rousing success! Bill Olan recaps the weekend.

I have put online some photos from the International Reunion.

I am hiding the link to the photos in a comment to this post. In order to see the comment, you must login to this site. If you don't have an account, sign up for one via the Login link. Registration on this site is free to all descendants of John OLIN and Susannah SPENCER, including spouses.

Thanks to Stephen Olan for providing the photos!

The 2011 International OLIN/OLAN Reunion is over now, but everyone who attended will have pleasant memories of it for a long time!

The reunion committee, led by Bill Olan and Jo-Anne Moriarty, did an outstanding job. The facilities were great, the food was plentiful and delicious, and the fun was everywhere.

And the family! I hope everyone else enjoyed themselves as much as I did. It was great meeting old friends again and making new ones. Thanks to everyone for being there!

At our June 5 meeting, the OFS council increased the subscription fee for The OLINews to $10 per year or $40 for 5 years, effective immediately. This will not affect any existing subscriptions but will affect all renewals and new subscriptions. The increase is reflected on our Membership Request Form.

I have just discovered a bunch of new account requests that have not been answered. For reason(s) unknown, I have not been receiving notifications of such requests for a while. I will be working through the backlog over the next couple evenings. Some are clearly bogus, but some are legitimate.

If you requested an account and have not heard from me, I apologize and will respond as soon as I can.

I received e-mail today from Footnote.com, which provides copies of historical documents for a price, much like Ancestry.com. Until July 7, you can access their Revolutionary War Collection for free. As with Ancestry.com, you can join Footnote.com for free, but you need to pay to get access to their complete collection.

Here's the message:

I am saddened to have learned, over the last several days, of the passing of two OLIN cousins.

Ken Olin reports from the scene:

I just discovered a number of new account requests that are blocked, pending approval by an administrator (me). These requests date back as far as a few months. For some reason, I was not receiving them. I have to figure out why and fix the problem.

I will attempt to work through the backlog of pending requests ASAP. If I don't recognize a username or e-mail address, I might need to follow-up to verify lineage. That's why I recommend that people use their real names as their usernames. Besides, doing so facilitates dialog among site users.