Webnotes
The 2004 HGS/GSH Membership Directory
Will Be in Electronic Format Only
The 2004 HGS/SGH Membership directory was created from the office database on March 23, 2005. Copies will not be mailed to the membership. Instead, the directory will be available in Adobe PDF format on the HGS and GSH Websites and can be downloaded by active members. Active members are those current in their 2003-2004 dues and a few others, like Honorary (Life) members.
Information on how to download the directory is available only to active members. They should log in and use the Navigation menu to find the appropriate links. Non-members cannot access the pages that explain how to download the directory, nor can they be found using Google.
If members want a printed copy, there are several options:
1. They can download the file from the Website and print it on their own printer. This is not the best choice because the Directory is 337-pages.
2. Members can also copy the file to a CD or other portable memory device and take it to a print shop, like Kinkos, where they can get it printed on a high-speed printer and even have it bound if they like.
Members are not to make copies of the Directory for non-members or anyone else. Non-members should be encouraged to join the HGS to get a copy of the Directory and members are encouraged to make frequent use of the Website.
For those members who have no Internet access, the HGS/GSH office will provide a “loaner” copy of the Directory on CD that they can take to a print shop, get a paper copy made, and then return the CD to the office within a week. Just go by the HGS office and checkout a copy. Since only a limited number of CD''s are available, members are also permitted to make a copy of the CD, for their personal use only, either from the loaner or the downloaded copy.
In addition to the annual directory format, there is a member-lookup facility on the Website that is available to any registered user. That information is more likely to be current than the annual directory; members are encouraged to keep their contact information on the Website up to date. Changes made in member records on the website will immediately update the office records, and vice versa, but will not change the annual directory until the next publication cycle.