DGS Newsletter, Volume 17, Number 6, November-December 1993 Page: 117
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NEWSLETTERVolume 17, Number 6 (Issue 151)
November-December 1993Dallas, Texas
Capital Expansion Project is Out of the Gate!
by Jan Bishop McFarland
The DGS Capital Expansion Project (CEP) was officially launched with a presentation by the Capital
Expansion Committee (CEC) at the 27 September regular meeting. If you weren't there, you missed
a very exciting evening. Response from those attending was immediate and enthusiastic. After the
presentation, an overwhelming number of people rushed forward to offer their ideas, their donations,
and their time as Expansion Project Volunteers. Following is an outline of the Project, including goals,
a proposed floor plan, a fund-raising report, and more.
Project Goals
The Dallas Genealogical Society's Capital Expansion Project benefiting the Genealogy Section of
the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library will effectively double the capacity for both materials and patrons
in the Section's public area. Expansion plans (targeted for completion in the fall of 1994) were
formulated in consultation with Central Library administrators and staff, and were based on results of
a patron survey conducted by DGS in the spring of 1993. The expansion, as currently contemplated,
is detailed on page 123, Table I.
DGS member Bill Benson has very generously donated his professional services to the Project,
resulting in a significant savings to the Capital Expansion Fund. His preliminary design for the
Genealogy Section is reproduced on page 124, Table II.
In order to implement this proposal, DGS has set a Capital Expansion fund goal of $150,000.00.Capital Expansion Committee-Left to right, Bill Benson, John Wylie,
Art Rubeck, Chairperson Jan McFarland, and Leslie Collier.(This figure does not
include minimal remodel-
ing costs yet to be
determined.) The Society
will raise this amount
from a variety of sources,
including fund-raising
projects, donations from
DGS Members, and dona-
tions from nonmemeber
Genealogy Section
patrons. In addition, we
will seek funding from
foundations, corporations,
and philanthropic individ-
uals in the Dallas area.
[CEP Project, page 122]_ _ _ _ _I
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