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July 2000 Message from President of USA/Canada Clan Egan Association Dear Fellow Eagan/Eagen/Egan/Keegan Clan Members: The Millennium Clan Egan Rally was held in Ireland from June 29, 2000 through July 2, 2000. Approximately 180 people took part in various segments of the Rally, which was centered around Redwood Castle in County Tipperary, lying North of the Birr-Portumna Road (T-41). In addition to exploring our Irish heritage through visits to interesting Egan-related sites in the vicinity of Redwood and the sharing of genealogical information, there was considerable socializing among old and new friends and relations with Egan roots. For the success of our Millennium Rally, we owe much to our Clan Chief, Michael J.S. Egan of Dublin, who organized and led the Rally, and to Eithne Egan and her family, who made Redwood Castle available to us. Eithne’s late husband, Michael J. Egan, was our founding Clan Chief and was responsible for restoring Redwood Castle. We also owe much to Jacki Barber, Chair of our Technology Committee, Greg Egan and Mary Taylor who, through the Clan Egan website and numerous e-mails, spread the word of our Rally, to Jane Eagen, who spread the word of the Rally through the Clan’s Newsletter, and to the others who helped in these efforts. The current members of our Newsletter Committee and our Technology Committee are listed below. Anyone else interested in joining one of these Committees is welcome to do so by contacting the appropriate Committee Chair at an address specified below. The Clan Egan website address is http://www.geocities.com/etechnicalcomm/index.htm. Our Chief has reserved eganclan.com for a new Clan domain name which will replace the central Clann Mac Aodhagain site. The Mac Aodhagain site, housed at eganclan.com, will continue to be a starting point for all things Egan, with greater emphasis placed on finding and joining Clan branches USA/Canada, Australia and International. The current web site will remain in effect and will direct readers to the new site. Additionally, http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/clanegan is a public forum created in Yahoo’s genealogy section with links to the Clan websites and other specialized addresses. Jacki and our Technology Committee will be working to develop a new website using the Clan’s new domain name. While the Clan’s origins are ancient, our technology and communications belong to the new Millennium. Among the decisions made at the Rally were the following: Our next Rally will be July 3-7, 2002 in Australia. A significant contingent of Australian Egans attended the Rally and offered to host us in 2002. A number of Egans emigrated to Australia over the years and have prospered. The Clan Egan Association in Australia has over 120 members. Our Australian cousins pointed out that July is winter in Australia and we can expect daytime temperatures in the range of 70 Fahrenheit, and that, with the prevailing favorable currency exchange rates (currently $1.7 Australlars for each U.S. dollar), the U.S. dollar goes a long way in Australia, which should help offset the costs of travel. Advance booking of airline tickets, perhaps in one or more groups, can further reduce costs. Our Australian cousins will be working the travel alternatives and plans for the Rally. The tentative itinerary will commence in Melbourne and include traveling to Egan sites in rural Victoria. Professor Gregory K. Egan, Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering at Monash University near Melbourne, is President of the Australian Clan Egan Association, and will be coordinating the planning for our 2002 Rally in Australia. Greg’s address, etc. are:
Our Rally in 2004 will again be in Ireland and coordinated by our Chief Michael J.S. Egan. Our Rally in 2006 will likely again be in the U.S. Virginia Crawford and Maryan Egan-Baker developed a proposal for a Rally in Salt Lake City in 2002, which was deferred as the plan for Australia Rally in 2002 was adopted and may be considered again for 2006. Dues for the USA/Canada Clan Egan Association are due January 1 for each calendar year at the rate of $15 per person or $25 per family household. If you have not paid your dues for 2000, please remit the dues, together with your current mailing and email addresses, telephone and fax numbers, to our Treasurer, Jim Eagen as follows:
Our Treasurer’s report presented at the Rally showed that we have 264 USA/Canada dues paying members and, although we are solvent, it is important that we continue to remit our annual dues to the USA/Canada Clan Egan Association. The current officers of USA/Canada Clan Egan Association, who were reelected at the Rally and agreed to continue, are:
Your Clan Chief and your USA/Canada President each have been elected by members of their respective groups for life. Your other officers were elected to serve until the next Rally and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. In the interim between Rallies, vacancies may be filled and new officers and committee members may be appointed by the Clan Chief or USA/Canada President, as the case may be. Doug Egan, Robert Egan, Carole Mondragan and others have agreed to work with Jane Eagen in publishing the Newsletter. Carole recorded key parts of our Millennium Rally and will furnish summaries for inclusion in future Newsletters. The Technology Committee, chaired by Jacki Barber, includes Ellen Bell, Russ Brehm, Patrick J. Eagan, James H. Eagen, Doug Egan, Greg Egan, Kathleen A. Egan, Michelle Egan, Jane Rock Kennedy, and Mary Theresa Taylor. At the Rally a resolution was passed recognizing that Clan member Edward Egan has been elevated to Archbishop of New York. Vincent Egan was requested to communicate the Clan’s resolution to the Archbishop.
A newsletter describing more of the Rally happenings will be
forthcoming. Byron
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