After finally resolving my problems with FrontPage (such a ridiculously stupid fix), and making the web site edits I needed to do (some of them), I was able to get a few more tasks accomplished:
1. Go Back and Cite Your Sources!
Tasks completed = 66% of the requirements for a bronze medal (6 of 10 sources)
As I was "sourcing" an article I've been researching and writing for several days, I realized that after about 20 years of genealogy research, I still have no idea how to write a proper source citation! Thank goodnes I had recently received my brand-new copy of Elizabeth Shown Mills' Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace!
I spent most of Tuesday evening brushing up on my "sourcing" skills, and Wednesday night I was able to properly cite 6 sources for my article. I still need to come up with 4 in order to qualify for the bronze, but I'm sure that won't be a problem, since we still have over a week to go.
4. Write, Write, Write!
Tasks completed = 1 (task E)
I have volunteered to host the November Edition of the Carnival of Central and Eastern European Genealogy for Jessica at Jessica's Genejournal. So get ready, folks! Don't make me nag you. You know I'm good at it, being a toddler-mommy and all. And sorry, no, I don't know the topic yet, so I can't give you a head start. ;-)
5. Reach Out and Perform Genealogical Acts of Kindness!
Tasks completed = 1 (task F)
I have applied for membership in the Southern California Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists.
I'm also working on an application for membership in the Orkney Family History Society (at my father's urging), although I'm still trying to figure out how to pay the membership fee. Is that pounds? Euros? I thought VISA was accepted everywhere??
Oh, and I've got that application for the Daughters of 1812 still sitting on my desktop. So many lineage societies, so little time...
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So let me put my not-so-great math skills to work here and figure out my totals. As Winnie the Pooh says, "Think, think, think!"
Category 1: 66% of one task completed = 2/3 of a Bronze Medal
Category 2: 1 task completed = Bronze Medal
Category 3: 0 tasks completed = rotten egg
Category 4: 2 tasks completed = Silver Medal
Category 5: 5 tasks completed = Platinum Medal
My Goals for "The Games"
Copyright © 2008 by Elizabeth O'Neal
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