Hereditary Chief of Clan
Dr Robin Boyd, MA (Oxon); MB BS; LRCP, MRCS; DCH; AFOM, 8th Baron Kilmarnock
President: Lauren Boyd McLachlan, FSA Scot
Mike Boyd of Australia, Clan Historian, Chair of the Historical Committee will be in attendance!
We are extremely pleased to announce the 2013 Annual General Meeting & Gathering of our Clan is to be held in Greenville, South Carolina in conjunction with the Greenville Scottish Games Memorial Day weekend, May 24th & 25th. Our Vice President & South Carolina Convenor, David A. Boyd, Jr. is our host for this year's AGM. We thank him for coming forward and for all the work entailed in coordinating and putting on our Annual General Meeting.
- Join us in the Great Scot parade on Friday, May 24th at 6 pm -- the details of the parade are found here: http://www.gallabrae.com/events/7 Contact our VP Dave Boyd via the email address agm@clanboyd.org to get details about where to park and form up with our group. This parade is larger than the Santa parade!
- We will gather during the day on Saturday to share hospitality, get to know each other and take a group shot of all who attend our AGM. Once we find out the time of the various special events held at the games, we will set the time for the group photo. We will have the time posted at the tent on Saturday morning.
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Dinner and the meeting is set for about 6 pm, Saturday, May 25th at Southern Fried Green Tomatoes. 1175 Woods Crossing Road, Greenville, SC 29607 - Dave Boyd, South Carolina Convenor and Vice President for HBS, would be greatly pleased to have a group of Boyds join him for church services at St. Giles Presbyterian Church Sunday May 26 at 10:30 AM. He'd love for you to wear your tartan or kilt if you have them. 1021 Hudson Road Greenville, South Carolina 29615 (864) 244-4887
Contact our VP Dave Boyd via the email address agm@clanboyd.org to let him know if you can join us for the AGM so we can be prepared.
The festival site is located at the Greenville South Carolina Games. The venue is the grounds of Furman University, 3300 Pointsett Highway, Greenville, South Carolina 29613
If you are in Greenville earlier, there will be an event on May 23rd at the Upcountry History Museum. Dr. David Purdle will talk about Scots in the Revolution. Read more about this event on the Games website.
Plan on visiting with the Clan Historian, Mike Boyd of Australia, who has conducted research tours of Boyd related areas and archives that hold Boyd genealogical and historical records, in both Scotland and Ireland. You may contact Mike at his Society email address historian@clanboyd.org. Please bring a printed copy of your genealogy to share with him. Mike is looking forward to meeting you and listening to YOUR family story. You will be amazed by the amount of knowledge he has to impart on our family at large.
Our President, Lauren Boyd McLachlan will be traveling from California; our Treasurer & Past President, Donald Boyd Mellen will be traveling from Ohio; Executive Board Member and former Convenor, Emma May Hunter will be traveling from Tennessee, to give members a chance to meet face to face with Officers you may only know via email or Facebook.
This is your opportunity to gather with other members of the House of Boyd from around the world, get to know them and share your ideas. Please do plan to find a way to join us on this momentous occasion. If you are interested in volunteering, at the tent or events on the AGM weekend, please let us know. We will welcome your assistance.
General Information re the festival is available on The Greenville Scottish Games website. The event's Host Hotel is the Hilton.
Please direct your questions and comments to agm@clanboyd.org
We'd also like to know where you would like us to hold future AGMs. We have attempted to plan them so that more people may be able to attend, instead of holding them in one location each and every year.