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Woods Family Reunion
How we reconnect the family — and how we hold the work.
Jazzmin’s officers’ minutes. July 25, 2026 · Troy, Michigan. Multi-state family.
This restates what the officers already put on paper. It does not file, spend, or pick a legal form.
01 · Locked vs still open
02 · Who is in the room
01 Michelle — President
02 Kali — Vice President
03 Jazzmin — Secretary
04 Jamel — Treasurer
05 Kyris — Social Media Coordinator
06 Imari — Youth Representative
Also present: David · Renata. Term: four years.
03 · Proposed four-year rhythm
Y1 Records, contact chain, receipt path, two-door map.
Y2 History behind the family door. Imari pilots one youth session with consent.
Y3 Counsel only if the board votes. Filing only after a recorded vote.
Y4 Handover packet so the next board is not starting from a folder.
An option set for the board. Nothing here is voted.
04 · Money
1 That state’s team handles its own reunion money.
2 Receipts to Jamel, whichever state collected it.
3 New payment options go to the board before they become policy.
4 This is the officers’ rule — not a filing.
05 · Two doors
06 · Website roles
D David builds after one named voice — not twelve.
J Jamel is inside every money piece of the site.
K Kyris owns social and the family door.
Family tree stays David’s suggestion until the board records a decision.
07 · Entity paths · state
A Stay as we are — unincorporated.
B Michigan nonprofit corporation — a state shell, not a federal exemption.
C Michigan LLC — operating home. Gifts are not charitable deductions.
08 · Entity paths · federal
Member dues. Not a charity.
Only if the work is genuinely public. Hold filing.
The board records a vote. A lawyer confirms. Nobody files from this slide.
09 · What other families taught
Family Reunion Institute (Dr. Ione D. Vargus): three days can transmit identity, values, and history. Re-check it is still live. Do not copy names or logos.
10 · Analog organizations
1 Darling-Walker — bylaws pattern, not proof of an LLC.
2 Black O’Kelleys — their site says 501(c)(3). Do not copy tax claims.
3 Family Reunion public charity — public genealogy contrast only.
4 Hankins-Whatley LLC — packages. Not a charity.
11 · Imari’s youth lane
American Ancestors: free grades 4–8 curriculum. Missing records do not punish a child.
National Archives kids’ sheets, including a blended-family tree.
12 · Veteran examples
No live source verified a veteran-funded ancestral family reunion like Woods. Military unit nonprofits are not a Woods template.
13 · From the board today
01 Confirm the two-door site, with Kyris as the gate.
02 Name who gives David the first website direction — one voice.
03 Set the next meeting. Keep the quarterly briefing.
04 Sit with a family attorney before anyone files.
14 · After this preview
1 Owner approves words and look.
2 Hermes makes only the filed corrections.
3 Test on phone, laptop, and Zoom.
4 Twin to PowerPoint after approval. No send without yea.
15 · Sources
Minutes: Jazzmin, Secretary · 7/25/26 · Troy, Michigan.
Family Reunion Institute · Darling-Walker bylaws
American Ancestors · National Archives kids
Prepared by the W2W committee for Dr. Weems. Preview. Not sent to the board.