Tartan Holiday Contest 2011

 

Whether you're showing off delicious food, unwrapping gifts, or singing Auld Lang Syne with a wee dram; we want to see that Clan Douglas pride! Show us how you include the Clan Douglas tartan in this year's festivities and you could win a Clan Douglas blue polo shirt.

For a chance to win, simply follow these rules:

1. Your picture submission must include the Clan Douglas tartan or crest.
2. Submit the picture by posting it on our Facebook wall or by emailing it to: clandouglassociety@gmail.com.
3. We will be begin accepting contest submissions December 18th, 2011 and will close the contest on January 6th, 2012. The winner will be announced January 7th, 2012. Please make sure to check our Facebook wall for the announcement, your Facebook messages, or email on that day. You will have until January 11th, 2012 to claim your prize.

Good luck and happy holidays from the Clan Douglas Society of North America!

CDSNA Website Plans for 2012

A new year is quickly approaching and the website team has some great plans for it. Below we'll share a glimpse of that with you!

 

A Helpful Direction

• The genealogy quest is a fun and often tedious part of determining your heritage. We encourage prospective and current members to discover their genealogy, but we must clarify that we do not have the resources available on our website to help you determine it. The 'Genealogy' section will be replaced with the 'Are You a Douglas?' section to help everyone find suitable paths in their pursuit for information.
• The Sept section will soon contain an information page on each surname.
• The web team would like to recruit volunteers to write short history guides.

 

We Want To See More!

Naturally, our website was meant to thrive on your stories, pictures, and discussions. So starting this December, we'll have one of our first contests to encourage submissions! Details for the contests will be posted on the official website next week.

 

New Year's Cleaning

We would like to kindly ask all members to log into the website once to show us you would like to keep your account. Member accounts that are found to be inactive after January 5th, 2012 will be removed. Please feel free to message us if you are having trouble logging in.

 

If you have any suggestions, or would like to contribute to our community, please feel free to message us at any time. We wish you the best for the holidays and look forward to a great new year with you!

Clan Douglas 2011 Pleasanton Scottish Highland Gathering & Games

To All Clan Douglas Members & Our Extended Family & Friends,

You are cordially invited to the 146th Annual Highland Gatherings & Games in Pleasanton, California.
This year our host hotel will be at:

The Hampton Livermore Inn

2850 Constitution Drive

Livermore CA 94550

(925) 606-6400

SPACE IS LIMITED

We reserved a block of 10 rooms, and rates are $79.00 per night (plus tax) and includes a breakfast buffet from 6am-10am. The cut-off date is August 19, 2011 for reservations. If you are planning to stay at our host hotel, please mention CDSNA (Clan Douglas Society of North America) and if you plan to book online the Code is CDS.

We will also be hosting a Barbeque/Potluck Friday September 2nd. If you are planning on joining us, please email or call us. We will be coordinating what food or item is needed for that night. Due to limited space in the hotel refrigerator, we recommend you bring an ice chest. The hotel will also provide an oven to heat up food that needs WARMING ONLY. Mark and I will be providing the meat dishes.

We recommend everyone bring a jacket or sweater; nights are cold and windy at times.
We look forward to your presence at the Barbeque and the Games.

Best Regards,
Mark & Cora Peterson
Northern CA. Regents, CDSNA
mpeterson1019@comcast.net
(559) 439-2947