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...Alicia, that is great news. I am sure the group will grow & prosper when more people understand what the group is for. I have family, but from Rancho Los Ramirez, Rio Grande, ZAC. I wish you only the best of luck. Please keep us informed as to the progress of the meetings...
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Alicia Carrillo <alliecar@...> wrote:
I am so excited I know you can all hear me sing and dance. This afternoon I attended my first meeting for a newly formed group. It's called Los Caxcanes de Tlachichila and it falls under the purview of La Federacion de Clubes Zacatecanos de el Norte de California. Meaning that it is fully sanctioned by the Club Zacatecano which is affiliated with the 3x1 in Zacatecas and Mexico City.
Prior to tonights meeting the main method of communication and fundrasing was by word of mouth to a very small group of individuals who were continously taxed with raising money for the 3x1. For every dollar raised here, the fedral government and the state of Zacatecas matched it with one dollar each. In spite of the small group they have managed to raise money to build the cafeteria for the high school, build the first funeral parlor of the town and built a senior center.
The group is planning as a result of tonights meeting it's first dinner dance. We convinced them that not only was it important to raise money but to create and build unity and friendships. I put forth that as a result of our visit last September and my meeting distant relatives who informed me of these clubs and my desire to find my ancestors I wanted to meet more people from Zacatecas. We got a consensus and most people were in agreement that they too wanted to get to know more people from the area.
Every person attending tonight's meeting is now expected to bring 3 new people to the next planning meeting 2 weeks from today. I met people who had known my parents or my grandparents or who had known of them and I expect that as the group grows we will continue to find more family connections.
If anyone in Ranchos lives near San Jose California I cordially invite you to our first dinner dance, even if you're not from Tlachichila or Nochistlan as many of these people have family connections from Agascalientes, Calvillo, Jalpa, Teocaltiche, Jalostitlan, Juchipila, Apozol, Yahualica, Mexticacan and a few other towns and rancherias.
We are planning the event in or around mid-to late June. It should be fun, lots of work but fun.
Goodbye for now.............Alicia
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