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 &nbsp;&nbsp; The 2012 Conference is locally hosted by (not one but) three genealogical societies: Mid Cities GS, Arlington (TX) GS and the Grand Prairie GS. It's going to be a challenge and much fun to watch this collaboration develop. We'll show you how it goes right here on the FamilySearch Wiki.&nbsp;
-===== Join us in Fort Worth, Texas for our annual conference featuring Curt Witcher, at the Riley Center of SWBTS on 1, 2, &amp; 3 November 2012.&nbsp;<br> =====
+===== Join us in Fort Worth, Texas for our annual conference featuring Curt Witcher, at the Riley Center of SWBTS on 1, 2, &amp; 3 November 2012.&nbsp;<br>  =====
+Regarding the public / media event, if it fits with the overall plan&nbsp;it would be good to highlight some of the projects genealogists work on that benefit society - unclaimed persons project, identifying military family to help repatriate bodies of deceased servicemen and women, helping locate family members when a cemetery will be relocated, how societies donate time and money to preservation projects that benefit historians and genealogists, etc. With the fight for access to records, a search for positive media stories about genealogists is on my mind.&nbsp;