Our Mission
Enable the consistent capturing, sharing, interoperability and preservation of family history metadata through effective planning, standardization and frequent communications to archives, libraries, history organizations, standards bodies, commercial vendors and websites in order to establish, adopt, and promote this metadata.
Our Purpose
We seek to enhance the value of digital media about people by refining the process and capability for storing and embedding metadata
Board Members
Chair, Chris Desmond – MemoryWeb.me
Vice Chair, Rick Voight – Vivid-Pix.com
Secretary, Robert Friedman – Permanent.org
Gordon Clarke – FamilySearch International
Maureen Taylor – MaureenTaylor.com
Luther Tychonievich – FHISO.org
Founding Group Members at Large
Joel Cannon – FHISO.org
Beth Ann Wiseman – FamilySearch International
Nancy Desmond – MemoryWeb.me