About us

The group came about after Robin Zimmerman's adoption coordinator said, "Hey all you Florida families should get together." So Robin thought that as a stay-at-home mom, she probably had the most time to gather info and families to get a FL fam cam off the ground.

There were four or five families who got together a few times after she came home in April 2002. Robin emailed the national Fam Cam coordinator who gave some helpful information and received some ideas from the president of the SE Fam Cam group (Georgia, SC, NC).

The areas represented thus far are Gainesville, Ocala, Umatilla (near Mt Dora), Orlando, Tampa & St. Petersberg, Sarasota, and So. Florida/Ft Lauderdale/Miami area.

We elected officers who will hold their office for one year from January 25, 2003. The officers are as follows:

Responsible for conducting events, registering new members and maintaining membership records, acting as contact person for media, agencies and other organizations. Handling of all funds and maintaining a checking account for the group.

Responsible for designing and maintaining FL Fam Cam website, designing and maintaining the FL Fam Cam section of the national Fam Cam website (TBD).

Activity Coor for Tampa/St. Pete and Newsletter: Jeanne Malmgren

Responsible for coordinating activities in the Tampa/St. Pete area

(Jeanne was not able to be at the event but expressed an interest to Robin about being an officer.) Producer of newsletter for group (TBD) with Jeanne's permission.

Responsible for researching charitable causes that benefit children and families of Cambodia; coordinating any charitable work that FL FamCam wishes to conduct; reporting results of each fundraising activity to the president/treasurer for newsletter and records.

Responsible for taking photos at FL Fam Cam events; creating a scrapbook for the group; providing pictures for newsletter.