May 2026 General Forum

Member Meeting and Luncheon

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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

10:30 am – 1:00 pm

10:30 am Gathering
10:45 am Business Meeting
11:00 am Program/Speaker
12:00 pm Luncheon

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Alexander Mansion
4607 Ross Ave, Dallas, TX

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RSVP and Lunch Reservation Required

Members $35 / Non-Members $45

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Program

Dr. Pearl Ponce, Director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library

We are so honored to have as our May speaker, Dr. Pearl T. Ponce. She is currently the Director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library. She will be sharing with us about the library and the things we will find there. She works with the archives and will be sharing that with us, too.

About our Speaker

Dr. Pearl T. Ponce was appointed the Director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library in June 2024. Before joining the National Archives and Record Administration (a federal agency), she was a college professor, teaching at Ithaca College for 17 years and chairing her department for six. She earned an MA and Ph.D. in History from Harvard University; an MA in History as well as a certificate in Contemporary History from Ohio University; and a BA in International Relations from Pomona College.

A political and diplomatic historian of the United States, her specialty is in the Coming of the Civil War Era. She is the author of “To Govern the Devil in Hell”: The Political Crisis in Territorial Kansas and editor of Kansas’s War: The Civil War in Documents. Her main research interests have centered around the presidency; governance and democracy; the exercise of federal power; and the territorial system. Her latest project, “A Strange System of Terrorism”: Federal Power and the Fraying of Democracy in Utah, Washington, and Kansas Territories in the 1850s, brings these threads together.

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Community Outreach “Bring It”

May’s “Bring It” theme is Support the Homefront!
We will collect paper products, trash bags (50 gallon), hand soap (liquid), toilet paper (1 ply only), etc. for the Alexander Mansion.

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Reservations

Reservations required by the Monday of the week before the meeting.
If you require a dietary accommodation,
please note your request in your RSVP.

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Use the form below to RSVP and
Pay for Your Luncheon Reservation

Important Notes about Tickets

Reservations close 8 days before the event so that we may finalize arrangements with the caterer.

You will NOT receive tickets in the mail.

Your confirmation of purchase will be your receipt delivered to your email address.

Please make sure your phone and email address are correct upon check out.

Check your spam/junk email folder if you do not see a confirmation email in your inbox.

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Reservation Cancellations and Ticket Refund Policy

All purchases are final. No refunds will be issued.

Your ticket is transferable to another person. Please contact us to change the name on the reservation.

To transfer your reservation to another name, send an email to [email protected].

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Accessibility Notice

Please note, the Member Meeting and Speaker Presentation takes place upstairs on the 2nd level. Due to the historic status of the Alexander Mansion, we do not have an elevator. We apologize for the inconvenience.

The lunch is on the main floor of the Alexander Mansion. There is an accessible ramp on the right hand side of the front porch.