Distinguished Service Award: Mike Bronner
The Utah Genealogical Association
Distinguished Service Award is given in recognition of outstanding service to
UGA. This year UGA is pleased to bestow this award on Mike Bronner.
By profession, Mike develops web
applications using cutting-edge technologies. His further interests lie in
research methodologies and business processes and strategies. In his spare time
Mike researches his own family lines, specializing in German research and
deciphering old handwritten German documents. Time permitting, he also enjoys
playing Pickleball with his local club members.
Mike has served UGA for many years as a
board member, webmaster, and chair of the Technology Committee, which he helped
to create to oversee, research, and recommend technology solutions to meet
UGA’s growing needs. As chair of this committee, Mike led UGA through difficult
decisions and transitions related to electronic storage; meeting and webinar
providers; email, survey, and communication management systems; digital
collections; password distribution; event registration; and website
development. He developed branding documentation and a standard operating procedures
manual.
As UGA’s website manager, Mike implemented
membership renewal and transaction improvements, acted as liaison for custom
programming for the First Families project, and created unique page templates
and added functionality to support the growing needs of conferences and
institutes.
During his tenure, Mike has also served as
the audio-visual coordinator and technology manager for the Salt Lake Institute
of Genealogy.
As he retires from his UGA service, Mike’s
common sense and down to earth wisdom will be sorely missed. We are grateful
for his outstanding contributions to UGA and are pleased to honor him with the
Distinguished Service Award this year.
