Scottish-American Society

[tyoung34461usa]

Hello Everyone,
I'm new here and I do hope that I chose the correct thread for this question of mine.

I have a question that I'm asking from someone who has been involved with Clan’s and being around some of the Scottish Games for some time. Most of the Scottish Games are hosted by organizations calling themselves as Scottish-American Society and there city or location name. Such as the following in just my state of Florida below:
Scottish American Society of South Florida
http://www.sassf.org/

The Scottish-American society of Central Florida http://www.flascot.com/

Scottish American Society of Palm Beach County http://www.saspbc.org/

Scottish American Society of The Villages http://www.scotsamvillages.org/id17.html

Scottish American Society; Florida – Tallahassee
http://www.rampantscotland.com/features/societies.htm

Scottish American Society Dunedinhttp://www.dunedinhighlandgames.com/clans.html

There use to be one so called Scottish-American Society here where I live. My question, is there a parent organization to all of these Scottish-American Society’s? Or are they all just individual groups using the same name? Reason being that I do live near a town that was named after a town in Scotland called Inverness. At one time there were the Scottish people settling into this area. The former Scottish-American Society of Citrus County Florida is no longer too. I’m trying to bring it back and feel that I should contact the original or parent group of the Scottish-American Society for that purpose. I’m also hoping that this end result will start yearly Scottish Games here in Citrus County Florida.

Thanks Aye,
Thomas Young
Clan Young

[macwilkin]

In brief, no. You will find Scottish/Caledonian societies and clubs throughout the US, Canada, the Commonwealth and other nations. You will also find St. Andrew's Societies.

Some societies and clubs are affiliated with the Saltire Society, St. Andrew Society, the International Robert Burns Federation or the Robert Burns Association of North America. Others are members of the Council of Scottish Clans and Associations (COSCA). In Florida you also have a unique organisation known as the New World Celts.

If you are looking for continuity in forming a society, you might see about contacting one of the officers of the former society/club and see what happened and if you would be able to revive it. Remember that some societies are non-profits/tax exempt, so you may need to discuss this status as well.

You might network with a nearby society/club to gain advice and information on how to get started and any other tips and tricks.

Yours aye,

Todd

Secretary, Scottish St. Andrew's Society of Springfield MO