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SERA Winter Business Meeting

The SERA Winter Business Meeting is the annual meeting of SERA. It is hosted by a grotto or cave survey on a rotating basis. Typically, the morning session is a chance for all attending organizations to talk about what they have done over the past year. The official business meeting is in the afternoon in which reports are given, important issues are discussed, motions are made, grants are awarded, and the SERA Officers of the Governing Committee are elected. Each organization gets one vote.

During the meeting, there is the SERA Map Salon and the SERA Photo Salon. After the meeting, the awards committees meet to determine this years SERA Awards. During this time, other committees and groups can meet.

In the evening, there is a banquet with a speaker or presentation. The winners of the SERA Awards and the salons are announced.

2010 SERA Winter Business Meeting
Hosted by the Gadsden Grotto
February 6, 2010  Guntersville, AL
Lake Guntersville State Park Lodge & Convention Center

The 2010 SERA Winter Business Meeting will be held on February 6, 2010 at Lake Guntersville State Park Lodge & Convention Center in the Goldenrod Room. The meeting is being hosted by The Gadsden Grotto and presided over by the SERA officers. The featured speaker for the evening banquet will be Marion Smith. A schedule of events should be made available on the SERA website along with information on who to contact if you wish to make a presentation. (A podium with sound and a projection screen will be provided.)

Several options are available for anyone wishing to stay over night at the park including an attached hotel, mountain top chalets, lakeside cabins, and RV & tent campgrounds. Also there is a restaurant, a bar and a vending area in the lodge, though they have a strict policy against bringing in your own food or drinks. (We even had to use their catering service.) However various picnic sites are available for public use throughout the park. More information on these facilities and directions to the lodge can be found at the park’s website (www.VisitLakeGuntersville.com ).

There is no fee to attend the meeting but in order to prepare adequate seating we ask that anyone attending please respond by e-mail to the address below as soon as possible. We need a good count by January 27, 2010.

The cost to attend the banquet will be $18.00 per plate. As the catering service requires a count of those to be served, it will be necessary to pre register. Anyone attending the banquet can respond by e-mail to the address below so we can get a count as soon as possible. Then mail your payment with a copy of the attached form to the address below postmarked on or before January 27, 2010.

E-mail Address:    anthony@m-oarchitects.com

  Mailing Address: The Gadsden Grotto

                                P.O. Box 2090

                                Gadsden , AL 35903

 

Thanks and I hope to see you there.

Anthony Cline



SERA Winter Business Meeting Order of Refusal List

 

Minutes of Previous SERA Winter Business Meetings

List of Previous SERA Winter Business Meetings