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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.


2012 SERA Winter Business Meeting
Hosted by the Huntsville Grotto
February 11th, 2012
Guntersville, AL

Registration Form

The 2012 SERA Winter Business Meeting will be held Saturday, February 11 at the Lake Guntersville State Park Lodge.  The Lodge is located at 1155 Lodge Dr, Guntersville, AL  35976.  There will be an admission charge of $3 per person (children 12 & under are free) to help defray the costs of the meeting place and refreshments.  There will be a Banquet following the meeting and the cost to attend will be $18 per person (children 12 & under will be $10).  Rick Finch from Cookeville, TN will be the Guest Speaker at the Banquet.  He will be doing a presentation, imaginatively titled, Caving in Some Highly Unusual Caves.  If you plan to attend the Banquet, please RSVP no later than January 12, 2012 to Michelle Vaughn @ ladycaver55064@gmail.com or by mail to the address listed on the registration form.  There will be a vegetarian alternative available to the banquet menu, so if you have other dietary requirements, please make a note on the registration form.  Larry Matthews and Dave Hughes will be available for a book signing, so if you have a copy of either of these Authors publications, please feel free to bring them with you.  Copies will also be available at the meeting through the NSS Bookstore.  If you need to get into the Camellia Room in advance of the meeting to set up, you may.  We will have access to the room beginning at 7:30 am the day of the meeting.  There are a block of rooms reserved at the Guntersville State Park Lodge if you wish to come in advance of the meeting or spend the night afterward.  These rooms are first come, first served and I’m sure they’ll go quickly, so don’t delay.  If you wish to reserve a room in the “block” you can do so by calling (256) 505-6601 or (800) 548-4553.  Give the Reservation Clerk the 4-digit (2638) confirmation number and the Group Code:  SERA when you call.  We look forward to seeing you all in Guntersville!

Michelle Vaughn

Huntsville Grotto/Treasurer

NSS 55064


SERA Winter Business Meeting Order of Refusal List

 

Minutes of Previous SERA Winter Business Meetings

List of Previous SERA Winter Business Meetings