The Blue Ridge Chapter of the Virginia Writers Club, Inc.
Serving the cities of Charlottesville, Staunton, Lexington, and Waynesboro
and the counties of Albemarle, Augusta, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Nelson and Orange
Our next meeting will be:
JANUARY 25 7:00 PM
SPEAKER: Austin Camacho
Camacho is the author of five detective novels in the Hannibal Jones Series, Blood and Bone, Collateral Damage, The Troubleshooter, Damaged Goods, and Russian Roulette. He also has written two adventure novels, The Payback Assignment, and The Orion Assignment. In April 2008, Camacho published Successfully Marketing Your Novel. He is active in several writing organizations, including the Virginia Writers Club, Inc., and he teaches writing at Anne Arundel Community College in Maryland. After a career as a military news reporter on the American Forces Network, Camacho is a public affairs specialist for the Defense Department.
Location:
VA Foundation for the Humanities
Conference Room
Route 250 West, Charlottesville, VA
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For other information, please contact:
Lauvonda Lynn (Meade) Young, President
beaches01@sprynet.com; 434-589-1899
AGENDA
JANUARY 25, 2011 - MONTHLY MEETING
BLUE RIDGE WRITERS CHAPTER,
VIRGINIA WRITERS CLUB, INC.
1. Call to order – Welcome
2. Discussion and vote to increase Chapter membership dues:
FROM: TO:
Regular Member - $20 Regular Member/Seniors - $25
Student/Senior - $15 Student - $15*
Supporter - $25 Supporter - $30
Benefactor - $50 Benefactor - $60
*No change is proposed for the student membership of $15.
3. Discussion and vote by the member to permit members to vote electronically and at a regularly scheduled monthly meeting (or by other means, when warranted, such as a postal mail ballot). Voting electronically and in person will allow more members to participate in the voting process, and members will better adhere to Roberts Rules of Order in terms of a quorum vote.
4. Discussion and vote from the members to approve the Bylaws revised late last year (the Bylaws drafted by Sara Robinson).
5. Discussion and vote from the members to approve the change in the name of the Chapter from Blue Ridge Chapter of the Virginia Writer’s Club, Inc., to Blue Ridge Writers Chapter, Virginia Writers Club, Inc.
GUEST SPEAKER
We welcome our Guest Speaker, Austin Camacho, who will be properly introduced by Linda Levokove, our Vice President and Program Chair.
