** PLEASE NOTE - The 2010 ROAV ABM has been postponed ** - Stay tuned for the new date.


Time to get to the business of ROAV, the Annual Business Meeting. This year it will be held in the same location as last year, the Richmond Marriott West in Innsbrook. This location seemed to be centrally located for much of our membership, and they did a great job for us last year. We will be holding elections for the 2010 Board of Directors, who in turn appoint the Executive Officers. The club will provide financial statements as well as a breakdown of the costs for each of the events.

There has been some ongoing discussion about the direction of the club, and many members took the time to tell me what they think at the events. We will attempt to clarify some of the goals and future projects of the club at the meeting. We are working on putting a procedure in place to make proxy-voting work. At the moment, the difficulty lies in the fact that BOD nominations are done at the ABM, not beforehand as it should be to allow time for members to choose.

There will be opportunities at the Board level for new folks to join in as well as committee help, so if you are interested in being part of the direction of ROAV please join us on January 30th, and contact either Christina Roeschel (VP) or myself to discuss questions you may have and to get your name on the ballots.

Happy Holidays & see you out on the trail...

Chuck
president@roav.org