The by-laws could read a meeting in January and a meeting in June of each year. The January meeting for 2002 will be held the 2 nd weekend in January with State 4-H Council, the State Fashion Board, and possibly another small group meeting at the same time. The question was asked if we wanted to continue having the Roundup meeting close to the dance area with a room next door to work on trade items, or having the room simply as an adult lounge. The only draw back is that VLAT will have to pay for refreshments if we keep the room open as long as we would like to have it open. This year Carroll hopes to have more funds for the banquet, which is held in conjunction with Roundup to honor 4-H's outstanding leaders.
Plans are now to have a buffet for the banquet meal.
Awards given at the banquet include the Meritorious Service Award, the Salute to Excellence Award, and the Leader Legacy Award, which is an award given to a person who has been a leader for 20 years or more. Carroll Bonn has the applications for these awards, and she encouraged everyone to have people in their county and district nominated. She discussed details about the Southern Region 4-H Leaders Forum. Carroll showed us a video tape that she used two years ago to close out the Salute to Excellence banquet, and she hopes to use this video again at the end of the SRLF this year in Georgia. Meeting was adjourned.