{"id":132,"date":"2020-04-17T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T13:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanvioletsocietyofamerica.org\/virtual\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2020-05-27T01:38:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T05:38:02","slug":"board-resolution-and-lest-we-forget","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africanvioletsocietyofamerica.org\/virtual\/board-resolution-and-lest-we-forget\/","title":{"rendered":"Courtesy Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AVSA Annual 2020 Meeting (Virtual)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, May 30, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lavender<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Whereas<\/em>   <\/strong>           <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to a coronavirus (COVID-19) worldwide pandemic, The African Violet Society of America, Inc. will be unable to hold its seventy-fourth annual national convention scheduled to be held May 24 \u2013 31, 2020. A virtual meeting will be held online to constitute AVSA\u2019s seventy-fourth annual meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resolve<\/strong><\/em>                <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AVSA hereby offers its highest gratitude to those who faithfully worked toward holding a convention for the enjoyment and motivation of its membership this year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • To<\/strong><\/em>
    • Susan Anderson, First Vice President<\/li>
    • Mary Corondan, Second Vice President<\/li>
    • Joyce Stork, Marketing Chair<\/li>
    • Candace Baldwin, Website Chair<\/li>
    • Tom Glembocki, Technology Chair<\/li>
    • Richard Craft, Advertising Chair<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      • To <\/strong><\/em>
        • all members of AVSA who have contributed or worked toward the 2020 convention;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          • To<\/strong> <\/em>
            • the hybridizers and commercial members whose research and knowledge continue to provide new varieties and plant sources for all violet growers;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
              • To<\/strong><\/em>
                • all AVSA judges and teachers whose knowledge helps maintain universal standards and the ability to hold AVSA sanctioned shows around the world;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                  • \u00a0\u00a0To <\/em><\/strong>
                    • Joe Bruns for managing plant registrations, which enables AVSA to be the International Cultivar Registration Authority for the genus Saintpaulia; <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                      • \u00a0\u00a0To <\/em><\/strong>
                        • Joe Bruns and David Kesler for creating and maintaining First Class,<\/em><\/strong> AVSA\u2019s Master Variety computer program;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                          • To <\/strong><\/em>
                            • the Executive Committee, Board of Directors and all related committees of the African Violet Society of America for performing their duties during the year;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                              • To<\/strong> <\/em>
                                • AVSA Past Presidents for their support and continued service to AVSA;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                  • To <\/strong>
                                    • Office manager, Amy Carruth, for her continued service and support running and maintaining the office during difficult times this past year;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                      • To<\/strong> <\/em>
                                        • Teresa Odle, editor of the AVM, for her time and expertise in producing the magazine;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                          • To retiring directors for their service the past three years: <\/strong><\/em>
                                            • Sallie Barlow <\/li>
                                            • Linda Ingle <\/li>
                                            • Linda Kilby <\/li>
                                            • Sandy McIntosh <\/li>
                                            • Renee Wilson<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                              • To <\/strong><\/em>
                                                • the Little Rock Marriott Hotel management for agreeing to reissue AVSA\u2019s contract for a 2022 convention;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                                  Therefore, be it resolved:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  That a copy of this resolution be made a part of the minutes of this 2020 virtual AVSA meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  Sue Hoffmann, Chairman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  \"Lavender<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                                                  AVSA Annual 2020 Meeting (Virtual) Saturday, May 30, 2020 Whereas              Due to a coronavirus (COVID-19) worldwide pandemic, The African Violet Society of America, Inc. will be unable to hold its seventy-fourth annual national convention scheduled to be held May 24 \u2013 31, 2020. A virtual meeting will be held online to constitute AVSA\u2019s seventy-fourth annual meeting. Resolve                AVSA hereby offers its highest gratitude to those who faithfully worked toward holding a convention for the enjoyment and motivation of its membership this year: To Susan Anderson, First Vice President Mary Corondan, Second Vice President Joyce Stork, Marketing Chair Candace Baldwin, Website Chair Tom Glembocki, Technology Chair Richard Craft, Advertising Chair To all members of AVSA who have contributed or worked toward the 2020 convention; To the hybridizers and commercial members whose research and knowledge continue to provide new varieties and plant sources for all violet growers; To all AVSA judges and teachers whose knowledge helps maintain universal standards and the ability to hold AVSA sanctioned shows around the world; \u00a0\u00a0To Joe Bruns for managing plant registrations, which enables AVSA to be the International Cultivar Registration Authority for the genus Saintpaulia; \u00a0\u00a0To Joe Bruns and David Kesler for creating and maintaining First…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"Heebo,Karla,Heebo","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-132","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanvioletsocietyofamerica.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanvioletsocietyofamerica.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanvioletsocietyofamerica.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanvioletsocietyofamerica.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanvioletsocietyofamerica.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/africanvioletsocietyofamerica.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2552,"href":"https:\/\/africanvioletsocietyofamerica.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions\/2552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanvioletsocietyofamerica.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}