FEBRUARY 18, 2012  EVENT DETAILS:

 The festive annual SMRF membership meeting and party will be held on Saturday, February 18 at the Price Center at 222 West San Antonio St. in San Marcos.  No ticket is required.  Members usually pay their dues each year at this event for the coming year. It is very important for members to attend since there is a quorum requirement in our bylaws for the annual meeting and election.

 Gather starting at 5:30 for happy hour, review displays of the auction items, and please bid in the silent auction.  Cool Mint Restaurant will provide appetizers.  The delicious dinner buffet cooked by SMRF volunteers is served at 6.  There will be vegetarian items in the meal, too, and desserts baked by members are welcomed to add to the buffet.

 At about 7:15 the crowd gathers in the auditorium when awards are given, a brief election of board members happens, a summary of the year is given, and member suggestions are encouraged.  As the meeting closes, members are given a little more time to put in final bids on the silent auction.

  Auction bids are closed about 8:30. If members don’t stay to the end to claim their auction items they are called the following week, and items are delivered to them, or perhaps pickup and payment is arranged.

 BIDDING:

To see items for sale, go to:   Silent Auction list .  Items are added all through February so check back often to see additions.   All will be on display at the event Feb. 18.  To bid on these items, please call or email SMRF with your bid, and realize that additional and  final bids will be taken the night of Feb.18.  If you want to bid in advance because you cannot be at the event, please call 787-6392 or email wassenich@grandecom.net by noon Feb. 18.

 You are welcome to forward this link to the silent auction list to anyone who might be interested in these items and in assisting with the work of SMRF.  This auction is our main fundraising event of the year, and helps fund our many river protection activities, along with the dues, donations and grants that  SMRF receives the rest of the year.   Thank you for participating in this auction and forwarding this list to friends and family.  We appreciate your promotion of the generous businesses and individuals who make this silent auction possible.   Please thank them when you see them.

Silent Auction list