MEETINGS Meetings are held the first Friday of every month
at the Springfield Township Building on Powell Road near Springfield
Avenue. Everyone is welcome and admission is free. Doors open
at 7:30 pm and the meeting begins at 8:00 pm. A typical meeting
begins with socializing while the free coffee brews. In the Lobby,
the Sales Table sells raffle tickets, and people browse over
the Library and Information Tables checking the Bulletin Board
for important notices. In the Meeting room people are busy registering
their auction items up front, or entering the bowl show in the
back of the room. The membership table, also in the rear, is
signing people up. Members find their names on the small cards
spread out there and put them into the drum for the Membership
Door Prize Raffle. The President calls the meeting to order at
8 PM and calls out the winners for the Door Prize drawing. The
floor is open for special announcements and the Program or Speaker
are introduced. The Program runs an average 45 mins, and we ask
for quiet in the meeting room; the lobby is open for conversation.
A question and answer session generally concludes the Program,
and then we break for about 10 minutes. The meeting is once again
called to order, Raffle winners are called and awards presented
for the Bowl Show, etc. The Auction commences, beginning with
the Kid's installment, and we are usually done by 10:30 pm. |