Now is the time to make plans to attend the Fall General Membership Meeting that will be held in-person this year.  YEA!

The Bayou Chapter will host this get-together for all Ozark Society members at beautiful Lake Claiborne State Park, near Homer, Louisiana.  This is the same location as the 2018 Fall Meeting and we’re hoping that many members show up to enjoy fun activities and fellowship with other Ozark Society members.

Attendance by all Ozark Society members is encouraged – this is the meeting where officers are elected for the next two years.  Some key officers are retiring this year, so putting new officers in place will allow the Ozark Society to thrive into the future.  Plus, it’s a chance to meet members in other chapters and renew longtime friendships with chapter members who you don’t see very often.  There will be a $10 per person registration fee which will include a Saturday morning ham, egg and biscuit breakfast and a commemorative bandana.

Accommodations:

The park offers 10 glamping sites – which are tents already set up on wooden platforms, plus 10 premium campsites, 67 improved campsites, 2 unimproved campsites and a primitive camping area.  There are also 10 cabins that each sleep up to 8 people.

A big plus for this park is that anyone over the age of 62 gets free admittance to the park!

Please contact the park soon to make your reservations  1-318-927-2976

Schedule of events

Oct 21 – Friday

Arrive and set up camp

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Board meeting – location TBA

Oct 22 – Saturday – Visitor Center

8:00 am – until – Registration for all attendees

8:00 am – 9:00 am – Breakfast – supplied by the Bayou Chapter

9:00 am – 10:30 am – General Membership meeting

10:30 am – noon – guest speaker on climate change

Noon – 1:00 pm – lunch on your own

1:00 pm – activities

Demonstration on making boudin by Tammy & David Jernigan

Hikes/bikes on park trails – leaders TBA

Paddling on Lake Claiborne – leaders TBA

Orienteering – Jenny & Gary Hackman

Dutch oven competition – (judges may be willing to accept bribes)

5:00 pm – pot luck dinner – including gumbo by Marian Howard

6:30 pm –  9:00  Southern entertainment – TBA

Oct 23 – Sunday

8:00 am – breakfast available – location TBA

Pack up and leave for home

Safe travels and looking forward to seeing you in October!

If you have any questions of need additional information, please contact Sandy Roerig sandra.roerig@lsuhs.edu or Marian Howard marianehoward@comcast.net