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Annual Convention

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change to videoconference conventions
The '''Annual Convention''' of The Augustan Society, Inc., has traditinally been held in person on or about the date of the [[Annual Meeting]], which has been set as the second Saturday in August of each calendar year.
There are valid reasons — usually financial — for canceling the Annual Convention at times. It is presently the policy More importantly, due to membership residing in all corners of the Board globe, it has been realized that Annual Conventions should not greater participation will be had at conventions held until there is expectation of greater participation. One might suspect that the opening of a public [[Headquarters]] would create such expectationonline.
The 2021 Annual Meeting was the first to be held via Zoom teleconferencevideoconference, which was found generally satisfactory. While the primary motivation was the pandemic, it It is planned to continue to hold the Annual Meeting this way for the foreseeable future due to greater accessibility.
 
What follows is historic information about how in-person conventions were held in the last few years of same, against the date when this again becomes desirable;
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