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NADRA
Membership in NADRA is growing! We would like to congratulate all of our new members that came on board from the Deck Evaluation class held in Fairfax, Virginia, on Nov. 7! Between classes held at DeckExpo and the latest course held on Dec. 10 in North Carolina, we have nearly 100 new members!
To learn more about NADRA membership, please visit www.NADRA.org.
NADRA
Our favorite time of the year is upon us which means that the Atlanta Chapter of NADRA gets to have our annual Christmas party. It is always the highlight of the year which brings our biggest group, with many guest and spouses also in attendance.
This years meeting was held at Maggianos at the Cumberland Mall. With almost 80 registered guests, the evening started with some socializing and catching up on the events since our last meeting.
To close the meeting we gave out a few awards and recognition. Three of our four past presidents were in attendance and were thanked for their leadership and service. Also chapter leadership awards were given to our outgoing board to Greg Mizerak, Ginny Tibbets, Mike Reasons and James Gunning. Two new awards were given out as well this year. The first ever Ginny Tibbets Award was given to Ginny for her many years of selfless service to the chapter along with a Founders Award to John Lea for his behind the scenes leadership and service.
Read the entire event recap along with a gallery of photos on the NADRA Blog!
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