Corona Bylaws
1. A representative from auxiliary chapters must attend an annual Texarkana Corona night.
2. Auxiliary chapters will host surprise inspections from Texarkana Corona representatives.
3. Members must appreciate potlucks, carb-loaded snacks and be connoisseurs of fruit salad.**
4. Members must love to travel and appreciate the beach.
5. Members must lift each other up in thought, word, and deed—except when they fall on vacation, then pictures must be taken before any, “lifting up.”
6. Members will laugh often, love always and forgive each other after every Uno No Mercy game.
7. Members must carry the burdens of their Corona sisters, while unconditionally trusting each other in all aspects of life, except during an active game. At that time, it is acceptable to take their cards or dominoes with them if they must leave the table.
8. Members must be generous at all costs, including making room in the front pew Sunday morning.
9. Members must be a sister in Christ and port in the storm.
10. Members must take an oath of discretion, because whatever happens at Corona night, must stay at Corona night.
* Background: Corona Ginny is moving to Tennessee to be Gigi to her only granddaughter. This is a loss for all of us and a gain for her granddaughter. Ginny has told me the same thing we all say: she's never had a group of friends like the ones she's made here.
Ginny's going away party is tonight. A group thread went around for two weeks discussing what we should do for a going away present. As with all group texts, there's a lot of dithering, nothing is resolved and there's always a ton of tangents, so the main message is lost.
When riding with Deb, the Queen of the Coronas to Little Rock this week, I took over the text thread and announced we were making a Corona "Starter Kit" for Ginny, complete with a few games. I said this was Deb's edict, which made it easy, nobody argued. Then, Deb and I bandied around the idea of giving Ginny a "Certificate of Authority" to start a Tennessee Corona Chapter, complete with bylaws. Yesterday we wrote up our bylaws.