Annual BBQ Social—Dining under the Dinosaurs

When: Tuesday, June 30, 2026, 5:45 pm

Where: Fernbank Museum

Cost: Members Free; New Members $25; Guests $5. Note: Membership must be current for 2026. Join or renew here

Reservations: No reservations are needed; however, to ensure we order enough food, please let John Salvino know by June 23 if you plan to attend and if you are bringing any guests

Note from hospitality chair John Salvino: Whether you have been here before or not, we want you to attend the 2026 June BBQ Social Dinner and Movie. If you have yet to respond to the invitation, no worries, there is still time.  If you forget, show up anyway! As always, we will be in the Fernbank Great Hall with the dinosaurs. The dinner menu from Shane’s Rib Shack includes barbecue pork and chicken, buns, mac and cheese, coleslaw, BBQ beans, sweet and unsweet tea and peach cobbler for dessert. Bring a dessert to share if cobbler is not your thing.

Before dinner we hope to have the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair 2026 Nils Thompson Award winners present their poster and you’ll have a chance to meet our sponsors.  While we eat, AGS President Scott Harris will give his presidential address and our MC will entertain you Team Trivia and maybe even a few door prize giveaways. After dinner, we will straighten up the room and go watch 3D Grand Canyon on the Big Screen. If all goes well, we will be on the way home by 8:35.

We are short on sponsors: If you or your company can make a $100-$200 donation, please let me know, send a check, or go to the AGS Square Store.  Sponsors are welcome to set up a meet and greet table or give a short presentation at the social and before meetings.

Volunteers: Those of you who volunteered please show up at Fernbank at 5:30 PM. If you can’t make it that early, just let me know, we can still use you during or after dinner.

Team Trivia and Door prizes: We will have 12-question Team Trivia. The winning team members will get chances to win various prizes.  Also bring your company SWAG, geology books, maps, rocks, fossils donations for door prizes. Questions? Call, text or email John Salvino Hospitality Chair and Treasurer: johnsalvino@bellsouth.net

There is still time to participate as a sponsor of the 2026 social. Contact johnsalvino@bellsouth.net or Click here to make a donation.