Restore Or Retreat
2026 Annual Meeting
Featuring Remarks from Mel Landry and Former Congressman Graves (unable to attend)
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Doors Open / Registration – 11:30 am | Program – 12:00 pm thru 1:00 pm
Student Union Ballroom | Nicholls State University | Thibodaux, LA
Despite Tropical Storm Arthur making south Louisiana a target on this otherwise lovely summer Wednesday, Restore Or Retreat was able to successfully conduct its 2026 Annual meeting of the Board of Directors and Voting Members to perform the annually required business of reinstating the board and confirming the Executive Committee that provides day-to-day guidance and governance. Additionally, there was also an Amendment Set to the Bylaws that was also voted on for adoption. But before getting further into the results of the board business (which is included below), allow me to show a few photos from the event.
So, in addition to hearing from a very coastally connected speaker (Mel Landry), the 2026 Annual Meeting for Restore or Retreat conducted three formal orders of business:
- Vote of the adoption of a set of proposed amendments to the Restore or Retreat Bylaws that were approved for adoption by the Executive Committee.
- Vote to accept the slate of 18 members of the Board of Directors consisting of 16 reinstated members and two new members.
- Vote to accept the recommendation of the 7 Board of Directors to serve as members of the Restore or Retreat Executive Committee
Ballot Item 1 — Adoption of Amendments to Bylaws
Over the past 2 years the Executive Director and the Executive Committee have been working (initially with the assistance of Berwick Duval) to make amendments to the Bylaws to both make technical corrections as well as make modifications to the Bylaws that would bring them in closer congruence with the operational evolution of the organization. Some of the more substantive changes include: making the threshold to be a voting member from $100 to $500; and move more of the direct control of the operation of the organization from Board of the Directors with the Executive Committee acting as a proxy, to more explicit and direct control by the Executive Committee, still approved by the Board of Directors. To better inform Board Members, the following three (3) files have been made available for review.
Original By Laws (Clean, Adopted March 31, 2016) || Redline Version of Bylaws (Working Copy) || Proposed Amendment Set (of Redline version)
□ ← YES I vote to adopt the Amendment Set to the Bylaws of Restore or Retreat as proposed by the Executive Committee.
□ ← NO I vote NOT adopt the Amendment Set to the Bylaws of Restore or Retreat as proposed by the Executive Committee.
Which passed unanimously.
Ballot Item 2 — Vote On RoR Board of Directors (Total of 18)
Reinstate 16 and Add 2 (in bold)
- Tim Allen
- Charlotte Bollinger
- Henri Boulet
- Dwayne Bourgeois
- James Callahan
- Chett Chiasson
- Dr. Jay Clune
- Berwick Duval
- Ted Falgout
- Marguerite Knight
- Mitch Marmande
- Jenny Byrd (replacing David Muth)
- Robbie Naquin
- Robert Naquin
- Stephen Peltier
- Larry Picciola
- Charles Rodrigue (replacing Mike Plaisance)
- Francis Richard
□ ← YES I vote to accept the proposed slate of Board of Director members for Restore or Retreat.
□ ← NO I vote NOT to accept the proposed slate of Board of Director members for Restore or Retreat.
Which passed unanimously.
Ballot Item 3 — Board of Directors Only to Vote to Accept the Executive Committee Makeup as (Total of 7)
- Tim Allen
- Henri Boulet
- James Callahan
- Chett Chiasson
- Marguerite Knight
- Mitch Marmande
- Charles Rodrigue (replacing Mike Plaisance)
□ ← YES I vote to accept the proposed slate of Board of Director members to make up the Executive Committee for Restore or Retreat.
□ ← NO I vote NOT to accept the proposed slate of Board of Director members to make up the Executive Committee for Restore or Retreat.
Which also passed unanimously.