That did not stop the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining, which regulates strip mining, from holding its semi-annual conference for state and Federal regulators at a hotel outside Reno last week.
The VMA invited service providers, vendors and consultants to attend semi-annual conferences that included presentations, discussions and reporting of experiences.
The announcement was made by church president Thomas S. Monson on April 4, 2011, during the church's semi-annual general conference.
The choral arm of the group provided music for the church's annual and semi-annual general conferences, usually during the Saturday morning sessions.
On October 2, 2010, Johnson was released from the First Quorum of the Seventy and given general authority emeritus status at the LDS Church's semi-annual general conference.
New temples are often announced during a church semi-annual general conference.
On October 6, 2012, Tenorio was released from the First Quorum of the Seventy and designated an emeritus general authority at the LDS Church's semi-annual general conference.
On October 1, 2011, Snow was released from the Second Quorum of the Seventy at the LDS Church's semi-annual general conference.
Semiannually, the Ensign gives a full report of the proceedings of the annual and semi-annual general conferences of the church.
The announcement was made by church president Thomas S. Monson on October 3, 2009, during the church's semi-annual general conference.