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OLLI
E-News #42-07 of November 2, 2007
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| FLASHES |
> TOWN MEETING TODAY!
Fri, 10:00, TA-1. All members welcome; get your questions answered.
Refreshments follow.
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SPECIAL EVENT #967: The
Great Society Subway:
A History of the Washington Metro, 1:00 today (not 2:00 as
announced earlier).
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| ALERTS |
> DIRECTOR RESIGNS. Ed Mentz,
elected in May 2007, has resigned from the board. The
vacancy will be filled by an OLLI member appointed by the
president and approved by the Board.
> ARE
YOU A NEWS JUNKIE? Read OLLI
E-News Thursday night.
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| REMINDERS |
> DANGER AHEAD: Be VERY careful
walking to and from Tallwood, and
do not drive out of or into the Tallwood front parking lot or pool lot
without
making sure it is safe to do so.
> NO
EMAIL ADDRESS? If you don't 'do email,' see this
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> NOT
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| ARTICLES AND
NOTICES |
> YOUR HELP NEEDED IN
SEARCH FOR AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. You can help!
> A
VERY FINE
GIRAFFE. Despite the rain, a successful first-ever OLLI yard
sale. By
Elizabeth Crawford
> THE OSHER ENDOWMENT.
An explanation from the
treasurer. By Gordon Canyock
> THREE NOTICES.
Veterans Day Luncheon; History Club Meeting; From the OLLI Historian.
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TRIP TO
FREDERICKSBURG. Where 100,000 fell. By Florence Adler
> FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FILMS BEGIN AGAIN. Daughter
from Danang. By Debbie Halverson
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| DEPARTMENTS |
> PROFILE OF JAN
BOHALL. From the Latin volo:
"I will." By
Elizabeth Crawford
> LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR. Thanks from Yard Sale co-coordinator.
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CENTER
FOR THE ARTS. Arts
and music events. By Jan
Bohall
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MASON
HIGHLIGHTS. Other events at Mason. By Barbara Kyriakakis
> COMING
ATTRACTIONS. Upcoming non-class
events. |
YOUR HELP NEEDED IN
SEARCH FOR AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
You can help!
RECRUITMENT IS UNDERWAY FOR A DYNAMIC
INDIVIDUAL to serve as OLLI's full-time executive director. You
can help! Since the Board has determined that offering a full benefits
package is not possible for financial reasons, it's possible that
potential candidates might be retirees or family members of individuals
with benefits.
The Search Committee will be advertising in
local outlets and using some electronic job posting sites. If you are aware of a newsletter, Website
or electronic mailing list that might post job listings such as ours,
or reach retirees or other potential candidates, perhaps in the field
from which you yourself retired, we'd like to hear from you.
Please contact chair Carol Henderson or any member of the committee:
Gordon Canyock, Michael Coyne, Janice Dewire, Emmett Fenlon, Rosemary
McDonald, Kathryn Russell, Lilyan Spero and John Woods.
The executive director will be responsible for
the management and program direction of the Institute, including
supporting the Board and its committees, overseeing operations,
implementing the program, managing financial operations, promoting
membership, and promoting community relations.
The successful candidate must possess (1)
significant management and supervisory experience, (2) program
development experience, (3) good communication skills, (4) fiscal
management and budgeting experience, (5) familiarity with information
technology and (6) a four-year college degree. Highly desirable is
experience in working with a board, multiple committees and volunteers;
fundraising experience; and experience in membership or nonprofit
organizations.
If you know
of a potential candidate, encourage him or her to see the full job
announcement posted on the OLLI Website at http://www.olli.gmu.edu/edjob.htm.
Current OLLI members are not eligible to apply. The announcement
includes a link to the job description for the
executive director.
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A VERY FINE GIRAFFE
Despite the rain, a successful first-ever
OLLI yard sale
 By Elizabeth Crawford, OLLI
E-News staff writer
Top row
photos by Dan Feighery:
Friday setup; sale in annex; plants sale
Middle row
photos by Gordon
Canyock: TA-1 sale in progress
Bottom row
photos by Dan
Feighery: dismantling; redistribution
and ours did--almost
$1,200--but it seemed at the same time to be a series of special
events, all of which were a testimony to that ol' OLLI spirit.
At the planning meeting, attendees outlined
the jobs necessary to hold a successful sale and volunteered on the
spot to do some of them. Over the next few weeks, liaisons reminded,
and members responded, by signing up for jobs on a chart in the social
room.
Soon, Friday, Oct 26, arrived, and with it the
rain we had hoped to have weeks before. Undaunted, rain-coated members
made several trips from car to TA-1 to donate treasures large and
small. With co-coordinator Bob Lawshe's laid-back guidance, everyone
found a
job to do. Some donors stayed to help the members already assigned to
categorize, price, and arrange items for sale. Plans to hold the yard
sale outside were discarded, and those with the strongest backs began
to move large items to the Annex, TA-1 and TA-2. Work became fun: "What
is this thing?" "How much will someone pay for it?" Gradually, specific
tables could be seen--glassware, clothing, holiday decorations.
Co-coordinator Debbie Halverson supplied snacks, adding to the usual
OLLI
camaraderie.
On Saturday, Bob, Debbie, and some stalwart
volunteers arrived at 7:00 to be sure that everything was ready for the
hordes of crazed shoppers. Thanks to another rainy day, the workers
outnumbered the hordes for a while, but finally the weather improved
and sales increased. Popular items included jewelry, children's
products, books and plants. Especially popular was Thelma Weiner's
cane, which someone tried to buy each time she set it down. Some buyers
were pleased to hear that the proceeds of the sale would provide
scholarships for Mason students. Throughout the day, workers helped the
buyers to carry larger items to their cars. As the final step, around
1:30, they loaded unsold items into three pickup trucks for delivery to
the Salvation Army and set up the chairs in TA-1 to be ready for class
on Monday.
Members who were involved in the yard sale
will meet to discuss the sale, taking note of what to do, or not to do,
the next time. Hard to beat will be the generosity of our members this
year in donating goods, time, and energy and their cooperation and good
spirits in spite of the weather. Someone has observed that a giraffe is
a horse designed by a committee. Here at OLLI, everyone working
together produced one very fine giraffe.
THE OSHER ENDOWMENT
An explanation from the treasurer
 By Gordon Canyock,
Treasurer
 AS YOUR NEWLY ELECTED TREASURER, I've
been spending some time trying to understand how come if we have a
million bucks in the bank, we had to increase dues this past spring.
Turned out to be a rather complex story, which I will attempt to
explain to you without resorting to accountant-speak (a language in
which I am not very fluent).
Actually, we don't have the million bucks.
Osher requires endowments to be given only to the affiliated
university, not to an independent institute like us, so the George
Mason Foundation has the money. It's also wasn't a million bucks -- it
ended up being only $977,000 because the transfer was in stock that had
dropped in value when sold by the Mason Foundation for cash to be added
to its overall endowment.
And really, only $927,000 became the basis of
interest payments to OLLI. Since we received the endowment a year
earlier than expected and thus did not receive a third annual grant of
$100,000, Osher allowed us to set aside $50,000 of the endowment for
use as desired, to be repaid (without interest) back into the endowment
by 2014. That $50,000 has been sitting in a separate,
non-interest-bearing account at the Mason Foundation. (At its last
meeting, the Board approved moving this money to OLLI's commercial
money-market account so that we will receive about $2,500 annually in
interest.)
The Mason Foundation's overall endowment,
including our remaining $927,000, was invested in both equities and a
short-term fixed-income portfolio. Interest is computed annually as of
July 1st and divided among the various individual endowments. Mason
earned about 18.5 percent during the year ending June 30, 2007. After
overhead fees were deducted, our share of annual earnings was almost
$135,000; this was added to our endowment, so the current value of our
endowment now exceeds a million dollars.
The actual distribution of earnings ("payout")
to individual entities like OLLI is much less. Payout is four percent
of an "average" principal amount -- the average value for each of the
last 12 quarters. The calculation results in relatively low payouts to
OLLI -- about $13,000 in 2007 and about $26,000 in 2008. By 2009, the
formula will be based on actual principal amounts in all 12 quarters
(rather than zeros in some), so we will receive about $40,000. We might
earn more, however, if the OLLI principal continues to increase, which
depends on how well the Foundation does with its investments. |
THREE NOTICES
Veterans Day; History Club; From the
Historian
VETERANS DAY LUNCHEON
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HISTORY CLUB MEETING
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FROM THE OLLI HISTORIAN
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TO HONOR ALL
University community military veterans, President Merten will host a
Veterans Day Luncheon on Fri, Nov 9, from 12:00 noon - 1:30 in the
Center for the Arts Lobby. All University community armed forces
veterans (faculty, staff and students as well as OLLI members) are
invited to attend.
For planning purposes, Mason needs to know how
many will be attending. RSVP to the Office of Events Management,
telephone 703-993-2882 or email gmuevents@gmu.edu
by Tue,
Nov 6.
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THE HISTORY CLUB
will meet at Tallwood on Wed, Nov 7, from 2:00—3:30. OLLI board member
Debbie Halverson will give a presentation on Varina Howell Davis, wife
of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Varina Davis was an independent and powerful
woman. She believed the South was doomed from the start and continued
to correspond with her friends in the North throughout the war. Come
drop by and learn more about this fascinating person.
OLLI members
and guests are always welcome. |
IN A RECENT INVENTORY
of the history files, I was unable to locate the box containing all the
membership directories. If someone
has those for any reason, please notify me.
Please do not remove anything from the history
files without permission. Many of them are stored openly and are
vulnerable to removal. These files are precious to all of us and in
many cases cannot be replaced. I will be seeking a way to secure them
in the near future.
-- Palmer
McGrew, OLLI
Historian
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TRIP TO FREDERICKSBURG
Where 100,000 fell
 By Florence Adler, Special Events Resource Group
chair
Park Ranger Michael Kelly leading the trip to Fredericksburg
Photos by
(top row) Marion
Grabowski and (bottom row) Susan Roose
49 intrepid and stalwart OLLI
members, led by their two valiant leaders, National Park Rangers
Michael Kelly and Jennifer Epstein, headed out to the Fredericksburg
and Chancellorsville Battlefields which, in 1862 and 1863, were focal
points during the Civil War.
We visited Chatham, a Georgian plantation
house built in 1768, which served both as Federal headquarters for
Edwin V. Sumner and as the field hospital where Clara Barton nursed the
wounded during the Battle of Fredericksburg. At Marye’s Heights, we
walked along the Sunken Road behind the stone wall that had concealed
Robert E. Lee’s artillery and infantrymen from view, leading to the
slaughter of the attacking Union soldiers. We saw the Stevens family's
home and well, which still stand near the stone wall.
Our last stop was at Ellwood, a Spotsylvania
farm, which hosted General Robert E. Lee during the Battle of
Chancellorsville and Generals Warren, Burnside and Grant during the
Battle of the Wilderness. Ellwood is currently undergoing a complete
restoration. At the end of our tour of the house, we visited the marker
and burial site of Stonewall Jackson’s amputated arm.
Throughout our bus rides to and from the
Battlefields and at each of the sites, Mike, with his infinite
knowledge of all that represents the Civil War, kept up a steady
description of the battles, their major participants and their
strategies. It was a wonderful trip, hopefully to be continued in the
spring.
 FRIDAY AFTERNOON FILMS
BEGIN AGAIN
Daughter from Danang
By Debbie Halverson, Membership Committee chair
ON FRI,
NOV 9, AT 2:00 AT TALLWOOD, we will again have a movie for you
that should be most provocative.
Daughter
from Danang is a documentary film that covers the story of a
Vietnamese child refugee who was raised by an abusive American mother
and who as an adult manages to return to Vietnam to be reunited with
her birth family. Her expectations and theirs clash as they deal with
the differences two cultures reveal when they collide. Emotions are
high; this is not a cheerful story. But it will be a good background
for discussion as the kick-off to the series of movies I plan to show
focusing on women.
Please join me for the movie and light
refreshment.
PROFILE OF JAN BOHALL
From the Latin volo: "I will"
By Elizabeth Crawford, OLLI
E-News staff writer
LAST
SPRING, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS gave two awards to volunteers who
have served OLLI "above and beyond." One went to Jan Bohall, whose
quiet manner may have obscured all that she has done for us.
Newer members may find it hard to imagine that
LRI had a waiting list when Jan and Bob Bohall applied to join in the
fall of 1997. Spaces opened up in January 1998, and after two years of
attending classes, Jan began to volunteer in 2000. For three years she
was a committee of one--writing, editing, and publishing the LRI News, forefather of OLLI E-News. In 2003 she became
catalog editor, a job she still holds. While Rae Schafer's help with
the course schedule and formatting is invaluable, and the proofreaders
provide important assistance, Jan has the ultimate responsibility to
produce a catalog that is flawless and completed on time. Apart from
its use by members, our catalog is OLLI's most effective recruiting
tool.
In the past, Jan organized the office
volunteers for a couple of years and still works the desk from time to
time. Now, in addition to the catalog, she writes the weekly Mason arts
and music column as well as occasional articles for OLLI E-News and assists the
Membership Committee by attending fairs and talking to people about
OLLI. She participates in Homer, etc. and is a member of the
Genealogy Club. This semester Jan is co-leading the Poetry Workshop
with Mike McNamara. Her poems have been published in Passager: A Journal of Remembrance and
Discovery, The Orange County
Register, The Poet's Domain,
and Fairfax Ink.
Jan's life outside of OLLI includes yoga
classes, volunteering at the Fairfax City Regional Library, and
spending time with the two of her eight grandchildren who live in this
area.
As Jan
approaches her tenth anniversary with OLLI, we say an enthusiastic,
"Thank you."
Photo of Jan
by Barbara Kyriakakis
| COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS ABOUT OLLI? |
HERE'S HOW to express your views--
• Publicly
(if you would like your comments published in this newsletter): Email
your "Letter
to the Editor" or "Letter to
Ms. Ollie Ettakit" to the editor. Anonymous
submissions are
acceptable if you provide contact information so we can verify that you
are an OLLI member. Whenever an official response is
clearly appropriate, the editor will obtain and publish the OLLI
response in the same issue so members will have more complete
information and a balanced picture of the matter.
•
Privately--
• Contact any Board member,
committee or
resource group chair, or the executive
director;
• Send an email to the
entire Board
(email the editor or the office to have your
message forwarded to all members of the Board);
• Submit a suggestion online
or in the box in the Tallwood social room or on one of the "parking
lots for ideas" in classrooms; or
• Contact the office by
email
or phone (703-503-3384). |
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
A forum for members to voice their views
on OLLI matters
WE
WILL
PUBLISH your brief letters about OLLI and, if
a response seems appropriate, we will include an OLLI response from the
executive director or the applicable officer or committee
chair in the same issue. Submit your letter via email to the editor or
submit it as a "letter to the editor" via
the online
suggestion box or the suggestion box in the Tallwood Social Room.
To be published in a given Friday's issue, the editor must receive the
letter no later than 7:00 pm on Monday so that any applicable OLLI
response can also be published. Letters can be published
anonymously but you must include your name and email address or phone
number so we can verify that you are an OLLI member.
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Thank you
Debbie and I would like to take a moment and thank all the donors and
volunteers who made the Yard Sale a success. In spite of the rain. So
many of you came early, stayed late and worked so hard it was wonderful
to see. We won't even try to mention each of you by name as we would
undoubtedly miss someone. We also want to thank the great OLLI staff
who really pitched in to help out. And Rod Zumbro who made sure the
publicity got out even if we forgot to get him an article. And Valerie
Braybrooke’s wonderful signs…
Perhaps Debbie said it best, "There were dirty knee club people and
drama club people. There were the people who signed up on the board or
by email and the people who just showed up. They worked and worked till
in some cases we thought they would drop."
You raised $1,177.16 for Friends of OLLI.
Great job. Thanks!
-- Bob Lawshe, Yard Sale co-coordinator |
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Arts and music events at Mason, Nov 2-11
 By Jan
Bohall, OLLI
E-News staff writer
FOR
TICKETS, call 1-888-945-2468 (phone orders are handled by tickets.com)
or visit the Center for the Arts Box Office, Tue-Sat, 10:00-6:00. More
info on tickets at the CFA tickets page.
GMU Jazz Ensemble Concert
Jazz
for Justice
The concert features guest conductor Ed Weiner of the Fairfax Law
Foundation; Anthony Maiello, conductor, from the Music Department
faculty; and Geoffrey Gallante, seven-year-old trumpet star. It is a
benefit for pro bono and
community programs, including Fairfax Partnership for Youth,
Neighborhood Outreach, Teen Driver Education and Assistance for Victims
of Domestic Violence.
Fri, Nov 2, at 8:00
Admission: $15 seniors/students, $20 other adults
Concert Hall
A cash bar will be open in the Main Lobby at 7:15. Following the
concert, musicians of all levels are welcome at a jam session in the
Lobby.
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 Doc
Watson
Hills
of Home
with Richard Watson & David Holt
Doc Watson has won six GRAMMY awards, a National Medal of the Arts, a
national Heritage Fellowship and a Lifetime Achievement award from the
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. He will perform with
his grandson Richard and GRAMMY-winning banjoist David Holt. They will
play ballads, fiddle tunes, blues, gospel, country and contemporary
music.
Sat, Nov 3, at 8:00
Admission: $40, $32, $20
Family friendly: Children 12 and under, half price with an adult
Concert Hall
Come early at 7:15 for a free artistic discussion in the Grand Tier
Lobby.
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 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew
Litton, principal
conductor
Andre
Watts, piano
This Norwegian orchestra, with a history of association with Edvard
Grieg, is making its first U.S. tour. Andre Watts will join the
orchestra for Grieg’s Piano Concerto
in A minor. Also planned is Knut Vaage’s Chatter and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 and Festive Overture, Opus 96.
Sun, Nov 4, at 4:00
Admission: $56, $48, $28
Concert Hall
Come early at 7:15 for a free artistic discussion in the Grand Tier
Lobby.
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| GMU
Dance Company Fall Concert |
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Guillermo
Figueroa, violin & guest conductor |
American
Youth Philharmonic Orchestra |
Thu,
Fri,
Sat, Nov 8, 9, 10, at 8:00
Fri, Nov 9, at 2:00
Admission: $10 seniors/students, $15 other adults
Harris Theater
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Mr. Figueroa is a founding member of the
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra of New York City and currently music director
of the New Mexico Symphony.
The program will include Wagner’s Rienzi
Overture, Barber’s Violin Concerto and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1.
Sat, Nov 10, at 8:00
Admission: $55, $45, $35, $25
Concert Hall
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Sun,
Nov
11, at 1:00
Admission: $10 seniors/students, $15 adults
Concert Hall
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| Young
Artiste Musicale |
Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel
Festive French Fare |
GMU
Vocal Jazz Concert |
Sun,
Nov
11, at 6:00
Admission Free
Concert Hall Lobby
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Known for his concerts with commentary for
each piece, Siegel presents works of Debussy, Ravel and Faure. This is
the second of his four concerts this season.
Sun, Nov 11, at 7:00
Admission: $38, $30, $19
Family friendly: Children 12 and under, half price with an adult
Concert Hall
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Sun,
Nov
11, at 7:00
Admission Free
Harris Theater
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MASON HIGHLIGHTS
Other events at Mason
 By Barbara Kyriakakis, OLLI
E-News assistant editor
• Art
Exhibit -
"Drawings," an exhibition featuring artists Hsin-His Chen, Beverly Ress
and Youngmi Song Organ, 9:00 to 7:30, Mon through Thu, and 9:00 to 5:00
on Fri through Nov 9 in the Fine Arts Gallery.
• Photo
Exhibit – "The Lives and Faiths of Chinese Minorities," an
exhibition featuring photographer Chen Li in the Mason Hall Atrium,
9:00 to 5:00 through Nov 16.
• Fit
for Life - Sponsored by Y-ME National Breast Cancer
Organization. Sun, Nov 4, JC Dewberry Hall, noon to 4:00.
• Women's Basketball
- Mason v. Wilmington (DE) (Exhibition). Free w/Mason ID. Mon, Nov 5,
7:00, Patriot Center.
• Workshop
in Philosophy, Politics & Economics - "Markets, Maslow and
the Evolution of the Modern Family" (read paper as pdf
document), presented by Steven Horwitz, Charles A. Dana Professor
of Economics, St. Lawrence University. Tue, Nov 6, 1:00 to 2:30,
Enterprise Hall, Room 318.
• College of
Humanities and Social Science Lecture - "Poem, Prose, and
Prose-Poem: Two and a Half Definitions," presented by James Longenbach,
Professor of English, University of Rochester, author of three
collections of poetry. Wed, Nov 7, 7:30, JC Gold Room. Reception at
6:30.
• Democracy
Project Presentation - "Post-Mortem on the Virginia
Elections," presented by Dr. Michael McDonald and Dr. Mark Rozell. Thu,
Nov 8, 1:30 to 2:45, JC Cinema.
• Guest
Speaker - "A United States of Africa: Predicament and Promise,"
presented by Dr. Anastase Shyaka, Director, Center for Conflict
Management, National University of Rwanda. Wed, Nov 7, 5:30 to 7:30,
SUB II, Rooms 5-7.
• Cinema Series
– The Simpsons Movie, Sat, Nov 3,
and The Bourne Ultimatum, Fri, Nov
9, 6:00 and 9:00. Free with Mason ID.
Note:
See last
week's Mason Highlights for additional upcoming events.
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COMING
ATTRACTIONS
Non-class events at OLLI for the next two
weeks
The following
list covering the
next two weeks is extracted for your
convenience from the master calendar maintained by the office (see the OLLI
Staff Forecast of Non-Class Events for more details and to view the
actual OLLI online calendar used by the office). Note: Board,
committee, resource-group and
'membership-type' meetings/events below are highlighted
in bold. OLLI members are
welcome at all Board, committee and resource-group meetings (except
during executive sessions).
Friday
Nov 2
10am Town Meeting
- TA-1
12pm Town Meeting
reception - Annex
1pm Spec Event 967 Great
Society Subway - TA-1
1:30pm Homer Etc. Book Club
- Annex
Monday
Nov 5 1pm Lake Anne Bridge
Club - Lake Anne Church
Tuesday
Nov 6 8:15am Reston Walking
Group - Lake Anne Plaza
1pm
Finance Committee Mtg -
TA-2
Wednesday
Nov 7 10am Cycling Club -
Lake Anne Plaza
1:30pm Bridge - TA-3
2pm Facilitator Workshop -
Annex
2pm
Special Events Resource Group Mtg
- TA-2
2pm History Club - TA-1
Friday
Nov 9 Fall 07 Term Ends
9:30am Drama Club
9:45am Spec Event 968
Supreme Court - Bus Departs Fair Oaks Mall Lot 44
10am Italian Conversation -
Annex
10am Recorder Group - TA-2
1:30pm Homer Etc. Book Club
- Annex
Tuesday
Nov 13 8:15am Reston Walking
Group - Lake Anne Plaza
8:30am Tallwood Walking
Group - Tallwood Pool Parking Lot
Wednesday
Nov 14 9:30am Makeup 305
Pioneers - TA-3
10am Bridge Club - TA-3
Friday
Nov 16 9:30am Drama Club
10am Italian Conversation -
Annex
10am Recorder Group - TA-2
10am
Board of Directors Mtg
- TA-1
1:30pm Homer Etc. Book Club
- Annex |
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Rod
Zumbro
Editor
Karen
Hamilton
Deputy
Editor
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About OLLI
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