|
OLLI
E-News #1-10 of January 8, 2010
|
INTERESTED
IN "GRAND CAMP"?
From the executive
director
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE IDEA of grandparents and grandchildren
enjoying learning activities together? There has been considerable
interest in this idea among lifelong learning institutes and college
alumni programs around the country. The Program and Membership
Committees of our OLLI at Mason are considering this as a possible
event for one day this summer. In order to proceed with planning, they
need to know two things: 1) how many OLLI members would be interested
in participating with a child; and 2) how many OLLI members would be
willing to organize a class or activity for this special day?
To provide us with feedback on these two
questions, I encourage you to click on the following online survey link
(or
copy and paste the following into your Web browser's address field:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZRX57G5).
Click the monkey  or click here to take the short survey.
If you are interested in learning more about successful programs of
this nature, check out these links to Web sites:
Thanks!
Back to top
LOST AND FOUND
|
Find your stray possessions using this new
Web site
LOST AND FOUND ... clothing,
eyewear, travel cups, umbrellas and more. Whatever gets left behind at
Tallwood ends up in the lost-and-found box in the social room. Board
member Paul Howard recently recovered his missing ball cap from the
bottom of the box and was inspired to create a Web site to make it
easier for others to find stray possessions. Paul has posted photographs of the found
items, even including handwriting samples in found notebooks!
|
To search for your lost possessions from the convenience of your warm,
cozy home, click
here or click "Lost and Found" in the Quick Links table at the left of the
OLLI home page and the What's New page. |
|
Back
to top
See images by three OLLI photographers
WE
ARE STARTING THE NEW YEAR with an
exhibit in the Tallwood social room annex of images by three OLLI
photographers -- Dan Feighery, Steve Schanzer and Stan Schretter (see the banner image at the top of this
newsletter for a preview).
Our objective is to showcase works by OLLI
artists during the rest of the year, ending the year with the annual
exhibit by OLLI Photography Club members in the fall.
All
OLLI artists (oil
and watercolor
painters, pen and pencil sketchers, photographers, etc.) are
welcome to participate in the rotating exhibit in the annex but please
note that works must be framed so that they can be hung like those now
on display (i.e., with no holes in the wall). Point of contact is
Exhibit Coordinator Stan Schretter.
Back
to top
PHILOSOPHY, ETHICS AND
RELIGION
|
|
Resource group meets on Monday; all are
invited
 THE PHILOSOPHY, ETHICS AND RELIGION
RESOURCE GROUP will meet at 10:00 this
Monday, January 11, at Tallwood. The purpose of this meeting is to find
instructors and to plan classes in the subject areas of philosophy,
ethics and religion for the upcoming summer and fall sessions in 2010.
All OLLI members are invited to attend resource group meetings.
If you have
a particular interest in these subjects and also if you are acquainted
with talented clergy, philosophers or ethics majors who you think might
be willing to teach at OLLI, please do join us. We would love to have
your input.
Resource
group co-chairs are Abbie
Edwards, Steve Goldman and Bob Lawshe. Contact any of them for more
information.
|
TALLWOOD BOOK CLUB
 Meets Wed, Jan 13: Crossing to Safety by
Wallace Stegner
THE TALLWOOD BOOK CLUB WILL MEET at
10:00 on Wednesday, January 13, at Tallwood. The book for discussion is
Crossing
to Safety
by Pulitzer Prize (1972) winning author Wallace Stegner. It is the
story of the lifetime friendship of two couples who move between
Vermont and Wisconsin. Google books information available at this
Web page.
All OLLI members
are
welcome.
Contributed
by Book Club Coordinator Ceda McGrew.
|
OLLI
COMPUTER
CLUB
 Meets Sat, Jan 16: presentations on
Favorite Web Sites and 2010 Consumer Electronics Show
THE OLLI COMPUTER
CLUB WILL MEET
on Saturday, January 16, from 12:30 to 3:30 in
TA-1. The Club
(officially, the OLLI Personal Computer User
Group) meets jointly with the Washington Area Computer User
Group (WACUG, or WAC). Annual club dues of $5 for 2010 will be
collected at this meeting. Two presentations are planned for this
month--
- Favorite Web Sites. Since the Web
has billions or gazillions -- nobody really knows how many -- of
individual pages, it's nearly impossible to find the "best" Web site
for a given purpose. But Google searches often find gems because they
rank pages by popularity: pages to which many sites link are deemed
better than "orphan" pages not linked. Another way to find
useful/interesting/fun pages is to share favorites with others. This
presentation highlights Web sites that one experienced Web
traveler, Gabe Goldberg, visits often. Bring your own top Web
sites to share with the audience!
- 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. Geof
Goodrum, WAC's intrepid trade show reporter, will once again regale us
with the latest technology offerings from the 2010 International
Consumer Electronics Show, being held now (January 7-10) in Las Vegas (photo at right). CES is the
world’s largest consumer technology trade show, with more than 2,500
exhibitors displaying more than 20,000 products. Come on January 16 to
hear about all the latest gizmos and gadgets, giant TVs, and electronic
bells and whistles.
All OLLI members are welcome to visit; we
encourage them to join the OLLI Personal Computer User
Group and attend regularly.
 OLLI
SPIRITWEAR
|
|
|
DEPARTMENTS
|
KEY CONTACT
INFORMATION
How to contact OLLI
HERE
IS A READY REFERENCE on how to contact OLLI. For email
addresses and phone numbers not listed below, please consult the online
Membership Directory (log in to Member
Portal).
- President:
Emmett Fenlon
- Executive
Director: Thom
Clement, phone 703-503-7866
- OLLI Office, phone
703-503-3384
- Tallwood
Administrator/OLLI Registrar: Maria
Buczek, phone 703-503-3384
- Board
members: See Organization page
(Note: To send an email to the
entire Board, send it to the office
or the OLLI
E-News editor, and your
message will be forwarded to all members of the Board)
- Committee
chairs, resource-group chairs: See Organization
page
- Suggestions: Online
suggestion box
- Letters to
the editor or letters to Ms. Ollie Ettakit
(etiquette
matters): OLLI
E-News Editor Rod Zumbro,
phone
703-569-2750
MASON ARTS AND
MUSIC
Upcoming Mason performances, Jan 8-17
By Jan Bohall, OLLI
E-News Staff Writer
United States Marine Band
The
President's Own
Col.
Michael J. Colburn,
conductor
Sousa
Season Opener
Sun, Jan 10, 2:00
This concert will feature several selections performed by the Sousa
Band during their 1910 national concert tour. The program will include
John Phillips Sousa marches, "The Federal" and "The Free Lance," and
his concert suite, Dwellers of the
Western World, as well as Karl
Goldmark’s In Springtime Overture, Opus 36, and Richard Strauss’ Till
Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Opus 28.
Admission: Free, tickets not required
Concert Hall |
Back
to top
Other Mason events
 By Helen Ackerman, OLLI
E-News Staff Writer
- Greater
Washington
Economic Conference. Fri, Jan 15, 8:00 to 12:00 noon. Ritz
Carlton, Tysons Corner. Contact; John McClain, 703-993-2401, Mason's
Center for Regional Analysis. Details and
registration ($50).
- Art
Exhibit: Maggie
Michaels. Tue, Jan 19, until Fri, Feb 12. Opening reception, Thu, Jan 21.
Free. Fine Arts Building, Gallery. Open 9:00 - 9:00 weekdays; weekends
by appointment.
- Life
Planning
Seminar: Legacy of Life: Promoting Healthy Futures. Presented by
Dr. David Anderson, Director of Mason's Center for Advancement of
Public Health, Wed, Jan 20, noon. Student Union II, Room VIP 1. Details
and registration.
|
Back
to top
COMING
ATTRACTIONS
Upcoming non-class events at OLLI
THE FOLLOWING LIST
covering
the
next two weeks is extracted for your
convenience from the master calendar maintained by the office, with
direct Web links added when available. See Upcoming
Non-Class Events to view the real-time 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).
Fri Jan
8 10am
Recorder Consort - TA-2
Mon
Jan 11
10am Philosophy, Ethics and Religion Resource Group
Meeting - Annex
Tue
Jan 12
10:30am
Knitting and Needlework
Club - Lake Anne Coffee Shop
Wed
Jan 13
10am Book
Club - TA-2
10am
Investment Forum - TA-1
10am
Bridge Club - TA-3
Thu
Jan 14
10am Liaison Subcommittee Meeting - Annex
Fri
Jan 15
10am
Recorder Consort - TA-2
10am Board of Directors Meeting - TA-1
Sat
Jan 16
12:30pm OLLI
Personal
Computer User Group - TA-1
Mon
Jan 18 OLLI OFFICE CLOSED
Tue
Jan 19
10:30am
Knitting and Needlework
Club - Lake Anne Coffee Shop
2pm
Task Force - Organization - TA-1
Wed
Jan 20
10am Investment Forum - TA-1
10am
Bridge Club - TA-3
10:30am Loudoun Open House - Loudoun
12pm Special
Event - L951,
Lunch
to Launch OLLI Loudoun Clubs - Loudoun
Thu
Jan 21
10am Task Force - Programs -
TA-1
11am
Fiction Writers' Club - OL-TBA
12pm Communications Committee Meeting - Annex
Fri
Jan 22
9:30am Photography Club -
TA-1
10am
Recorder Consort - TA-2
Mon
Jan 25 Winter Term Begins
|
About OLLI E-News and the
member/volunteers who
produce it
Rod
Zumbro
Editor |
John West
Deputy
Editor |
Barbara Kyriakakis
Associate
Editor |
|
|
Review Team: Gordon Canyock,
Michael Coyne, Barbara Kyriakakis, John West, Susanne Zumbro
Database
Manager: Barbara
Kyriakakis; Photo
Editor: Michael Coyne
|
- About
this newsletter. OLLI's
weekly newsletter, OLLI E-News,
is emailed to current
OLLI
members with email addresses on Fridays. When classes are in
session, printed copies of this newsletter are distributed in
classrooms. Comments,
suggestions or complaints? Please contact Editor Rod
Zumbro or Communications Committee Chair Gordon
Canyock.
- Submissions. We
encourage members
to submit news items, articles and photos for this newsletter. The deadline
to
the editor is 7:00 pm Wed (7:00 pm Mon for letters to the editor
for which an
OLLI response is appropriate) for that
week's issue; submissions earlier in
the week are strongly encouraged and greatly appreciated. Please
limit
articles to about 250 words. Submit material via email to Editor Rod
Zumbro
(email rzumbro@gmu.edu).
- Read the latest
issue early. The
new weekly issue of OLLI E-News
is posted to the OLLI Web site Thursday evening. Read it by visiting http://www.olli.gmu.edu/pubs.htm#enews,
where you will find a list of the last 12
issues; click the latest issue listed.
- Viewing or searching past
issues. Your options for finding items in past issues of OLLI E-News include viewing the last 12
issues; searching the content of
ALL issues for any word or words; and searching our
archive of all past issues by date or issue number.
|
|
Updated: January 8, 2010
Copyright © 2010 Osher
Lifelong Learning Institute at
George Mason University. Materials in this publication subject to
OLLI-Mason copyright may be reproduced for noncommercial educational
purposes as long as credit is given to OLLI-Mason.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George
Mason University, 4210 Roberts Rd., Fairfax, VA 22032-1028
Phone: (703) 503-3384; Email: olli@gmu.edu;
Fax: (703) 503-2832
Original site design and construction by OLLI-Mason member Rod Zumbro. |
|
By 
