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OLLI
E-News #22-08 of June 6, 2008
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| ALERTS |
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BOARD MEETING TO ELECT NEW OLLI OFFICERS. The Board will meet at
10:00 on Fri, Jun 13, in TA-1 to elect new officers for the Jun
2008-Jun 2009 term. All members are invited.
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FALL 2000 MEMBERSHIP
DIRECTORY MISSING. If you have a copy of this directory from
2000, please bring it to the office and alert either Palmer McGrew or
Pat Cosslett. Once it is scanned, it will be returned to you.
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ARTICLES AND NOTICES
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> WHAT’S A TUTORIAL?
From
the executive
director. By Thom
Clement
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CLOSED SUMMER COURSES.
Only nine courses are
closed. By Ann
Hartmann
> RECEPTION
FOR RAE SCHAFER. Say goodbye to Rae Friday morning, Jun 13.
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OLLI BOOK CLUB.
Meets Wed to discuss The Namesake.
> HELP TROOPS AT WALTER REED.
Donations of colored shorts and T-shirts needed.
> SINGLES
GROUP EVENT. A Mason theater happening on Jun
15.
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> EYE ON RESTON.
News for Restonites. By
Sharon Gilman
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MASON
HIGHLIGHTS. Events at nearby Mason. By Barbara Kyriakakis
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COMING
ATTRACTIONS. Non-class events at OLLI for
the next two weeks.
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WHAT’S A TUTORIAL?
From the executive director
 By Thom Clement,
Executive Director
At the Portal, put your mouse cursor on Tutorial and click to view the
Tutorial.
THE
THOUGHT CAME TO ME RECENTLY that many of
our OLLI members may not have used the Tutorial that is available on
our Registration Portal. A tutorial is simply a set of step-by-step
instructions for using the various features of a computer program. Even
if you haven’t yet obtained a "user ID" for the registration system,
you can go the Registration Portal ( www.olliatgmu.org) and click on
"Tutorial" at the top of the screen to start. The Tutorial is 33 pages
of instructions with pictures of the screen.
You can click on "My Account" to see the "Get
User Account" option if you have not already obtained your user ID.
Approximately 42 percent of OLLI members used
the online registration system successfully for the spring term and 44
percent used it for the summer term registration. I hope we’ll see an
increase as more of you take the time to learn the system.
There’s
another reason to use the Registration
Portal: the OLLI Membership Directory is now available there.
Display of the online Membership Directory after you log onto the
Portal.
Note: The
"Find" field
(rectangle above) appears only in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
You can
click on "Members" and then "Membership Directory" and see an
alphabetical listing of all OLLI members. The directory also gives home
address, phone number, and email address. If you want to print out your
own copy of the directory, you can do so using either an Excel
spreadsheet format or the
Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).
The Tutorial includes information about using
the Membership Directory on pages 26-31.
Now that you know what a tutorial is, you can
have fun using the OLLI Registration Portal for registering and for the
online Membership Directory!
CLOSED SUMMER COURSES
Only nine courses are closed
 By Ann Hartmann,
Tallwood Site Administrator/OLLI Registrar
YOU
SHOULD
RECEIVE YOUR
CONFIRMATION LETTER SOON, showing the courses in which you have
been enrolled. Most courses are not
full, and it's not too late to sign up ... preferably online (see note
below) or otherwise, by filling in a Change of Schedule
Request form available in the Tallwood social room or by emailing or calling the
office (703-503-3384)
with your request.
Here is the
list of closed
courses and events for the summer term ( this list is also
available on our Web site under the "Our Program" drop-down
menu as the "Oversubscribed Courses" selection). All other
courses are still available
for you to sign up.
CLOSED SUMMER COURSES AND EVENTS
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COURSES
11: Estate Planning--Vital Documents
14: Globalization and the Flow of Capital
16: Hitler's Ambivalent Attaché
17: Brain function--New Insights
30: Literary Roundtable
36: Marketplace of Faith
39: The Healthiest Foods for Healthier Aging
40: Religious Values and Our National Election
48: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth
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SPECIAL
EVENTS
28: Afghanistan--Sharing Ancient Artistic Treasure
56: A Visit to the Newseum
CANCELED COURSE
5: Topical Mini-Class, American Language
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| Note: You are encouraged to add or
withdraw from courses using the online registration system at the OLLI Registration
Portal; after
logging in, click the Courses menu and select Withdraw. You may also
update your personal data, address, phone number or email through
the system. You must first create a user account before attempting
changes. Please contact the staff by email
or phone (703-503-3384) for assistance in setting up your account. |
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Say goodbye to Rae Friday morning, Jun 13
Rae Schafer; photo by Gordon Canyock.
RAE
SCHAFER, OLLI PROGRAM ASSOCIATE since Jan 2006, will be leaving
OLLI on Fri, Jun 13. Rae and her family will be moving to Germany due
to the military reassignment of her husband.
Rae has done an outstanding job of
coordinating the development of our schedule of courses and activities
and putting together the catalogs for each term. All OLLI members are
invited to a reception at Tallwood in Rae’s honor on Fri, Jun 13,
immediately following the 10:00 meeting of the Board of
Directors--which is expected to be relatively short.
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OLLI BOOK CLUB
Meets Wed to discuss The Namesake
THE OLLI
BOOK CLUB will be meeting at
10:00 on Wed, Jun 11, in TA-2. The book for discussion is The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri.
It is the fictional account of the experience of an Indian immigrant
couple and their American-born children living in Cambridge ,
Massachusetts.
All OLLI members are welcome.
HELP TROOPS AT WALTER REED
Donations of colored shorts and T-shirts
needed
THERE
IS A NEED AT WALTER REED FOR "ADAPTIVE" CLOTHING
for our injured servicemen/women. Most especially needed are either
boxer shorts or gym shorts and T-shirts that can be modified with
Velcro (instead of a seam) sewed along the outside. The soldiers who
have had severe injuries to their limbs find that this clothing is much
more
comfortable with the adaptive sides.
Only colored shorts or T-shirts are wanted,
with sizes large,
extra large and XX large mostly needed. Please leave any donations by
the white plastic container that is used for Mason Military Outreach in
the Tallwood social room,
and OLLI will transport them to the Veteran's Office on campus, where
the clothing will be modified with Velcro.
SINGLES GROUP EVENT
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SINGLES
GROUP MEMBERS AND
FRIENDS ARE
INVITED to join in a theater happening at Mason on Sun, Jun 15,
at 5:00. As part of the Mason Festival of the Arts,
Mason's Theater of
the First Amendment is sponsoring The
Generations Playwriting Project in which a group of OLLI
thespians and playwrights are teaming with a group of young people to
present ten-minute plays about each others' generation. This will take
place in TheaterSpace on campus and is free.
In addition, there is a professional play at
2:00 that day by the Theater of the First Amendment in the Harris
Theater. Mariela in the Desert
is a mystery about an artistic family with problems that is set in the
Northern Mexico desert. The cost is $25.
Please contact Harriet Kaplan if you are interested
in attending one or both performances as a group
or in dinner after the performances.
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HOW TO EXPRESS YOUR VIEWS ABOUT OLLI
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PUBLICLY:
Email
your "Letter
to the Editor" (see recent sample)
or "Letter to
Ms. Ollie Ettakit" (see recent sample)
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 to a letter to
the editor 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
• Contact the
office by email
or phone (703-503-3384). |
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 EYE ON RESTON
News for Restonites
 By Sharon Gilman, OLLI
E-News Staff Writer
 WE ARE VERY PLEASED
that so many of our members have been helping to enhance OLLI in
Reston. As mentioned in an earlier article, our goal is to recruit 60
new members by the end of the winter term 2009. Sheila Gold will
continue to coordinate our efforts in that regard, with assistance from
Debbie Halverson.
By far the most effective tool we have is word
of mouth. We all have new and old friends who are not OLLI members, and
every one of them is a potential new member. The Reston summer program
has a wide range of interesting courses; why not invite a friend to
join you in attending a class?
Last week Executive Director Thom Clement and
Board member Al Roe from Reston met with OLLI-Loudoun Program
Coordinator Ray Beery to discuss ways in which Loudoun and Reston can
complement one another as we move forward with our programs, social
activities, and special events. After all, we are one organization with
a common goal of enriching the OLLI experience.
Several people have expressed an interest in
joining the knitting club that Sheila Gold is organizing, but more
members are desired. If you are thinking about joining, please contact
Sheila.
Photo
by Stan Schretter
MASON HIGHLIGHTS
Events at nearby Mason
 By Barbara Kyriakakis, OLLI
E-News Staff Writer
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Mason
101
- Learn about the history, organizational structure, and who does what
at Mason. Free but registration required. Call University Information
703-993-1005. Wed, Jun 11, 9:00 to 12:00 noon, Johnson Center, Room C.
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Summer
Social
- Free food and beverages, live music, and good company. Wed, Jun 11,
3:30 to 5:00, Sub I Quad. Rain site: SUB I, Patriot's Lounge. Free.
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Mason
Film - Familiar Strangers from
Cavalier Films is a funny and heartfelt story of an American family
going through the natural process of negotiating the changing
relationships between parents and children, especially as those
children grow into adulthood. Part of the Mason Festival of the Arts.
Sat, Jun 14, 4:30, JC Cinema. Free popcorn.
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The Potomac Music Academy – The
Potomac String Connections Orchestra Concert, Sat, Jun 21, 2:00,
Harris Theater. The final presentation of young musicians from the
Potomac Music Academy Strings Camp perform. Part of the Mason Festival of
the Arts. Free and open to all audiences.
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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 Forecast
of Non-Class Events 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
Jun 6 9:30am
Audiovisual Support Committee Meeting - TA-3
10:30am Homer, Etc. Book Club - TA-Annex
Monday Jun
9 Summer Term
Confirmation Letters Mailed
10am Bridge Club - TA-3
Wednesday Jun 11
10am Book Club at Tallwood - TA-2
Friday
Jun 13 10am Board of
Directors Meeting - TA-1
10am Homer, Etc. Book Club - TA-Annex
Monday
Jun 16 SUMMER TERM
Begins
10am
Genealogy Club - TA-1
10am
Bridge Club - TA-3
Friday Jun 20
10am Loudoun walk-in registration
10:30am Homer, Etc. Book Club - TA-Annex
1pm Loudoun Open House
2pm Loudoun walk-in registration
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Rod
Zumbro
Editor
Karen
Hamilton
Deputy
Editor
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E-News Editorial Staff
Reviewer and Backup Editor
John West
Database
Manager
Barbara Kyriakakis
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Michael Coyne |
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Updated: June 6, 2008
Copyright © 2008 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.
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Mason University, 4210 Roberts Rd., Fairfax, VA 22032-1028
Phone: (703) 503-3384; Email: olli@gmu.edu;
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