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OLLI
E-News #25-07 of June 22, 2007
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ALERTS
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DIRECTOR RESIGNS. Charles Duggan (profile), board
member
since Mar 2004, president Jun 2004–Jun 2006 and
treasurer Jan–Jun 2007, resigned from the board
effective Jun 15,
2007. The vacancy will be filled by an OLLI member appointed by the
president and approved by the Board to fill the unexpired term (ref: OLLI Bylaws).
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DIRECTOR APPOINTED. President Debbie Halverson has appointed
OLLI member Paul Howard to fill the remainder of Charles Duggan's term
(ending May 2009), subject to Board approval at the next Board
meeting.
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REMINDER
> CLOSED SUMMER
COURSES. See article. It's
not too late to sign up for other courses.
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ARTICLES AND
NOTICES
> DON'T MISS OUT.
Read OLLI E-News between
terms. By Rod
Zumbro
> THE WAR.
About
a new Ken Burns
film and a fall OLLI course.
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DEPARTMENTS
> CENTER FOR THE ARTS.
Upcoming arts and music
events at Mason. By Jan
Bohall
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MASON
HIGHLIGHTS. Other Mason events. By Barbara Kyriakakis
> COMING ATTRACTIONS. Upcoming
OLLI non-class
events for the next two weeks. |
BOARD
HIGHLIGHTS
Last week's Board of Directors meeting
 By Carol Henderson, outgoing Secretary
AS YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD, the
Board elected officers at its meeting on Jun 15:
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Debbie Halverson, president;
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Ben Gold, vice president;
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Pat Carroll, treasurer; and
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Susanne Zumbro, secretary.
The Board also provided guidance to executive
director Dick Chobot
on the extension of OLLI’s Affiliation Agreement with George Mason
University and on the OLLI contribution to the paving of the parking
lot used by OLLI at the Fairfax Swimming Pool.
The Board received reports from the treasurer
and the executive
director. As chair of an ad hoc
committee, I provided to directors copies of a major revision of the
Board Handbook, also available on the OLLI Website.
The next Board meeting is scheduled for Fri,
Jul 20, at 10:00 at Tallwood. OLLI members are welcome to attend.
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QUESTION
IN COURSE #3: IRA'S
Asked, answered
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QUESTION AROSE this week in
course #3, IRA Distributions and
Beneficiary Designations. Instructor Mike May researched the question
after class and has provided the answer at this Website page
(http://www.olligmu.org/~finforum/courseqna.html) for class attendees and any other interested OLLI
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DON'T MISS OUT
Read OLLI E-News between terms
 By Rod Zumbro, OLLI E-News editor
HAVE
YOU BEEN READING OLLI E-NEWS in
its
print edition during
class terms because you don't have email or
computer access ... but not reading the newsletter between terms? If
so,
you're missing out on everything that's
happening at OLLI during half of the year -- the entire 26 weeks per
year that
OLLI is not in session. If you don't read OLLI E-News every week, you'll miss
important news such as these items that were reported between the
spring and summer terms: announcements about the summer catalog;
reminders about registration; updates on upcoming summer courses; and
operating procedures for the newly installed defibrillators.
This newsletter is OLLI's primary means of
communicating with its members, and it is also a vehicle for members to
communicate with OLLI leadership via letters to the editor. The great
majority of OLLI members have email
so most of your colleagues do read OLLI
E-News each week. If you're not one of these members, what
should you do?
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The
obvious solution is to get a
computer, Internet access and an email account. If that is "too
hard" for you, then there are other solutions.
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Use an
Internet computer
at the library or a family member's home to read the online version of
the newsletter once a week (a
new issue is published each Friday).
Just open the Web browser, type www.olli.gmu.edu
in the address field
and press Enter. That takes you to the OLLI Website. Then move the
mouse over "News" and select "What's New" or "OLLI E-News" from the
drop-down menu.
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At the library or a family member's computer, establish a free Web-based email account
(Yahoo, Hotmail and Google are popular). Send an email to the office
(olli@gmu.edu) and soon you'll start receiving OLLI
E-News in your inbox. Make sure you check your email regularly
as a courtesy to senders and to prevent your account from being
canceled due to inactivity.
> A
final alternative is
to drive to Tallwood and read the print copy of the
latest newsletter that is posted in the social room. (When classes are not in session,
Tallwood hours are Monday through
Friday,
9:00 AM-12 noon.)
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COMMENTS/QUESTIONS/SUGGESTIONS ABOUT OLLI?
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BRAIN GAMES FOR OLDER ADULTS
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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.
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Privately--
> Contact any Board member
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).
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THE MASON GAZETTE reports that Mason
professor Andrew Carle has released a list of the best "brain games"
available for those seeking to maximize cognitive function.
According to the article, Prof. Carle,
assistant professor and director of the Program in Assisted
Living/Senior Housing Administration at Mason, developed a list of
computer-based brain games that he feels are among the best current
technologies for addressing cognitive declines inherent in the aging
process. The list reflects his opinions and is not based on formal
criteria.
See this article for
full details.
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THE WAR
About a new Ken Burns film and a fall OLLI
course
WETA'S "THE WAR"
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 DO YOU HAVE A MEMORY OR STORY OF WORLD WAR
II, either personal or of family or friends, that you'd like to
share? If so, public television station WETA has created a Website on The War,
http://www.weta.org/war, where you can join others in sharing memories
of that now-distant time.
How does this relate to OLLI members? Because
in cooperation with WETA, we will run a four-week course this fall
featuring excerpts from the latest documentary by prizewinning film
maker Ken Burns entitled simply "The War." OLLI is listed under
"Courses" on WETA's "Screening and
Special Events" Website page.
The documentary comes to Public Broadcasting
System television stations in September and concentrates on interviews
of citizens, both military and civilian, from four U.S. cities and
their reactions to the savage battles and homefront activities during
the 44 months of WW II. (For more information on the film, see the PBS Website on The
War. PBS airs a half-hour preview of the film on Sun, Jul 1, at
10:30pm.)
Our fall course will be moderated by World War
II veteran Phil True.
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Note. If you missed the exceptional OLLI E-News series written by
Barbara Kyriakakis about OLLI World War II veterans or would like to
re-visit the articles, you may still read the stories online about Bill
Helmantoler, Vince Boylan,
Phil True, Chester
Myslicki, David Watson,
Joe Fulton,
Al Smith
and Gerry Holmes.
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 COMING EVENTS AT THE
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Upcoming arts and music events at Mason
By Jan
Bohall, OLLI
E-News staff writer
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Fri, Jun 22 – Summer Jazz Workshop
Concert, Concert Hall, 1:30.
This free concert marks the culmination of a three-week workshop and
features students from 13 to 70 years young showing their skills. Call
703-993-1377 for further
information.
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MASON HIGHLIGHTS
A brief listing of other Mason events
 By Barbara Kyriakakis, OLLI
E-News assistant editor
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Mason Summer Camps – Do you have a grandchild visiting this
summer? Check out Mason’s
Summer Camp Schedule. Not only are sports and recreational camps
offered, but enrichment and academic assistance programs are also
available throughout the summer for children between the ages of 2 and
18.
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Socials –
And don't forget ... if you happen to be
on campus any Wednesday during June or July between 3:30 and 5:00
(except Jul 5), stop
by the South Plaza of the Johnson Center and relax with free food,
beverages, live music, and good company. Rain site: Johnson Center
Bistro.
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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). 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
executive sessions).
Friday
Jun 22 10am Genealogy - TA-3
10am Classic Fiction Book Club - Reston Regional
Library
10am Recorder Group - TA-2
10:30am New Members'
Coffee - Annex
10:30am Homer Book Club - TA-1
12:30pm New BOD Orientation
Monday Jun 25
10am Bridge Club - TA-3
10am Program Comm Mtg -
TA-2
Tuesday Jun
26 Bus
Trip-Marine Museum - Fair Oaks Mall Lot 44
8:15am Reston Walking Group - Lake Anne Plaza
Friday Jun 29
10am Recorder Group - TA-2
10:30am Homer Book Club - Annex
Monday Jul 2 10am
Bridge Club - TA-3
Tuesday Jul 3
8:15am Reston Walking Group - Lake Anne Plaza
Wednesday Jul
4 OLLI CLOSED
Friday Jul 6
10am Recorder Group - TA-2
10:30am Homer Book Club - Annex |
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Rod
Zumbro
Editor
Karen
Hamilton
Deputy
Editor
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About OLLI
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Canyock.
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for you. Or you could change your
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three popular email systems:
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Microsoft Outlook
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Click Tools; select Options; in the Read tab, uncheck "Read all
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> Mozilla Thunderbird.
Click Tools; select Options and click the Privacy icon; click the
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... Original HTML" (not Plain Text). Also in View, select "Display
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> Yahoo Mail.
Click Mail Options/General Preferences; under Security, uncheck "Block
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GMU Webmail.
If OLLI E-News is being sent
to your gmu.edu email address, we recommend against
using GMU Webmail
(i.e., iPlanet "Messenger Express") to read this newsletter
because it
is normally impossible to view the newsletter in GMU
Webmail
as a single
integrated
document, with text and accompanying images. You could forward the
newsletter to your alternate Web-based email account such as Yahoo Mail
or
Hotmail and read it there ... or just read it online at
the OLLI
Website after it is posted
each week.
Perhaps the easiest solution for those of you with GMU email accounts
is to configure your desktop email system such
as Microsoft Outlook Express or Mozilla Thunderbird to retrieve mail
sent to your gmu.edu address. To do this, see these
instructions.
Finding
the Latest
Issue Online. The
new weekly issue of OLLI E-News
is
usually posted Thursday evening. Here's how to read the online version
right after
it is posted:
> It is identified by
the next number in
sequence for that year -- e.g., if last week's issue number were
enews1-07, the next issue number would be enews2-07 and could be found
at www.olli.gmu.edu/enews2-07.htm.
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Thus, go to the list of the last 12
issues, click the most recent issue (probably last week's), change
(in the address field of your browser) the enews number to the next
number, and then press Enter.
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OLLI
E-News Editorial Staff
Assistant
Editor, Database Manager
Barbara Kyriakakis
Assistant
Editor
Arleen Richman
Photo
Editor
Michael Coyne |
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Updated:
June 22, 2007
Copyright © 2007 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at
George Mason University. Materials in this publication subject to
OLLI-GMU copyright may be reproduced for noncommercial educational
purposes as long as credit is given to OLLI-GMU.
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Phone: (703) 503-3384; E-mail: olli@gmu.edu;
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