By Thom Clement, Executive Director

DIRECTOR PROFILE
I'VE KNOWN new Board member Martha Scanlon for several years, but I didn't know that much about her until writing this profile. An OLLI member since 2003, Martha has worked many years as an office volunteer and continually seeks volunteers for the Tallwood front desk, which she schedules. She is one of the class-liaison chairs, helping select liaisons for classes at Tallwood. Martha takes courses on all three campuses and has taught one class (on selected poets – interesting since Martha's degrees and job experiences are all about math and economics); she looks forward to having time to teach more.
     Since being elected in May to serve on OLLI's Board of Directors, she has agreed to chair the Member Services Committee, whose mission, she says, "is anything that will make life more pleasant for the members outside of the classroom." As you've probably gathered by now, Martha is a strong advocate of volunteering. She believes that volunteering is an integral part of the OLLI culture and experience ... and that working with other members is as rewarding to the volunteers as the services provided. You've been warned!
     Before she retired in 2002, Martha worked at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. As a deputy associate director of the Research Division, she specialized in research and analysis of financial markets and worked on monetary policy issues. Her husband, Bill, is a still-employed economist who graciously taught a course at OLLI last year; we would be fortunate were Bill to follow Martha by joining OLLI after he retires. Martha and Bill have a married son, a daughter practicing law in DC, and a large, lovable Old English Sheepdog.
     This lady is not all business. Martha likes genealogy, Bridge, watercolor painting, poetry, reading, writing, gardening, golf lessons (she doesn't actually play golf), yoga, travel, people and single-malt Scotch. Make a point of getting to know her. You won't be sorry. And, yes, remember to volunteer.
CLOSED FALL COURSES

Many courses are still open

BELOW IS THE LIST of closed fall courses. All other courses are still available for you to sign up. Many 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 in the office or by emailing the office with your request.
     Pending your receipt of confirmation of requested courses and events, you can find out now which are confirmed. Simply go to your My Schedule page (log-in required), and the courses you selected are shown as either Confirmed or Waitlisted.

CLOSED FALL COURSES AND EVENTS

Tallwood  F103  Music Sampler F104  Navigating the Digital Darkroom F107  Sketching/Drawing Workshop F110  Watercolor Painting F201  Federal Deficits and Debt F203  The Tom Crooker Investment Forum F204  An Economics Potpourri F301  The United States from 1974 to 2000 F302  More Tales of the Silk Road F303  Walking Through Time F306  Military Aspects of the American Revolution II F403  Readers' Theater F409  Memoir Writing F410  T. S. Eliot: From The Waste Land to Cats F501  Beginning Italian F503  Spanish Conversational Forum F603  Jesus, Paul and the Law F652  The Year 1610, Part II F701  What's in the Daily News? F702  America and the World F705  Foreign Policy Roundtable F904  Beginning Bridge Reston  R112  The Great Romantic Composers R312  The U.S. Constitution R413  Literary Roundtable R706  The Supreme Court: Current Cases R906  Bridge Refresher R907  Learn to Play Mah Jongg Loudoun  L115  Digital Photography for the Point-and-Shoot Crowd L605  Seven Voices, Seven Faiths L812  Beginning Tai Chi Special Events 956  AARP Driver Safety Program 957  The Battle of Ball's Bluff 959  The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem 964  A Proper British Tea 974  Traveling the Underground Railroad 975  Virginia Winery Tours and Tastings 978  George Mason Campus Tour 979  "We Clashed with a Shock" – Antietam 1862 981  Tour of McConnell Operations Center 982  Guided Tour of Dodona Manor 984  TWA 800 & NTSB's Conduct of Accident Investigation 985  Lunch at Kazan Turkish Restaurant

CHANGES TO COURSES/EVENTS

CANCELED COURSES AND EVENTS > Tallwood – F805/University Technology Transfer; F901/Men Cooking for Men; F308/Private Military Companies, Then and Now > Loudoun – L419/Creativity: A Journey from Within; L709/The Correct Way to Conduct a Survey > Special Events – 967/Steam Coffin: Captain Moses Rogers

Note about adding and withdrawing. We encourage you to add or withdraw from courses using the online registration system at the Member Portal.

     Remember that you may also update your personal info such as postal address, phone number, email address, license tag and opting out of the printed catalog ("No Catalog") through this online system (click Membership/Edit Personal Info).

     You must first create a user account before attempting changes. Follow the instructions on the Member Portal or refer to page 41 of the fall catalog. Please contact the staff by email or phone (703-503-3384) if you need assistance in setting up your user account.