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President's Letter, April 2024

I am very sad to report that due to the low registration the 2024 VAVF Workshop in Tampa on April 26, 2024, has been cancelled.

We hope to have the workshops recorded and placed on the VAVF website, www.vavf.org and will notify you when they are available.

Because the Conference was cancelled we will need to have a business meeting via Zoom. Jane Thompson, Past-President, will send an email concerning the sign-on procedure and the date of the meeting.

Please, if possible, attend this meeting. The future of VAVF will be under discussion. Our declining membership and the low registration for the conference is an indication of the problems we are facing.

If you would like anything added to the agenda for the business meeting, please let me know. My email address is below.

Lynnette
dandltaylor1@earthlink.net

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2024 VAVF BUSINESS MEETING
AGENDA
Date TBA

1. Call to order – Lynnette Taylor, President
   1. Welcome to the Zoom attendees
2. Minutes – Sue Farnsworth
3. Treasurer’s Report - Holly Cleveland
4. Committee Reports
   1. Future of VAVF
   2. Membership
   3. Scholarship – Marian Witengier
5. Any other committee reports
   1. Hall of Fame – Marian Witengier
6. Old Business
   1. President-Elect
7. New Business
   1. Records management, scanning historical documents
8. Adjourn

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