Vol. 13, No. 5 April 2016 TIMES REVISED BYLAWS PASSED The Bylaws Committee (Lee Albright, Betty Jean Craige, Katy Crapo, Pat McAlexander, Don Schneider, Barbara Timmons, and chair Bill Alworth) has worked since September on updating the content and the language of OLLI bylaws. Significant BYLAWS content changes include elimination of the office of Vice President, changing the terms of the secretary and treasurer to two years instead of one, classifying Learning in Retirement, Inc. committees as either Governance (responsible to the Board of Directors) or Doing Business as Operating (responsible to the Executive Director), and making sure the bylaws The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute do not conflict with the Memorandum of Agreement between OLLI@UGA and at The University of Georgia the UGA College of Education.The bylaws can now be amended by a three- River’s Crossing fourths majority vote of the Board of Directors at any regularly scheduled 850 College Station Road meeting if the changes have been posted one week prior to the meeting. Athens, GA 30602-4811 The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at The University of Georgia is dedicated to meeting the intellectual, social and Chair Bill Alworth points out that the committee’s intent was to provide a cultural needs of mature adults through lifelong learning. structure for OLLI governance without rigidly spelling out all policies and procedures—much like the U.S. Constitution. For example, the bylaws specify that the Board meet monthly but do not specify a specific day or Adopted April 11, 2016 week. The OLLI Board voted to accept these new bylaws on April 11. They became effective immediately. Members can find the new bylaws posted under the resources menu in the members’ online community. ANNUAL MEETING Inside . ON FRIDAY, MAY 13 Nominees for Officers and Board ........ pp. 3 & 11 OLLI@UGA’s Annual Meeting will be held on what we hope will be Who Are They? ...................... pp.4-5 “lucky’ Friday, May 13, at Central Presbyterian Church from 1:00 (OLLI members when young) to 2:00 p.m. As we enter the meeting room, we will vote on the slate of new officers and for five of the eight Board nominees, two OLLI Briefs ......................... pp.6-7 of whom are running for their second term (see bios and photos on Tech Notes ......................... pp.6-7 p.3 and p.11). The choice of five will be hard; all the nominees are Mary Frances Early ................... p.8 outstanding! After Betty Jean gives her President’s report on the State of OLLI@UGA, the election results will be announced. Athens African-American History Tour ..... p.9 Life as King (Elvis) .................... p.9 Following the meeting, the Volunteer Appreciation and Ice Cream Social will be held until 3:00 p.m., with entertainment by the OLLI iphone/ipad ........................ p.10 New Horizons Band and refreshments by Talmage Terrace/Lanier OLLI Buddies ....................... pp.12-13 Gardens. Continued on page 2 And more! Having the Time of Our Lives With The President’s OLLI@UGA Column: Take This Quiz River’s Crossing 850 College Station Road Here’s a little quiz. It will take only 98 seconds. You Athens, GA 30602-4811 won’t be graded. You don’t even have to turn it in. Telephone: 706.542.7715 1. What is your favorite thing to learn about? A. Coyotes OLLI Website Address: B. DNA www.olli.uga.edu C. Biofuels Betty Jean Craige D. Chess OLLI Email Address: E. Dirty clothes [email protected] 2. What is your favorite thing to do? OLLI Staff A. Celebrate holidays with fun people Executive Director Katy Crapo B. Eat lunch with fun people Manager of Member Services C. Hike with fun people and Technology Zu Reuter D. Go to Cuba with fun people Office Manager Shelly Magruder E. Find rodents in your attic Coordinator of Social Media Amy Munnell Bookkeeper Sara Williamson 3. What is your favorite thing to eat? Office Assistant Rita Healan A. Macaroni and cheese B. Roast chicken OLLI Officers 2015-2016 C. Key lime pie President Betty Jean Craige D. Wine and tapas President-Elect Lee Albright E. Road kill Secretary Cheryl Copeland Treasurer Victor Gagliano 4. What is your favorite thing to think about? A. Current affairs OLLI Board of Directors B. Cosmology Randall Abney Ian Hardin C. Opera Gary Bertsch Richard Lynch D. Baseball Sandy Clark Jill Read E. Cockroaches Heidi Davison Les Shindelman Nancy Grayson Clover Weller You are in luck! If you answered A, B, C, or D to any of the above questions, you Joseph Harris (Washington, GA affiliate) can satisfy your desires in OLLI@UGA. If you answered E, then you will have to find another organization. OLLI Committee Chairs Bylaws Committee Bill Alworth This quiz reminds us how grateful we are to OLLI for enriching our life. So Curriculum Committee Penny Oldfather, here’s a final question: Jim Marshall Facilitator Coordinator Susan Dougherty 5. How would you like to help OLLI remain a great organization? Finance Committee Richard Bouldin A. Teach a class Fund Development Committee Vicki Krugman B. Run for office Hospitality Committee Iva King C. Volunteer for a committee Information Technology Committee Chuck Murphy D. Donate to OLLI Long-Range Planning Committee Richard Lynch (There is no E.) Happy spring! Marketing Committee Katherine Winslow Betty Jean Craige, President Membership Committee Jay Shinn Special Interest Groups Peg Graham Travel Study Committee Joan Zitzelman SCHEDULE FOR OLLI TIMES Volunteer Coordinator Sandy Clark Editor of OLLI Times Pat McAlexander June issue: Deadline—May 25 - Send Historian Bill Loughner material to [email protected] 2 OLLI TIMES | APRIL 2016 | WWW.OLLI.UGA.EDU ANNUAL MEETING Continued from page 1 President — Lee Albright. Lee, as our Nominees for the New Officers current President-elect, will be next President-Elect – Brenda Hayes. Brenda year’s President. A life-long Georgian, started adult life as a high school English teacher she graduated from UGA with a B.A. in Mathematics and an M.Ed. in Counseling, and retired in 2010 from UGA where she held the met her husband John at UGA, and raised positions of Associate Director at both the Carl two children. After they returned to Athens Vinson Institute of Government and the Fanning in 1979, Lee served as Assistant to the Institute. In between she did lots of community UGA Honors Program Director and later as Dean of Guidance volunteering in Gainesville, GA, including a stint and College Counseling at Athens Academy for twenty years. as President of the Children’s Theatre; wrote After her retirement, she continued her involvement in for the Gainesville Times and Xavier Robert’s Cabbage Patch Kids Athens through service at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, The Magazine; was elected the first female Chair of the Hall County Ark United Ministry Outreach Center, the Interfaith Hospitality Commission, helping to secure the 1996 Olympic Rowing and Canoe/ Network, and Athens Habitat for Humanity. She joined Kayaking venue for Lake Lanier; and, leaving office, was hired as the OLLI@UGA in 2011, subsequently serving as the Hospitality first Georgia Mountains Regional Director for the Georgia Department Committee chair and this year as President-elect. of Community Affairs. She currently serves as a docent for the UGA Special Collections Library, is on the OLLI Luncheon Committee, and, as one of the OLLI Buddies at Gaines School Elementary, gets lots of Board Nominees—Vote for Five: hugs while tutoring kindergartners. Bill Alworth taught chemistry at Tulane University for nearly forty years. After Hurricane Katrina forced him and his wife Lois to move Secretary – Margaret Pruiett. Unlike many to Athens, he joined OLLI (then LIR). Bill has of us, Margaret was actually born in Athens, served our organization as a member of the Georgia. She returned to the area about fifteen Board of Directors, as chair of the Travel-Study years ago after raising her three children in Committee, and as President in the 2012-2013 Chattanooga. She has degrees in psychology, academic year. He served as chair of the Bylaws committee this year clinical and educational psychology, and library and continues to give OLLI classes. science. Margaret has worked in mental health William (Bill) Barstow served two years in clinics, at a private school for special needs the U.S. Army after college, then taught high students, as the volunteer coordinator at a magnet school, as a school biology and coached football in Fairfield, school counselor, and as a legislative analyst for the Kentucky Connecticut. Six years later he was off to Purdue State Legislature. Since joining OLLI, she has been a member of where he earned a Ph.D. in mycology (the the Solo Seniors, Gardening, and Ladies Basketball SIGs; attended study of fungi). In 1974 Bill came to UGA as a many interesting classes, especially Great Books; and served on the member of the UGA Botany Department, where Hospitality Committee. he conducted research in mycology and taught introductory biology classes. Bill estimates that during the past 42 years he has taught over 35,000 UGA students – including a daughter Treasurer – Victor Gagliano (second and two grandchildren. He has been awarded the title of Josiah Meigs term). Upon graduation from the University of Distinguished Teaching Professor. Bill has been involved with OLLI as Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Victor went to work in a teacher, traveler, and member of the Memoir Writing Group. the private sector. He became Assistant District Manager for a major retail store, in charge of Richard Bouldin served as professor and head setting the budgets for over 50 stores, and of Mathematics and associate dean of Arts and worked as the General Manager for Advanced Sciences at the University of Georgia before his Auto Parts for fourteen years.