The OLLI Board of Directors met on Friday, June 17. Officers elected for the upcoming year are: President Lillian Brooks, Vice President Mel Russell, Treasurer David Osterman, and Secretary Gloria Loew. A resolution was passed giving all officers authority to sign checks for OLLI.
The Board discussed OLLI plans to encourage more in-person meetings while continuing to provide capacity for virtual meetings through the hybrid component (e.g., using the technology capability installed in TA‑1). The July Board meeting is planned to be in-person with hybrid availability. Discussion also addressed enhancing the strategic plan to incorporate more efforts to recruit and retain new members.
Members with Healthcare Experience Needed
By Michele Romano, Board Member and Healthcare Advisory Work Group Chair
I am a retired physician and member of our OLLI Board of Directors. We are forming a Healthcare Advisory Work Group to help OLLI navigate the safety protocols for Covid-19 on our campus. Because most of us are seniors, we are in a higher risk category. The purpose of the work group will be to follow the science on an ongoing basis and make recommendations based on same. I will be chairing the work group which has also been dubbed CCIC (Cookies and Coffee in the Classroom). I’m looking for roughly five to ten members with healthcare backgrounds as well as non-healthcare members that I can call on for advice, input, and ideas along the way. This will be an ongoing workgroup. We will look at Covid-19 mitigation strategies and also monitor new and emerging diseases that have the potential to explode down the road (e.g., monkeypox, bird flu, seasonal flu variants). Please email me at tufax2@gmail.com. I would be delighted to discuss this opportunity with you.
It has been a long time, but you can finally heckle Rob Pegoraro in person. The freelance technology journalist (and former Washington Post columnist) will speak at the June 25 joint meeting of Washington Apple Pi, the OLLI PC User Group, and the Potomac Area Technology and Computer Society. His topics will be recent developments in digital privacy, the prospects for new federal regulations governing the tech industry, and the state of wireless broadband in the US. For those of you who attend in person, Rob will bring at least one backpack’s worth of tech-event swag to give away. If you’ve gotten into the habit of backing creative types on Patreon, please have a look at Rob’s Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/robpegoraro/
Please click here for in-person meeting requirements.
To attend via Zoom’s cloud meeting service, beginning at 10:00, please click this link to join the meeting and use passcode 816743 (Note: enter passcode with NO spaces) or enter meeting ID 823 0941 3026 in the Zoom app and use the above passcode.
Help us Spread the Word! Outreach Committee Meeting Scheduled for Thursday, June 28, 4:00.
Looking for a way to use your personal and professional skills to help OLLI? The Outreach Committee needs you! We welcome anyone interested in helping us to spread the word about this amazing learning community, but we especially need people with:
A background in journalism and/or a love of writing
Marketing and/or advertising experience
An interest in increasing the diversity of our membership
An enthusiasm for spreading the word about OLLI
Many of the benefits we enjoy as OLLI members are only possible with a robust membership. Joining our Outreach Committee is one way to help make sure we maintain one. Please contact Debby Mossburg at debby.mossburg@verizon.net if you want to be part of the solution or join us at our next meeting on Tuesday, June 28, at 4:00.
To join the Zoom meeting (Meeting ID: 891 7073 2027; Passcode: 766055), click this link. The link will also appear in the OLLI Daily Schedule email for June 28.
(Editor’s Note: This article appeared in the last E‑News; it is repeated here to encourage interest and participation.)
So simple. So fun. So obsessive.
Is there anyone on the planet
Who has not discovered the joy,
Er, frustration, of Wordle? Designed
For introverts who tend toward obsessive/
Compulsive, its practice quickly becomes addictive.
Think of a five-letter word
Made up of frequently-occurring letters
In American English: I’ll try ‘trace,’
Which quickly deteriorates into only one
Correct letter, and that in the wrong square.
My chances of solving today’s in two steps
Fade quickly; I manage it in four.
Hardly bragging rights,
But stats leap to tell me
It’s my most frequent score. jan bohall
Helen Anderson, a former OLLI member, died February 12, 2022, at the age of 83. She joined OLLI in the fall of 2004 and remained a member for more than ten years. She received a bachelor’s degree in economics from St. Lawrence University.
Helen enjoyed music, theater, and all things Irish. She loved travel, and was able to visit Ireland, the Holy Land, Australia, and to take a cruise to Alaska. She married Warren H. Anderson in 1960 and lived in a dozen places, including Germany and Belgium, during his Army career.
Current vaccination policy for the Center for the Arts and Hylton Performing Arts Center is summarized as follows:
Audience members are not currently required to show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test result for most events except when required by the event organizer or artist. If proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test result is required for a specific event, it will be indicated on the webpage with event details. Face coverings continue to be required at all events.
Dr. Linda Apple Monson produces a periodic “Notes from the Director.” This email is full of interesting online performances by the students and faculty of the School of Music. If you would like to receive these bulletins, just sign up at this link to stay in touch. Also, the Center for the Arts has a website,Mason Arts at Home, which has a calendar of online events and access to many past performances. Information can also be found at CFA ticket purchase page, Center for the Arts YouTube Channel, or the Hylton ticket purchase page.
Please note: Although some physical meetings for clubs and activities are canceled, some may be meeting in person or, in a hybrid mode, both in person and online. OLLI events and activities meeting online bear the identification "Z" in their course or event number. Refer to the university's coronavirus website for official university updates; also, check the OLLI calendar and daily schedule email for event information.
The following list covering the next two weeks is extracted for your convenience from the master online calendar maintained by the office. The list is accurate as of mid-week but for the most up-to-date information, please view the latest forecast of coming events on our website (News/OLLI Calendar). Note: All OLLI members are welcome at, and encouraged to attend, meetings of the Board of Directors, committees and resource groups, kick-off coffees, etc. The OLLI office has sent (or will send) emails with links and meeting passwords to club members; you may also log in at the member portal and click on ZOOM CLASS LINKS.
Sat Jun 25
10:00 am
10:30 am
Personal Computer User Group Special Session
Tai Chi Club
Mon Jun 27
9:20 am
10:00 am
10:00 am
4:00 pm
What’s in the Daily News?
Bridge Club
Spanish Club
Mah Jongg Club
Tue Jun 28
4:30 pm
Tai Chi Club
Wed Jun 29
2:00 pm
6:00 pm
Memoir and More Writing Group
Ethnic Eats Club
Thu Jun 30
4:30 pm
Tai Chi Club
Fri Jul 1
9:15 am
9:30 am
11:00 am
Recorder Consort
Craft and Conversation
Homer, etc.
Sat Jul 2
10:30 am
Tai Chi Club
Mon Jul 4
Holiday
OLLI Office Closed
Tue Jul 5
4:00 pm
4:30 pm
Spanish Club
Tai Chi Club
Thu Jul 7
4:30 pm
Tai Chi Club
Fri Jul 8
9:15 am
9:30 am
9:30 am
11:00 am
11:30 am
2:30 pm
Recorder Consort
Photography Club
Craft and Conversation
Homer, etc.
Cooking Club
Tallwood Book Club
OLLI E-News was created by Rod Zumbro, who served as its editor from 2005 to 2013.
Editorial Staff
Chief Editor: Paul Van Hemel
Associate Editor: David Gundry
Weekly Editor Team: David Gundry, John Nash, Sheri Siesseger, Paul Van Hemel Proofreaders: Rebecca Jann, Susan Van Hemel, Linda Randall, Tom Appich, Jane Hassell
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