Each year the Olympia FOR’s Annual Meeting is a celebration as well as a meeting. This year we’ll enjoy ourselves again, and YOU ARE INVITED! Please join us on Sunday May 17 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Traditions Café, 5th & Water downtown. (map) We’ll celebrate with cake, coffee and tea, and social time. We’ll review a year of rich and varied accomplishments since last May and elect several members to our Steering Committee.

The Olympia FOR’s Guidelines provide for a maximum of 16 persons on the Steering Committee. Thanks to Steering Committee incumbents Audrey Daye, Jerry Smith, Paula Allison, who have completed their two-year terms. Thanks to Berd Whitlock, Dennis Mills, Kristen Dahle, Vale Core, and Glen Anderson, who have completed two-year terms and are running again for new two-year terms (through May 31, 2011). John Harvey, Kerri Griffis, Alice Zillah, and Rozanne Rants have accepted the Nominating Committee’s invitation to run.

If you would like to run for a vacant position, please contact a member of the Nominating Committee: Berd Whitlock (259-4291), Jody Mackey (915-6757), or Glen Anderson (491-9093). Additional nominations will be accepted from the floor.

Thanks also to incumbents Cheryl Crist, Chris Carson, Dan Ryan, Jody Mackey, Kim Dobson, and Monica Hoover, who are half-way through their two-year terms. Jody Mackey has one more year left as Co-Chair, and Berd Whitlock is willing to serve another two-year term in the other Co-Chair position. Vale Core has completed her two-year term as Treasurer, and she accepted the Nominating Committee’s invitation to serve again. Monica Hoover has one year left in her two-year term as Secretary.

For other information about our Annual Meeting contact Berd Whitlock (259-4291), Jody Mackey (915-6757), or Paula Allison (754-5822).