Academy for Lifelong Learning            

NEWSLETTER

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

Welcome to Our Fall 2010 Term.

As we embark on our Fall term for our 23^rd year, your Board of Directors will be working hard discussing the findings of the strategic planning committee and implementing, with your approval, those that we feel are truly in our best interests.  One of the areas we are considering is board reorganization.

Additionally, we will be facing an increase in the amount we pay to the college for our space this year as well as increasing administrative costs due to increasing enrollment. We may well be seeking a small increase in tuition.  Any increases in our structure, tuition or related issues will necessitate a general membership meeting, like those we usually have in the spring.  You will be asked to vote on whether these changes will be implemented.  I urge you to get involved this year, join a committee, attend a board meeting or speak with me directly.

Our board meetings will be posted on the information board in the lobby.  Board meetings are always open unless personnel issues are being discussed.  This is the same policy public boards follow.  All committee meetings will be posted as well and all committee chairs are posted.  A binder is on the table with lists of committees and their members.  Some committees need members right now:  Public Relations, Policy and Procedures, Long Range Planning and Special Events.  We need more of you to volunteers for these committees.  Please contact the committee chair directly, leave your name at the information desk or see me personally.  This looks to be an exciting and pivotal year for us.  I urge you to become a part of it.

On a personal note, I want to thank Steve Blume and the entire curriculum committee for producing the finest catalog yet and for running the high successful Open House on August 8^th.  Over 360 people attended the Open House including 40 new members.  Thank you! 

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THE A.L.L. ART GALLERY

The A.L.L. Art Gallery in our lounge area is on the lookout for new art work.  We hang only current A.L.L. member's fine art or photography.  We feature three artist's work, in 6 week periods, throughout the year.

The first show will be the photography of Corina Iukovici and Greg Polanik, and the oils of Fran Sullivan.  It will be hung from Sept. 10 until Oct. 22, 2010.

The work is for sale and the artist donates 30% to A.L.L.  If you would like to hang your work, please contact Ann Corbett at anncape@comcast.net or 508-428-4171.

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Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise.

Alice Walker

President’s Letter (cont’d from Page 1)

Also due sincere thanks are Paula Connolly  (our chief registrar) and Paula Stefani (her technical assistant) who with their volunteers, Susie O’Brien, Jim Connolly, Pat and John Howitt, Lynn Mac Williams, Paul Arnold, Linda Oberly, Aimee Silberman, Marilyn Bourgeois, Kathy Manning, Linda and Joe McAteer and Bill Corbett, worked tirelessly to enter and process registrations.  They deserve a personal thank you from all of us.  Special recognition is due to Paula Stefani who wrote and implemented the highly efficient computerization of our registration process, which we hope to have expanded by our January enrollment period.  Finally, we can’t leave out Carol Call, our secretary, who wears many hats and all of them beautifully.  Thank you Carol.

Finally, I wish you all a wonderful semester learning new things, making friends and enjoying everything A.L.L. has to offer.  Remember I am always available if you have questions or ideas.  Use the presidential comment box on the table in the lobby.  I promise a timely answer.

Your President,

Beth

UPDATE ON WINTERIM

No one has stepped up to chair our Winterim committee.  As this project takes a great deal of planning, work needs to start now.  If would be unfortunate to discontinue this informative and enjoyable program.   Call Beth or leave your name at the information desk if you would be interested.

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Remember to tell your coordinator if you know you’ll be absent from class – we worry about you.  If you find you would like to drop a class, please leave that information at the front desk (no questions asked).  We will notify the coordinators so they can fill the empty seat from their waiting list.

A NOTE FOR NEW MEMBERS

If you are a new member, or a returning member who has never obtained one, this is a reminder that A.L.L. members are entitled to college ID card which allows you use of the college library, the fitness center and the computer lab.  To apply for a card, you need to bring your class registration sheet to the Student Development Office, upstairs in the Commons Building.

IN MEMORIAM – Edward W. O’Malley

Edward O’Malley, a long-time member of A.L.L. died June 20, 2010.  He joined A.L.L. in the second year of its existence and took many and varied courses.  He was also a coordinator of Irish History for several years as well as a coordinator for American History.  Ed also served on the Board in various capacities.  He particularly enjoyed the Opera course which he attended several times.  Due to poor health he was unable to take classes the last few years and missed doing so.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Virginia, as well as three daughters, Kathleen Damon, Marjorie O’Malley and Nancy O’Connor and three grandchildren, Kathleen O’Connor, Thomas Egan and Connor Huck.  He is also survived by 2 brothers, John O’Malley and William O’Malley and a sister, Grace Fitzgerald.

Ed attended St. Williams School in Dorchester, Newman Prep in Boston and graduated from Brown University after his service in World War II.  Ed served in the Navy for six years, part of that time in the Submarine Service in the South Pacific.  He continued his education and after graduating from Brown University he worked for Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company for 30 years in Pittsburgh, PA before retiring to Cape Cod.

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Books are always needed for our lending library – novels, biographies, travel books, gardening or sports.  Drop them off at the information desk.

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There’s a new chef in our cafeteria -- and the food is wonderful.  Try the spinach lasagna!  Drop in for lunch and see for yourself.  Our friend Jodi is the person in charge and she has made some nice changes.

EDITOR’S NOTE:  SPECIAL EVENTS

Over the last month I have had the privilege to watch the Special Events Committee in action.  I was awed by the time and effort they put into planning and executing our Special Events Program.  George Kovatch and his team do a fantastic job and spend hours on the phone and visiting potential sites.  Let them know that we really appreciate their efforts.

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Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back.

Arthur Rubenstein

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Art History: Once Over Lightly

Liz Hunter will be teaching this course at the Cape Cod Museum of Art for 8 weeks starting Tuesday September 21, from 2 to 4 pm.

This course is for those who slept through art history or never took it in the first place but want to contribute to, or at least follow the conversations of their more artistically knowledgeable friends.  Beginning with the art of ancient Greece, Rome and the Etruscans, the course will proceed to the Italian Renaissance, Dutch painting of the 16th and 17th centuries, German and French painting of the 19th century and French Impressionism.  The final lecture will cover the isms of the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries, including Cubism, Dadaism, Fauvism and Expressionism.

To sign up, call 508 385-4477, ext. 16 and identify yourself as an A.L.L. member.  The cost will be $40.

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