FONDO Q’S 2010 ANNUAL MEETING

FQ Board Members and friends gathered on June 6 at FQ’s Annual meeting and BBQ held at Tom and Sue Gittins' home in Falls Church, Virginia.  The food was delicious; we had much good conversation; an update was given on FQ’s latest grants and scholarships; we discussed fund raising prospectives for the coming year, and we elected several Board members for 3-year terms and FQ’s Officers for 1-year terms.

Board Members elected are: Jennifer McGowan, John Evans, Joanna Mauer,

BJ Warren, Lou Ferrand, Anita Friedman, and Kirby Jones. 

Officers elected are: Lou Ferrand (President), BJ Warren (Vice-President), Bill Threlkeld (Treasurer), and Anita Friedman and Anne Kopley (Co-Secretaries).  Joanna Mauer will continue as Newsletter Editor, and Kirby Jones has taken over Tom Gittins’ role as Special Events Coordinator.

We also discussed the upcoming 50th Anniversary Celebration of Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic which will be held in Santo Domingo in February, 2010, and the upcoming 25^th Anniversary of Fondo Quisqueya which was founded in 1987 at the 25^th Anniversary Celebration of PC in the DR.  All present were encouraged to attend the February, 2010 Celebration and to encourage other exDR PCVs and Staff to attend.