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NEW PROCEDURES AT GENERAL MEETINGS

We are off to a great start, and I hope the enthusiasm continues. If you attended the September general meeting, the schoolhouse was packed. I apologize to those who had to listen from the porch through the windows! The Vale Club membership has reached 174 which includes 24 new members. It’s very exciting. The Vale Club board met on Sept. 24, and we had a lively discussion on a variety of issues. Here are a few highlights:
• Starting with the Oct. 8 general meeting, all clipboards with sign-up sheets and envelopes will be placed on a table (in good weather on the front porch; in bad weather in the kitchen separate from name tags and other information for review). Members will have the opportunity to sign-up BEFORE the general meeting begins or AFTER the speaker ends. It is very disruptive to pass these sheets around during the meeting and have members reaching for their checkbooks or asking their neighbor for change!
• Starting with the Oct. 8 general meeting, I will call committee chairs or their designated representative who requested time on the agenda to come to the front of the room. Each will be given two minutes to make her report.
• The acoustics in the schoolhouse are not the greatest but it is what it is. I would like to urge all members in attendance to be polite to the presenters and please refrain from sidebar conversations while others are speaking.
• The board also voted to allow all vendors who rent the schoolhouse the opportunity to place an advertisement, up to one page, in the newsletter the month prior to the event free of charge. This affirms our position which has not been clear in the past.

As always, please call or e-mail me with any questions or concerns!
 
Pam Guffain
Vale Club President

FVS BOARD MEETING RECAP
The Board of the Friends of the Vale Schoolhouse met on Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the schoolhouse to lay out our annual goals and to start a list of associated short-term goals. As one of the major goals is to keep the Vale Club members apprised of our efforts, here are some of our plans for the 2019-2020 year: • As you have seen and heard, our First Vice President, Charlene Willess, has been working together with Vale Club on a fundraising project, namely the Big Dog Pottery items embellished with the schoolhouse logo. • In addition to on-going maintenance, our Building and Grounds Committee is starting to assess the parking lot and potential changes to allow for more effective parking. • Our Governance Committee just finished reviewing and updating our rental policy and will be reviewing our insurance policies and conducting a strategic planning and organizational development session in 2020. • Finally, our Historic Preservation is working to determine what documents should be kept for the long term and where they should be stored, while at the same time keeping the Vale Club history alive with our membership through newsletter articles, artifacts in the schoolhouse, and presentations. Know that our meetings are open to all – if you would like to attend, just let me know. And if any of the above efforts spark your interest, committee members of FVS do not need to be on the FVS Board.
We’d love to have you join us!
Liz Brouckman, FVS Secretary

Vale Club

Vale Club is dedicated to enriching the lives of women in the Vale community. Our goal is to provide our members with a variety of social, educational, and volunteer opportunities throughout the year. The majority of our members live within the Oakton community. We have multiple member activities each month, primarily scheduled from September through May, with a few Special Interest Groups meeting during the summer months ...s
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Vale Schoolhouse

A brief history of The Vale Schoolhouse as recorded by the Fairfax County Public Schools of Yesteryear and Today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUOCcwvqBB0

Vale Schoolhouse, at the corner of Vale and Fox Mill Roads in Oakton, VA, was built c.1884 as a one-room public school. A second room was added in 1912. The school closed in 1931 when many Fairfax County schools were consolidated ...read more
Friends of Vale Schoolhouse, Inc. is Vale Clubs 501(C)3 charity for the maintenance and preservation of the historic Schoolhouse property which was placed on the VA Landmarks Register and the National Register ... read more

 

Contact Us

  • The Vale Schoolhouse is located at the corner of Vale Rd and Fox Mill Rd in Oakton, VA
  • P.O. Box 6, Oakton,VA 22124
  • For other information contact us:
    board@valeschoolhouse.org
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