About MAAVS

About Us

MAAVS was founded March 9, 1991. For this year (2007-08 ) the board of directors and leadership of this great organization consists of:

Board of Directors

President, Rich Follett
Vice President, Judi Du Pont
Secretary, Adrienne Topping
Treasurer, George McDonald

Committee Chairs

Affiliates, Diane Richardson
Bylaws & Rules, Jack Wilson
Commercial Activities, John Cook
Finance, George McDonald
Membership & Promotions, Ken Barbi
Newsletter & Documentation, Ken Barbi
Ways & Means, OPEN
Past President, Rodney Barnett

Appointments

Parliamentarian, Mary Boland
MAAVS Memo Editor, Ken Barbi
MAAVS Collection Rosette, Susan Barbi
Historian, Shirley Huffman
Convention Registrar, Laurene Jones
Maintainer of Best Violet Website on Internet, Tom Glembocki, tom at maavs.org

MAAVS has adopted the following documents (in pdf format):

MAAVS bylaws - (PDF)
MAAVS Convention Manual (PDF)

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MAAVS History

If you have MAAVS bits and pieces from the past you can get in touch with tom at maavs.org to make arrangements to contribute MAAVS lore. Photos will be scanned and returned. Stories will be embellished and published. All other material will be dealt with appropriately.

MAAVS History can be researched on the history pages of this website. From the history pages you can access photos of past conventions, convention brochure covers and a chronology of MAAVS. Many conventions from the past have missing photos - if you have any that you would like to share, please pass them along. Either eMail jpg images to tom at maavs.org or mail them to Tom Glembocki, 103 Downing Pl, Apex NC 27502. All materials will be returned after electronic scanning.

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