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New officers. No reunion.
New officers
Our officers for the 2020-2023 period were elected as of the Triennial Meeting on September 12, 2020. Balloting was done with a combination of mailed-in paper ballots and electronic voting. The votes were unanimous for the slate listed in the most recent newsletter. They are:
David A. Violette, VFA #621, Phoenix AZ, President (re-elected)
Richard G. Violette, VFA #1812, Columbia MD, Vice President
Paul L. Violette, VFA #1589, St Louis MO, Treasurer
Peter R. Violette, VFA #1793, Mineral VA, Secretary
Peter R. Violette is also our new Genealogist.
No reunion
We have no volunteers to host a Reunion, so there are no plans for one.
The next regular date for a Reunion would be 2023, so there is plenty of time for folks to get together and do the planning for it. Contact any of the officers if you would like to host one or if you have questions about doing so.
Have you voted? Meeting this Saturday.
The Triennial Meeting of the Violette Family Association will be held on this Saturday, September 12th. This will be a virtual meeting held using the Zoom meeting system. Instructions for attending this meeting are available here. The Final Agenda has been set, though this may change at the meeting under agenda item 2.
The meeting time depends on your time zone. The meeting will start at 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Noon Central Daylight Time, 11:00 AM Mountain Daylight Time, 10:00 Pacific Daylight Time and Arizona Time.
An important part of this meeting will be election of officers. Voting may be done by paper ballot postmarked no later than the meeting date. Voting may also be done electronically at the Association’s web site. Only Association members may vote.
September 12th meeting and voting
A reminder that the Triennial Meeting of the Violette Family Association will be held on Saturday, September 12th. This will be a virtual meeting held using the Zoom meeting system. Instructions for attending this meeting are available here. The Final Agenda has been set, though this may change at the meeting under agenda item 2.
The meeting time depends on your time zone. The meeting will start at 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Noon Central Daylight Time, 11:00 AM Mountain Daylight Time, 10:00 Pacific Daylight Time.
An important part of this meeting will be election of officers. Voting may be done by paper ballot postmarked no later than the meeting date. Voting may also be done electronically at the Association’s web site. Only Association members may vote.
A reminder about elections. Triennial Meeting.
It is time to elect our officers for the 2020-2023 triennium. The recent newsletter contains a ballot for mailing but you can also vote online at VioletteRegistry.com/2020-voting. Either way, your vote must be in before the Meeting in order to count.
Our Triennial Meeting will be held on September 12, 2020. It will be a virtual meeting using Zoom. The newsletter gives you instructions on how to connect with the meeting using your computer, tablet, or smartphone. Check the meeting notice for the meeting time in your time zone.
Newsletter. Triennial Meeting. Voting.
Newsletter
A Violette Family Association newsletter has been published. Printed copies go to those who have not given us an email address, but electronic copies are available through our web site at VioletteRegistry.com/news/newsletters.
This newsletter is devoted to information about the Triennial Meeting to be held on September 12, 2020. It will be a virtual meeting using Zoom. The newsletter gives you instructions on how to connect with the meeting using your computer, tablet, or smartphone. Check the meeting notice for the meeting time in your time zone.
It is time to elect our officers for the 2020-2023 triennium. The newsletter contains a ballot for mailing but you can also vote online at VioletteRegistry.com/2020-voting. Either way, your vote must be in before the Meeting in order to count.
Nominations needed
This is the last call for nominations for President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. While we have one nominee each for President, Secretary, and Treasurer at this time we have none for Vice President. We can use more than one nomination for all of the offices.
The elections will be held at the Triennial Meeting to be held in late August or early September, and nominations need to be received by June 27th at the latest so they can be included in the next newsletter. That will be published 60 days ahead of the Triennial Meeting.
You can learn more about the duties of each office at VioletteRegistry.com/constitution-bylaws.
Contact President@VioletteFamily.org to make a nomination or to volunteer for an office.
Nominations needed
We are looking for nominations for all of the offices of the Association: President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. We need those nominations sent to President@VioletteFamily.org no later than May 30, 2020.
The term of office is three years, running from the date of the Triennial Meeting in August 2020 through the date of the Triennial Meeting in August 2023.
The duties of each office are spelled out in Constitution and Bylaws. Download those documents here or go to VioletteRegistry.com/constitution-bylaws/.
Please provide full contact information for any nominee so we can contact them to verify they are willing to be placed in nomination and to serve. Nominees must be members of the Association.
April 2020 newsletter
We have published a newsletter in April 2020 telling members about new Violette-related books available from Amazon and setting the state for a Triennial Meeting, probably in August. You can download the newsletter using this link or by clicking on the cover image at the right.
On the front page we announce publication of the historic The Descendants of Francois Violet. First published in 1984 by Rita Violette Lippe (VFA #1), this book went out of print in 2008 but there has been a demand for more copies. The newsletter tells the story of how this edition came into being and how to get it.
Other topics in the newsletter discuss the upcoming election of officers at the Triennial Meeting. We are asking for nominations for all of the four offices.
The newsletter is being distributed electronically via this newsletter, which will be sent to all members with an email address on file. A printed version will go in the mail within the next few days to the rest.
Elections in August
The Violette Family Association Bylaws call for Triennial Meetings to be held to take care of business not handled by the Board of Directors. The next such meeting will be held in August 2020. You will receive official notice of the meeting date by mid-June. While in the past these meetings have been held during a Reunion, no Reunion is planned for 2020 so the meeting will be a virtual one. You can see the details of how this will be done by reading the Constitution and Bylaws.
One topic on the agenda for that meeting is to elect officers for the Board of Directors. There are four offices to be filled: President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The fifth member of the Board is the most recent Past President. We invite nominations for those offices by June 30, 2002, so that we can verify willingness to serve and to publish them 60 days in advance of the meeting. Send your nominations, or if you would like to volunteer, to President@VioletteFamily.org.
Below is a list of past officers. You can also see this list at VioletteRegistry.com/past-officers.
| Year | President | Vice Pres | Secretary | Treasurer |
| 1978 | Rita Lippe VFA #1 | |||
| 1979 | Rita Lippe VFA #1 | Joseph Violette VFA #24 | Celeste Lippe VFA #3 | Robert Lippe VFA #2 |
| 1981 | Rita Lippe VFA #1 | Joseph Violette VFA #24 | Celeste Lippe VFA #3 | Robert Lippe VFA #2 |
| 1984 | Jeannine Trufant VFA #318 | Ivan Violette | Jacqueline Violette | Emileen Cormier |
| 1987 | Carolyn Corbin VFA #509 | Theresa Violette | Irene Petit VFA #10 | John Violette VFA #124 |
| 1990 | Alderic Violette VFA #100 | Richard Violette VFA #7 | John Violette VFA #124 | David Violette VFA #621 |
| 1993 | Richard Violette VFA #7 | John Violette VFA #124 | David Violette VFA #621 | David Violette VFA #621 |
| 1996 | Tom Daley VFA #1770 | John Violette VFA #124 | Rita Daley VFA #1626 | Louiselle Violette VFA #125 |
| 1999 | John Violette VFA #124 | Harold Violette VFA #427 | Louiselle Violette VFA #125 | Rita Daley VFA #1626 |
| 2002 | John Violette VFA #124 | Marlene Violette | Rod Violette VFA #12 | Louiselle Violette VFA #125 |
| 2005 | Paul Bunnell VFA #292 | Christine Lippincott VFA #1058 | Rod Violette VFA #12 | Paul Violette VFA #1589 |
| 2008 | Paul Bunnell VFA #292 | Christine Lippincott VFA #1058 | Rod Violette VFA #12 | Paul Violette VFA #1589 |
| 2011 | David Violette VFA #621 | Paul Violette VFA #1589 | Rod Violette VFA #12 | Don Hudenburg VFA #322 |
| 2014 | David Violette VFA #1621 | Christine Lippincott VFA #1058 | Rod Violette VFA #12 | Louiselle Violette VFA #125 |
| 2017* | David Violette VFA #621 | Christine Lippincott VFA #1058 | Rod Violette VFA #12 | Louiselle Violette VFA #125 |
Note that all of the current officers have been in office since 2014 and some for longer than that. The youngest of the four is 76, the oldest 88. Perhaps it is time to get a younger generation involved, at least in some offices! The current officers will be glad to help new ones get started.