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Fall 2025 Newsletter

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We just published the Fall 2025 newsletter and it is now available for download/viewing on our website.

In this newsletter, you will find the following:

  • President’s Corner
  • VFA Incorporates as a 501(C)(7) Organization
  • Officers & Executive Committee List
  • Please Consider Donating to VFA
  • Reunion Plans
  • Meet Our New Membership Secretary
  • Share Your News for Future Members’ Corner Newsletter Feature
  • Did François Interact With the Mi’kmaq?
  • Caring for Our Ancestors
  • Share Your Favorite Recipes for Our VFA Family Cookbook
  • A Fresh Look at the 1751 Court Documents
  • Share Your Reunion Photos
  • Permanent Archive of the Vfa Newsletters Now at Archive.org
  • Violette Family History Books

You can download this latest newsletter using this link or by clicking on the included cover image. A link to this newsletter is being emailed to all currently subscribed VFA members who have chosen to receive news from the Violette Family Association.

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Fall 2024 Newsletter

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We just published the Fall 2024 newsletter and it is now available for download/viewing on our website.

In this newsletter, you will find the following:

  • Vice President’s Corner
  • Violette Family Newsletter Archive
  • Executive Committee
  • An Old Violette Mill
  • Recipe: Canadian Fried Dough
  • Recipe: Corton
  • Verify and Update Your Profile
  • Am I a Member?
  • About Arnold Richardson
  • Missing Members
  • Donations
  • Contrats de Mariage
  • In Memory of Guy Dubay
  • Reunion 2026

You can download this latest newsletter using this link or by clicking on the included cover image. A link to this newsletter is being emailed to all currently subscribed VFA members who have chosen to receive news from the Violette Family Association.

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August 2023 Newsletter

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We have published an August 2023 newsletter and it is available for download/viewing on our website.

In this newsletter, you will find the following:

  • Information about the 2023 triennial meeting
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • Announcement of the VFA’s plans to go paperless
  • Information about new board nominees
  • Details about the VFA books
  • Member profile update information
  • List of missing members (can you help?)
  • The Sound of the Fortress

You can download this latest newsletter using this link or by clicking on the included cover image.

A link to this newsletter is being emailed to all currently subscribed VFA members who have chosen to receive news electronically. Our final printed version has been sent to those who have indicated that they would like to receive a printed version.

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May 2023 Newsletter

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We have published a May 2023 newsletter and it is available for download/viewing on our website.

In this newsletter, you will find the following:

  • Tributes to David A Violette, our VFA President, whose passing has left shoes to fill and hearts to mend
  • Notice of September 2023 triennial meeting and a summer newsletter that will include the meeting agenda and nominees for Association Officers
  • Announcement of the VFA’s plans to go paperless
  • News about the confirmation of Louis Violette’s parents
  • Details about the VFA books
  • An invitation to help the VFA – whether through sharing your ideas, volunteering or donating

You can download this latest newsletter using this link or by clicking on the included cover image.

A link to this newsletter is being emailed to all currently subscribed VFA members who have chosen to receive news electronically. A printed version will go in the mail, within the next few days, to those who have indicated that they would like to receive a printed version.

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September 12th meeting and voting

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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.

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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.

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Newsletter

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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

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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

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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

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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.