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.

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.

YearPresidentVice PresSecretaryTreasurer
1978Rita Lippe
VFA #1
1979Rita Lippe
VFA #1
Joseph Violette
VFA #24
Celeste Lippe
VFA #3
Robert Lippe
VFA #2
1981Rita Lippe
VFA #1
Joseph Violette
VFA #24
Celeste Lippe
VFA #3
Robert Lippe
VFA #2
1984Jeannine Trufant
VFA #318
Ivan VioletteJacqueline VioletteEmileen Cormier
1987Carolyn Corbin
VFA #509
Theresa VioletteIrene Petit
VFA #10
John Violette
VFA #124
1990Alderic Violette
VFA #100
Richard Violette
VFA #7
John Violette
VFA #124
David Violette
VFA #621
1993Richard Violette
VFA #7
John Violette
VFA #124
David Violette
VFA #621
David Violette
VFA #621
1996Tom Daley
VFA #1770
John Violette
VFA #124
Rita Daley
VFA #1626
Louiselle Violette
VFA #125
1999John Violette
VFA #124
Harold Violette
VFA #427
Louiselle Violette
VFA #125
Rita Daley
VFA #1626
2002John Violette
VFA #124
Marlene VioletteRod Violette
VFA #12
Louiselle Violette
VFA #125
2005Paul Bunnell
VFA #292
Christine Lippincott
VFA #1058
Rod Violette
VFA #12
Paul Violette
VFA #1589
2008Paul Bunnell
VFA #292
Christine Lippincott
VFA #1058
Rod Violette
VFA #12
Paul Violette
VFA #1589
2011David Violette
VFA #621
Paul Violette
VFA #1589
Rod Violette
VFA #12
Don Hudenburg
VFA #322
2014David 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
* No Reunion, no meeting, no elections, same officers continued

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.