From rforno at infowarrior.org  Fri Jul 13 20:10:47 2007
From: rforno at infowarrior.org (Richard Forno)
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:10:47 -0400
Subject: [sticklist] - BOT Strategic Plan Briefing Video Available
Message-ID: <C2BD5487.6A23D%rforno@infowarrior.org>

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Gentlemen.....FYI, and have a great weekend.

- -Rick '90 '92C

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From: "Frantz, Ginny" <GFrantz at vfmac.edu>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:33:01 -0400
Subject: VFMA&C - June 28, 2007 meeting online

Dear Alumni,
 
We are pleased to announce that the June 28, 2007 presentation of the
VFMA&C Three-Year Strategic Plan to Alumni is now available on the Valley
Forge website.  
 
The presentation has been broken up into five parts and can be viewed using
QuickTime. If you do not have QuickTime installed on your computer, there
is a link to download the program on the presentation welcome page. The
full length of the combined presentations plus question & answer periods is
well over 3 hours. 
 
The video is not recommended for dial-up internet connections because the
five video files are extremely large.
 
If you have questions, please contact me at gfrantz at vfmac.edu, or
610-989-1577 or Jennifer Myers at jmyers at vfmac.edu, or 610-989-1345.
 
To view the video from the presentation please follow this link:
www.vfmac.edu/alumni_June07_meeting.html
 
Best regards,
 
Ginny Frantz
Director of Alumni Relations

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From rforno at infowarrior.org  Thu Jul 26 20:08:06 2007
From: rforno at infowarrior.org (Richard Forno)
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:08:06 -0400
Subject: [sticklist] - Alumni Project: Barracks Latrine Renovation
Message-ID: <C2CE7766.6AFBE%rforno@infowarrior.org>

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26 July 2007

Dear Fellow Alumni,

Our Alma Mater is at a critical time in its long and distinguished history.
 
Enrollment is down, barracks are falling apart from decades of neglect, and
there is little endowment to support upkeep and keep tuition lower.

We were asked by fellow alumnus Walt Mosetter ?77C to use
www.continentalonline.org to promote the barracks latrine renovation plan
that will only cost about $330K.  A special, restricted fund, entitled The
Lafayette Hall Latrine Project, has been created to collect contributions
that will not be used for anything other than this project. While the
website does not have any official affiliation with the school, we believe
that this project deserves our attention and support.  Gentlemen, take a
look at the photos and text located under the Goal link on the homepage and
ask yourself, ?Can I make a difference to make Valley Forge a better
place 
for future alumni?? The alumni of the future deserve better than what the
current conditions provide.

We can all have our opinions on the issues with the current administration
and BOT. However, the bottom line is the school will not succeed unless we
the alumni step in and get the school back on its feet. If the trend
continues, we may no longer have a place to return for Homecoming.

We can all complain and state the obvious or we can start supporting the
cadets by fixing up the infrastructure at the school and donating the
resources needed to sustain Valley Forge for future generations. The choice
is yours, but time is running out.

If you have any questions about the project, please do not hesitate to
contact either Walt at mosetter at aol.com, John at jrapp at stei.com or Tom at
balishfam at aol.com.  Contributions should be sent directly to the school and
please make a notation that it is for the Lafayette Hall Latrine Project.

Thank you, again, for joining us in this project.

COURAGE, HONOR, CONQUER!

Tom Balish 78,80C
Rick Forno 90, 92C
Paul McKenna 79C
John Rapp 74C
Dan Wolfe 74,76C 
James Woolford ?77, ?79C

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From rforno at infowarrior.org  Thu Jul 26 20:31:50 2007
From: rforno at infowarrior.org (Richard Forno)
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:31:50 -0400
Subject: [sticklist] - VF News Items of Interest - 26 July 2007
Message-ID: <C2CE7CF6.6AFC9%rforno@infowarrior.org>

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Greetings, all -- 

The latest issue of The Forge was released this week.  If you don't get it
in the mail, make sure the Alumni Office has your current address so you
can receive future editions.  Otherwise, the digital PDF version is online
and can be found at http://vfmac.edu/pdf/Forge_sum07_final.pdf

Also, COL Dan Zupan, USA (Ret) was just named Dean of The College.  The
full press release (including his bio) is at
http://vfmac.edu/news_20070719.html.

Cheers,

Rick Forno '90 '92C

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From rforno at infowarrior.org  Tue Jul 31 21:59:22 2007
From: rforno at infowarrior.org (Richard Forno)
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:59:22 -0400
Subject: [sticklist] - VFMA to discontinue JROTC Program
Message-ID: <C2D528FA.6B45D%rforno@infowarrior.org>

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Greetings --

Late this afternoon, the following message was distributed to parents of VF
cadets by Greg Potts, the Director of Enrollment Management.  We received
it from a current parent, and believe it important to pass it along to the
VF alumni community as an item of interest.

Cheers,

- - Rick Forno, '90 '92C

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Dear All,  
 
We have announced this date that VFMA&C will end participation in the
United States Army Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC).  VFMA&C
has fostered a mutually beneficial relationship between the Army and its
Corps of Cadets over the years.  This was a tough, but necessary decision.
This decision in no way should be misconstrued as an effort to deemphasize
our military program at Valley Forge, but rather a reallocation of
resources. 
 
Unlike public schools, the Corps of Cadets at VF is led, trained and
administered by our VF Commandant and his staff, not by the JROTC.  For a
number of years the JROTC program at VF focused on teaching life-skills
programs to the cadets in the Academy.  Because VFMA&C has increased its
emphasis on leadership and character development throughout its Corps in
recent years, the school determined that the JROTC Program is no longer an
essential part of the curriculum.
 
We intend to nurture our important relationships with the Army in ways that
are most beneficial to both of our institutions.  We will also continue the
employment of the JROTC staff as appropriate in order to preserve important
programs such as rope courses, repelling, and rifle team and drill
competitions.  
 
We recognize the value which JROTC provided in the past and we appreciate
its numerous contributions to Valley Forge over the years.  We are
confident that this is the right decision for Valley Forge moving forward.
 
Tony McGeorge
President
Valley Forge Military Academy & College
 <mailto:tmcgeorge at vfmac.edu>

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