AVA Meetings/Summaries

Hello Everyone, The AVA Board will be meeting with OVW for our quarterly conversation/discussion on Monday, April 7, 2025. If you have any questions or issues you would like shared on your behalf, please send them to me at avassell@avadministators.org by COB on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Thank you!   Best regards, Arlene Arlene Vassell Executive Director Association […]

Hello everyone, I hope this email finds you well. Attached you will find the summary and highlights from the last AVA Connect Call on January 16, 2025, as well as the email samples that Amy Baynes agreed to share. Please note that the email samples are from the previous Implementation Planning process. As a reminder, […]

Hello all, I hope this email finds you well. AVA’s Board of Directors and OVW held our quarterly meeting today, and it was very productive. They expressed their appreciation for the questions that were submitted for discussion. Unfortunately, they were unable to provide specific guidance and direct responses to the recent EO’s and memos, as […]

Hello Everyone, As mentioned during the AVA Connect Call on January 16, the AVA Board will be meeting with OVW for our quarterly conversation/discussion on February 3, 2025. If you have any questions or issues you would like shared on your behalf, please send them to me at avassell@avadministators.org by COB on Thursday, January 30th 2025. Thank […]

Hello Everyone, Happy 2025! I hope your year is off to a great start. Below are the dates and login information for the upcoming AVA Connect Calls.   Meeting Dates January 16, 2:00pm (ET) February 20, 2:00pm (ET) April 17, 2:00pm (ET)   Login Information Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6107856589?pwd=nrnItwgZY9yeWfpaRyHLEqqHngGwl7.1&omn=87141536462 Meeting ID: 610 785 6589 Passcode: […]

Hello everyone – I hope this message finds you well. I am pleased to notify you that the AVA Connect Calls for January to April 2025 have been confirmed for the third Thursday of each month at 2:00 pm (ET). The dates are as follows: January 16 February 20 April 17 Please note, we will […]

On November 13, 2024, six board members and our new Executive Director,  Arlene Vassell,  met for the annual strategic planning meeting in Nashville, TN.   They are from left to right, Mark Hertweck, Laura Quasney, Moriah Pease, Arlene Vassell,  Amy Baynes, Gene Nelson and  Tierra Williams.  

Good morning everyone! Our final AVA Connect Conversation of 2024 will take place November 20th, 2024 at 2:00pm EST.  Our current plan for this call is to keep it as an open-agenda meeting where you can discuss any topic that you are hoping to get feedback from your colleagues about. We are open to discussing any […]

Good afternoon to everyone! Our next AVA Connect Conversation of 2024 will be on August 21, 2024 at 2:00pm EST.  Our current plan for this call is to keep it as an open-agenda meeting where you can discuss any topic that you are hoping to get feedback from your colleagues about. We are open to discussing […]

The following is a brief overview of our conversation on Monday with OVW leadership and OVW Program Managers.  The topics were discussed briefly and the core of what was discussed is outlined below. STOP Progress Reporting AVA Board members provided OVW staff with feedback on how smoothly this process went for Administrators.  Most Board members […]