AVA Meetings/Summaries

  Summary of Conference Call Meeting between AVA & OVW Date: Monday, March 2, 2015 Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time OVW Staff: Associate Director Michelle Brickley and Program Managers Kim Galvan and Omar Mohammed AVA Board Members: MaryEllen Garcia, Michelle Bynum, Cecilia Miller AVA Coordinator: Dorene Whitworth ISSUES DISCUSSED: Annual Conference Discussion around conference planning: […]

Summary of Conference Call Meeting between AVA & OVW Date: Monday, February 2 at 11:00 AM EST. OVW Staff: Associate Director Michelle Brickley and Program Managers Kim Galvan and Omar Mohammed AVA Board Members: Liz Greb, MaryEllen Garcia and Michelle Bynum AVA Coordinator: Dorene Whitworth ISSUES DISCUSSED: STOP/SASP Solicitation Michelle Brickley offered the following solicitation […]

Summary of  Conference Call Meeting between AVA & OVW Date:  Monday, November 3, 2014, 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time OVW Staff:  Associate Director Michelle Brickley and Program Managers Omar Mohammed, Kim Galvin, Paule Tessier AVA Board Members:   Bill Schaefer and Michelle Bynum AVA Coordinator:  Dorene Whitworth ISSUES DISCUSSED: Annual Conference AVA asked if there […]

 Several members of the AVA Board recently met in Denver to discuss AVA goals, strategies, and future projects that will most benefit our members. Pictured from left to right: Leah Meyers (AZ), Maureen Monagle (DE), Liz Greb (NV), Cecilia Miller (MN), Mary Ellen Garcia (NM), Bill Schaefer (NY), and DeLynn Fudge (OK). We invited and […]

Summary of Conference Call Meeting between AVA & OVW Date: Monday, September 29, 2014 Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time OVW Staff: Associate Director Michelle Brickley and Program Manager Kim Galvan AVA Board Members: Maureen Monagle and Liz Greb AVA Coordinator: Dorene Whitworth ISSUES DISCUSSED: Awards Awards started rolling out shortly before this call and […]

SUMMARY OF MAY CONFERENCE CALL MEETING BETWEEN OVW-AVA Date: Monday, May 5, 2014 Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time On Monday, May 5th, members of the AVA Board of Directors met telephonically with members of the OVW STOP team to discuss some pertinent issues for STOP administrators. Below is a summary of these discussions. Annual […]

Hello Administrators! AVA held their regular monthly conference call with OVW earlier this month to discuss various issues relating to STOP administration and changes involved with the passage of VAWA 2013.  Please keep in mind that these conversations occurred prior to the recent announcement by OVW to postpone the annual conference.  Below is a summary […]

Hello STOP Administrators! AVA held their regular monthly conference calls in November and December with OVW to discuss various issues relating to STOP administration and changes involved with the passage of VAWA 2013.  Below is a summary of those discussions by topic. Annual Administrator’s Meeting: In November AVA had asked OVW to consider identifying a […]

Summary of Conference Call Meeting between AVA & OVW Date:  Monday, October 7, 2013  ISSUES DISCUSSED: FY 2013 Awards:  AVA asked about the FY 2013 awards and whether all states/territories had received their awards.  Additionally, we asked about the status of uploads into GMS. We learned that all STOP and SASP awards were sent out […]

Hello STOP Administrators! Earlier this month, the AVA Board of Directors met for its regular monthly meeting via conference call with the OVW STOP Team.  In addition to our conversation with the STOP Team, Freda Westman, STOP Administrator from Alaska, joined this month’s call to talk about the STOP program in Alaska. Alaska Presentation: Alaska has […]