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Executive Vice President Charlene Adamson
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Vice President – Finance Marc Spiewak
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Zachary M. Spiewak
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Page 5 In The Next Issue:
1) Return of “Finance Corner” by Marc Spiewak 2) NEW Column: “The Minefield”
Winter 2011-12… Where did the year go? I admit that for me the last 17 weeks have been a blur of hospitals, diagnostic centers, and physical therapy sessions. But still, where did the year go? Despite my battles against back problems and kidney stones (all non-life threatening) I think this year was a really good one for RFN and Reunion Friendly News.
We have a new RFN Military Reunion Handbook and we had our second successful WorkFAM©
this issue including the WorkFAM© you that the end of the ConFAM©
Charlene assures me that the ConFAM© / WorkFAM© schedule on page
seven is now complete for 2012. Do not doubt for a second that Charlene is hard at work on the 2013 schedule.
I intended to start a new column in this issue called “The Minefield” but the content is not quite ready for “prime time.” It needs more work and content. So if you have a story about something that happened to you during the planning or execution of your reunion that we can all benefit from, I’d like to hear (read) about it. Please email me your stories and use “The Minefield” in the subject of the email.
We all appreciate your time and we sincerely hope you find Reunion Friendly News both informative and enjoyable to read.
From the entire crew at RFN, we hope you and yours have a very happy holiday season and healthy and successful New Year.
. There are three “Traveling with RFN” articles in in Bowling Green which should tell season was very successful for us.
Managing Editor, Reunion Friendly News FROM THE
SITUATION DESK
By Zac Spiewak,
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