To see the Chart: Go to NERD web page (www.avaclubs.org/NE_RD), under the picture, click on “Events”. Scroll down to the red printing - “Traditional Events (click here)”. At the Chart, you will see those TEs that our NE clubs have sponsored, down to those that are yet to be held. Some clubs have elected to sanction a one-day walk indicated  as “TE=”, while some clubs elected to use an existing Year Round/Seasonal Event that I’ve indicated as “YR=”.

Google Calendar: To view an additional tool, I ask that you return to the NERD page (the one with my photo), & click on “Events”. Again, scroll down past the red printing for “Traditional Events” to the calendar page for September. This is part of our NE Region’s Google Calendar

 CLUBS:  At the “NE Home” page, click on “Clubs” to have a direct connection to the individual web page for each of the clubs within the Region. Clicking on the name of a club of interest will give quick access to those activities being sponsored by that club, as well as contact information of persons within the club who could assist you further.


CLUB TOOLS: At this location, you will be provided with sites to access information and forms to help manage the club’s business. For example, important dates that need to be met is essential to ensure that the club meets its obligations with the IRS to retain the tax exempt status.

PHOTOS: Your Regional Director is making an attempt to attend some of the Traditional Events of each of the clubs in the NE Region. Here, I shall post a sampling of photos of my experiences. You may see some of your members, or yourself, at an event that I attend, either hosted by your club, or when your members are attending a sister club’s event.

FREQUENT Qs & As: As I have moved throughout our Region, as well as in other regions or national events, AVA members, club members, and potential members ask many of the same questions that are very basic to the running of an international club, such as IVV and AVA. This section will attempt to make us all more aware of how things are done, and why they are done the way they are.