[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 97 (Friday, May 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 
92-463 that the annual meeting of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee (NAC) will be held at the 
Doubletree Hotel at Reid Park, 445 South Alvernon Way, Tucson, Arizona, 
from May 30 through June 2, 2001. The meeting begins with participant 
registration from 12 noon-5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 29, and from 8 a.m.-5 
p.m. on Wednesday, May 30, through Friday, June 1, in the Ballroom 
Foyer.
    The committee, comprised of 60 national voluntary organizations, 
advises the Under Secretary for Health and other members of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office staff on how to 
coordinate and promote volunteer activities within VA facilities. The 
primary purposes of this meeting are to provide for committee review of 
volunteer policies and procedures; to accommodate full and open 
communications between the organizations, representatives and the 
Voluntary Service Office and field staff; to provide educational 
opportunities geared toward improving volunteer programs with special 
emphasis on methods to recruit, retain, motivate, and recognize 
volunteers; and to approve committee recommendations. This year's 
meeting will serve as an opportunity to promote and celebrate 
``International Year of Volunteers-2001.''
    On Tuesday, May 29, pre-meeting activities include a VAVS Field 
Staff meeting from 4-6 p.m. in the Boojum Room. The session on 
Wednesday, May 30, includes the following events: The Executive 
Committee to the NAC will meet from 8 a.m.-12 noon in the Bonsai/Boojum 
Room; Southern Arizona Health Care System will provide a Health Exhibit 
from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Ballroom Foyer; New Member Orientation will 
be from 1-2:30 p.m. in Ballroom A-D; and an Open Forum will be from 3-
4:30 p.m. in Ballroom A-D. Opening ceremonies will begin at 6 p.m. 
featuring Thomas L. Garthwaite, M.D., Under Secretary for Health, as 
keynote speaker.
    On Thursday, May 31, there will be a Business Session from 8:30-
11:30 a.m. in Ballroom A-E, where the Honorable Anthony J. Principi, 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, will be the keynote speaker. The 
workshops include the following topics. (The locations of the workshops 
are also noted.) Volunteer In Home Respite Care Program, in Salons A-C; 
It's All About CHANGE--What Fits and What Doesn't, in Salons F-H; 
Community Based Volunteers and the Advanced Illness Coordinated Care 
Programs, in Salon E; and Closing the Digital Divide for Our Nation's 
Veterans, in Salon D.
    On Friday, June 1, a NAC Business Session will be held from 8:30-10 
a.m. in Ballrooms A-E. The educational workshops will be repeated from 
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and from 3-4:30 p.m. in the same rooms as on 
Thursday. The James H. Parke Memorial Scholarship Luncheon will be held 
from 12:30-2 p.m. in Ballrooms D-E, honoring the 2001 recipient of the 
James H. Parke Scholarship.
    On the morning of Saturday, June 2, the NAC will hold a Business 
Session from 8:30-11:30 a.m. in Ballrooms A-E. A critique of the 
meeting will be held from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Bonsai/Boojum. A 
closing celebration honoring the NAC Volunteers of the Year, Parke 
Scholarship Award recipient and the Voluntary Service Award for 
Excellence recipient will be held in Ballrooms A-D, beginning at 6 p.m.
    The meeting is open to the public. Individuals interested in 
attending are encouraged to contact Ms. Laura Balun, Administrative 
Officer, Voluntary Service Office (10C2), Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20420, at (202) 273-
8392.

    Dated: May 10, 2001.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Ventris C. Gibson,
Committee Management Officer.
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