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2001 NOVA Newsl. 1 (2001)

handle is hein.journals/novan2001 and id is 1 raw text is: Volume 19, Numbers 8 and 9 (of 12 Issues), 2001 West Coast Office Opens, Web Page Revived Fresh Beginnings at NOVA Springtime at the Headquarters of the National Organization for Victim Assistance is always a time oftrenewal-especially with the advent of National Victim Rights Week in April But the Spring of 2001 has been a veritable Renaissance of organizational change. It began in anuary when Marlene Young and John Stein IEWutive and Deputyirector respectily - opened up NOVA's West Coast office in Newberg, Oregon. Pauneis in thei work at NOVA since 1981 (andmarital partner since 1985), Marlene ani Jlohn had long planned to resettle in Oregon's Wliametle V alley, to which Marlene hadllong returned every sti weeks or so to visit with fmily. With the development of telecommunications tech- nology. the NOVWA Board gase its bless ings to the bi-coastal plan. Thehangewasnot particularly abrupt, Ine for yea s Marlene has spent much of her time on the road, training ann other wise worked in a home ofllce across Washington's Park Road fom the offhe. In March, that homne offieecame the new NO)VAlleadquarter s, reseringa third f1oor apartment for Marlene andlJohn's monthly A tw o-coast prsec ia asset for whatis aterlall, the NalionalOrganiuation for Victim Assistance, said Norman S al Jr11, I NOVA 1ard Presient. I pa ti ibuteltothe experienced NOVAstall ho long ago proxed they can stay inghly prm ductive with their boss on the road. They have given tlele ommnuting' a good name.' In fat, the telecommuitng bug has infclted other staff menmers, a number of whomexpecttoworathomeotiestwoor needs allow. NOVA's niew networked comiputers w ill ease remote commniia- tions. NOVA's new phone system, allows leaving voic messages (harly an innova- tion) as wel as a one-button way to be patched toa nstaff member working at home. As if1to underscore NO)VA's fredomn from geographical restr aint, the orgpaniva tion has also hird Bba n kendall, of Boulder, Coloratoaspart-tinestaffmem- her. B arbrlikeMarlene,isapastOVA Board President whose duties among Iman others, calle on her to introduce a keynote speaker ta our199 annualoer- ence in Houston, in thanking her, the speaker, o. GeorgeBush, quippedBar- bara that's a nice name, an obious reference to his mother. Barbara (Kendall, not Bush) was a vic- tim services pioneer in C'olorado, and be- came an especially knowledgeable trainer of colleagues. It is largely as a trainer that Barbara wi contributeto meeting NOVA's assignments -although she's also a con- tributor to this and future Newsletters (join- ing those anonymous staffers who get no byline). Coipleting the Spring renewal, NOVA's Web page has been completely redesigned, and with it, a tripling of the information visitors can obtain from the site -along with a search engine to help navi- gate the site. Marlene Young added the following: The changes we have been through have had their inevitable bumps -starting with a flight to Oregon that arrived at 3 a.m. New Year's Day, many, many hours late. But NOV A Headquarters and NOV A West are settled in and humming now - and more positive changes are in the works, includ- ing, but not limited to progress on creden- tialing Crisis Responders and victim advo- cates.

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