Honoring the Legacy of the Vinh Long Outlaws

The Outlaw roundup in Sterling Virginia was a success. The turnout was smaller than anticipated. The result was we had time to get to know each other, more so than at larger roundups. The hotel was good, comfortable rooms and probably the best food we have seen from any of our previous round-ups. We all owe a big thanks to Jim Donnelly, our National Director, and his wife Vicki. They worked very hard to put this together.

Many of us thought that this might be the end of the VLOA. We are all getting older and fewer people are willing to serve. In addition the attendance at our roundups has dropped to the point that it’s becoming difficult to organize. As such Jim Donnelly has taken on the slots we can’t fill with other volunterrs. I want to thank Bob Sharp for his dedication and excellent work maintaining the newslettter. As for me, the website is funded for another 10 years and as long as my heath holds up I’ll stay on as webmaster.

As for the future of the VLOA, It was decide to have one more Outlaw roundup with an interesting twist. Bob  Allen is our National Director with Lori Gaff Hausenfluke as Deputy Director. For those not familiar with Lori, she comes to us from the “new outlaws.” The plan is for the next roundup to be a transintual time for the VLOA to pass the reignes to the New outlaws. If you have any comments or sugestions as to the future of the Outlaws I’ll keep a spot on the Home page for sharing your comments.