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		<title>Hello NAIWE Members</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ann Hoopsick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello NAIWE members, my name is Ann Hoopsick (Hoop&#8230; what?). &#8220;Hoop&#8221; like basketball hoop and &#8220;sick&#8221;, like I am sick. That&#8217;s how I try to explain it to those who get caught off guard by the last name.  It&#8217;s really very simple, but different. It&#8217;s Hungarian for those wondering. Some of you may have seen [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello NAIWE members, my name is Ann Hoopsick (Hoop&#8230; what?). &#8220;Hoop&#8221; like basketball hoop<br />
and &#8220;sick&#8221;, like I am sick. That&#8217;s how I try to explain it to those who get caught off guard by the<br />
last name.  It&#8217;s really very simple, but different. It&#8217;s Hungarian for those wondering.</p>
<p>Some of you may have seen my name floating around so I figured it&#8217;s time to<br />
introduce myself to all you wonderful writers.  I am helping Janice with some virtual<br />
assisting duties.   We&#8217;ve known each other for I guess 11-12 years.  We first met at an<br />
educational conference where I hosted her as a speaker.  Since then I&#8217;ve been an avid fan<br />
as she helps educate parents about opportunities available to their high school students.</p>
<p>I studied system analysis and information sciences at a small business school in the early<br />
80&#8242;s.  You know what that means, programming on old dinosaurs.  Those were the days.<br />
My two jobs I had before staying home with my children were in the computer field with<br />
proofreading, scheduling, spreadsheets and printing mixed in.  My home was the overnight<br />
safe storage facility for the magnetic reels.</p>
<p>From 2005-2011 I was the president of a large home school organization with over 250 families,<br />
south of Richmond VA that is 20 years old and still going strong.  I organized monthly meetings,<br />
worked with coordinators to plan activities and brought in speakers, like Janice, to do writing<br />
classes with our students. Most importantly we continued to grow and do more for our families.<br />
In 2009 I finally found the website of my dreams for our large organization.  I spent many hours<br />
creating a site that gave us freedom from paper registrations, automatic calendar reminders,<br />
group emails, paypal payments and so many other wonderful tools to keep us organized and<br />
moving in the same direction.</p>
<p>My husband and I also ran a large sports organization in the Richmond area from 2006-2009<br />
and generated more money through fundraising than they had ever received before.</p>
<p>Last year Janice and I talked about what I would be doing when I finished homeschooling.<br />
Since our youngest son graduated and I&#8217;m done with that segment of my life,  here I am!</p>
<p>I look forward at getting to know each of you through your writing. I like to think I am<br />
a good writer but my skill set is really in organizing and promoting, which I will do my best at,<br />
for your benefit.<span style="color: #888888"><br />
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