About the Coalition

VCOG president to step down;
acting president named

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT  Megan Rhyne | 540.353.8264 | mrhyne@opengovva.org

The Virginia Coalition for Open Government is saddened to announce that Dick Hammerstrom, an 11-year veteran of VCOG’s Board of Directors and president for the past 3-½ years, is stepping down from both positions for personal reasons.

24 March 2020

Dear VCOG friend and supporter:

First and foremost: I am hopeful that this letter finds you safe and healthy. Everyone's prime objective at this time should be to care for the physical well-being of ourselves and our loved ones.

Board meeting minutes, Oct. 4, 2019, Glen Allen.

Minutes from the VCOG Board of Directors Meeting, April 10, 2019, in Hampton

VCOG Board of Directors Minutes

Virginia Coalition for Open Government

Board of Directors Meeting

Retail Merchants Association of Greater Richmond

May 31, 2018

Minutes

Board Members present:   President, Dick Hammerstrom; Secretary, Stephen Hayes, Maria Everett, Shelley Kimball, Wat Hopkins, Lawrence McConnell, Lou Emerson, Paul Casalaspi, Jonathan Williams, Sacha Purciful, Paul Fletcher, Craig Fifer, Bob Gibson, Betsy Edwards and Megan Rhyne.

VCOG Board of Directors Meeting Minutes of August 31, 2016
Henrico County Government Center, Henrico VA

Members Attending: President Craig Fifer; Vice President Dick Hammerstrom; Treasurer Paul Casalaspi; Dorothy Abernathy; Pat O’Bannon; Peter Easter; Brian Eckert; Betsy Edwards; Paul Fletcher; Frank LoMonte; Lawrence McConnell; Executive Director Megan Rhyne

Virginia Coalition for Open Government

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes of April 26, 2016
Virginia Press Association, Glen Allen, VA

DRAFT

Virginia Coalition for Open Government
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes of November 13, 2014
Center in the Square, Roanoke, VA

Board Members present:  President, Craig Fifer; VP Dick Hammerstrom; Treasurer, Paul Casalaspi; Secretary, Olga Hernandez; Immediate Past President, Dorothy Abernathy; Brian Eckert; Peter Easter; Mark Grunewald; Frosty Landon; James LeMunyon; Jeff Lester; Lawrence McConnell; Marisa Porto; Jeff South; Ginger Stanley; and Executive Director, Megan Rhyne.

The Virginia Coalition for Open Government held a reception in honor of the late Delegate Chip Woodrum on November 13 at Center in the Square in Roanoke.

Woodrum was one of the strongest voices for open government in the General Assembly, when he served in the 1990s and 2000s, and was largely responsible for the major overhaul of FOIA in 1999 and the creation of the FOIA Council. He was the council's first chair, and he served on VCOG's board of directors.