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St. Louis Delegates Vote for Change Vision Budget Cut 1 2009 In This Issue AAUW Convention 2009 1 St. Louis Delegates Vote for Change Vision Budget Cut 1 Co-Presidents’ Message 2 Delegates to the 2009 AAUW na- Finance 3 tional Convention Program 4 on Saturday, June 27, after a three- Branch Bylaws 4 hour business Membership 5 meeting, approved a form of the new Public Policy 5 AAUW Bylaws. Branches in Action 6-7 Most of the dis- Board of Directors 8 cussion centered on membership Most of the Virginia delegation to the 2009 convention in St. Louis Branch Presidents 9 requirements. 2009-2010 Calendar 10 Delegates were invited to write their feelings, pro state) is required to change its current leadership and con, on posters, or indicate their agreement structure if it works well and meets the needs of Member Survey 11 with colored stickers. The delegates voted to re- the branch. Elsewhere in this Vision you will find VA Convention 2010 12 place the proposal to remove the degree require- a questionnaire regarding the state structure which ment and return to the wording on membership See Bylaws on Page 3 AAUW advances eq- from the 2007 Association Bylaws adopted in Phoenix. This, and the uity for women and girls Cut to Three Issues a Year final vote, was by card vote as both Vision through advocacy, educa- voice and standing counted votes The State Board voted in August to reduce the number of tion, and research. were indecisive. issues of the Virginia Vision from four to three per year in order to help balance the state budget. While the cost of In principle and in prac- In other business, the delegates publishing four issues has risen (like everything else), the tice, AAUW values and passed motions to increase the num- state dues have not changed since 1991, according to Mary ber of directors-at-large from seven seeks a diverse member- K. Johnson, Virginia Vice President for Finance. to ten, while the number of ap- ship. There shall be no pointed officers and directors will Some form of the newsletter has been published since 1931. barriers to full participa- drop from six to three under the new However, it was not until 1934, that it was mailed to every tion in this organization bylaws, which will go into effect on member in the state, according to Neola Waller, AAUW of on the basis of gender, July 1, 2009. The amended board Virginia Historian. Concerning the matter of cost and fre- race, creed, age, sexual composition will go into effect for quency of publication, Neola said, “When I read our history, orientation, national ori- the 2011–13 biennium. The I am always impressed by the fact that we face the same dif- ficulties today that our predecessors did.” With this new gin, disability, or class. amended bylaws passed by a large majority. The “one member, one constraint, we will continue to make the “Vision” an infor- vote” proposal was not amended and mative and interesting part of the Virginia AAUW experi- passed as part of the bylaws package. ence. A Publication of Nancy Morgan AAUW of Virginia Branches continue to be the basic Vision Editor, Vice President for Communications Vol. 85, No. 1 unit of AAUW, although there is [email protected], 703/465-1245 more flexibility given for a branch’s See related story on Page 3 governance structure. No branch (or AAUW of Virginia Elected Officers From Your Co-Presidents Co-Presidents Greetings to all members across Dianne Blais the Commonwealth!! 703/830-1998 [email protected] We hope you had a great summer and are looking forward to another year of exciting Laura Wimmer AAUW programs and events. The branches 804/496-6124 are impressively planning their year’s sched- [email protected] ules. Each of the four districts in Virginia is- holding a district meeting in October – please Vice President attend! On the state level, we had a Leader- for Program ship Conference on August 1 (a brief report is Dianne Blais and Laura Wimmer Position Vacant in the next paragraph) and are looking forward to a fantastic convention April 23-25. The nized for our generous contributions that Vice President state board is busy working on projects for this clearly demonstrate the commitment of the for Membership year and hopefully there will be much commu- AAUW of Virginia to the mission to break and Branch Development nication between branches and state board through barriers for women and girls. We have Mary Kate Black members. received notification from the Association that 703/938-6157 The fifty plus women that attended the sum- AAUW of Virginia was recognized in five ar- [email protected] mer Leadership Training in Fishersville re- eas for 2009: Sixth place in the Top Ten con- ported a great day on their evaluations. Our tributors to all of AAUW's program areas Vice President morning speaker, Dr. Brenda Bryant from through State Per Capita Giving in Combined for Finance Mary-Baldwin College spoke on change and Support and seventh place in the Total State Mary K. Johnson how important our attitude is in making suc- Giving in Combined Support; sixth place in 703/913-9490 cessful transitions. Caroline Pickens, State Total State Giving to the Leadership and [email protected] Parliamentarian and national bylaws committee Training Institute and eighth place through Vice President for State chair, reported on the voting in St. Louis and State Per Capita Giving to the Leadership and and Federal Public Policy the resulting changes to AAUW’s structure Training Institute. We also achieved tenth and organization. Jennie Sue Murdock, state place in the top ten advocates for laws and Lorena Thorne-Bruner bylaws and resolutions chair, addressed the policies that are fair to women through Total 540/720-5705 changes that will be forthcoming to branch State Giving to AAUW. Linda Hallman, Ex- [email protected] and state bylaws. Networking among branch ecutive Director, sent the certificates and let- ters which will be shared with the state board Vice President for officers in like positions and District meetings were also most rewarding. at our next meeting and with everyone at state Communications convention next spring. And Public Information Your state board has developed an every mem- Our thanks to all our 1500+ Virginia mem- Nancy Morgan ber survey that is in this Vision and will be sent electronically to all branch Presidents to bers who give of their time, energy and money 703/465-1245 so that AAUW can continue to be a leading [email protected] forward to their individual branch mem- bers. You may submit your survey either by champion for women and girls. Recording Secretary mail or electronically – we are looking forward Congratulations! to your feedback. Arlene Ney We welcome invitations to branch and district 757/464-5394 2009 National Recognition meetings - hope to see you this year! [email protected] Top Ten Branch and State Fundraising awards are AAUW's highest branch and Deadline for Vision: Dianne and Laura January 15 state honors and Virginia has been recog- May 15 September 1 District Representatives Please send all copy to NORTHERN NORTHWEST SOUTHEAST SOUTHWEST Nancy Morgan 1025 N. George Mason Dr. Ercell Binns Leslie Purtlebaugh Kathy Kelley Toni Seidelmann Arlington, VA 22205 703/208-7111 540/434-5926 804/330-5588 540/721-1545 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 2 Virginia Vision Fall 2009 Bylaws Changes Highlight Convention in St. Louis (Continued from page 1) you are requested to complete and return to the address given on it. The survey may be found on Page 8. Virginian Caroline Pickens, left, serves the national organization as chair of the Bylaws Committee, and was in charge of the bylaws discussion. Delegates also approved the bylaws of the AAUW Action Fund. The purpose of the fund is to support and advocate for legislation, policies, and procedures related to women’s equity and education. The delegates also approved the related proposed amendments to the Massachusetts Charter of AAUW. This is necessitated to keep educational foundations donations as charitable deductions while allowing AAUW to continue to lobby. New officers at the national level are: AAUW President: Carolyn Garfein; AAUW Vice President: Gail Nordmoe; AAUW Directors-at-Large: Kathleen Cha, Alicia Hetman, Connie M. Hildebrand, Patricia Ho. Jackie Littleton, Betsy McDowell and Linda Tozier, all of whom were elected by the membership, and appointed directors, Kathy Anthon, Marcia Capriotti, Millie Hoffler- Foushee, David Kirkwood and Krys Wulff. Lilly Ledbetter, the inspiration for the re- cently passed Equal Pay act, (above right, with Virginia delegate Nancy MacKenzie), was a very popular keynote speaker, and later raised money for the Educational Foundation by signing autographs. Representative Jackie Speier, (D-CA), an AAUW member, was the banquet speaker. At the banquet, Bedford County Branch was recognized for recruiting the highest percent- age of new members for a branch, 48.5 percent. Virginia Co-President Laura Wimmer, Bylaws Chair Jennie Kay Koehler Sue Murdock and delegate Technology Chair and Webmaster Carmen Garrido. 540/798-5195, [email protected] (Virginia Bylaws Chair Jennie Sue Murdock and AAUW press services contributed to this article) State Board Approves Balanced Budget At the AAUW of Virginia Board meeting on August 2, 2009, at least $3,500. Dues are not charged by AAUW of Virginia the board passed the budget for the 2009–2010 year. All for Honorary Life Members or student members. members of the board were very diligent and once again we have a working budget that does not require a raise in state If you would like more information, or a detailed budget, please call or email me.
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