N E W S Volume 29, Number 10, August 2016 Renewals Are Due August Luncheon H HHRenew With Our H The Branding Workshop H H New Network Join us Wednesday, August 17 at port properties for five years. Jessica 11:30 am at Langley’s Restaurant at resides in Waterford with her husband Online System! Great Neck Country Club for our and their three daughters. monthly luncheon meeting. Membership Renewal Notices Jessica Vargas will present “The Network attendees should arrive at have been emailed to members. The Branding Workshop” which is designed Langley’s Restaurant in Waterford at first email contains online instruc - to help business owners learn the ba - 11:30 am for registration and network - tions and the second email contains sics of effectively marketing their com - ing, lunch at 12 noon. The public is your login and password informa - pany, including the four keys of welcome. Reservations are required. tion. You will need this information branding. She will look at various na - H H H H H H H to login. tional companies as case studies and All attendees: please make your reservations or cancellations for the Please use these as your guide to explain how to use the same principles Wednesday, August 17 luncheon on - renew your membership, purchase that big businesses use to grow your line 24/7 by 12 midnight, Sunday, Au - ads, and reserve and pay for the Au - own local business. Learning how to gust luncheon. You can register and gust 14 . https://sectwn.wildapricot continue to grow your businesses .org/events pay for a guest also. through this Branding Workshop is im - * Note change in time for deadline. Please renew today! The new sys - portant in today’s economic climate. Cash or checks for $22 made out to tem and payment processing is ex - Jessica Vargas is the VP/Market Man - the Women’s Network will be collected tremely secure. Even though the ager at New London at the door. Reservations after 12 deadline to appear in the printed di - (WQGN, WXLM, WMOS). She has been midnight on Sunday will pay $27. rectory is past, you can still be in the in the radio industry for the past nine Reservation no-shows and late can - online directory! years, starting with Cumulus's Bridge - cellations will be billed. Please renew your membership online by clicking the orange link. https://sectwn.wildapricot.org/ Posting to the SECT join-us Upcoming Programs Also, add this link to your contact Women’s Network list to be sure to receive mailings. September 21 Facebook Page If you have problems, contact Speed Networking One fairly untapped member benefit SECTwa_Admin@SECTwomens is the Network Facebook page. We en - network.org . There will also be help Members will participate in two courage you to share your business and to walk you through the process at rounds of speed networking. Join us personal news on the Network page. the August luncheon. for fun and great networking! Members must post their event or infor - No paper renewals will be mailed mation on the Network Facebook page themselves, then their news will be via regular mail. October 19 shared and will reach our 800+ friends. Thank you for your membership and If you have questions about how to your help during this transition! Constant Contact – post, contact Denise Howard, Publicity April Woodcock Chair [email protected] . 2 • Network News • August 2016 www.sectwomensnetwork.org

President’s Message Make a Living and a Life “We make a living by what we get, but mind and one dedicated to this year’s we make a life by what we give.” This is a 40th Anniversary. These committees quote from Winston Churchill – how true meet throughout the year to make sure it is. I have this quote on my SECT that the Network is fully supporting all of Women’s Network notebook. I felt the the members’ needs and preparing for fu - quote exemplified the people who have ture members. Once a month the Board continually volunteered for the past 40 of Directors meets for an hour and 15 years to keep the Network moving for - minutes. Each committee comes pre - ward. pared to report their work. Again, all An organization that has existed and volunteers! Save the Date provided services for women and men Thank you to each one of you who vol - “Through the Years” for decades, and is completely run by unteers for the Network or in your com - 40th Anniversary Celebration volunteers, speaks volumes about the munity, because it makes a difference. September 30, 2016 Network membership. The members We would welcome new Network volun - Friday, 6-10 pm volunteer on committees that may take teers. If you are interested, please find hours of dedication each week. There the committee you want and contact the at Langley’s are 16 Network committees: Member - chairperson at this link http://sectwom at Great Neck Country Club ship, Programs, Lunch Registration, Pub - ensnetwork.org/committees.php . Tickets are available to purchase lic Relations, Directory Ads, Newsletter, Enjoy every bit of your summer. Website, Historian, Safe Futures Inter - at the monthly luncheons President $40 per person face, Hospitality, Scholarship, Budget, Cash or check only Woman of the Year, Nominating, Master - Kathy Greene Please see Deb McGrath or...Buy your ticket online at Wawa Report – August 2016 ing: Kathy Pooler, Kathy Greene, Patti www.sectwn.wildapricot.org/events Rodgers-Longo, Andrea Longhi Wolfe What in the world is Wawa, and why are and Susan Dombrowski. 6pm – 7pm Cocktails & Networking we reporting on it? No, it is not the con - Karen has been setting up the lion’s 7pm – 8pm Dinner will be served venience grocery store chain popular in share of the Wawa system. She calls it the family style the South. Wawa is the nickname we have “bones” of the system. She has imported 8pm - Special Awards and Speeches given to Wild Apricot (first dubbed WA), all the membership data and set up elec - • During the entire event there will the new complete online system we are tronic payments. Karen has slowly un - be a Photo Booth and now using for our Network. Among its veiled portions of the system, while lots of Fun, Fun, Fun!!! many features, our new system includes: working out any issues that come up. membership accounts and information; Judy is currently working on setting To purchase Sponsorships or Ads accounting and banking files; online mem - up the website (or “skin” of the site) – for this event, please see the bership renewal and self-service member how the site looks. Schedule Form on page 3. details update; registration for luncheons Karen works with Donna on the bank - and events; and our entire website. Wawa ing/accounting/payments portion of the also allows for payment processing via site, with Kathy P. on the membership credit cards and provides invoices and re - portion, with JoAn on the payments/reg - ceipts. Everything is all in one place – easy istration portion and with Judy on the and convenient to use. Interesting, it does website portion. involve convenience and groceries (the Needless to say, this has been an enor - Like us on Facebook luncheons) after all! mous project. What began as research a A committee of members, headed up by year ago, is now close to being rolled out Phyllis Nelson and Karen Martin, is working in its entirety! Please remember to post your events on this new system. Also on the original This system promises to bring ease of on the Network Facebook page, then committee are JoAn Collins, Donna Par - use, increased benefits and data security email information to Judy to be rotte, Connie Plessman and Judy Ricketts- for all our members. included in the upcoming newsletter, White. The committee has now been Please remember to thank Karen and [email protected] . expanded to include those who will be all our board members for helping to working on and using the system, includ - make this project a reality. Special Insert–for Our 40th Anniversary Celebration

SOUTHEASTERN WOMEN’S NETWORK MEMBER SPONSORSHIP & AD SCHEDULE 40TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR-LONG CELEBRATION

$1,000 Sponsorship Benefits: • Priority reserved table for 10 people at Gala with business name on table • Company logo displayed on PowerPoint presentations during events • Priority recognition with logo in publications and marketing materials • Company logo on event program • Full page ad in event program (5” W x 8” H) ADS: • Full page (5” W x 8” H) Camera ready $80.00 • One-half page (5” W x 4” H) Camera ready $40.00 • Business Card size Camera ready $25.00

Business Name: ______Contact Person: ______Business phone ______Cell phone______Address______

NOTE: All ads and sponsorships DEADLINE: September 9, 2016

Checks Payable to: SECT Women’s Network

Send to: Mildred E. Devine Box 42 Quaker Hill, CT 06375-0042 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 860-442-2030

Women’s Leadership Forum “Honoring Our Past, Empowering Our Future”

On Sunday, October 2, 2016 the first Women’s Leadership Forum will be Leadership Initiative. held at Leamy Hall at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (USCGA). Registration The morning program will begin with a brunch in recog - begins at 9:00 a.m., and the main event runs from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. nition of the 40th Anniversaries of women being accepted The title of the forum is “Honoring Our Past, Empowering Our Future.” into the first class at the USCGA, the founding of the SECT Network member, Lisa Giordano is founder of the forum and is co- chairing Women’s Network and the founding of Safe Futures. A pres - the event with Commander Erica Mohr of the Coast Guard Women’s entation by Network Founder, Millie Devine as well as a Coast Guard Alumna will be followed by table discussions on women’s leadership – past, present and future. WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP FORUM Oscar- winning producer, Geralyn White Dreyfous will be Sponsorship Levels* the Keynote Speaker during the afternoon program. Drey - www.cgaalumni.org/WLF fous has produced countless award‐winning documentary films including: “Born Into Brothels,” “Miss Representation,” Advocate – $10,000 “Kick Like A Girl,” “The Hunting Grounds,” “The Square,” “The • 1 Table ‐ 8 complimentary conference registrations Invisible War,” and the critically acclaimed “Beauty in Truth: • Verbal recognition during conference Alice Walker,” and many more. The International Documen - • Recognition in printed materials in Forum packet tary Association honored Dreyfous with the Amicus Award • Company rep air time: intro keynote, or intro to panel, or welcome in 2013 for her significant contribution to documentary film - • Sponsor info displayed in Plexiglas frame on brunch tables making, and Variety recognized her in their 2014 Women’s • Table at Resource fair (preferred placement) Impact Report highlighting her work in the entertainment • Logo/Name cycled on screen during breaks industry. • Logo on website A panel discussion on the topic “Ethical Leadership for a Sustainable Future” will follow the keynote speaker and in - Leader – $5,000 clude women trailblazers including the USCG’s Vice Admiral • 4 complimentary conference registrations Sandra Stosz, the first woman superintendent of a U.S. mili - • Verbal recognition during conference tary academy, Grace Jones, Past President of Three Rivers • Recognition in printed materials in Forum packet Community College, Lynn Malerba, the first woman Chief of • Sponsor info displayed in Plexiglas frame on brunch tables the Mohegan Tribe and Maryam Elahi, President and CEO of • Table at Resource fair (preferred placement) the Community Foundation of Eastern CT. Additionally, a • Logo/Name cycled on screenduring breaks Resource Fair made up of organizations from the area that • Logo on website support leadership initiatives for women and girls will be held throughout the day. Partner – $2,500 High School Junior and Senior girls from the area will be • 2 complimentary conference registrations invited to attend the afternoon program for free, and will • Verbal recognition during conference have the opportunity to apply for a college scholarship • Recognition in printed materials in Forum packet sponsored by the Women’s Leadership Forum. Sponsorships • Table at Resource fair (preferred placement) and donations are being accepted to support Pathway to a • Logo/Name cycled on screen during breaks Safe Future, the Coast Guard Women’s Leadership Initiative, the College Scholarship for High School Girls, as well as Supporter – $1,000 scholarships for women of limited means to attend the • Verbal recognition during conference Women’s Leadership Forum. If you would like to be a spon - • Recognition in printed materials in Forum packet sor or to make a donation, please contact Lisa Giordano at • Table at Resource fair (preferred placement) (860) 861- 3743, or [email protected] , or Jean Wilczynski at • Logo/Name cycled on screen during breaks [email protected] . Also, there will be an op - portunity to make a donation when registering for the Believer – $500 Forum on line. • Logo/Name cycled on screen during breaks Tickets are on sale now, $55 for the entire day, $35 for the • Recognition in printed materials in Forum packet afternoon program only and $30 for the brunch only. For more information please go to www.cgaalumni.org/WLF or Friend – $150 call (860) 442‐2683 or (860) 861‐3743. See flyer on page 4 for • Logo/Name cycled on screen during breaks more information . n • Recognition in printed materials in Forum packet

Contact: Jean Wilczynski at [email protected] , (860) 434-5999, or Emily Herbette at [email protected] – Or go to the webpage: www.cgaalumni.org/WLF

*Funds will support: Pathway to a Safe Future, USCG Women’s Leadership Initiative, College Scholarship for High School Student, Book Scholarship for Middle School Student www.sectwomensnetwork.org 6 • Network News • August 2016

Members on the Move

Deb McGrath is proud to announce that she is now 40th Celebration Director of Honor and Remember, CT Chapter. Gala Tickets Congratulations Deb, this is a huge honor and accomplish - Tickets are available to purchase at ment! the monthly luncheons for the Joanne Moore announces Act II Publications, LLC, just September 30 event. released the second book in its “After the Loss of a Spouse” $40 per person, cash or check only Please see Deb McGrath series. The new book, “After the Loss of a Spouse: Henry VIII or purchase online at to Julia Child” by Lisa Saunders, examines the bittersweet www.sectwn.wildapricot.org/events human condition of love and loss through the lens of his - tory. By learning how these famous (and infamous) people managed their lives after the loss of a spouse, we come to realize the potential that exists in all of us. • Friday, August 12, 7:45 p.m., Lisa Saunders will talk on "Tales of Famous Connecticut Widow's Walks", at Mystic River Yacht Club, 14 Holmes Street, Mystic, CT. [email protected] • Wednesday, August 24, 6 p.m., Lisa Saunders and Dr. Joanne Z. Moore will talk on "After the Loss" Self-Improve - ment Series, at Bank Square Books, 53 W. Main Street, 2nd floor, Mystic, CT. www.banksquarebooks.com

Featured Business at Cameo Table Sheree Wujtewicz will be showcasing her business at the August 17, 2016 luncheon. Please stop by the table to learn more about Sheree Sirpenski Photography, and visit www.shereesirpenski.com .

Copy Deadline is the 20th of the month to appear in the next month’s issue. Email copy to Editor Judy Ricketts-White at [email protected] . The SECT Women’s Network reserves the right to edit copy submitted for inclusion in the newsletter.

July Drawings Kathy Pooler won the cash. Paula Goldman’s name was drawn for the Ha Ha lunch, and Ha Ha she wasn’t there. Donna Yother won the Spotlight article and Suzanne Karp won the Resident article. Sheree Wujtewicz won the Cameo Table to showcase her business at the Au - Network Board Meeting gust 17th luncheon. Friday, August 12 The next Network Board Meeting is Friday, August 12, 8 am, at the Hampton Inn, 300 Long Hill Road, Groton, Connecticut. All members are welcome to attend. All Attendees: make reservations online for the Wednesday, August 17 luncheon at Langley’s Restaurant, Great Neck Country Club in Waterford, CT at https://sectwn.wildapricot.org/events no later than 12 midnight, Sunday, August 14, Reservations are required.

Reservation no-shows and late cancellations will be billed.