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AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: Sandscript October 2017
In this issue:
President’s
Ponderings
October Branch Meeting
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
7 p.m.
GUEST SPEAKER: MANDY GEORGE
CHESAPEAKE FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC
Location: ODU/NSU Virginia Beach Higher Education Center
1811 University Drive Virginia Beach VA 23453
Park in Lot 3
OCTOBER 2017 VOLUME 11 ISSUE 2
MAKING WAVES TO EMPOWER WOMEN AND GIRLS IN VIRGINIA BEACH
Chesapeake Firefighter Paramedic Mandy George faces new challenges every day that she’s on the job. When an emergency call comes in, she races to the scene, not always sure of what she and her coworkers will find there. The job can be physically demanding, and there’s always something new to learn in the fields of firefighting and medicine. “Women in nontraditional fields are the ones who can best show girls that they can do the jobs,” George said. “To be honest, I didn’t always want to be a firefighter paramedic. I was a theatre and English major in college. But, I chose this career because I thought it would be a challenge, and it is.”
Linda Todd Scholarship Fund
LAF
Fundraiser
AAUW Virginia
State Officers
Call For
Nominations
Important
Upcoming
Dates
AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: Sandscript October 2017
PRESIDENT’S PONDERINGS
I now have my first branch meeting as president under my belt, and I am already looking forward to the next one! At our September meeting, we heard from Nettie Faulcon, who was the first African American female accepted into the engineering trainee program at NASA Langley Research Center. It was eye-opening to hear about the adversity she faced, and it was interesting to hear from an insider who could share the truths and the sensationalized “truths” portrayed in the movie Hidden Figures.
A few days after our branch meeting, members hosted a table at Scout Ready, hosted by Girl Scouts at Pembroke Mall. It was a great time and a great visibility opportunity for our branch!
We have quite a year planned—be sure to check out the calendar at a glance at the end of the newsletter. Hope to see you at many events this year!
Kaitlin
THIS MONTH IN WOMEN’S HISTORY On October 4, 1976, Barbara Walters became the first woman co-anchor of the evening news.
AAUW Branch President Kaitlin Smith leads
the September Branch Meeting.
AAUW member Tammie Rice with September’s guest
speaker former NASA Physicist Nettie Faulcon.
AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: Sandscript October 2017
Linda Todd Scholarship Fund
Paint and Sip Fundraiser Invite your friends and join us for an afternoon of fellowship and fun while supporting the Linda Todd Scholarship Fund on Sunday, October 22 at 3 p.m. The event will be held at the Rosemont Road Boys and Girls Club in Virginia Beach. There will be refreshments as well as a silent auction. All painting supplies will be provided for you. Our painting is called "Flip Flops.” Advance registration is required to attend, and the cost is $40 per person.
Register now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paint-n-sip-fundaraiser-tickets-34012240527 All proceeds will benefit the scholarship fund. Sign up to bring refreshments online here
http://signup.com/go/rKYtNno We’re looking for silent auction items and door prizes as well. Contact Tammie Rice for more information.
Donation Form Donations can be made directly to the scholarship fund using the branch donation form. The form is available on the branch’s website and will be available at branch meetings. For your convenience, a space for memoriam donations has been added to the form. This way your donation intentions will be clear to the branch and proper notifications can be made.
Tammie Rice Linda Todd Scholarship Chair
Happy Birthday to: Kathleen Stasulis October 2 Susan Wagner October 3 Carole Szetela October 14 Anne Dowd October 29
AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: Sandscript October 2017
For AAUW Virginia Beach
Membership Matters Welcome to new member Amy Beldon! Amy came to the September meeting with Sally D and decided to join that night! Be sure to introduce yourself to her at our October meeting. You may also see her at a book club meeting or outreach program. Remember our new Bring a Visitor program? Since Sally D brought Amy to the meeting, she will get an extra ticket for the Holiday Luncheon Baskets raffle. How about you? Do you have a friend or co-worker who would enjoy AAUW? Bring her to a meeting. You may win a prize! We want to celebrate our members. What better way than wishing them a Happy Birthday! We are starting this now, but we are missing some birthdates. All we need is your birth month and day. You’ll see a special column on the sign in sheet at the next meeting. Or just send us an email. We are still taking RSVPs for the Members at Large reception on October 7th. We have invited the MALs in the Virginia Beach and Chesapeake area. That’s a total of 29 potential members. We’ll let you know how it turns out at the October 18th meeting. Thanks to all the members who attended and helped make this a fun event. We hope you will join the bandwagon to help grow our membership. AAUW VB offers something for everyone: fun, friends, education, and most of all…
Making Waves to Empower Women and Girls in Virginia Beach
Membership VP’s: Kathleen Stasulis and Sally Pattison-Cisna
Contact information in Board Directory in this newsletter.
AAUW membership VP’s Sally Pattison-Cisna,
Kathleen Stauslis, along with member Patty
Smith meet and greet potential new members at
Scout Ready on September 23.
AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: Sandscript October 2017
Public Policy The ILO, a United Nations agency warns that 40.3 million people across the globe were subject to some form of modern slavery in 2016. Among them, about 28.7 million — or 71% — were women or girls forced into sex, marriage or labor. The Walk Free Foundation estimates the about 57,000 are in the United States. That is why AAUW Focuses on Combatting Human Trafficking as one of its main Public Policy goals. We need to help raise awareness of this scourge that hurts women everywhere, and to highlight and support legislation to eradicate it.
MORNING BOOK GROUP
ADELANTE BOOK GROUP
EVENING BOOK CLUB
October 5 Never Let Me Go
By Kazuo Ishiguro Classic Diner 7:30 am
November 2 The Spy
By Paulo Coelho Pop’s Diner 7:30 am
December 12
June Lam’s 1420 Cooper Circle Virginia Beach, VA 23454 4:30 pm
November 16 A House in the Sky: A Memoir By Amanda Lindhout and
Sara Corbett
Hostess: Barbara
December 12
June Lam’s 1420 Cooper Circle Virginia Beach, VA 23454 4:30 pm
January 25 When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to Present
By Gail Collins
Hostess: Carole
October 10 Run
By Ann Patchett HOSTESS: Fran Adams 7:00 p.m.
November 14
The Underground Railroad By Colson Whitehead
HOSTESS: Jane Martin 4:30 p.m. Tea time
December 12
June Lam’s 1420 Cooper Circle Virginia Beach, VA 23454 4:30 pm
AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: Sandscript October 2017
AAUW Virginia Beach Annual AutoBell Carwash
Our LAF Fundraiser
AutoBell gift cards are on sale to raise funds for AAUW Virginia Beach Branch’s contribution
to AAUW National’s Legal Advocacy Fund/LAF. Spiff up your car and help support LAF! These
make great holiday gifts!
The Legal Advocacy Fund http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/legal-resources/ works to
challenge sex discrimination in higher education and the workplace. LAF resources fund
community outreach programs to backing of major cases.
Each gift card is $20.00 of which $10.00 goes to LAF. Use your gift card towards any car
wash type. AutoBell gift cards do not expire. Email Sally P/ [email protected] to order and
state whether you prefer we mail your gift cards(s) or deliver them at our October branch
meeting. Send your check to Tammie Rice at 1010 Barnacle Court, Virginia Beach, VA, 23451.
Please write AutoBell in the check’s memo line. You can also use your card to pay Tammie at
our October Branch meeting.
A Full Car Wash includes the
following. Upgrades do more.
• Interior vacuum of carpets and seats
• Exterior wash including wheels
• Dash, door panel, and console wiped
down
• Interior window cleaning
• Hand-dried
Use at any Hampton Roads Location
• Chesapeake: 925 N. Battlefield Boulevard
• Chesapeake: 4010 Portsmouth Boulevard
• Chesapeake: 3245 Western Branch
Boulevard
• Hampton: 1411 N. Armistead Avenue
• Newport News: 13698 Warwick
Boulevard
• Norfolk: 5840 E. Virginia Beach
Boulevard
• Virginia Beach: 528 First Colonial Road
• Virginia Beach: 1060 Independence Drive
AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: Sandscript October 2017
AAUW VIRGINIA STATE OFFICERS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Those of us who have served in leadership roles in our branches understand the personal satisfaction and
rewards of working as members of a team committed to furthering AAUW's mission and goals. The sense of
making a difference on issues we care about is even greater when your experience extends to the level of the
state board and its important role in supporting branches throughout Virginia. Four opportunities for service
on the state board are open for 2018-20:
President (candidates must have previously served on AAUW of VA Board of Directors)—administrate all
Board activities; preside at meetings of the Board, Executive Committee, and the Affiliate; submit forms
and reports required by AAUW; update AAUW of Virginia Bylaws; execute all legal documents; select all
appointed officers and chairs, except for the Nominating Committee; supervise the Affiliate; and perform
other duties usually pertaining to the office.
Vice President for Program—Chair the Committee on Programs; assume the duties of the president in her
absence or inability to serve.
Vice President for Public Policy—Chair the Public Policy Committee; assist the president with public policy
issues to meet state and federal needs in accordance with AAUW guidelines.
Vice President for Communications—Chair the Communications Committee, which includes those with
responsibilities for the website, other social media and publication of the Vision.
Commitments:
Attend board meetings (summer, fall, winter conference call, and state conference).
Prepare reports for board meetings and the Vision.
Benefits:
$30/room, hotel reimbursement. $.30/mile, travel reimbursement. Board meeting meals.
Election Calendar:
From October 1 to December 1, 2017, the Nomination Committee will accept submittals from individuals and/or branches. Self-nominations are welcome. Co-officers may be nominated. The term of office for each position is July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2020. Each AAUW VA member will vote online or by ballot following the 2018 State Conference April 20-22. For more details, see the AAUW Board of Directors' Handbook at http:/(aauwva.aauw.net and select "resource library."
Sylvia Rogers
Nominations Chair
AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: Sandscript October 2017
AAUW Virginia Beach Slate of Officers
July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2017
POSITIONS ELECTED Contact Information SLATE OF OFFICERS ELECTED OFFICERS EMAIL PHONE NUMBER
PRESIDENT Kaitlin Smith [email protected] H: 757-646.3947
MEMBERSHIP VP's
Co-Mmbrshp VP: Kathleen Stauslis [email protected]
H: 757-486-5485 C: 757-576-5485
Co-Mmbrshp VP: Sally Pattison-Cisna [email protected]
H: 757.340.2829 C: 757.378.8527
FINANCE OFFICER Tammie Rice [email protected] 757-630-7097
RECORDING SECRETARIES
Branch Louise Wild [email protected] H:757-422-1948
POSITIONS APPOINTED
SLATE OF OFFICERS POSITIONS APPOINTED
AutoBell Coupons for LAF Sally Pattison-Cisna [email protected] 757.340.2829
Bylaws Chair Neola Waller [email protected] 757-217-2356
College/University Chair Sally Daniel [email protected] 757.495.4349
Historian Linda Todd [email protected] 757-467-1119
Hospitality Chairs
Branch Hospitality Present Fran Adams [email protected] 757-467-2775
Holiday Luncheon Present Karen Perkins [email protected] 757-233-7613
May Luncheon Present Karen Perkins [email protected] 757-233-7613
Linda T. Todd Scholarship Chair Tammie Rice [email protected]
H: 757-428-7303 C: 757-630-7097
Newsletter Editor (1yr) Patty Smith [email protected] H: 757-646-3946
Public Policy Co-Chairs (1yr)
Co-Chair Public Policy Mary Pat Liggio [email protected] 757-363-2295
Co-Chair Public Policy Maria Fornella [email protected] H:757- 373-5378
Publicity/Communications Chair Fran Adams [email protected] H: 757-467-2775
Hard copy Fran Adams [email protected] 757-467-2775
Website Tammie Rice [email protected] 757-630-7097
Facebook Tammie Rice [email protected] 757-630-7097
AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: Sandscript October 2017
UPCOMING MEETING DATE:
Location: ODU/NSU Virginia Beach Higher Education Center 1811 University Drive Virginia Beach VA 23453 Room: 244A Dates: November 15
Time: 7:00 p.m.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Wed., October 18- Branch Meeting Sun., October 22- Paint N Sip Wed., October 25- Board Meeting Sat., October 28- AAUW SE District Meeting Wed., November 15- Branch Meeting Wed., November 29- Board Meeting Sat., December 9- Holiday Luncheon Sat., January 20- Branch Meeting Wed., January 24- Board Meeting Sun., January 28- Little Theatre Sat., February 17- Branch Meeting Wed., February 21- Board Meeting Wed., March 21- Branch Meeting Wed., March 28- Board Meeting Tues., April 4- Equal Pay Day April Branch Meeting TBD Fri., April 20- Sun., April 22- AAUW of Virginia Conference Wed., April 25- Board Meeting May TBD- May Banquet Wed., May 17- Board Meeting
Dates subject to change.
December 9, 2017
11:30 a.m.
Virginia Beach Resort Hotel and Conference
Center
$24 per person
See Tammie to make payment
