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May 2015 American Association of University Women Vol. 20, No. 8
Website – elginarea-il.aauw.net Email Address –[email protected]
General Meeting
Wednesday, May 20 - 6 PM
Elgin Country Club 2575 Weld Road, Elgin
2013 Scholarship Winner Hannah Kramer and Her Aunt
Once again, we are fortunate to have our May dinner meeting at the Elgin Country Club. We will celebrate the accomplishments of our branch this past year and recognize our Educational Opportunity Named Grant recipients and our scholarship winner. Social hour will be at 6 PM (cash bar); dinner begins at 6:30. Co-President Wilma Booth has graciously agreed to provide music before dinner.
Entrée: Chicken Florentine, Vegetarian Option: Portabella Mushroom Florentine Please indicate entrée choice when making reservation; cash bar, valet parking available. Make check for $33.00, payable to Elgin AAUW. Send check to Julie Ford, 1225 Forest Dr., Elgin 60123. Call Julie with any questions.
Calendar
May 4 Branch Board Meeting 7 pm Hostess: Jeanne Hebeisen May 6 Movie Discussion Group 4:30 pm Colonial Café The Woman in Gold
May 11 Great Books 7 pm Gail Borden Library The Mysterious Stranger--Mark Twain
May 13 Good Tastes 6:00 pm
Jameson’s Charhouse 12860 Del Webb Blvd, Huntley 847 515-7675 May 13 Reservations due for annual dinner
May 14 Morning Book Group 9 am Panera Bread, Rtes. 59/72, Hoffman Estates Book Selection April 9 Morning Crafters 9 am Hostess: Lee Engman Welcome Banner May 20 Garage Sale Drop-off 1:30-4:30 pm
Hostess: Jean Jederman
AAUW TIMES Elgin Area Branch
1920-2014
Working for 94 years to promote equity for all women and girls,
Life-long education and positive social change
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May 20 Annual Dinner, 6 pm
May 20 Newsletter Deadline May 23 Garage Sale Final Day May 26 Reel Women/Real Women
Gail Borden Library, 6 pm Still Alice
May 27 Evening Book Group 6 pm Select Books Hostess: Sharon Spates
Non-branch events May 1-2 State Convention
Bloomington See Illinois Link for details. May 7 YWCA Leader Luncheon
Presidents' Message
Shirley May Byrnes, Co-President
The April 15 program on China was presented by Jim Sullivan and Jim Fletcher. It was informative, and the pictures were worth more than a thousand words. Thank you gentlemen. The officers for 2015-16 were elected at the business meeting following the program. Congratulations to all of them. The branch will be represented by Shirley May Byrnes, Patty Harkin, and Jeanne Hebeisen at the AAUW-IL convention in Bloomington on May 1-2. The state convention provides good information to bring back to the branch, as well as providing a great opportunity to learn what other branches are doing in Illinois. Please join us at the branch's 95th annual meeting on May 20 at the Elgin Country Club. Send a check payable to Elgin Area AAUW for $33 with your meal selection to Julie Ford. Members who pay their dues by May 20 will be eligible for a free national membership.
Our spring garage sale is scheduled for May 21-23 with drop off on the 20th prior to the annual meeting. We hope you have been collecting items
for this fundraiser. Feel free to price your items prior to dropping them off. Help is needed at the sale itself, particularly for the morning set up and afternoon closing time.
Branch Meeting Minutes
The program, Educational Experiences in China, started at 7:00 pm and was presented by Jim Fletcher and Jim Sullivan at St. Hugh Episcopal Church on April 15, 2015. Co-President, Shirley May Byrnes started our Business Meeting at 8:30. The minutes from our March 12, 2015, meeting were approved as printed. The Treasurer's Report was approved as emailed and will be filed for audit. Next month’s annual meeting will be May 20 at the Elgin Country Club, cost is $33.00. Membership Chair Becky Olson reported that all members who pay their dues before the next meeting will be in a drawing to have a portion of their dues paid. Under the Presidents' report highlights included several announcements. Shirley May started by thanking our social chairs, Jane Lawson and Julie Ford, for their festive table decorations and treats. On April 23, Song-tivists will be presented at the Gail Borden Library. May 1-2 will be the AAUW-IL State convention in Bloomington. Shirley May received the Trio Grant for the National Convention. The YWCA is losing their funding for their Teen Program. Election of 2015-16 Officers: Judy Kaulfuss, Chair, announced the slate. Co-presidents, Jeanne Hebeisen and Beverly Lovett. Co-1st VP Program, Patricia Harkin and Gareth Sitz. Co 2nd VP Membership, Rosemary Dyson and Fay Kitchen. Treasurer, Linda Youngren. Membership Treasurer, Becky Olson. Recording Secretary, Bonnie Hill. Nominating Committee: Kathy Turnquist, Jane Lawson, Becky Olson, Libby Hoeft, Jan Jones, Rachel Campbell, alternates, Mary Navin and Chris Saletta. There were no nominations from the floor. Anne Marblestone made the motion to accept the slate and Barb Evans
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seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the nominees were approved. Jan Jones reported on the Garage Sale scheduled for 5/20, drop off will be from 1:30-4:30. We are in need of 2 cars or a truck to help transport items, tables and plants. Jeanne Hebeisen reminded members to send in their reservation and money for the YWCA Leader Luncheon. The branch has nominated Sandy Kaptain. The motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Rachel Campbell and seconded by Nancy Klemm. Respectfully submitted, Bonnie Hill, Secretary pro tem
2015-2016 Programs From Patty Harkin and Gareth Sitz
We are eagerly looking forward to planning next year’s programs and are seeking input from branch members. If you have any ideas about the types of programs you would enjoy, please drop us an e-mail ([email protected] or [email protected]) with your thoughts. Also, if you know a specific presenter or organization you think would suit our branch’s interests, please send us their contact information with a brief description of what that program would be. We will be having our first official planning meeting towards the end of May, so please respond with your ideas prior to May 15. Thank you in advance.
Membership Matters From Becky Olson March 17 began the new date to begin collecting for FY16. Eleven members paid their dues for FY16 at our last meeting. And we gained a new member, Martha Brady. New member contact info appears also in this newsletter.. E-applications with branch letters are sent when referrals are made by our members.. At our May meting we will be adding new members, too. Linda Rock, originally an MAL (Members At Large) with only the national AAUW and no branch affiliation will become a member at our May meeting.
As in the past, at our May Annual Meeting we will again be collecting dues. Members who pay their dues before or on that date will be eligible for a drawing for a free national membership. That member will still need to pay state dues ($10) and branch dues ($13) as the national membership is $49.00 of the $72.00. In the meantime, please send dues to Joan Hayashida, Membership Treasurer, 175 Pauline Drive, Elgin, IL 60123. There will be a chart at the meeting so that we can record check numbers and dates and amounts paid/due. By June 30th each year, monies are sent appropriately to national, state and local branch based on BDR (Branch Dues Record) and ADR (Additional Dues Record) forms. If you have changes in address, phone, email or cell phone, please let us know at that time so that the branch yearbook will be accurate. Are you iterested in serving on the membership committee for the year 2015-2016? Please let Rosemary Dyson or Fay Kitchin know. They will be setting up meetings after 5/19/2015. There is so much information available to members on the national website. Read about NCCWSL (National Conference for College Women Student Leaders), YWTF (Young Women’s Task Force), scholarships, the coming national convention in San Diego, June 2015. Become a two-minute activist & contact legislators on women’s issues. Make your voice heard to effect change!
Romona “Monie” Burns Home: 616 Congdon Ave, Elgin, IL 60120 Mailing: P.O.Box 6069, River Forest, IL60305 Email: [email protected] Work Phone: 1.708.557.0037 Jennifer Ford 550 Wilcox Ave, Elgin, IL 60123-7475 Email: [email protected] Home Phone: 1.847.695.3548 Cell Phone: 1.847.209.2248 Work Phone: 1.847.695.4668 Martha Brady Email: [email protected]
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Phone: 1.847.508.6357
Garage Sale From Jan Jones
May 20-23,
2015 at Jean Jederman’s home – Corner of Wing and Worth
Educational Opportunities is the beneficiary of sale
Our Spring Garage Sale is coming SOON! It's time to start collecting all those treasures that no longer need a spot at your house. Think how nice it will feel – and look – to get rid of some of those things you no longer use – from your closets, drawers, kitchen or garage. Books are usually in demand at our sale. Perennials from your garden are great sellers – and should be easy to divide at this time of the year. I have extra pots if you need them. Please label plants as not all of us are good at recognizing the many varieties usually donated. It helps to create sales when our goods are clean and shiny. Price any items that you have an idea of the value we should receive. Any tables or sawhorses and doors/boards you have that will help display our goods should be dropped off on Wednesday, if at all possible. Three cars, vans or trucks are needed 5-20 at
12:30 to bring stored treasures from Bonnie Hill's
garage to Jean Jederman's garage
Drop off time is Wednesday, May 20 from 1:30 –
4:30 pm
Thursday, May 21 is sorting and pricing from 9
am – 5 pm
Friday, May 22 is more sorting, pricing and
selling from 9 – 5 pm
Saturday, May 23 is selling and packing up -
from 9 – 2 pm
(The beginning and end of each shift are very
important to get our stuff out and then to put it
away at the end of the day.)
Please call – or e-mail - Jan Jones or Katherine
Jablonowski to let us know what times will work
for you to volunteer for this HUGE undertaking.
Looking forward to warm, sunny weather, the
chance to socialize with other volunteers, and
make LOTS of money for EO.
Reel Woman/Real Women From Barbara Evans Tues., May 26: Still Alice (2014) PG-13 Starring Julianne Moore with Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth and Kristen Stewart Based on a novel by neuroscientist Lisa Genova, this is a film about a successful linguistics professor who, at age 50, is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease. While her busy husband—"a solid Alex Baldwin, for once not a jerk," observed one critic—and her three adult children must learn to cope with Alice's increasing dysfunction, the focus is on Alice and, as she says, her "struggle to stay a part of things." That Moore won the Best Actress Oscar in 2015 for her role as Alice is not surprising, for as critic Brad Keefe observed, her "performance is a thing to behold. . . .She has a nuance in depicting the inner workings of an intelligent woman whose mind is failing her. It's a terrifying prospect, and she captures every stage." And this includes the times of normality. As for why any would want to watch such a film, Moore herself answered that question in an interview. Explaining that dementia is still a hush-hush disease, she said that "We have to look at the
whole of life's journey," which includes an awareness of how people with dementia live. "It
makes you appreciate what you have," Moore observed.
Note: This is the film group that our branch co-
sponsors with Gail Borden Library, which is where
the films are shown. Open to the public at no
charge, show time is 6 pm; discussion follows.
Food/drink may be brought into whichever room
we're assigned for the evening.
June 23: Big Eye
Message from Newsletter Editors Deadline for summer newsletter is May 20. Please submit all items as a Word document to all three editors. Medina Gross - [email protected]
Jeanne Hebeisen - [email protected] Beverly Lovett - [email protected]
Website Website items go to Marcia Cameron [email protected]. They may be sent at any time.
Morning Crafters
From Lee Engman We will be making a felt floral "Welcome" banner. Supplies would include 22" x 25" pieces of white and baby blue felt (polyester is OK), and smaller sheets in a darker blue or turquoise, a dark pink, and l as 2 or 3 pieces of yellow. Coordinating (or contrasting)
white, and 2 shades of green as well as 2 or 3 pieces of yellow. Coordinating (or contrasting) embroidery floss or #5 pearl cotton is also needed, as are scissors, needles, and plastic rings for hanging. Please call Jelayne Ewers or Linda Rusenovich about car-pooling if you plan to attend.
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In principle and practice, AAUW values and seeks a diverse membership. There shall be no barriers to full participation in this organization on the basis of gender, race, creed, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or class. AAUW is open to all graduates who hold an Associate or equivalent degree from a qualified educational institution.
AAUW’s Mission Statement
AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research.
AAUW’s Value Promise By joining AAUW, we belong to a community that breaks through educational and economic barriers so that all women have a fair chance.
AAUW’s Educational Foundation
AAUW provides funds to advance education, research and self-development for women and to foster equity and positive social change.
AAUW’s Legal Advocacy Fund AAUW invests in activities that prevent and combat sex discrimination and promote gender equity through support of litigation and educational programs.
Elgin Area Branch AAUW c/o Karen Patterson
310 Copper Springs Lane Elgin, IL 60124
About the Elgin Area Branch and
AAUW Times The Elgin Area Branch was organized in 1920 with 40 charter members. AAUW Times is published nine times a year by the Elgin Area Branch of the American Association of Women.
