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Committees: Women Honoring Women Susan Kinney Lowell Cathy Wagner Nominations & Selection – Judy & Cathy
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SOROPTIMIST
INTERNATIONAL OF UPPER PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA P.O. BOX 10635 CLEARWATER, FLORIDA USA 33767 Volume 40, Issue, September, 2006 Online Edition #67
Our meeting in September is at
our new location.
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 Calendar 2006-2007 Sept26th Meeting Oct 24th Meeting Nov 28th
Jan.23rd May 3-4-5, May 22nd Our club museum is upstairs at the Silver Queen. Birthdays Ellen J Susan K-9/23 Betsi L- 12/19 Pegi M-1/16 Judy P - 1/25 Peggy R- 10/17 Grace S - 11/22 Alice S -5/5 Mary Louise S 6/26 Terry Sue T - 9/4 Cathy W - 5/15 Marie Y -2/13 |
Minutes of the Membership Meeting of July 25, 2006Vice President Mary Louise called the meeting to order at 6:20 p.m. Invocation by Martha Gray with a vocal “Our Father”. The meeting was then recessed for dinner. The meeting was reconvened by President Paula at 7:20 p.m. The Brag Bucket was passed and we collected $48.00 Marie York introduced her guest Jeannie Gres, who shared some very interesting stories of being a voluntary missionary nurse. Minutes – Minutes were approved as corrected Treasurer’s Report: The Treasurer presented the May and June reports and, there being no questions, the reports will be filed for audit. An Audit Committee was appointed: Mary Louise, Betsi and Susan. The audit will be conducted and a report will be given at the September meeting. The proposed budget will be emailed (and mailed) to everyone and we will vote on that at our September meeting. Communications: 1- President Paula announced that she had received several letters of solicitation from different charities. None requesting a specific donation, but rather mass mailings for contributions. 2- Women on the Way’s annual College Night Celebration will be at Stein Mart on August 13 from 6:30 to 8:30. Please RSVP by August 9. Admission price is to bring “school supplies” for the Women on the Way students. 3- Article in the Belleair Bee about Pat Arbutine – complete with a picture 4- Article in the Belleair Bee about Women on the Way program Unfinished Business: Committee assignments: By-Laws – Pat Telephone – Terry SueSCOUP – Pat Women’s Opportunity Award – Judy Violet Richardson – Martha Sunshine – Marie Public Relations – Karen Directory – Susan and Judy Growth & Development – Betsi & Terry Sue Women Honoring Women – Susan Subcommittees (to date) Emcee – Terry SueReservations – Alice Nominations & Selection – Judy & Cathy New Business: 1- District II Meeting is October 6-7 in Orlando. Should finish by 3 p.m. a- There will be Friday Leadership Workshops, dinner Friday night and then a joint 50th Anniversary Party celebrating Orlando, Holiday Isles and Tampa clubs. b- Saturday – theme – “Helping People Around the World” – Rowanda Workshop, with guest speaker Mary Jo Horton and then breakout meetings c- Governor Connie will also be present and speak on SIA Convention in Philadelphia 2- Southern Region Conference Meeting – It is SI Upper Pinellas’ turn to host the conference scheduled for 2008. Lengthy discussion followed: a- Would need to make club assignments as SI Tampa did when they hosted and would need the support of each club in the district b- If we do it – we will need to scale back on other projects for that year (mainly Women Honoring Women) as it falls in the same timeframe c- Betsi will get the “guidebook” at the Board Meeting in August and we will review it thoroughly d- Be more informed by September meeting and should be prepared to vote at that time 3- Westfield Project – Paula will talk to Karen (last year’s chair) and get the details. a- do we want to do that again – both sell tickets and work the doors b- see if Karen can and wants to chair again or get a chair for this year 4- November Meeting at the Silver Queen a- Pat to hostess b- Catering by Italian restaurant right next door – cost will be $5 per person c- We will invite members of District II clubs d- Telephone committee will need to call Pat as Terry Sue will be out of town 5- Christmas Party a- Martha volunteered to host at her home b- Pot luck and white elephant – as usual c- Date – 2nd Sunday in December at 2 p.m. Announcements: As the new By-Laws Chair, Pat presented a resolution that we publish the amendments to the By-Laws regarding the election of two delegates in the SCOUP. Motion carried. Terry Sue led a brief discussion regarding the timing of Women Honoring Women and suggested that we host this event at the Clearwater Country Club in early March. Everyone agreed. Susan will call the Country Club and book the date as soon as possible. No other business. President Paula led us in the SI Pledge. Meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Susan Kinney-Lowell, Secretary |
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SOROPTIMIST ORIENTATION Sandra Baumann, Soroptimist Orientation Chair Southern Region |
Dedicated to Dorothy Quick who loved to share her Soroptimist wisdom with us. S.O.L.T. |
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Dear Southern Region Board Members
and Club Presidents;
Soroptimist’s new “Living Their
Dreams” brochure recently
received the 18th Annual APEX
Awards for Publication
Excellence in the marketing and
public relations category. The
award is based on excellence in
graphic design, editorial
content and the success of the
entry in achieving overall
communications effectiveness and
excellence. The APEX is an
annual competition for writers,
editors, publications staff, and
business and nonprofit
communicators.
The “Living Their Dreams”
brochure (as well as the newly
designed Women’s Opportunity
Awards brochure) also received
the 2006 Communicator Awards’
Award of Distinction. The
Communicator Awards is an
international awards competition
that recognizes outstanding work
in the communication field, and
the Award of Distinction is
awarded for projects that exceed
industry standards in design or
communication skills.
In addition, the “Living Their
Dreams” brochure has received
high praise from other
individuals, including the staff
of Vital Voices and former First
Lady Barbara Bush. The brochure
has been extremely popular with
members since its initial
printing in September 2005. To
date, approximately 45,000
English brochures and 10,000
Japanese brochures are in
circulation.
Leigh Wintz, CAE
Executive Director
Soroptimist International of the
Americas
1709 Spruce Street
Philadelphia,
PA 19102
T: (215) 893-9000 ext. 102
F: (215) 893-5200 |
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