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SCOUP October, 2007 |
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 Calendar 2007 - 2008
October 23rd
Pending Club
November 27th
April 18-19- 20,2008  Happy Birthday to Southern Region. 60 Years Old!! Birthdays
Our club museum is upstairs at the Silver Queen. |
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Soroptimist International of Upper Pinellas County General Membership Meeting Minutes September 25, 2007 - Radisson Hotel 5:30 to 7:00 PM Social and dinner CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7:05 by President, Mary Louise Scussel. INTRODUCTION AND BRAG BUCKET: The members introduced themselves and the Brag Bucket was passed. $72.00 was collected. Jay Fontain brought a guest, Helen Smitgowski, who is a retired RN with experience in Domestic Violence. Susan Kinney made a motion that the money from the Brag Bucket go to the Conference Account. Seconded by Mel Chase. All in favor. Terry Fortner was the guest speaker, giving an interesting talk about her grandmother's life on Caladise Island. She has written a book about the Island which is now a State Park. MINUTES: The minutes were accepted as presented. TREASURER'S REPORT: The July and August report filed for audit. The audit committee has met. The proposed Operating Budget was reviewed by the members. No questions were asked. Paula Harvey made a motion to accept the proposed budget. Judy Price seconded. All in favor. Susan Kinney made a motion to accept the service budget. Paula Harvey seconded. All in favor, As of the end of July, $661.00 was the balance in the account. $72.00 from the Brag Bucket would be added. VI OLD BUSINESS: Discussion of the Regional Conference and need for volunteers. Pat Arbutine has set up a web site and Governor Connie has had input. Pat has volunteered to be Communications Chair. Susan Kinney volunteered to be Advertising Chair and Alice Schutzendorf volunteered to be Registration Chair. Other volunteers will be needed. This will be discussed at the next meeting. Betsi Lewis asked for volunteers to man the booths at Macy's on October 13th for the sale. Members have sold tickets and we keep the money for them, but we can earn part of what is collected at the booth if we volunteer. Several members volunteered for specific times. VII NEW BUSINESS: The District II meeting will be October 5-6, 2007. Betsi Lewis, Susan Kinney and Terri Sue Turner will attend. There will be a meeting with Governor Connie on October 4th. Judy Price made a motion that Paula Harvey take Martha Grey's place as District Director. Linda Tamanini seconded. Unanimously accepted. V ANNOUNCEMENTS:Helen Magaro has resigned as a Director. President Mary Louise asked Mel Chase to take her place. A motion was made by Terri Sue Turner to name Mel Chase as a Director, seconded by Martha Grey. Unanimously accepted. Correction in the Directory. Terri Sue Turner not Karen is a Director. The Christmas party will be at Martha Gray's home on December 9, 2007 at 1:30 PM. The Meeting was adjourned and the members recited the Soroptimist Pledge. Respectfully submitted, Mary Lou Ambrose, Secretary |
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Save the Date: Friday, January 11, 2008: National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness |
Dedicated to Dorothy Quick who loved to share her Soroptimist wisdom with us. S.O.L.T. |
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Click here for Southern Region Newsletter from Governor Connie |
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Service Funds are due on March 31st
of each year,
Remember
that you are responsible each year for $100 in service funds.
You may raise these either by writing a check, advertising in
our WHW ad booklet, or by using our banner to have your own
fundraiser. All funds raised under our banner must come to our
service fund. Each person that participates in an ad hoc fundraiser
is still responsible for a total of $100 in service funds. (Example. 3 members hold a garage sale. They raise $310. The total amount must come to our service fund. All 3 members have covered their service funds. But if 3 members raise $270, each member is still responsible for $10 more to cover their service funds.) |
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Contribute through GoodSearch
GoodSearch is a Yahoo-powered search engine that donates 50 percent of its advertising revenue (about a penny per search) to the user's favorite charity. Ours, of course, is SIA. The pennies add up quickly. Consider that if only 1,000 members, friends and staff search the Internet just twice a day, Soroptimist could earn $7,300 a year - just for doing something we do every day! If we think bigger, for example, 10,000 users searching twice a day will earn Soroptimist $73,000 a year!
All you have to do
is visit www.goodsearch.com and download the GoodSearch
toolbar. Enter 'Soroptimist' in the 'My Charity' field
and then every time you search the net on your computer,
don't forget to use GoodSearch!
Thank you for
using GoodSearch to help Soroptimist fund our programs
that improve the lives for women and girls. Let's see
how much we can get those pennies to add up!
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"Live Your Dreams" pins are
available at our club for sale at $3 each which is our cost. There is
more information on "Live Your Dreams" below and at the bottom of the
page. The following information is from the Soroptimists International of America Webstie. To read more info, Just click here.." Despite much progress during the last century, women and girls throughout the world continue to face serious challenges. While they represent about one-half of the world's population, women suffer disproportionately from many social problems. Approximately 70 percent of the 1.3 billion people who live on $1 a day are women. More women between the ages of 15 and 44 die due to gender-based violence than cancer, malaria, car accidents and war combined. About 90 million girls around the world are deprived of primary education. These are but a few statistics illuminating the obstacles facing women and girls around the world. Soroptimist created the Live Your Dream campaign to raise awareness about these challenges and inspire women from all walks of life to realize their full potential. |
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