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Involvement
Community Outreach
Public Relations
Finance
Internal Involvement
Fun(d)raisers
We Mean Business
Lunches
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
The WEW program has been very successful. Kim Stiles has graduated
with a Masters Degree in Communications. She no longer requires
financial support. We will encourage her to become a member. Pat McCarthy
is
very grateful for our support. We will continue to do so, and
hope to see her through graduation.
We can begin recruiting another candidate or focus completely
on Pat.
Future Executive (FX) Program: As it stands now, Director of Audit Services
for AutoNation, Tina DeBord (being mentored by Ann Meacham) qualifies
for full membership. Raquel Cunningham (being mentored by Ronnie Karlin)
is moving to Toronto this summer. Evie Hernandez is new and currently
being mentored by Drazia Rubenstein. The program has not had the momentum
necessary to elicit participation from the membership at large. We will
continue to mentor Evie and have the option of bringing others into the
club as FXs (or “associate” members).
What are your thoughts?
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Breakout 2
We are considering adding a Community Outreach Program. We are looking
for organizations or activities that we can contribute to with our
time, talent and resources. Some of those under consideration are:
Soup Kitchens, Women in Distress, Kids in Distress, etc. What are your thoughts?
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Breakout 3
Each month we submit notice of our luncheons to the local newspapers.
We occasionally get phone inquires and/or walk-ins as a result. We
would like more exposure for our club. What are your thoughts?
FINANCE
VP Dorothy Eisenberg Breakout 4
We are the best deal in town! Dues, which include all administrative
and operating costs (Internet fees, gifts, new member flowers, holiday
entertainment, etc.) and 11 lunches have been $225. for at least
the last 5 years. As a member, you also have the option of participating
in Book Club, GEM lunches, Cannon Circles and the socials at your
own
out-of-pocket expense. The budget was approved for this year and
invoices for dues will not change. We are proposing an increase in
dues for
the upcoming 2006-2007 membership year. What are your thoughts?
INTERNAL INVOLVEMENT
VP Nancy Fischer Breakout 5
We have 11 luncheons each year. October is our New Members luncheon
and December is our Holiday luncheon. Our goal is to have at least
one
keynote speaker (like we did with Janet Reno), 2 other prominent
speakers from the community, 3 table topics discussions (once a quarter),
2
lifestyle speakers and 1 member speaker. What are your thoughts?
FUNDRAISERS/FUNRAISERS
Breakout 6
We currently have plenty of money in our scholarship fund for the WEW
and Mentoring programs. It will not be necessary for us to have a FUNDraiser
this year. We thought it would be nice to continue to have one premier
social event or FUNraiser (i.e.: Saturday Night Fever) and other smaller “after
work” socials (i.e.: Café Brasserie happy hour) throughout
the year. There is no money in the operating budget to support these
events, so we would charge a minimal fee to those who attend to cover
our costs. What are your thoughts?
WE MEAN BUSINESS
Breakout 7
We feel that members like to do business with members! The challenge
is knowing exactly what each other does and how they can help us. WE
MEAN BUSINESS was designed with the intent to further expose our businesses
to each other without being “in each other’s face”.
We would like to see the issuing of a Yellow Pages directory, along
with the mini-White Pages, 2 members’ (selected from a business
card drawing) businesses featured each month in the newsletter, a submission
of articles to the newsletter when you do business with another member
(telling how you used her services and the benefit you derived), continuation
of Table Topics discussions at luncheons and a business location Cannon
Circles once a quarter. What are your thoughts?
LUNCHES
Ronnie Karlin Breakout 8
Attendance at luncheons has been better than ever! On an average, we
served 68 women each month. We have renewed our contract with the Tower
Club and I’m working with the Chef and Private Events Director
on setting the menus. They are again graciously offering us 3 lunch
alternatives. We are considering having an occasional buffet lunch. What are your thoughts?
LUNCHEON FORMAT Breakout 8
Currently the format for our luncheons is announcements from the President,
self–introductions, table talk, speaker or table topics and closing
comments.
What are your thoughts?
Your continuous feedback is encouraged and welcomed! There will be additional
copies of the “workout” at the August luncheon.
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