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Note: location change Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 11AM - Annual Meeting,
Pot Luck Luncheon Please bring a salad for our annual meeting and potluck
luncheon. The meeting starts at 11A and will be held at the YWCA at
2222 14th St. (just off Pine St., north of St. John's Episcopal Church
downtown). Our speakers will be the Wests who will speak on "Understanding
Iran". Also we will announce the candidates for next year's board and
hold the election.
Saturday's annual salad luncheon/program (March 11th at 11AM) will be
held at /*THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE NEW YWCA!*/
*SAME TIME!! DIFFERENT PLACE!*
April 6,7,8 - AAUW Meredith Dabberdt has invited AAUW members
to attend an "Unlearning Racism Retreat" sponsored by the YWCA of
Boulder on April 6, 7, & 8, 2006. For more information, please contact
Meredith at
mdabberdt@comcast.net
Saturday, April 15, 2006 - 10 A - General Meeting Our speakers will share an inspiring story of hope and optimism of how people can make a difference in the life's of others that teaches them to help themselves and others. It is a story that started by teaching 42 families in Addis Ababa Ethiopia how to help themselves in a substantive and sustainable way that blossomed into other projects to help those around them such as setting up loving homes for children who had lost their parents to AIDS and creating a learning and community center for children. Come hear this wonderful story.
The meeting will be held at Meadows Library, 4800 Baseline Rd. in Boulder. Please feel free to bring a guest.
Saturday, April 28 & Sunday, April 29 - AAUW State Convention, Longmont, Colorado - further details to be announced
Geranium Sale - Our geranium sale, which benefits the Legal Advocacy Fund, will be held in May gain this year, just in time for Mother's Day. We will be passing around order forms at the meetings, or you can order by calling Doris Hass at 303-443-7087. Orders must be placed by Saturday, May 7th, and picked up at Doris' home on Thursday, May 11th.
Saturday, May 20 - 3P - General Meeting We will be meeting at Leanin' Tree Museum & Sculpture Garden of Western Art for a tour led by AAUW Boulder Branch member Sara Sheldon, who is also the director.
Corrections for the directory are:
Mary Humke - new email address - maryhumke@hotmail.com
Betty Porter's new email address - bjp421@nedernet.net
Linda Ingraham's new email address - herb.vinson@gmail.com
Carolyn Ramsey's new email address - gjkucinkas@peoplepc.com
Jadwiga (Yaga) Beres is now Jadwiga (Yaga) Richter
Jadwiga Richter's new email address is: jrichter@ucar.edu
Young Professionals
Danielle Benoit or Kelly Harr will keep the e-mail list up to date with upcoming
activities.
Playgoers
Playgoers group is seeing the "Marriage of Figaro" at Macky
on Sunday, March 19, 2006 at 2 PM. Please contact Elaine Bush or Jennie Grisham
if you want a ticket.
Great Decisions 2006 Schedule
Meets at George Reynolds Library at 10AM
March 14, 28
April 18
May 2
Contact Bonnie Darnell at 303-494-0510 or bhdarnell41@msn.com
Alison Sharley - BA in Anthropology, CU Boulder. Alison spent a semester abroad in Madagascar and now works with the local Board for Hope in Madagascar. She and her husband, Jonathan, enjoy wine-tasting and honeymooned in the California Wine country. Alison works part-time as a nanny and has plans to attend law school soon. She is an avid reader, enjoys hiking, skiing and camping, and was born and raised in Boulder.
Monica Smetana/Hertrich - AA Business, Saltzburger Hotelfuschule,
Austria; BS Psychology, Regis University. Monica owns the PRAHA
Restaurant and Bar in Boulder and is also the Executive Chef. She is a
member of the American Culinary Federation and the Colorado Chef
Cuisine. She is also lay pastor at St. John's Episcopal Church. She
enjoys jogging, extreme mountain biking, skiing, hiking and scuba diving.
Carol Wooley - BA, MA from CU Boulder. Carol taught in the
BVSD for 30
years, retiring in June 2003. Since retiring, she has traveled a great
deal (on the "travel kick" she says) and in between trips, enjoys
doing
nothing! Her two nieces are one of her joys in life.
Susan M. Jones - BS University of Wisconsin (Madison); MS,
University of
Wisconsin (Oshkosh); Administrative License, University of Wisconsin
(Milwaukee). Susan taught 8th grade in middle school, taught
autistic/severely disturbed children, and was a program supervisor for
the emotionally disturbed. Her hobbies are walking, reading, drawing,
painting, travel, film, playgoing, concerts, grandchildren, gardening
and nature education. She plans to be an open space volunteer.
Janelle M. Flaig -MURP - BS History/Physical Science, Eastern
Michigan
University, Ypsilanti. Janelle has been a Senior City Planner in Denver
for 10 years. She is interested in landscaping, sketching, oil
painting, music, Tai Chi, traveling and her nieces and nephews.
Now that we do not have a paper copy of the newsletter, please remember to consult your 2005-06 Directory for information about times/location/dates of general meetings and interest groups.
AOL users - make sure to check your spam catchers for Boulder Branch AAUW messages. Several members have found messages that were snagged by their spam catchers.
"Expanding Your Horizons" (EYH) was a rousing success again this
year. Many, many thanks to all the wonderful volunteers who made it
possible.
FYI, the AAUW National website has many interesting updates about women's/educational issues on a national scope. Check out the website at www.aauw.org. Also, become a "Two Minute Activist" by joining the Action E-list which sends email alerts for legislation in which your participation could make a critical difference for women's social/educational goals.
We hope you have enjoyed this new e-bulletin. Please let Melissa Teel know of any corrections/suggestions/additions to this newsletter.