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News from Marian

AAUW Wisconsin President Marian Seagren-Hall
Big and doable opportunities
  1. Help Wisconsin use its newly won Public Policy Impact Grant for 2008-2009. Each of the branch presidents or another contact will receive attachments related to this grant.

    The goals include having more information about proposed bills and votes in the Wisconsin legislature available to members by E-mail or links on AAUW-WI.org.

    Federal legislation can be followed with these links:

    • Action Network Get an alert when your involvement can make a critical difference.
    • Alert Feed Get our alerts in your RSS feed reader.
    • MegaVote Get your reps' votes by e-mail weekly!!
  2. Read and respond to help AAUW make major changes in our By-Laws that determine the future of our organization.
    “From July 22-August 30, Bylaws feedback will be accepted on the website. Feedback will be reviewed and a final draft will be considered at the next Association Board meeting, October 4-5. After the final draft is prepared in October, the proposed bylaws will go to print in Outlook, etc., in time for voting in St. Louis in June.”
  3. Are you an AAUW member with leadership skills and desire to bring AAUW Mission and goals to life by serving on one of Wisconsin's Boards or Commissions? If so check out the Office of the Governor Boards & Commissions web page: http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/section.asp?linkid=275&locid=19 Notice all of the options and information needed, contact the chair to discuss the committee expectations, and then submit your application.
  4. Participate in one of the Leadership: Breaking through Barriers workshops that will be held November 8th and 15th, one in the west central and one in the southeast. Hands on Leaders, Public Policy and Voter Education make for valuable sessions. More information will be in the Badger Briefs.

Browse: www.aauw.org and www.aauw.org-wi

Thank You
  • On behalf of AAUW, thank you to outgoing Branch Officers for your work for AAUW.
  • Welcome to new Officers. It is important to communicate with your counter parts.
  • Thank you to all members for your commitment to staying engaged in your branches.
  • With all the great things we can do with technology, we still treasure our face to face experiences. Listening sessions are fruitful. Let your creative juices flow. We can do so much more when working together, and it will have widespread effects.
Upcoming Dates:

Saturday, October 12th, State Board Meeting

Tuesday, November 4th VOTE!

Saturdays, November 8th & 15th Leadership: Breaking through Barriers

Saturday, January 17, 2009 State Board Meeting

Friday-Sunday, June 26-28, 2009
2009 AAUW National Convention
St. Louis, Missouri

AAUW New Year 2008-2009

AAUW is off to an exciting new year! I have been enjoying getting to know the members I have met and look forward to meeting more.
Looking forward to visiting as many branches as possible, I hope that branches can join with neighboring branches when possible either at the same meeting or in times that work close enough together to help cut down on the number of trips. Just E-mail me with your requests at marabill1@msn.com

Changes with LAF

Since LAF has been folded into the EF, there have been changes:

  1. to include workplace issues outside of high education.
  2. to give more attention to landmark cases and phase out support for individual plaintiffs.
  3. to continue outreach on campuses.
  4. to put Progress in Equity and Speaking Out for Justice awards on hiatus.

For more information see “LAF briefing” on www.aauw.org.

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.