OREGON NEWS. AAUW of OREGON SUMMER LEADERSHIP RETREAT WOW!! NEW FRIENDS!! OLD FRIENDS!! A CONTEST!! Inside This Issue:

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1 OREGON NEWS AAUW of OREGON Fall Issue September, 2014 Volume 67, Number 1 Inside This Issue: Presidents Report 2 AAUW Funds STEM Help Wanted Officers 3 Public Policy Historian Request District Meetings Board Meeting Convention 4 Call for Resolutions Communications List of Photos 5 Branch Grant Program Nominations 6 Goals, AAUW Vision Mission Statements Address change Web Address, Facebook address 8 We re on the web: SUMMER LEADERSHIP RETREAT WOW!! NEW FRIENDS!! OLD FRIENDS!! A CONTEST!! Remember the contest? AAUW of Oregon Co- Presidents, Joyce Zook and Penney Hoodenpyle announced a contest, promising a prize for the branch with the most first time attendees. WELL, we did have SIX FIRST TIME ATTENDEES, but, they were from SIX DIFFERENT BRANCHES: Karlene McDowell, Albany; Ane McIntyre, Seaside; Mary Kerns, Tigard; Lynn Irvin, Salem; Robina Ingram- Rich, Lake Oswego; and Laurel Gregory, Hillsboro/ Forest Grove. HIGHLIGHTS: It was truly inspiring to hear from: AAUW of Oregon s delegates to the National Conference of College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL), Grace Burleson and Erica Johnson. Taran Smith with the COCC student organization. (Photo right above) The directors of AAUW of Oregon s first TECH TREK camp in Tillamook, Dr. Emily Henry and Kathy Gervasi, president of the Tillamook Branch. (photo above, see pg. 5 for names) Co-President, Penney, as she had us look at how Boards of Directors should and should not function. Jane Lancaster with her power point presentation on $tart $mart workshops, discussion on STEM activities and ELECT HER. OUR ELECTED OFFICERS: Co-President Penney Hoodenpyle Online/ leehoody@frontier.com Hillsboro Forest Grove Co-President Joyce Zook Salem/ Online jtzook@comcast.net Program VP Marge Biggers Redmond/Bend biggers2@bendcable.com Communications VP Ann Evensen Bend evensenann@bendcable.com Membership VP Sue Klumph Grants Pass regaeldy@yahoo.com Finance VP Susan Gilstrap Wallowa Co sfgcpa@eoni.com Secretary Jill Heffner Pendleton jillh1060@gmail.com NE District Director Renee Struthers Pendleton phoenyxrising@msn.com NW District Director Ane McIntyre Seaside anemcintyre@gmail.com N Central Dist. Director Julie Skinner Portland jaswans@centurylink.net Central District Director Theresa Johnson Albany theresa121@comcast.net South District Director OPEN

2 Presidential notes Fall Issue September, 2014 PRESIDENTS REPORT Penney Hoodenpyle & Joyce Zook, Co-Presidents Dear AAUW of Oregon Members, Page 2 Nearly forty of AAUW of Oregon s members attended the Summer Retreat on July at Willamette University Putnam Center. The sessions, workshops, and networking proved to be a great kick-off for ! We enjoyed meeting members from across the state who have stepped up to lead their branches. In the President s packets distributed at the President/Administrator Counterpart Session, were some key points to get us started on the right path as we progress during this year: Invite us to an event that your branch sponsors this year Include us on your newsletter distribution list jtzook@comcast.net and leehoody@frontier.com Engage in your local college/university activities, especially those who are current partner members of AAUW (contact Arlene Lemieux for CU partner member listing, t.lemieux@comcast.net) Include all of your branch appointed chairs in the online state directory (contact Ann Evensen, evensenann@bendcable.com) Recruit branch members to participate in the Public Policy Lobby Corps (contact Penney Hoodenpyle) Update your branch web site and FACEBOOK page frequently (contact Sarah Elmer for assistance selmer@bendcable.com) A correspondence courtesy request: Respond within two days (unless you are out of town) to s from AAUW of Oregon leaders The AAUW of Oregon Goals for and the President/Administrator s Calendar are available in the online State Directory. We will focus upon one facet of the goals in each of our ON messages. Here is the focus for our Fall ON: Public Policy goals: A minimum of 15% of each branch s membership will participate in the Action network provided by AAUW. The state presidents have a listing of all the members or past members from your branch who have enrolled in Action Alert (Two-minute Activist). We can share this list with you upon your request. We can also provide easy ways to enlist members in your branch (forms to use at your branch meetings or instructions for electronic sign-ups). Contact the state co-presidents. Every branch will participate in a Pay Equity Day activity; April 14 is Pay Equity Day for Plan ahead for a community rally, tabling event, bake sale, or?? Contact Deborah Swerdlow, AAUW Grassroots Advocacy Coordinator, swerdlowd@aauw.org for ideas and supplies. Grass-roots members will participate in the passage of bills relating to Pay Equity and Paid Sick Leave; Student Assistance for Child Care; education; and funding in the 2015 Legislative session. Thank you for attending Summer Retreat and for sharing with those branch members who were unable to attend! Have a great Fall, Penney and Joyce

3 Fall Issue September, 2014 AAUW FUNDS By Claudia Gray OREGON IN TOP TEN NATIONWIDE Again in 2013, Oregon was in the top ten states in the country for several categories of AAUW Funds giving! Oregon ranked 7th for total giving to the Educational Opportunities Fund, 5th for total giving to the Legal Advocacy Fund, 9th for total giving to the Leadership Programs Fund, and 7th for total giving to all programs combined. For per capita giving, Oregon ranked 4th for giving to the Educational Opportunities Fund, 6th for giving to the Legal Advocacy Fund, and 9th for per capita giving to all programs combined. Beaverton Branch ranked 5th in the country for total branch giving to the Educational Opportunities Fund, and 8th for total branch giving to all programs combined. NEW STATE FUNDS CHAIR Jan Heaton of the Albany Branch has agreed to be the new Oregon Funds Chair. Branch and individual donations to the AAUW Funds should now be sent to Jan. She can be reached at and at 2706 SE Columbus; Albany, OR BRANCH FUNDS KIT AAUW Funds kits will be sent to all branches in late August, to both the branch president and the branch Funds chair, if there is one. This kit will include everything a funds chair will need to do her job, including the new Funds policy. The new national Funds Policy #501 is the result of four years of work by the national Fundraising Committee, in line with the latest IRS laws. If your branch does any fundraising at all, this policy is of utmost importance to read and follow! This can be found in the AAUW of Oregon Directory. Help Wanted! Rewarding Opportunity AAUW of Oregon Public Policy Chair Needed Join State Leadership Team Advocate for Women & Girls Serve with Incredible Lobby Corps Keep policy pertinent to all OR members Contact Joyce, jtzook@comcast.net or Penney, leehoody@frontier.com S.T.E.M. By Jane Lancaster, AAUW of Oregon STEM Chair National AAUW and AAUW of Oregon are encouraging all branches to become involved in at least one STEM project in the term. To this end it is suggested that each branch add a STEM Chair to their leadership team. Each STEM chair will be listed on the national site stemchair@listsrv.aauw.org and have access to other STEM Chairs and projects from around the country. Each branch STEM Chair will also receive a quarterly newsletter from National with news and ideas about STEM. It will also list projects that individual branches are doing during the quarter. It is an excellent resource for ideas. I hope every Oregon branch will seriously consider having a STEM Chair and one project this year. If you already have a STEM chair please let me know. mamayoyo@q.com or Please keep me informed about your branch STEM activities. Page 3 ELECTED OFFICERS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Co-Presidents Joyce Zook Salem / Online Branches Penney Hoodenpyle Online / Hillsboro Forest Grove Branches Program Vice President Marge Biggers Redmond /Bend Branches Communications V.P. Ann Evensen Bend Branch Membership V.P. Sue Klumph Grants Pass Branch Finance V.P. Susan Gilstrap Wallowa County Branch Secretary Jill Heffner Pendleton Branch DISTRICT DIRECTORS: Central District Theresa Johnson Albany Branch North Central District Julie Skinner Portland Branch Northeast District Renee Struthers Pendleton Branch Northwest District Ane McIntyre Seaside Branch South District Open Member center password is: oregonaauw (last pg. web address)

4 Public Policy & More... Fall Issue September, 2014 Page 4 PUBLIC POLICY There are many exciting changes with AAUW of Oregon's Public Policy Program for ! Our goal is to have 15% of each branch using the Two Minute Activist. Currently every branch has members participating. Twelve branches have Public Policy Chairs. The first training for the new Lobby Corps members is set for September 29th in Salem. The three focus issues for AAUW of Oregon's 2015 Legislative Session will be Pay Equity, Paid Sick Leave, and College Student Child Care Financial Assistance. January 13, 2015 is the League of Women Voters Legislative Day. May 12, 2015 will be AAUW Lobby Day in Salem. AAUW of Oregon needs a State Public Policy Chair. What an opportunity for a rewarding role! The Chair will work with an incredible Lobby Corps, advocate for women and girls on issues critical to our mission, and continue to make our Public Policy program pertinent to all Oregon members. If you are interested, please contact Joyce or Penney. We would be honored to have you as a member of the state leadership group! At Summer Retreat the AAUW of Oregon Board of Directors reviewed the Oregon November ballot measures. The only ballot measure the board endorsed was the Oregon ERA Initiative - Measure 89 (info@voteera.org). Nationally, the AAUW focus for the fall upcoming elections includes GOTV - Get Out the Vote, Voter Registration events, Candidate Forums, and collaboration with other advocacy groups. If you need information or materials for any branch election activity go to: aauwaction.org. All branch presidents should have received the AAUW Leader Essentials packet. It contains materials for all branch officers. Some dates to remember: August 26 - Women's Equality Day, September 3 - AAUW Public Policy call for all branch PP chairs, September 23 - national Voter Registration Day, and November 4 - Election Day. HISTORIAN By Judith Scott, Historian The appeal for materials continues. You may come upon items not knowing if they may be of value for AAUW state records. Please keep them until our annual April convention or July retreat when they can be passed onto me, or if you think they might be ed, to jjpcscott@msn.com. DISTRICT MEETINGS North Central District will be discussing the prospect of a district meeting at their Interbranch Council meeting in September. North w est District will be having a district meeting on October 25th at the Shilo Inn in Seaside. FALL BOARD MEETING The fall meeting of the AAUW of Oregon Board of Directors will be held Thursday, October 16th at 7:30 PM via conference call. If you are not a Board member but would like to listen in, please contact Penney Hoodenpyle, Co-President. CONVENTION 2015 What: AAUW of Oregon s 90th State Convention Hosts: Central District Branches Where: Eagle Crest Resort, Redmond, Oregon When: April 17-19, 2015

5 Convention Resolutions Fall Issue September, 2014 Page 5 Call for Resolutions for the 2015 Convention By Joanne Stern, Governance Chair Resolutions are requested no later than Thursday, January 15, 2015 for the 2015 AAUW of Oregon Convention in Eagle Crest, OR. A resolution is a formal expression tool that helps focus, develop, and give direction to AAUW of Oregon. The resolution statement helps to clarify and publicize the position of AAUW of Oregon on a current or controversial issue. Resolutions proposed shall be concerned with Association or State policies, programs, or public policy. Individual AAUW members, branches, standing committees, or the state board of directors may initiate resolutions. Resolutions shall include or be accompanied by a plan of action for implementation, supporting material, and a financial impact statement estimating costs of implementation for the state and the affected organization or agency. All resolutions are adopted for one year or until the action resolved has been completed. Resolution proposals may be considered for more than one year. If no resolutions are received by the January date, floor resolutions (which should be on emergency issues), can be submitted at the convention but must be reviewed with the committee on the first day of convention. Branches or individuals intending to propose resolutions from the floor should contact Governance Chair, Joanne Stern. Such proposals must receive a twothirds vote by the convention body to be brought to the floor for discussion and a two-thirds vote of the convention body for passage. Testimony for or against the resolutions is the responsibility of the membership. The Governance Chair and Committee shall be informed of any non-member who is testifying. Such witnesses shall speak from the floor microphones. Please send any resolutions to Joanne Stern, 337 Lower LaVista Ct. NW, Salem, OR 97304, or to stern1000@comcast.net. COMMUNICATIONS AAUW of Oregon has a Facebook Page: Like our page to see information from around the state. To help keep the page updated, please send news from your branch to Ann Evensen, Communications VP, at evensenann@bendcable.com. OREGON NEWS. Please be sure your articles for the Oregon News are submitted prior to the deadline. It would be appreciated that you minimally format your article. Sometimes the article has to be retyped completely because the formatting is a mystery. Thanks! The AAUW of Oregon Directory is available in the member center on the AAUW of Oregon website. Click on Documents. Officers of the State and Branches are listed within, as well as other important information about activities. PHOTOS : Photos are from the Summer Meeting, Thanks to Ilga Ross, Portland Branch Pg. 1 top, Taran Smith, Bend, COCC Student Activities Director; below, Kathy Gervasi, Tillamook, Maria Heyen, TechTrek Camper, and Dr. Emily Henry, Tillamook. Pg. 2 Co Presidents, Joyce Zook and Penney Hoodenpyle (this one from Convention, 2014) Pg. 6 Julie Skinner, Portland, N. Central Director, and Jane Lancaster, Portland/Online, STEM Liaison, $tart $mart and Elect Her Chair

6 Grants & Nominations Fall Issue September, 2014 Page 6 BRANCH GRANT PROGRAM By Susan Gilstrap, Finance VP Once again, I am happy to report that a maximum of $1,000 has been made available for the Branch Grant Program for the fiscal year. The application information can be accessed by going to the Member Center on the web site. The maximum amount for a single grant is $500 and there is no minimum. Applications may be submitted at any time during the year. The application can be mailed to Susan Gilstrap, PO Box 66, Enterprise, OR or ed to her at sfgcpa@eoni.com. As before, priority will be given to grant requests from small branches of 50 or fewer members and/or branches with declining membership over at least three years. Applications will be reviewed by a team consisting of the state Program Vice-President, Membership Vice-President and Finance Vice-President and approved by the Co-Presidents. Please read the program guidelines carefully and contact Susan Gilstrap at sfgcpa@eoni.com or (541) with any questions. This is a great way to bring AAUW funds back to your local community to support the AAUW mission. NOMINATIONS The State Board has selected the Nominations Committee for The committee is charged with finding the best leaders in Oregon for the open state officer positions. The election will be held at the AAUW of Oregon State Convention in April at Eagle Crest. All AAUW members in Oregon are eligible to be candidates for open positions; district directors must live within the district they represent. Open state positions available for two-year terms starting July 1, 2015 are: President-Elect (one year term and then assume presidency) Membership VP Secretary Finance VP North-Central District Director South District Director Please start thinking now about taking a leadership role. If you are interested in any of the positions or know someone who you believe would be an excellent candidate, contact any member of the nominating committee by . Make sure you receive a response from the committee member in order to assure your information was received. If you would rather share your information by phone, contact the committee chair. Nominations Committee members are: Chair: Ilga Ross (Portland) ilgaross@yahoo.com Marilyn Zook, (Gresham/Bend) mrzzm@comcast.net Pat Lehman (Seaside) Pklehman320@gmail.com Joan Rycraft (Medford) jrycraft@charter.net Linda Ann Wittoff (Eugene) lindaatex@yahoo.com Alternate: Pat Hines (Wallowa Co) phines@eoni.com

7 Fall Issue September, 2014 Page 7 AAUW Oregon Goals Program State meetings Summer Retreat the focus of this event will be on leadership training and networking to facilitate our branch members in completing their goals of AAUW. College and University Representatives will receive a special invitation, and the focus for Saturday s programming will span the AAUW-CU partnership programs. Fall Meeting(s) in the form of District Meetings, the focus will be on preparation for the Legislative session, 2015, in the promotion of bills relating to Pay Equity and Sick Pay and Student Child Care. Ways to strengthen the lobby corps and participation by every branch member will be examined. Another focus will be leadership training for members in running for elective office (city, county, and state board positions). Convention in addition to the tasks prescribed in the Bylaws, the focus of this event will be celebratory and inspirational. Facilitate awareness of AAUW mission-based programming opportunities by supporting branches in developing mission-based programming including Leadership Training. Support STEM events, $tart $mart and Elect Her workshops, NCCWSL attendance. Public Policy A minimum of 15% of each branch s membership will participate in the Action network provided by AAUW. Implement the guidelines for the State Public Policy operations, as recommended by Public Policy Special Committee in 2007, and updated in Gain state-wide member participation in the passage of bills relating to Pay Equity and Paid Sick Leave, and Student Assistance for Child Care in the 2015 Legislative session. Every branch will participate in the promotion of Pay Equity Day in its community. Development Facilitate the education of all members as to the AAUW Funds categories and how to donate. Facilitate branch Funds chairs in their reporting of donations. Membership/Communication Coordinate with the Membership Vice President to have positive growth of membership within the state. Support the Communication and Membership Vice Presidents in their goal of alternative forms of member participation. Promote the use of electronic technology in the expansion of AAUW within our membership. Network with communities such as College/University partners, Chamber of Commerce, Soroptimist, League of Women Voters, and Center for Women, Politics and Policies. Encourage and support the formation of Student Organizations in our CU partners. Finance Develop/maintain an annual budget that is balanced and supportive of the officers and their duties. Make recommendations for re-investing state funds into programs that support AAUW mission at local and state level. Leadership As AAUW evolves in structure, serve as the liaison and facilitator of any branch-level change necessitated by the reorganization. Facilitate/coordinate with the state officers to complete their goals and promote the mission of AAUW in our state. State and branch leaders will mentor future AAUW of Oregon Leaders. Facebook address:

8 American Association of University Women Vision AAUW will be a powerful advocate and visible leader in equity and education through research, philanthropy, and measurable change in critical areas impacting the lives of women and girls. Mission AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research. 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. Diversity In principle and in practice, AAUW values and seeks a diverse membership. There shall be no barriers to full participation in the organization on the basis of gender, race, creed, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or class. We re on the web: Oregon News address changes to: Georgia Applegate/ Oregon News 556 Glenlyn Drive Williams OR PRSRT STD Us POSTAGE PAID BEAVERTON OR PERMIT NO