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It’s that time of year again—the Nominating Committee has begun its search for candidates for the AWG 2010–2011 Board, which will be elected at the General Assembly in June. The Constitution defines the following elected positions: President, Vice-President(s), Secretary, and Treasurer. The President and Vice-President posts must be filled by Regular Members; the Secretary may be a Regular or an Associate Member, but must be a native English speaker; the Treasurer may be a Regular or an Associate Member. We have had two vice-presidents since 2007: Vice-President Internal Affairs (Activities) and Vice-President External Affairs. We want to get as much input as possible from all of you in order to ensure a representative and effective Board. So please send your suggestions to members of the Nominating Committee.

Your Nominating Committee,

Pam I, Rachel M, Kate F or send your suggestions to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , and we will forward.

 
Activities

 

We have many activities, described below. Those taking place this month are in bold. 


  • Book Club 
  • Charity
  • Children's Activities
  • Cook & Eat
  • Cultural Outings
  • Film Night
  • Garden Club
  • Holidays
  • Informative Speaker Evenings
  • Life Issues and the Bible
  • Scriveners
  • Walking Group
 
9 March 2010

 

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Welcome! President's message

Dear Members,

Each of us has her own reasons for belonging to AWG, as varied as our members are varied themselves. Yet there are a number of common themes, which taken together could define our club: friendship, sharing cultures, helping others.

This month I want to focus on the “helping others” theme, through two upcoming events, one in March and one in April. The first will be the post-FAWCO conference debriefing tea*, which is a tradition in our club. Those members who attended the Boston meeting will update us on the directions that FAWCO is taking, including the programs funded by FAWCO and by the FAWCO Foundation.

The second event will be a new one for our club: a charity tea. During this afternoon any AWG member will be able to make a short presentation about a worthwhile project that our club could support. This is in view to proposing projects for a FAWCO Development Grant in about 2 years’ time. (The new rules put in place by FAWCO for the Development Grants oblige the clubs to support a charity for one year before proposing it for this program. So local clubs need to identify worthwhile projects well in advance, thus the idea for the charity tea.)

March 8th is International Women’s Day. While AWG is not planning any specific events to commemorate this day, these two teas are in the spirit of the day, since many of the FAWCO- and AWG-supported programs aim to help and support women, both here in France and in countries throughout the world.

Bring your stone to the edifice we are building together, for a better world for women, wherever they may live.

Best wishes,

Denise

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