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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.
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.
