Daily Archives: June 5, 2017

Note from our editor/publisher by Angela Scarlett

Dear AAUW Sacramento Members,

I apologize for the lateness of this month’s newsletter.  While our copy editor Kim Rutledge finished editing in a timely manner, my once reliable computer decided to start giving me trouble.  I am typing this note from an alternate computer

I’d like to draw your attention to both May Branch Program and Installation (I have a link to a photo album on Facebook) and our Interest Group Coordinator Cherril Peabody’s recap of the 2016-17 year.  She’s looking to help folks establish new groups or help struggling groups.  Our Walk-to-Lunch group is folding in July due to lack of participation.  If you have wondered about an interest group, I encourage you to reach out via email to the group coordinator.

Down below are links to our interest groups, book groups, membership birthdays and a printable version of the main articles in our electronic newsletter.  AAUW Sacramento’s board is always looking for bright and enthusiastic members to get more involved with the branch.

With Regard,
Angela Scarlett
AAUW Sacramento Communications Director

  • Click here for the Interest Group Calendar
  • Click here for the Book Group Calendar
  • Click here for member birthdays
  • Click here for printable newsletter articles

 

Walk-to-Lunch Interest Group Coming to An End by Cherril Peabody

Our 2016-17 AAUW year is winding down, and I want to give a status report and start getting ideas for the next program year, which begins in July. I just learned that one of our popular interest groups is coming to an end: Walk to Lunch. They started off the year with 23 members and ended the last three months with two walkers. That’s a shame, but it is evident that group members’ interests and priorities have changed, and there is no sense continuing with so little participation. A big thank you is due to Susan Potter for her seven years of leading this group! Are there other groups that are having a hard time and may be feeling their time is up?

 What about next year? I’d like to start planning now for some new groups. What about a political action group that meets to discuss current issues and to compose and send letters and postcards to political leaders advocating for issues of concern to women? Also, there were a couple other good ideas last year that maybe didn’t receive enough publicity. One idea was for a group that would attend film screenings of the Metropolitan Opera together. Another was for a group that would play chamber music together. I know we have musicians and opera buffs among our members. Maybe you can think of a specific mission-based project that you think we could manage as an interest group. Please let me know (capeabody@comcast.net) if you are interested in any of these ideas or if you have another one you think might be popular.