Tag Archives: Membership

MEMBERSHIP DOINGS

MEMBERSHIP DOINGS By Gloria Yost

Welcome to our new member!

-Archana Maniar (spoke at Authors Luncheon)

We are glad you have joined and look forward to getting to know you.

2024-25 Membership Ambassadors, so far  

Jan Stuter, Charmen Goehring, Gloria Yost, Hedda Smithson,

PJ Missman, Liz Jordan, Joy Allender, Karen Burley

WHO’s GOING TO WIN A FREE MEMBERSHIP?

* * * * * * * *
Please become an ambassador by doing the following:

  • Bring in a new member — get your name on our Wall of Honor
  • Bring in a new member — get your name added for our drawings
  • Monthly drawing for prizes at meetings
  • Recruit the most new members — WIN a free AAUW membership for 2025-26

Help us Strengthen our Branch connections and friendships

Gloria Yost and Vicky Lovell – Our contact information can be found in the Membership Directory.

Membership Renewal By Donna Holmes

2025-26 Membership renewal for the majority of our members is due. If you sent in a check last year your paperwork is coming via USPS as it was sent 5/23/2025. If you did not receive it, you can download a copy to print <here> and a tax receipt <here>.

To renew online with a credit card, go to https://www.aauw.org/membership/, click on login to renew. If you have never logged in, click on ‘Forgot  Your Password’ and National will send you a link.

Please renew by June 30. State dues will increase by $10 to a total of $30 on July 1, so it ‘pays’ to pay on time!

Questions? Call Donna Holmes, Gloria Yost or Vicky Lovell. Their contact information is in the directory.

Celebrating June Birthdays! 

Happy Birthday to All!

  • Della Knowles                             6/2
  • Patricia Peck                               6/2
  • Mahnaz Khazari                         6/4
  • Shirley Wheeler                         6/8
  • Pamela Spears                          6/8
  • Jane Reinmuth                          6/10
  • Rita Walker                                6/10
  • Sharon Lee Swanson               6/11
  • Carmen Hobbs                         6/12
  • Charmen Goehring                  6/19
  • Kathleen Papst                         6/20
  • Carol Hayes                               6/29

Celebrating July Birthdays! 

  • Karen Ruth Curtis                      7/1
  • Nancy Kniskern                         7/1
  • Gloria Sears                               7/3
  • Karen Ann Rystad                     7/5
  • Patricia Winkle                          7/6
  • Judy Foote                                  7/8
  • Michele Hobza                          7/8
  • Linda Sparks                             7/9
  • Shari Beck                                 7/13
  • Lisa Howard                              7/14
  • Billie Veerkamp                        7/14
  • Vivian Counts                           7/16
  • Vicki M Kloock                          7/18
  • Marty McKnew                        7/20
  • Lori Franz                                 7/24
  • Martha H McDowell               7/24
  • Gina Schumacher                   7/31

Did You Know?

Did You Know? By Karen Burley

There’s a new movie out called “Lilly,” based on the life of Fair Pay activist Lilly Ledbetter. It stars Academy Award-nominated actress Patricia Clarkson as Lilly Ledbetter as she battles the court case Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. In theaters as of May 9th.

Scholarship News By Beth Rose

The Scholarship Committee met to review the twelve complete scholarship applications they received for the upcoming 2025-2026 academic year. Committee members were happy with the quality of the applicants. It was determined that five applicants will be asked to participate in personal interviews with the committee.

Sunshine Chair

Pat Winkle is our Sunshine Chair and needs to hear from you if you know members who might appreciate a get well, sympathy or “thinking of you” card. As she doesn’t know everyone, she needs your help in remembering our friends. Her contact information is in the directory.

Printable Newsletter Articles

Click <here> for Printable Newsletter Articles.

MEMBERSHIP DOINGS

MEMBERSHIP DOINGS By Gloria Yost

Welcome to our new members!

-Mary Fenner
-Yvonne McKinney
-Ana Ross
-Gretchen Hess

 We are glad you have joined and look forward to getting to know you.

2024-25 Membership Ambassadors, so far  

Jan Stuter, Charmen Goehring, Gloria Yost, Hedda Smithson,

PJ Missman, Liz Jordan, Joy Allender, Karen Burley

WHO’s GOING TO WIN A FREE MEMBERSHIP?

* * * * * * * *
Please become an ambassador by doing the following:

  • Bring in a new member — get your name on our Wall of Honor
  • Bring in a new member — get your name added for our drawings
  • Monthly drawing for prizes at meetings
  • Recruit the most new members — WIN a free AAUW membership for 2025-26

Help us Strengthen our Branch connections and friendships

Gloria Yost and Vicky Lovell – Our contact information can be found in the Membership Directory.

Celebrating May Birthdays! 

Happy Birthday to All!

  • Patricia Stillwell                                   5/1
  • Patricia Morehead                              5/5
  • Janis Appel                                           5/13
  • Margaret McCarthy                            5/16
  • Rosemary Howard                              5/18
  • Pat McCarty                                          5/19
  • Deborah Dunn                                     5/22
  • Cheryl Fuller                                         5/24
  • Merrie McLaughlin                              5/26
  • Tamara Olson                                      5/28
  • Patty Taylor                                          5/29
  • Margot Leidig                                       5/31

Did You Know?

Did You Know? By Karen Burley

Legacy Giving

For those of you who love this organization and want to see AAUW continue to fight for equity for all into the future, you can become a Legacy Circle member. This is a gift that you leave from your estate and there is no minimum amount. There are many ways to set this up and you can contact me for more information. We have about 140 Legacy Circle members in California.in our branch we have 11 members, the most of any branch in California. Please join us!

Scholarship Applications

In the March newsletter we provided information regarding our branch scholarships. This is a reminder that the Scholarship Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year must be received by April 30, 2025 for consideration by the scholarship committee. Please get the word out to potential applicants you may know.

Tech Trek Volunteering

Tech Trek will be held July 12-19 at UC Davis. If you are interested in volunteering, send an email to the Sacramento Branch coordinator, Lana Widman. Lana’s contact information can be found in the Membership Directory.

Sunshine Chair

Pat Winkle is our Sunshine Chair and needs to hear from you if you know members who might appreciate a get well, sympathy or “thinking of you” card. As she doesn’t know everyone, she needs your help in remembering our friends. Her contact information is in the directory.

Printable Newsletter Articles

Click <here> for Printable Newsletter Articles.

MEMBERSHIP DOINGS

MEMBERSHIP DOINGS By Gloria Yost

The weather is changing and flowers are blooming everywhere.  Spring is here, and new members keep finding AAUW Sacramento.

Marlaina Spivy

  • Lives in Carmichael and will be a core teacher at the UC Davis Tech Trek camp in July.

Rosella Rowlison

  • Teaches at Galt high School and is interested in public policy, singles dining. She worked as a White House intern for Vice President Al Gore.

Vicki Kloock

  • Used to be a member in Wisconsin and found us on the internet

WELCOME Marlaina, Rosella and Vicki

 We are glad you have joined and look forward to getting to know you.

A personal pause – Gloria would like to give a heartfelt thank you to all of you in my AAUW family who called, sent cards and shared get well wishes after my nasty fall.  You’ve made my recovery easier.

24-25 Membership Ambassadors, so far  

Jan Stuter, Charmen Goehring, Gloria Yost, Hedda Smithson,

PJ Missman and Liz Jordan

WHO’s GOING TO WIN A FREE MEMBERSHIP?

February drawing winner – Liz Jordan

* * * * * * * *
Please become an ambassador by doing the following:

  • Bring in a new member — get your name on our Wall of Honor
  • Bring in a new member — get your name added for our drawings
  • Monthly drawing for prizes at meetings
  • Recruit the most new members — WIN a free AAUW membership for 2025-26

Help us Strengthen our Branch connections and friendships

Gloria Yost and Vicky Lovell – Our contact information can be found in the Membership Directory.

Celebrating April Birthdays! 

Happy Birthday to All!

  • Jeanne P Garcia                                   4/1
  • Anne Rhodes                                       4/1
  • Tom Smithson                                     4/1
  • Carol Nyman                                        4/3
  • RosaLee Black                                      4/7
  • Theresa Chekon                                  4/9
  • Sandi Schoenman                               4/10
  • Sandra Young                                      4/11
  • Ann Pickens                                          4/17
  • Pamela Saltenberger                          4/17
  • Janelle Kauffman                                 4/19
  • Karylle Gabrielle Ilao                           4/21
  • Loretta Hom                                         4/25
  • Margaret Brown                                  4/27

Did You Know?

Did You Know? By Karen Burley

Legacy Giving

For those of you who love this organization and want to see AAUW continue to fight for equity for all into the future, you can become a Legacy Circle member. This is a gift that you leave from your estate and there is no minimum amount. There are many ways to set this up and you can contact me for more information. We have about 140 Legacy Circle members in California, including several in this branch, and we welcome more! Just this past month we welcomed member Barbara Smith into the Legacy Circle! Thank you Barbara!

As Judy Horan says, “Live, Love, Leave a Legacy!”

Speech Trek Contest Winners

Last month we omitted the photo of our Speech Trek Contest winners. First-place winner was Suyan Glozar, from Cosumnes Oaks High School. The third-place winner was Sierra Peters from Monterey High School. Second-place winner was Nikky Lin from Cosumnes High School.

AAUW California Public Policy News

From Amy Hom and Missy Maceyko, Co-chairs, AAUW California Public Policy Committee:  Please click <here> for the March issue of Public Policy News. Included is information about how to respond to the implementation of Project 2025 and the attack on our core values, as well as tips on how to balance well-being, media consumption, and action. Also included is an article “Prepare for Sexual Assault Prevention Month in April.”

Click here for the link to the Public Policy News Archive.

Scholarship Applications

In the March newsletter we provided information regarding our branch scholarships. This is a reminder that the Scholarship Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year must be received by April 30, 2025 for consideration by the scholarship committee. Please get the word out to potential applicants you may know.

Sunshine Chair

Pat Winkle is our Sunshine Chair and needs to hear from you if you know members who might appreciate a get well, sympathy or “thinking of you” card. As she doesn’t know everyone, she needs your help in remembering our friends. Her contact information is in the directory.

Printable Newsletter Articles

Click <here> for Printable Newsletter Articles.

President’s Message

President’s Message By Nancy McCabe

I hope you are enjoying our Spring-like weather!

National is planning a $5 dues increase effective April 1, 2025. See the details here: Dues Information. None of these increases will affect Student Dues or MBHL-50-year honorary life members. The National increase does not affect MBL-Paid life members.

Please remember that our branch has a dues assistance fund if you need help. I know none of you wants to hear this but please read the rationale. Most of us can afford this, and it is needed and important that we keep working our mission!

Thanks to Donna Holmes, Membership Finance, for providing this information.

And…A Love Letter to AAUW Sacramento, by Hedda Smithson:

Here is my take on our beloved branch. First – is it loved? Yes, indeed it is loved. We have endured and flourished for more than 100 years. If that isn’t love, it will have to do – until . . . (oops – bird walk!) With recent efforts to have more efficiency, our board has been downsized and the elected positions are fewer in number. At this writing, we believe we have candidate(s) for program director. Our search for a president is ongoing.

We can see the headlines now:
                    AAUW Sacramento goes TOPLESS for 2025-2027
Well – that’s not an image we want to see. So – remember in school when the teacher asked for volunteers? And if no one raised her hand, the teacher just CALLED ON HER!

We don’t want that to happen – so – think about your skills and what you can contribute to our branch going forward! There will be LOTS of support offered – you won’t be alone. EVER! So – reach out and ask questions – and be sure to call us before we call you. It is time for one good woman (it could be two) to come to the aid of her branch.

Let the love flow … CALL Nancy McCabe. Phone number is on page 19 of the membership directory.

MEMBERSHIP DOINGS By Gloria Yost, Donna Holmes

Hopefully you all received the recent eBlast with contact information on new members and some revisions for current members. Please note that the last 4 digits of member Dr. Viki Montera-Heckman’s phone number are 1401.

If you have a question regarding membership, you can reach out to Gloria Yost or Vicky Lovell, contact information can be found in the Membership Directory.

Celebrating March Birthdays! 

Happy Birthday to All!

  • PJ Missman                                     3/1
  • Patricia Morgan                             3/5
  • Sharon Norris                                3/6
  • Marjorie Patzer                              3/6
  • Julia Maclay                                     3/8
  • Vicky Lovell                                     3/9
  • Alice Bauer                                     3/14
  • Mary Lou Lentz                              3/17
  • Carolyn Meeker                              3/17
  • Janice Chung                                   3/19
  • Shelagh O’Rourke                          3/20
  • Elizabeth Jordan                             3/28

Leadership

AAUW Sacramento Branch Leadership By Hedda Smithson

AAUW Sacramento-Organized February 1920

Look at our 105th year!! Marvel at the improvements we’ve made over the years. A sleeker, well designed framework that takes advantage of technology and communication has emerged.

  • 9-member Board of Directors
  • 10 Board of Directors’ meetings on Zoom – rarely last more than 90 minutes
  • 2 positions will be elected this year for the 2025-26 membership year: President and Program Vice President
  • 2 positions continue: Finance Director and Secretary
  • 5 positions will be appointed for one-year terms. (See page 8 of the directory)
  • 4 branch meetings required by our governing documents,

And how (you are thinking to yourself) can I help? We thought you would never ask!!

  1. Put on your thinking cap – what topics or issues would you like to have addressed at a branch meeting?
  2. What interesting meeting places would you like us to consider?
  3. Reread the article in the January issue of Capital Ideas for more details.
  4. Think about how you would like to become more involved in your branch.
  5. Then call, text, or email Nancy, Hedda or Barbara. (Pages 9, 24, 25 of directory.)

Side note: We have a standing reservation at the North Ridge Country Club for the second Saturday in December for our Holiday/Winter Luncheon.  Members of the Citrus Heights/American River Branch of AAUW will be joining us for the 2025-26 membership year. The majority of their members live in Citrus Heights, Carmichael and Fair Oaks.

MEMBERSHIP DOINGS

MEMBERSHIP DOINGS By Gloria Yost

We Have More New Members!
And They Found Us Online!

Fatuma Yusuf
*Lives in Carmichael

Shelagh O’Rourke
*Is new to Sacramento and is excited to get involved in many of our
activities

 

WELCOME  Fatuma  and Shelag
We are glad you have joined and look forward to getting to know you!

Looking for more Membership Ambassadors!
2024-25 Membership Ambassadors so far:

Jan Stuter, Charmen Goehring, Gloria Yost,
Hedda Smithson, PJ Missman, Liz Jordan
Congratulations to Hedda, our January drawing winner!

Please join us by doing the following:

  • Bring in a new member — get your name on our Wall of Honor
  • Bring in a new member — get your name added for our drawings
  • Monthly drawing for prizes at meetings
  • Recruit the most new members — WIN a free AAUW membership for 2025-26

Help us Strengthen our Branch connections and friendships. Contact Gloria Yost or Vicky Lovell, our contact information can be found in the Membership Directory.

Celebrating February Birthdays! 

Happy Birthday to All!

  • Anna Storey                                  2/1
  • Kathleen Deaver                          2/2
  • Margaret Steinberg                     2/3
  • Arlene Cullum                               2/4
  • Kathie Huff                                    2/4
  • Ann J Burke                                    2/5
  • Susan Whetstone                          2/9
  • Laura Weaver                               2/12
  • Jane Cooley                                   2/14
  • Nancy Fox                                     2/16
  • Carol Finney                                 2/25
  • Inger Lindholm                            2/26
  • Karen W. Smith                            2/26

Did You Know?

Did You Know? By Karen Burley

Photo Policy

When you attend AAUW events photos are taken and you may find your face in a newsletter article or on our <website>. You may wonder “Are other people allowed to photograph or record me in public without my consent”? Your diligent newsletter editor researched this and here is the answer: In California, yes, people are allowed to take photos or video of you in public even if you don’t like it. Where you don’t have a “reasonable expectation of privacy,” including most public places, pretty much anything you do can be photographed or recorded. However, they may not “commercialize” (make money from) your image without your consent.

So now you know!

Scholarship Applications

In the March newsletter we will provide more information regarding our branch scholarships. But the Scholarship Application for the 2025-2026 academic year has been posted and can be found on our website. Look for the “Branch Outreach Programs” tab along the top banner on the website, then click on “Scholarships.” The application may be tweaked a bit more in February, so consider this an early look. Please get the word out to potential applicants you may know.

Sunshine Chair

Pat Winkle is our Sunshine Chair and needs to hear from you if you know members who might appreciate a get well, sympathy or “thinking of you” card. As she doesn’t know everyone, she needs your help in remembering our friends. Her contact information is in the directory.

Printable Newsletter Articles

Click <here> for Printable Newsletter Articles.