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General Meeting and Installation of Officers
By Kathy Garfinkle
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Fremont AAUW members gathered
at Massimo’s on Monday evening and enjoyed a lovely slide show put
together by John Skarpelos and Mary Lynn Pelican. Attendees
also had an opportunity to renew friendships and meet new friends
before the brief general meeting began.
At the start of the
meeting, Genevieve Angelides explained proposed changes to our Association’s
Bylaws. The minutes from the previous board meeting and Treasurer’s
report were approved.
The program also included
recognition of the contributions of all our members. Women
at the Helm were recognized and honored. Everyone was given
a surfboard floating candle favor as a symbol for our uplifting
mission for this year: “Charting the Course and Breaking
Barriers as we Ride the Waves of Change”.
After dinner, certificates
and awards were presented to honor and thank some of our very special members.
The Named Gift Honoree
awards were presented to Genevieve Angelides and Sara Hinkel for
their leadership of the One Book, One Community Read project and the
Pennies For Peace (P4P) fundraiser.
A Named Gift Honoree
is an individual who is recognized, usually by a branch or the state AAUW,
for a gift to the Foundation of $750 or more in that individual’s name.
Fremont AAUW contributed approximately $1,686.95 to the
Foundation for the 2008-2009 year.
This year, five Interim
Presidents were installed by program chair Kathy Garfinkle:
Jeanne Delp, Mary Lynn Pelican, Carolyn Hedgecock, RoseMarie Everett
and Kathy Garfinkle will take turns as branch presidents throughout
the year and were presented with special folders and mini inner tube
floats to help them carry on with the theme “Ride the Waves of Change”.
Also installed were:
Parliamentarian Jeanne Delp; Membership Chairs
RoseMarie Everett and Jeanne Delp; Membership Treasurers
Mary Lynn Pelican and Amy Cho; Education Foundation Chairs
Kathy Garfinkle and Caroline Hedgecock; and Interim Treasurer Luzmarie Vallejo.
Genevieve Angelides and Randy Fewel were recognized for
becoming “The Waves Beneath Our Floats” as they mentor the executive board
throughout the 2009-2010 year.
Mary Lynn Pelican
presented a beautiful Past President’s Gift to our outgoing president,
Randy Fewel. We all marveled at the globe music box that
played “To Dream the Impossible Dream”. The gift was presented
from the membership to Randy with much love and appreciation for a
job well done. Randy expressed her thanks for the gift
and for the privilege of serving as president of Fremont AAUW. Kathy Garfinkle
thanked all those who both attended and helped make the evening such
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2009-2010 Executive
Board Members With Leadership Folders.
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Randy Fewel receives
2nd Year Past President’s Award.
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Mary Lynn Pelican
and Liz Poe receive LAF Certificates from Carolyn Hedgecock
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Past President
Randy Fewel Visits with a Few AAUW Members.
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Genevieve Angelides,
Named Gift Honoree, and EF Co_Chair Carolyn Hedgecock.
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Mary Lynn Pelican
and Suzanne Miller receive LAF Certificates from Carolyn Hedgecock.
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