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COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES FORM

 

Committee: Women’s

 

Date/Time:  07/10/07 11:30-1:30p

 

In Attendance:

Chair:  Amber Holland

 

 

Present

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members:

Michael O’Neill

Terry Mitchell

 

 

Karen Thompson

Naiela Long

 

 

Donna Carter

Tiffany Tolliver

 

 

Alexis Stine

Tashina Traylor

 

 

 

 

 

Excused

Candi Thiesen

Kathy Barker

 

 

Michelle Frank

Sharon Goff

 

 

Lemmell Brown

 

 

 

 

 

Topics/Issues/Activities Discussed.  Number each.

1. Guest speaker, Sharla Muralt from Nettworth

Spoke about scholarships they give away every year to the children of CWA members going to college (end of May), 401k, pensions, IRA’s, social security speaker July 18th 5:15p at Gordon Biersch.

2. Approved the minutes from the 6/12/07 meeting

3. Welcomed our newest members; Donna Carter and Tiffany Tolliver

4. Alexis gave an overview of her time at the Summer School for Union Women at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wa.

5. CLUW convention 10/10-10/13, Lemmell Brown will attend. Will try to send another member, Alexis Stine.

6. Update on Women’s shelter donation boxes, not as good of a turn out as in Dec, but still getting donations throughout the Bell Plaza building, going on thru 7/31/07.

7. Aug 11th Street Fair for families to get backpacks and school supplies, we can get more info from Joan Huey.

8. “Light the Night Walk” at Greenlake and Tulalip Amphitheather Sat Sept 15th, registration begins at 5:30p. We will determine at the next meeting if we want to participate in that.

9. Walk for hope, is in Oct, which is also breast cancer awarness month. Do we want to participate in this. It’s similar to the Race for the Cure. We will decide at the next meeting as well. Along with what we want to do for Oct.

10. WSLC Women’s committee meeting 6/25/07 they need donations for their silent auction at the WSLC Convention held in Aug. The money goest to their scholarship fund. (Which helped pay for Lemmell and Alexis to attend the Summer School for women in June) Gave info on the MomsRising Organization, will send the link to everyone. Can also get a boycott list on the national AFL-CIO website.

11. Group photo to be updated in Sept to include new members

12. CWA Newsletter deadline Sept 4th an article on our activies and upcoming activities to be put in the newsletter. Along with reports from Alexis and Lemmell.

Roundtable

Naiela discussed the 7/25/07 multifaith works training from 6:30p to 7:30p. More full day training to be in the fall. Got volunteers.

Date of Next Meeting: 8/14/07 11:30-12:30 Room TBA

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