Newsletter | Sep/Oct 2013


The Annual Business Meeting: how important it is!

by Charlayne Sakamoto
New and long time members, I want to remind you of the importance of your presence within the Organization of Women Architects and Design Professionals. Each year, members of OWADP get together to talk about the important issues in the organization.  The Annual Business Meeting is the one time where we all gather to vote on things we want to happen - add, change or keep the same.  We talk about the budget and the ‘pod’ committees for the upcoming year. And, we elect new Steering Committee members for the next term.  Make sure your voice as a member is represented within the organization moving forward.

Each active member has a voice and each person represents one vote.  It is important that you attend because we want to hear what you have to say.  Each year, we will send out an email ten days prior to the Annual Business Meeting about what will be discussed, similar to a meeting agenda.  If you have something you want to discuss of if you want to be on the Steering Committee, please contact a Steering Committee member  before Sunday, October 6th, so we can add it to the agenda of items to discuss.  The sooner the better. If you cannot attend, but still want your voice to be heard, you may contact a Steering Committee Member and tell them what your wishes are.  We will make sure to bring it up and discuss it with the members.

This year’s Annual Business Meeting will be on Tuesday, October 22nd, from 6 - 8PM at Cafe Pazzo in the San Francisco Design Center (2 Henry Adams Street, SF, CA  94103).  I hope to see you all there and thank you for reading my article.


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