Official Business by Rebecca Friedberg Steering Committee Transition Meeting On January 15th, 2017 the old and new steering committee members met at Cafe Bistro in San Francisco for the annual transition meeting. We discussed the various steering committee positions’ responsibilities for the new members and each person chose her new or continuing role. The new steering committee chairs are as follows: Policies & Procedures: Hannah Chatham Programs: Carol Mancke, Spring Friedlander and Aziza Zare Public Relations: Conyee Chan Membership: Helen Vasquez Newsletter: Rebecca Friedberg Information Administrator: Cynthia Bathgate We also said a heartfelt thank you and sad goodbye to those members rotating off the steering committee: Gloria Kim, Naomi Horowitz and Sharon Chio. We’ll miss them at the meetings but will see you soon at an upcoming OWA event. We then reviewed the goals from the 2016 Visioning Retreat and gave updates on progress. We reviewed and approved the 2017 budget, as well as the minutes from the previoius meeting. We discussed membership strategies and potential upcoming programs. (See Programs) Finally, we set the Steering Committee meeting dates and locations for the 2017 calendar year. As usual, we will alternate between San Francisco and East Bay. As a reminder, OWA members are always welcome at any Steering Committee meeting. Logged-in members may always view complete, approved meeting minutes on the OWA+DP website at https://owa-usa.org/minutes.php |
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Newsletter | Jan/Feb 2017