November, 2010
Equal Times OFFICERS President’s Council
Susan Murphey Patereau 981-2799
Recording Secretary
Jeri Allen 607-4067
Treasurer
Penny Lockhart 842-4732
Membership Chairs
Arti O’Connor 847-0451 Suzanne Barrett 683-2400
Tech Trek STILL Needs Your Help!
Make a TAX DEDUCTIBLE donation to Gilroy AAUW’s Tech Trek fund
Scholarship Chair
Carol Smith 848-2475
and make your treat count!
Public Policy Chair
Lyn Hackett 842-4946
would treat a 7th Grade Girl to a week-long
Publicity Chair
Connie Rogers 842-8494
Communications Chair
Susan Murphey Patereau 981-2799
International Studies Chair
Lyn Hackett 842-4946
AAUW Fund Chair
Terry Newman 499-5860
Tech Trek Chairs
Margie Enger 489-1324 Sandy Gaffney 842-7687
Gilroy AAUW would appreciate it if you Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) Summer Camp. The tuition for one camper is $800! Every dollar counts so please donate whatever you can. Make your check payable to: AAUW CA SPF Send to: Gilroy AAUW, P O Box 1962, Gilroy CA 95020-1962
Fall Membership Lunch Report A small group gathered on Saturday, October 16th, at the Westside Grill to network, talk about AAUW, and hear Sara Houts talk about her life. The occasion was the Fall Membership Lunch. Sara, originally from Gilroy, has a B.S. Degree in Aeronautical Engineering and is in a graduate program at Stanford, working with the Monterey
Bay Aquarium Research Institute to advance AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) technology in Inertial Navigation. In her spare time she volunteers with the Stanford Young Astronauts program, and plays volleyball. She was an inspiring speaker, and everyone present enjoyed the time to get to know her. Thanks, Sara!
Sara Houts was the speaker at the Fall Membership Lunch.
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Public Policy Survey Every two years AAUW California conducts a Member Survey that gives each member an opportunity to vote on the AAUW CA’s Public Policy Priorities. This year's survey will guide decisions about public policy in AAUW CA for the 2011-2013 period. For the first time, you can submit your survey online. Go to www.AAUW-CA.org, and click on the Public Policy section under Advocacy. You can also find the mail-in form in the Fall issue of California PERSPECTIVE.
Holiday Family Shopping 2010 The Christmas Season brings a new family to provide gifts to for Gilroy AAUW. Carol Smith has contacted Community Solutions, as she has for the past several years, and they are delighted and thankful to hear from us again this year. The family we will be buying gifts for this year includes one adult woman and her two teen-age daughters. In past years the families that we have provided gifts for have been very grateful, and Community Solutions has expressed continuing grati-
tude for our participation in this program. Carol will be collecting member donations at the Holiday Party on Sunday, December 5th, but if you are not able to attend, you can contact Carol and make arrangements to get your donation to her. Carol can be contacted at 842-2475, or email her at csmith_5141@yahoo.com. Gifts for the family have to be delivered to Community Solutions early, so don’t put off calling Carol!
Community Solutions was founded as a teen drop-in center in 1972. Since that time, we have grown in both depth and breadth of services as a response to the growing and changing needs of our community. We provide a comprehensive spectrum of prevention, intervention, treatment, and residential services to the communities of South Santa Clara County, South San Jose and San Benito County. We are governed by a voluntary Board of Directors who live in and represent these communities. We receive support from a diverse funding base including local, state and federal government; private foundations; and contributions.
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Fall Membership Lunch Report, cont. Jeri Allen, Lyn Hackett and Susan Valenta take time out to smile for the camera.
The Rules Marianne Peoples, Bonnie Colbert and Carol Smith enjoy the pre-lunch networking time.
Suzanne Barrett & Arti O’Connor arranged the speaker and took care of the details for the lunch.
Sara Houts, speaker, with her fan club—faculty from her alma mater, Monte Vista High School, Watsonville.
Equal Times will be published approximately monthly in 2006-2007. The sole purpose of this publication is to convey the association’s business to its membership. Only articles and announcements related to branch business will be considered for inclusion. Submissions, articles and notices are due by the 15th of each month and should be e-mailed, posted or hand delivered to Susan Murphey Patereau, 7470 Crawford Dr., Gilroy 95020, 981-2799, spatereau@charter.net.
Equal Times encourages members to advertise by purchasing a business card size ad, available by contacting Communications Director, Susan Murphey Patereau.
The 2010 Tech Trek girls, who attended the camp in July, were hosted by the branch for lunch and to hear Sara.
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California Budget Study San Jose Branch Leads Study Sessions
BITS Game for November How will anyone know we support opportunities for women in athletics if we are not there at the games where we can be seen and counted? We need to Be In The Seats (that‘s BITS). Please join us in at-tending Stanford Soccer v. Oregon on Sunday, November 7th at 1pm at Stan-ford‘s Cagan Field. Wear your AAUW T-shirt for visibility. We are joining the Bay Area Women‘s Sports Initiative (BAWSI) in selecting a game each month featuring the young women athletes who work with BAWSI after-school sports programs for underserved girls. We can be models for these girls too by getting our Butts In The Seats (that‘s also BITS)! Contact Jean Reed, if you want to carpool to the game.
of Solutions to the California Budget Imbalance. Our participation will start with three workshops to be held in November. The workshops will focus on education and health care provisions of the budget, subjects that are emphasized in AAUW‘s mission.
The State of California finally has a budget for fiscal year 2010-2011. Portions of this budget include drastic cuts in areas important to AAUW members. These cuts and the state‘s ongoing budget problems affect AAUW‘s public policy priorities. We encourage our members to examine how our organization can influence solutions to California‘s ongoing budget crisis.
At a time when social service agencies like Second Harvest Food Bank face a 44% increase in referrals and the state has declining revenue we need to influence the budget process. All workshops are at Headquarters from 1pm to 3pm.
We can start to make our voice heard now. San Jose AAUW is participating in a CA AAUW statewide Study
Tuesday November 9 CA State Budget Process
Tuesday November 16 CA State Budget Spending Tuesday November 30 CA State Budget Revenues You do not have to attend every workshop but input from members is important to the success of San Jose‘s participation in this Study. Results from our workshop will be part of a report issued by CA AAUW. Gloria Leonard (glorialeonard@sbcglobal.net) and Geri Madden (geri.madden6@gmail.com) head the planning for these meetings. Please contact one of them if you have questions or want to participate.
November Calendar of Events Sun
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5:00-7:00 Wine & Whine Carino's Target Shopping Center
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CHANGE YOUR CLOCKS
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VETERANS DAY 7:30 Books Group
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THANKSGIVING NO BOOKS!
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