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SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF UPPER PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA P.O. BOX 10535 CLEARWATER, FLORIDA USA 33767 Volume 46, Issue, August, 2009 Online Edition #97 |
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This is a new meeting and a new meeting place. Please mark your calendars!!!!! Sam Seltzer's Restaurant Corner of Belleair Road and US HWY #19 Details in President Susan's Letter. Please page down to read. Cocktails at 5:15 PM Dinner from 5:30 to 6:30 PM Our meeting will begin at 6:30. Since we do not have to change rooms we may continue eating.. It is very important that you RSVP. You may do so by Emailing here. Or  by calling Terry Sue at 442-0149 |
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 President Susan's Letter
Yes, we are meeting this month! Sam Seltzer’s Steak House – US Highway 19 at Belleair Road As we’ve discussed for the last couple of months, we will be meeting this month – August 25 th – and we are trying out a new location. Meet us at 5:15 for cocktails, followed by dinner, and our meeting at 6:30 p.m. We will be ordering off the menu, receiving individual checks, and we’ll decide if we want to make this our new location. Our room rental will be included in the gratuity, which will be added to each person’s check. Mark your calendar and join us for dinner at Sam Seltzer’s.Since our last meeting at Cathy Wagner’s home … and thank you again Cathy, it was a great time … your board has been working to put together a tentative plan of action, proposed budget and new chairs for our committees and projects. Thank you for all the suggestions, and thank you for volunteering at last month’s meeting. We will be contacting you to confirm your new positions in the next few days. 2010-2011 will definitely be a year of transition, modification and evolution to a new and stronger SI UP. Let’s all work together to recruit and retain, and improve the lives of women and girls. Hope to see each of you on the 25 th ….Susan |
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Below you will find our Calendar, Lists of our Officers, Committees and Members, Some Committee Reports, Birthdays and other Current Announcements.
At the very bottom of this page are Current
SIA and SI International Projects. There are live links to SIA
for more info.
Please page down to read. |
The Way We Were 2007 -2008 If you want to know our personal history, Click above. |
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Officers 2009-2010 |
Committee
Assignments
2009 -2010 Service Telephone & Parliamentarian: Terry Sue Turner Publicity: Growth & Development: Phyllis Cloman Projects Scoup - SOLT: Pat Arbutine Directory : Women Honoring Women: Women Opportunity Award: Violet Richardson Award: The Ruby Award:(Women of Distinction) Above the Club: Betsi Lewis |
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 Information from Soroptimist Headquarters
The club email should provide a “blind” contact for our club, in
order to maintain the privacy of individual members’ email
addresses, so the clubs will be able to receive and send email from
this address. It also ensures that all clubs have access to
email technology, and provides a known electronic contact for
headquarters and the public to be in communication with the club.
The club email addresses will be put on the SIA website, and will be
the “public” contact point for the clubs from our website. At
that point, we can use these addresses for our own club contacts and
to put on our website as a contact point for your club.
Headquarters will also begin directing club-based blast email
messages (such as the bi-monthly club president’s calendar) to these
addresses as well.
Now that we are totally connected, President Susan needs to make
sure that someone is checking the club email address regularly and
responding to messages in a timely manner. The prompt reply to
messages, especially from prospective members and the public, is
crucial to building and maintaining effective public relations. (Do
I hear another committee forming? Or is it part of the Recruitment
and Retention Committee?)
Please remember that circularization of the members or clubs, which
includes using email systems to mass contact clubs in order to
support projects or positions, is strictly prohibited between clubs
in different regions by the SIA Procedures.
I have a copy of the Region Directory which has all the club email
addresses in it (along with lots of other information).
If you would like an electronic copy, please let me know.
It would be good for you to try to access these accounts now, so if
there are any problems they can be corrected.
A document on how clubs can sign into and use the club email system
can also be found on the SIA website, as well as an even longer
version of the instructions at:
The New York Times Magazine Ad
SIA
is proud to announce that the August 23, 2009, issue of
The New York Times
will contain a full-page ad promoting SIA. This issue of The
Times will focus on the economic empowerment of women, and will
provide the perfect showcase to create awareness about Soroptimist.
By promoting Soroptimist, we will increase the impact of SIA
programs and attract new members to achieve our mission. This
awareness effort will benefit all clubs in the federation—even those
outside of North America—as The Times is read throughout the
world. SIA is asking members and clubs to make a voluntary
contribution to support this special awareness effort. Contributing
is easy!
Soroptimist International of Southern
England Region of SIGBI is offering an opportunity for a Soroptimist
to visit, share and exchange experiences for a period of three to
four weeks between mid-June–mid-July 2010. Click
here for more information.
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Marsha M 1/06 Pegi M-1/16 Judy P - 1/25 Jeanne G-1/27 Nancy C.-3/19 Alice S -5/5 Dede 5/12 Cathy W - 5/15 Karen- 1/ 27 Martha G-7/19 Linda- 9/04 Terry Sue T -9/4 Phyllis 9/06 Pat A. - 9/13 Susan K-9/23 Mel C. -10/8 Grace S - 11/22 Katie 12/4 Betsi L- 12/19 |
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Board
Meetings May 17,2009- Place: Mel Chase's Home Everyone is Welcome!! If Interested Email Here. |
Meeting May 26th: at The Grand Hotel Presentation of Women's Opportunity Award, Violet Richardson and Making a Difference for Women |
June 6 -Joint Officer Installation Meeting Hostess : SI Holiday Isles Place: "Sam Seltzer's"-See Invitation Board Meeting - June 14th at Pat's Home. |
June 23rd Regular Club Meeting- Strategic planning meeting. July 28th Club Meeting at Cathy's Home |
August 25th Regular Club Meeting Sam Seltzer's Steak House. Corner of Belleair Road and US HWY #19 |
September 22nd Meeting. Mark your calendars!! Macy's Shop for a Cause Event for the fall will be held on Saturday, October 17th. No further details at this time - will keep you posted. Hope you all can join us. |
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October 16 -17 District II Meeting Hostess Holiday Isles |
October 27th Meeting |
November 24th Meeting Shopping Night at The Silver Queen |
December Christmas Party |
January 26, 2010 Meeting |
February Women H0noring Women |
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March Slate of Officers Presented |
April Election of Officers Service Funds Due March 31st Dues should be paid April 1st. |
April 29 - May2-2010 Southern Region Conference Deerfield Beach,Florida "S.S. Leg-a-Sea" |
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June, 2009 : Lots of good "Above
the Club " Reading Here. A treat and a great piece of philosophy.. |
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From:
soroptifun-bounces@taranto.com [mailto:soroptifun-bounces@taranto.com]
On Behalf Of Meryl Caldwell-Smith
I particularly like the last bit
Warmly from Down-Under
It said: "THIS SUMMER DO YOU WANT TO BE A MERMAID OR A WHALE?" A middle aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded publicly to the question posed by the gym. To Whom It May Concern: Whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea lions, curious humans). They have an active sex life, they get pregnant and have adorable baby whales. They have a wonderful time with dolphins, stuffing themselves with shrimp. They play and swim in the seas, seeing wonderful places like Patagonia, the Barren Sea and the coral reefs of Polynesia. Whales are wonderful singers and have even recorded CDs. They are incredible creatures and virtually have no predators other than humans. They are loved, protected and admired by almost everyone in the world. Mermaids don't exist. If they did exist, they would be lining up outside the offices of Argentinean psychoanalysts due to identity crisis. Fish or human? They don't have a sex life because they kill men who get close to them, not to mention how could they have sex? Therefore they don't have kids either. Not to mention who wants to get close to a girl who smells like a fish store? The choice is perfectly clear to me; I want to be a whale. P.S. We are in an age when media puts into our heads the idea that only skinny people are beautiful, but I prefer to enjoy an ice cream with my kids, a good dinner with a man who makes me shiver and a coffee with my friends. With time we gain weight because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room it distributes out to the rest of our bodies. So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured, educated and happy. Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think, "Good gosh, look how smart I am!" | ||||||||||||||
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Dedicated to Dorothy Quick who loved to
share her Soroptimist wisdom with us. You may read SIA Annual report at the SIA Website. Go to the newsroom. |
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