Meetings

Action Items of WG-USA Board Meetings

Board Teleconference, January 20, 2011

1. A policy was adopted to protect the organization and its members from identity theft when making fiscal transactions.
2. A 2011 draft budget was adopted.
3. It was decided that some program costs of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be covered from the general funds of the organization.
4. WG-US will be a co-sponsor with Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund of a workshop at the Commission on the Status of Women in February.
5. WG-USA will send a letter to Senator Wyden of Oregon thanking him for his sponsorship of the Victim’s Support Act in the last session of Congress and request that he introduce it in the current session.
6. We have 202 members of December 31, 2010.

Board Teleconference, March 3, 2011

1. Passed a motion to sign a contract with the University Raddison in Minneapolis for the September 16-18 WG-USA Annual General Meeting.
2. Approved Call for Nominations to the Board of Directors to be sent out by March 25.  
   
3. Encouraged interested members to volunteer to run for the offices of Treasurer, Program Convener, and Board Member At Large.
4. Approved an e blast to be sent out on March 4 to remind members to register for the Teleconference on March 26, 2011 from 11:00-12:00a.m. EDT.
5. Appointed Paula Young to the Communications Committee effective October, 2011.
   
6. Acknowledged that twenty WG-USA members attended  the Commission on the Status of Women held at the United Nations in NYC  February 22 through March 4, 2011.
7. Acknowledged that Florine Swanson was a delegate for IFUW to the Commission on the Status of Women.
   
8. Approved sending out an Every Member Survey on March 11, 2011 to learn more about WG-USA members' interests and capabilities.

Board Teleconference, April 4, 2011

1. Approved Arvonne Frazer as the key-note speaker for the Annual General Meeting.
2. Set the registration fee for the Annual General Meeting at $200 which covers all but one meal.
3. Accepted the resignation of Caroline Sedlacek's resignation from the Governance Committee.
4. Acknowledged the contribution of Carlynne McDonnell to IFUW for the support of the delinquent dues of the Philippines.
5. Accepted the Audit Report for 2010.

Board Teleconference, May 16, 2011

1. A policy to protect the identity of members who pay by credit card or send checks to Women Graduates has been written and filed.
2. A resolutions committee consisting of Jeanne Clarke, Arizona, Convener; Nancy Amin, Virginia; Antonette Gray, Utah; and Maxine Lampe, Iowa was appointed by the president.
4. A fund to support women in Japan who have immediate needs, an interrupted education or are displaced faculty is to be formed to be administered by the Japanese Federation of University Women where they see the greatest need.  The board approved promotion of the fund both on the website and by e-mail blast for members to contribute directly to the Treasurer, Sema Faigen, or through Justgive, with a link on the website.
6. A booth to provide information about Women Graduate-USA will be in the Market Place at the AAUW convention in June.  Members attending and interested can contact Carolyn Cowgill, clync@comcast.net .
7. The board supports supports a by-laws amendment to clarify that the board is responsible for approving the annual audit report.

Board Teleconference, June 10, 2011

1. Annual General Meeting (AGM)  fees will be as follows: the full registration fee for the AGM be $200, and the Friday dinner fees will be collected at the restaurant, the daily fee for Friday be $50 (plus dinner), for Saturday be $100 and for Sunday be $50 with no partial day fees.
2. The program for the AGM is being completed.  There will be a workshop on trafficking and one on education.  We will have a Friday field trip to the Minnesota Indian Women’s Center.  Several speakers have made commitments.
3. There will be a membership information booth at the AAUW convention.

Board Teleconference, July 25, 2011

1. Four hundred dollars in contributions and other funds will be sent to the Japanese Federation of University Women for disaster relief.
2. Committee appointments were approved by the board for 2011-2012.
   1. Tellers Committee Krys Wulf, Chair Sally Chamberlain Caroline Sadlacek
   2. Communications Task Force Paula Young – PA The Flame E-Newsletter – approved previously Amy Lancaster – PA Not continuing: Arlene Inglis and Bev Weiler
   3. Development Committee Maisha Britt – DE
   4. Finance Committee Carol Ann Council – NM Carrie Gallagher- CT Margery Sullivan – MD
   5. Governance Committee Kathleen Magill Claire Stein Mary Ann Czechowski Barbara Carey – Board Liaison
   6. Membership Committee Susan Halstrick – PA Janet Moses – MD Pamela Pommerenke – MI Esther Scher- AZ Not continuing: Fay Weber – Consultant
   7. Tellers Committee Krys Wulf, convener Sally Chamberlin Carolyn Sedlacek
3. Fourteen new members joined WG-USA as a result of the table we maintained at the AAUW Convention in Washington, D.C. in June and an additional 70 people signed up to indicate an interest.
4. The Resolutions Committee reported on resolutions that will be voted on.
5. The Governance Committee presented the slate of board members who will be voted on.

WG-USA Board Teleconference, August 25, 2011

1. The Japanese NFA has expressed their thanks for the contribution we made to them for disaster relief.

2. Plans for the AGM and the Board retreat following the AGM were refined.