Public policy briefs

NC Women United, a coalition which includes AAUW North Carolina, will hold its annual Women's Advocacy Day on Wednesday, April 1. Details will be announced soon, but the day will include Opportunities to speak to active and knowledgeable advocates about bills related to NCWU priorities that are likely to come before the legislature A press … Continue reading Public policy briefs

e-newsletter v2009.02

FROM THE PRESIDENT Doris Bernhlohr, info@tarheel.aauwnc.org Making Progress Thanks to all of you for your patience as we continue to put in place the operational functions that have made the Tar Heel Branch possible. We owe special thanks to our communication team of Birgit Pauli-Haack and Nancy Shoemaker. Their work was absolutely vital to the … Continue reading e-newsletter v2009.02

Electing our delegate to the AAUW NC convention

Earlier this year, President Bernlohr called for volunteers to be the branch's delegate to the AAUW NC Convention. [According to AAUW NC bylaws, the branch is to be represented by the president and one additional delegate.] Judy Atkinson of Winston-Salem was the only volunteer to be our delegate. The link to the ballot is in … Continue reading Electing our delegate to the AAUW NC convention

Initial branch financial report

The branch was chartered in November 2008 and opened a checking account and a PayPal account in December 2008. The intent is for all funds to be transferred from PayPal to the checking account by the end of each month. The accounts are, however, kept separate to allow for better tracking of information on individual … Continue reading Initial branch financial report

Proposed branch bylaws for review

The branch is currently working according to working rules approved by the charter members. It is time to move towards a set of bylaws that conform to the AAUW model branch bylaws. The branch bylaws committee (Pat Abell, Doris Bernlohr, Nancy Shoemaker) worked with the model branch bylaws as well as resources on alternate branch … Continue reading Proposed branch bylaws for review

Nancy in DC

Feminism, technology, and a chance to meet/greet AAUW staff members.

Checkoff for judicial campaign fund

Video on the NC tax return checkoff to fund judicial elections and voter education.

e-newsletter v2009.01

FROM THE PRESIDENT Doris Bernhlohr I want to take this opportunity to invite all of you to Wilmington on March 27, 2009 for the AAUW NC Convention. The Wilmington Branch will be our hosts and I can guarantee you an informative and fun time. Watch for the next issue of the Tar Heel News for … Continue reading e-newsletter v2009.01

Burlington gathering on Feb. 17

Burlington gathering, Feb. 17

How do we communicate – part 3

Suggestion to use social networking for member-to-member communication.