AAUW MANHATTAN BRANCH MEETING MINUTES
OCTOBER 10, 2016
First Congregational Church, 6:00 p.m.
Meeting: The meeting was called to order at 6:45 p.m. by President Karen Tinkler.
Guests: Two attendees were introduced Dyna O’Dea (dmo@ksu.edu) and Rachel Miles. Dyna O’Dea is a Medical Technologist at Lafene Health Center and a 1978 graduate of at Kansas State University. Rachel Miles (ramiles@ksu.edu) is a Digital Scholarship Librarian at the Center for the Advancement of Digital Scholarship (CADS) at Kansas State University. She received her MLS from Emporia State University’s School of Library and Information Management. Rachel is a member through Give a Grad a Gift.
Program: Mary Stamey introduced State Representative Sydney Carlin and Tom Phillips.
In the program entitled “Elected Officials to Discuss Legislative Issues in National and Local Elections Impacting Women,” they discussed three major issues: educational funding, Medicaid expansion, and concealed carry of guns on campus (see the November-December 2016 Branch Newsletter for an article on presention).
Presidents Report: President Karen Tinkler announced the branch will be co-hosting a Candidate Forum with the Riley County League of Women Voters on Sunday, October 9, 2:00 p.m. at the Manhattan Fire Station on Kimball Ave. Nancy Bolsen, Barbara Gatewood, Jean Lee, Maurine Pruitt, Joan Strickler, and Karen Tinkler will be attending and working at the branch’s display table. Branch members Debbie Nuss will moderate the forum, and Sydney Carlin will participate in the forum as a candidate running for State House Representative.
Members were asked if there were any questions about the Treasurer’s Report placed on the tables. Barbara Gatewood has been reimbursed $119 for the program, Pages, which will be used for preparing the branch newsletter.
Programs: Co-Program VP Tresa Landis announced the next branch meeting will be held on November 14 at the Flint Hills Room, K-State Union, 7:00 p.m. Dr. Kelly C. Sartorius, a K-State doctoral graduate and author, will presenting a program entitled “Lessons in Leading: Midwestern AAUW and Its Influence on Women’s Higher Education.” Women of K-State is co-sponsoring the program. Refreshments will be served.
Interest Groups: Chair Joan Strickler reported Book Talk will be meet on October 14 at the Manhattan Public library to discuss books they enjoy. Great Decisions will meet on October 13, 10:00 a.m. at Meadowlark Hills, and Serendipity will meet there on October 25 at 11:30 a.m. The topic for Serendipity is Halloween, fall and Thanksgiving. Nancy will call members several days prior to the event.
Archives Subteam: Chair Joan Strickler announced the Archives group will be meeting in November. Joan Stickler and Claudia Jones were in the program booklet for the Riley County 100th Anniversary Celebration on October 5, 2016 at Pottorf Hall, CiCo Park.
State Liaison: Nancy Bolsen announced the State Board is unable to the fill Public Policy, VP Membership, and C/U Partnership positions. It also is looking for members to fill the President-Elect, Treasurer, and VP Program positions for 2017-2019 and welcome volunteers. The Board will host the State Conference on April 8 or 22, 2017 in the Kansas City area. They are working on the theme, exciting speakers, etc. Based on a recent study, the number of female legislators has been reduced in the State of Kansas.
AAUW at K-STATE: Annelise Nguyen, faculty advisor, was pleased to announce K-State has submitted an application for Elect Her – Campus Women Win. If selected, their plans are to have students submit an application to participate in the workshop.
Yearbook Marilyn reported not all of the new Yearbooks have been distributed and asked member to possibly deliver them to avoid paying postage.
League of Women Voters/Public Policy: Co-chairs Maurine Pruitt provided updates on the number of new voters registered at the League’s recent activities; and Jean Lee reported they are looking for volunteers to be observers at public meetings. Contact Jean if you are interested in serving.
New Business: Karen Tinkler announced the Meadowlark Hills Foundation is hosting a HOGtoberfest fundraiser at Cox Bros. BBG on October 13 to raise monies to benefit long-term care residents who have outlived their financial resources.
Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Gatewood, Acting Secretary