AAUW MANHATTAN BRANCH MEETING MINUTES
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Trinity Presbyterian Church on College Avenue, 6:00 p.m.

Meeting: The meeting was called to order by President, Karen Tinkler.

Presidents Report:  Karen Tinkler shared a letter with the membership that she received from Patricia Fae Ho, the Chairman of the board of AAUW.  She wrote to thank the branch members for their efforts in helping to empower women.  Seventeen trailblazing women came together 135 years ago to organize a community of women.  They fought for and obtained a higher education. This became the basis of the AAUW.

Please read the upcoming Newsletter.  It reflects on some of the milestones achieved by women over the past year.  One achievement is that the first Native American Woman was confirmed as a US District Court judge.  Also the first female and African American is now Chief Librarian of the Library of Congress. There will be twenty-one women serving in the U.S. Senate – the highest number ever.  We’ve come a long was baby!

In January we will host our second AAUW sign up day for potential members.

AAUW Funds: Joan Strickler passed the basket around for the AAUW Funds that are collected once a year.  She explained what these funds are used for nationally; such things as, it provides legal advocacy, engages in research, and AAUW serves as our advocate in Washington.  Our Manhattan association was able to bring Start/Smart workshops to train KSU women students on negotiating salaries and benefits with employers. As well as helping our KSU student association.

State Liaison: Nancy Bolson, our State Liaison, spoke about the upcoming Kansas AAUW State Conference set for April 22, 2017, “Rising AAUW Starts”.  This will be the 82^nd State Conference. It will be held at Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas.  She also presented the dates of the National AAUW event to be held in Washington DC, June 14^th-17^th. For registration rates: Best Value = $549, Early Bird = $625, Regular = $675. For Best Value registration date ends, January 14^th 2017. This year’s theme is “As We Take The Nation’s Capitol By Storm”.   Contact Nancy for further details.

Announcements: Pat Hudgins, reported on the Career Closet.  They are presently in need of smaller sizes. The Closet will be excepting items through January 6^th, 2017.  Pat passed out information sheets for tax information and drop off location.

Programs: Tresa Landis and Connie Noble, co-vice presidents and program committee chairs, announced that the next meeting will be held at the Trinity Presbyterian Church at 6:00 p.m. The cost is $6. The program will be A Kansas STARBASE in Your Hometown, presented by Becky Catlin, Director, Manhattan Academy.

New ideas are coming through at our board meetings. Please feel free to come and sit in on these meetings. Keep up to date with your branch by reading the Newsletter. We welcome your thoughts and ideas.

That completes our business for the evening; now on with the sharing of Christmas.

Respectfully submitted,
Karen Tinkler, Acting Secretary

AAUW MANHATTAN BRANCH MEETING MINUTES
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
Flint Hills Room, K-State Union, 7:00 p.m. 

Meeting: The November 14, 2016 AAUW Branch meeting was held at the K-State Union Flint Hills room. It was co-sponsored by Women of K-State who provided the refreshments after the speaker.

Program: Tresa Landis introduced the speaker Dr. Kelly Sartorius, adjunct professor at the University of Kansas. She has a B.A. and Ph.D. from Kansas State University. Her areas of emphasis range from public relations to women’s studies to the history of higher education and women’s leadership. She specializes in the development of feminist practices in higher education, which uncovered a little-known partnership between Midwestern and Western schools and AAUW.

AAUW set up a table with membership materials available. Several women indicated an interest in learning about AAUW and membership.

Reports: No business meeting was held. The next meeting will be December 12 at Trinity Presbyterian Church on College Avenue. The program will be The Church Ladies Music Harmonies followed by a gift exchange, dessert and coffee.

Respectfully submitted,
Marilyn Bunyan, Acting Secretary

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