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In this ISSUE

Co-‐President’s Message 1 Thank you Santa Fe 2 NCCWSL 3 Ingenious Ideas Awards 3

Reports Nominations 4 Bylaws 4 AAUW Funds 5 Public Policy 5 Strategic Plan 6 Web Mistress 6 College/University 7 STEM 8 Branch Happen-‐ ings 8 Convention Program 10 Registration 13

A Newsletter of AAUW-‐New Mexico

The ROADRUNNER

Volume 57 Number 2 Spring 2012

Co-President’s Message

Unless you have been living in a bubble lately, you are very aware that this is an election year!! Television, the Internet, newspapers, magazines and social media have been bombarding us with information through debates, articles on candidates, poll numbers and primary predictions. And as spring approaches, we know that phones in New Mexico will be ringing! AAUW always takes a strong interest in national, state and local politics and this year is no different; AAUW Action Fund has launched a campaign entitled, It’s My Vote: I Will Be Heard. While AAUW-‐New Mexico is not directly participating in this program, it is essential that we help educate voters on pertinent issues and encourage everyone, especially women, to vote and be “heard.” As all of you know, AAUW does not allow state organizations or branches to endorse candidates in a partisan election and all branches in New Mexico must adhere to this policy. However, there are things that we can do to contribute to the election process. Each member should familiarize him or herself with the AAUW state and national public policies. These are available on our state and national web sites www.aauw-‐nm.org and www.aauw.org. I encourage you to support (as an individual) the candidates who endorse our AAUW public policies. (AAUW Action Fund publishes The Congressional Voting Record, also available on the National web site.) We need to pay special attention to issues that may affect the women and girls of our state and our nation. Branches can educate the public on important local, state and national concerns and the candidates’ stands on them by sponsoring a public candidate forum or other event. AAUW branches can facilitate voter registration and also promote getting out the vote. AAUW’s Woman-to-Woman Voter Turnout Manual is an excellent source of information. However you may wish to do so, AAUW-‐NM needs to demonstrate “The Power of One Vote.” AAUW-‐New Mexico stands out as a state organization because of our interest in promoting AAUW positions through our Legislative Day in Santa Fe. However, we can’t allow our enthusiasm to wane throughout the rest of the year. Shelley and I have as one of our 2011-‐2012 Co-‐ Presidents’ Goals to “encourage every branch to increase awareness of AAUW public policies (National and State) as part of their preparedness for the 2012 election year activities.” Please keep this goal in mind as you and your branches make plans for the rest of 2012!

The ROADRUNNER is a quarterly publication of AAUW-‐NM. Patricia Maben, Editor [email protected] Please submit addresses to your Branch membership chair. Members-‐at-‐large: Notify AAUW Records Office, 1111 11th St. Washington, DC 20038

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PS: Please plan now to attend the AAUW-‐NM Spring Convention “100 Years of New Mexico Women” in Las Cruces April 27th-‐29th. AAUW President Carolyn Garfein will be our guest! Information and registration form for the convention begins on page 10. ----In Equity, Mary Sandford

Thank You, Santa Fe! AAUW-‐New Mexico had another successful Winter LTM and Legislative Day January 29th and 30th. Over thirty officers and members attended the LTM on Sunday afternoon at the Big Skies RV Park. After the meeting, Julianna Koob from Southwest Women’s Law Center addressed us regarding Title IX enforcement and the parental notification bill. A special thanks goes to Santa Fe Branch Co-‐Presidents Enid Tidwell and Julie Vollmer and to the Branch members for organizing our delicious lunch with the yummy desserts. Thanks also are owed to Flossie Brown, who always allows us to use her venue for the meeting. On Monday, seventeen members decked out in teal converged on the “Round House” for our annual Legislative Day. After listening to an informative presentation by Christina Fisher from Think New Mexico regarding proposed legislation on the reorganization of the PRC, members dispersed to meet with their respective state senators and representatives. Our Public Policy Chair, Dixie Trebbe, made preparation and materials for this day, as well as arrangements for both days’ speakers. Dixie does an outstanding job each year and we appreciate the time and effort she puts into keeping us informed. After spending the morning at the Capitol, the lobbyists met for a lovely lunch at Le Chantilly where Jean Bahr had made arrangements for us to eat. The weather also cooperated by providing two sunny, warm days in Santa Fe! Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the success of the Winter LTM and Legislative Day, whether by helping with the organization of it, by attending, or both!

----Mary and Shelley A Message from Dixie Trebbe

After the redistricting Judge presented the final maps, I announced that I am a candidate for the New Mexico House of Representatives in the newly changed version of House District 23. The new version of the District includes Precincts in Rio Rancho, Albuquerque and Corrales. I feel that I owe AAUW-‐NM a big debt of gratitude for the experience I have gained while serving the board and state members as the Public Policy Chair and as a member of the Lobby Corps.

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It’s NCCWSL time again! National Conference for Collegiate Women Student Leaders

May 31 – June 2, 2012 at the University of Maryland – College Park

AAUW-‐NM has THREE scholarships for New Mexico graduate or undergraduate college women student leaders to attend the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL). Sponsored by AAUW and NASPA, this leadership conference brings together over 500 collegiate women from across the nation to think about, talk about and network about leadership. Workshops, small group sessions, keynote speakers and a banquet honoring women of distinction are highlights of the conference. Last year the AAUW-‐NM NCCWSL scholarship winners were Serina Allingham, a senior accounting major from New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas; Michaela Rempkowski, a junior chemistry engineering major from New Mexico Tech in Socorro; and Yolanda Patterson, a sophomore health information technology major from Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque. Their words about the conference were awesome, inspiring, amazing and life-‐changing. Applications for the AAUW-‐NM NCCWSL scholarships are available NOW at www.aauw-‐nm.org. The scholarship pays the conference fee of $395 which includes conference registration, lodging and five meals. The application deadline is March 15, so please get the word out and encourage young women to apply. NCCWSL is a wonderful and exciting opportunity! AAUW-‐NM NCCWSL scholarship winners are responsible for their own travel and miscellaneous expenses, however, many AAUW branches have budgeted money to help with travel and often student governments, women’s centers and other college and university funds are available to students. Also, many local service and church organizations will help fund such a trip. For more information and a flyer you can print out and distribute, go to www.nccwsl.org. For the scholarship application you can also print out and distribute, go to www.aauw-‐nm.org. Don’t hesitate to contact Karyl Lyne at 505-‐454-‐9707 or [email protected] if you have questions. -‐-‐-‐-‐Karyl Lyne, AAUW-NM College/University Representative Nominations for the Ingenious Ideas Award Nominations for the Marjorie Bell Chambers Ingenious Ideas Awards, to be presented at the Spring Convention in Las Cruces on April 28th, should be submitted by April 2, 2012. If your branch has had an innovative program, please send in a nomination so that you can be recognized with one of these awards. Please email your nominations to [email protected]. ----Cas Mason, AAUW-NM Awards Chair

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Report of the Nominations Committee

The AAUW-‐NM Nominations Committee has been hard at work and we are pleased to present this partial slate of officers for election at the April convention. These officers will serve for a two-‐tear term. Co-President. Shelley Rossbach is currently our state co-‐president and has graciously agreed to serve a second term. Shelley is a member and past president of the Santa Fe Branch. She is retired from the U. S. Forest Service with expertise in the field of fire management. One of her AAUW passions is the $tart $mart program for which she is a trained facilitator. Karyl Lyne, member and past president of the Las Vegas Branch will join Shelley as a candidate for AAUW-‐NM Co-‐President. She is currently our state College University Chair and has taken responsibility to make sure that New Mexico has three young women attending the prestigious National Conference of Collegiate Women Student Leaders each year in Washington DC. Membership Chair. The committee has not yet identified a candidate. Secretary. Cheryl Klenner, out-‐going branch president for the West Mesa Branch, has volunteered to keep our minutes. Cheryl is a long-‐time AAUW member having belonged to branches in Dover, DE and Marinette and Wausau, WI before moving to Albuquerque. She is a retired secondary science teacher. She supports AAUW because it “gives women opportunities and opens doors, so women can find out what they love.” Academic Chair. Joan Goodman is a long-‐time member of the Albuquerque Branch. She has been an instructor at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque and recently a representative of the US government for science education to American Samoa. Her long career in education is wonderful experience for this position. Nominating Committee Chair. Our retiring co-‐president Mary Sandford will take the enviable position of identifying our future officers. Mary is past branch president of the Carlsbad Branch and a retired Spanish instructor. The energy, enthusiasm, positive attitude and smile, which have served her so well as co-‐president will be important as she insures a strong future for AAUW in New Mexico. ----Nominations Committee: Nina Thayer, Chair, Los Alamos & Santa Fe, Mimi Salinger, West Mesa and Shila Marek, Carlsbad

Bylaws Committee Report

All branches have compliant bylaws. The following branches have not submitted their bylaws’ signature page: Socorro. The new Policies and Procedures are in place. ----Pamela G. Daves and Louise J. Drlik, By-Laws Committee Co-Chairs

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AAUW FUNDS REPORT 2011

AAUW has a long and distinguished history of advancing educational and professional opportunities for women in the United States and around the globe. One of the world's largest sources of funding for graduate women, AAUW is providing more than $3.7 million in funding for more than 240 fellowships and grants to outstanding women and nonprofit organizations in the 2011-12

academic year. Due to the longstanding, generous contributions of AAUW members, a broader community of women continues to gain access to educational and economic opportunities — breaking through barriers so that all women have a fair chance. In addition to fellowships and grants AAUW funds Legal Advocacy Fund, Leadership Programs, Action Fund, Public Policy and the Eleanor Roosevelt Fund. In 2011 AAUW New Mexico gave the following to National AAUW Funds:

• Legal Advocacy Fund $3,040 • Leadership Programs (National Conference for College Student Leaders, $tart $mart,

“Elect Her”) $1,410 • Action Fund (Voter Education, Member Advocacy) $70 • Public Policy (Supports government relations, civic engagement and field

organizing) $850 • Eleanor Roosevelt Fund (supports research such as ”Shortchanging Girls”) $525 • Educational Opportunities (Scholarships and Community Action Grants) $1,773 • AAUW Funds Unrestricted (supports programs with the greatest needs) $3,987

Total Giving All Funds - $11,655 For additional information about all AAUW Funds check the national website at aauw.org. ----Mary Tyler Browne, AAUW Funds Chair

Public Policy

Rep. Rick Miera, chair of the House Education Committee spoke to AAUW members and guests on January 14 at the annual Lobby Corps meeting about education issues facing the legislature. He was hopeful that improved tax revenues would allow for increased funding to public schools. Improving student performance was the primary focus of the discussion. Rep. Miera stated that AAUW-‐NM is very respected in the legislature and encouraged those present to keep in contact with their legislators about issues they believe are important.

All three of the Think New Mexico bills passed at the last minute and will be on the ballot to reform the Public

Regulation Commission. Mimi Stewart introduced a memorial requesting that Congress prepare and send to the states an amendment to the US Constitution that would overturn

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the Citizen's United Ruling by the Supreme Court. The following three bills passed both houses and hopefully made it to the Governor. SB 59 Mary Jane Garcia, Child Murder as Aggravating Circumstance: HB 14 Mimi Stewart, Convert K-‐3 Plus from a pilot project to a program in the PED: SB 9 Peter Wirth requests corporations pay a fair share of taxes in New Mexico. None of the other bills we talked about got through both houses. If you followed a bill with the letter R (for Resolution) in the title it didn't need the Governor's signature and so may have gotten through. ----Dixie Trebbe, AAUW-NM Public Policy Chair

AAUW Strategic Plan

Yes, we have an AAUW Strategic Plan. How are you using it? How does it guide what is happening at the state and branch levels? Knowing our natural inclination to keep doing what we have always done, I thought these quotes might give AAUW leaders and members some food for thought.

• It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. -Eleanor Roosevelt • In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is

indispensable. -Dwight D. Eisenhower • If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else. -Yogi Bera • If you are planning for one year, grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years grow

trees. If you are planning for centuries, grow men people. -Chinese Proverbs slightly edited!

• If it ain't broke, break it, and then fix it. Otherwise you may be destined to address tomorrow's problems with yesterday's solutions. -Clark Crouch

• Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. -Tom Landry

• Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; but doing well is the wisest and best of all.-Persian Proverb

• Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen. -Peter Marshall

• The end we aim at must be known, before the way can be made. -Jean Paul

----Kathie Gilbert, Strategic Planning Chair

Update your Branch Website

AAUW National is offering a free web hosting with a template that is easy to use. If interested, you can read all about it at: http://site-‐resources.aauw.org/ Please note that it is a web hosting service that is provided to you for free, NOT a domain name of your choice. Let me know if I can answer any questions. For examples of what the domain name would look like and what the website would look like, check out: http://tucson-‐az.aauw.net/ http://durango-‐co.aauw.net/ ----Lina Germann, AAUW-NM web mistress

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AAUW-NM College/University Representative Report I am pleased to let you know that as a result of the $tart $mart program presented in November in Santa Fe by AAUW-‐NM Co-‐President Shelley Rossbach, I have made contact with folks at Santa Fe Community College, Northern New Mexico College, Santa Fe University of Art & Design and St. John’s University. Unfortunately, none of them was able to attend the presentation, but all were interested in it. The people with whom I spoke these campuses are Karen Dvorak in HR at Northern New Mexico College in Espanola; Laura Nunnelly, Director of Student Life at Santa Fe University of Art and Design; Patty Armstrong in Career Services at Santa Fe Community College and Margaret Odell in Career Services at St. John’s. I report this so that we all learn that there are a variety of people on campuses who are interested in a program like $tart $mart and who might work with AAUW-‐NM to bring that program to their campus. In some cases their areas might be able to help fund the program. NCCWSL presents another wonderful opportunity for us to talk to institutional staff and faculty about AAUW and offer this fabulous leadership program to their students. Faculty members, women’s studies departments, women’s centers, student affairs offices, scholarship centers, Student Support Services or student assistance centers on campuses are places we can go or call to tell them about NCCWSL and $tart $mart. Along the way, of course we can also talk about their becoming institutional members of AAUW. It begins with developing a relationship with someone on the campus and following up with them on our programs, our work and our benefits. $tart $mart and NCCWSL provide us with two dynamite ways to sell that institution on becoming AAUW institutional members. If you have contacts at any New Mexico institutions of higher education—junior or community colleges, regional or major universities, or know the people mentioned above, I invite you to contact them and talk with them about $tart $mart, NCCWSL and AAUW institutional membership. If you’d like a bit more information about $tart $mart or institutional membership in AAUW, go to aauw.org and type $tart $mart program or

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institutional membership into the search box in the upper right corner. If you’d like to know more about NCCWSL go to www.nccwsl.org. AAUW has so much to offer our higher ed colleagues and we’re the best ones to make them aware of our programs, our strength and our enthusiasm for advocating for women and girls. ----Karyl Lyne, AAUW-NM College/University Representative

National Girls Collaborative Project Comes to New Mexico!

The vision of the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) is to bring together organizations throughout the United States that are committed to informing and encouraging girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The NGCP began in 2002 as the Northwest Girls Collaborative Project through funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). In 2004, NSF awarded additional funding to replicate the NGCP model. To date, 22 Collaboratives, serving 34 states, have been established as a part of the NGCP, facilitating collaboration between more than 8,800 organizations serving more than 5.3 million girls. In April 2011, the National Girls Collaborative Project received funding from the National Science Foundation to reach additional states identified as high priority areas and new Collaboratives are beginning to organize. New Mexico was identified in the proposal as a high priority area and Young Women in Computing (YWiC) has been approved to host Collaborative activities as the Convening Organization in New Mexico. The structure of NGCP Collaboratives consists of a Convening Organization and a Collaborative Leadership Team. The Convening Organization works with the Leadership Team to carry out the activities of the Collaborative. The Leadership Team includes members of organizations that are invested in girls in STEM-‐CS and are able to contribute to the project's success. Cheri Burch will be representing AAUW-‐NM on this Team, allowing us the opportunity to provide statewide leadership in initiating and expanding STEM-‐CS activity in New Mexico, as well as the opportunity to be a recognized partner in a National Science Foundation grant. For information, she can be contacted at [email protected] or (505) 286-‐9674. ----Cheri Burch, STEM chair

Branch Happenings

AAUW-NM Online Branch

The Online Branch is working with Megan Morrison site-‐[email protected] and taking advantage of the free website from AAUW National. Our new look will go public soon. ----Helena Whyte, Online Branch Finance Officer and Web Site Editor

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Las Vegas Branch We have had a busy few months here in Las Vegas. Our Holiday Mingle with Silent Auction in early December was a grand success with proceeds exceeding $2000. This along with our upcoming Used Book Sale proceeds next weekend, February 24-‐25, will continue to support our Highlands scholarships which we award annually. We had a marvelous presentation on $tart Smart by our state co-‐president, Shelley Rossbach, in January and hope to enroll Highlands University in the program in the near future. In March we will have a planning meeting for our sixth year of Girls Can, to be presented to all San Miguel County fifth graders in late April/early May. April will be a potluck with the United World College international students. Once again, in May, we will have our Annual Meeting and Brunch, at the home of Karyl Lyne. We are in the early planning stages of a celebration for our most distinguished member, Louise Drlik, who will turn 90 this summer, and who will be a 50-‐year member of AAUW in 2013. ----Mary Schipper, Co-President

Terry Sleight Memorial Award

The Terry Sleight Memorial Award is given annually to a member of AAUW-‐New Mexico that exemplifies Terry’s passion and diligence in advancing the AAUW mission. This year the honoree is Jan Lifson Bray of the Albuquerque Branch. Jan Bray holds a BA from Lake Erie College in Ohio and a MA from the College of Europe. Jan is the third-‐generation of women in her family active in political and legislative issues. In Minnesota her grandmother worked for a congressman and was a lobbyist. Jan learned much about activism from her mother who was a member of the League of Women Voters (LWV). When Jan was 10 years old, her mother started taking her to state legislative sessions. Jan joined AAUW in 1974 in Minneapolis. She was a founding member of the Minnesota Capitol Corps and served several terms as Legislative Vice President of the Minneapolis Branch. While living in Austin, Texas, she helped organize the Texas Women’s Conference of 1984. Jan has been active in New Mexico political and legislative matters since she and her husband Olin moved to Albuquerque. With Olin she was co-‐president of the local LWV. For the Albuquerque Branch she served as president, public policy chair, secretary, nominations committee chair, program committee chair and active in pay equity. For AAUW-‐NM she served as chair of the following committees: LAF, bylaws, and public policy. She was also parliamentarian and a member of Lobby Corps. In 2003, Jan assisted by Betty Smith, wrote a resolution to prevent erosion of civil rights. The resolution was presented for a vote at the AAUW National Convention. Jan worked the resolution and it was passed by the convention by unanimous vote. ----Jean Bahr, Chair - Terry Sleight Award

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AAUW-NM 2012 CENTENNIAL CONVENTION 100 Years of New Mexico Women Las Cruces, NM, April 27-29

The Las Cruces branch of AAUW-‐New Mexico invites you to celebrate the Centennial at our annual spring convention. As we honor 100 years of New Mexico women, we will enjoy excellent speakers, stimulating panel discussions, and informative workshops. Our convention also features two very special guests: Carolyn Garfein, president of the AAUW national organization; and Dr. Barbara Couture, president of New Mexico State University. When state co-‐president Mary Sanford contacted Carolyn Garfein early last year to ask her to be the national representative to our convention, little did she expect an immediate response to her invitation, and an acceptance! Ms. Garfein will address the convention on Saturday afternoon, and conduct a Town Hall meeting on Sunday morning. Dr. Couture accepted her invitation just as promptly, and will be our Saturday luncheon speaker. VENUE AND ACCOMMODATIONS Our convention venue, the Hilton Garden Inn, 2550 Don Roser Drive, just north of the NMSU campus, features large comfortable rooms, each equipped with a refrigerator, microwave, and coffee pot. The rooms have two queen beds or one king bed. A full cooked-‐to-‐order breakfast for each guest is included in the room rate if you book directly with the hotel. The hotel has reserved a block of rooms and is holding them until Tuesday, March 27. Please call 575-522-0900 and mention the AAUW State Convention to reserve your room. The rate is $99 per night. The hotel also has a huge outdoor heated pool and poolside area; so don’t forget to bring your swimsuit! BANQUET Lorenzo’s de Mesilla is the site of our Saturday evening banquet. We will have social time with a no-‐host beer and wine bar before our sumptuous buffet, featuring two salads, sautéed fresh vegetables; three entrees (Baked Penne Lasagna with Meat, Spinach Artichoke Ravioli with Red Chili Alfredo Sauce, and Baked Rosemary Chicken), homemade bread, three desserts, iced tea, water, and coffee. Directions to the restaurant will be available in your convention packet. SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES AND OPTIONAL ACTIVITES Information on all speakers and presenters will be included in your convention packet. You will also receive information on current activities and exhibits for leisure time exploration.

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SCHEDULE Friday, April 27 12:00 – 6:00 Registration: Hilton Garden Inn Lobby 12:30 – 4:00 Leadership Team Meeting at Branigan Memorial Library Roadrunner Room (A sandwich, side, and beverage lunch will be provided for a suggested donation of $5.00, payable at the meeting.) 5:30 – 6:30 No-‐host reception in the hotel lobby 6:30 -‐ ? Dinner on the town. Carpool to local restaurants Saturday, April 28 8:00 Registration and coffee, Hilton Garden Inn 8:30 – 8:45 Welcome to Las Cruces by Mayor Ken Miyagishima 8:45 – 9:00 Introductory remarks by AAUW-‐NM co-‐presidents; introduction of Carolyn

Garfein, AAUW president 9:00 – 9:20 Convention Business Session I 9:20 – 10:00 Keynote address: Enchanting Women of the Land of Enchantment -‐ Dr. Jo Tice Bloom, retired NMSU history professor, AAUW-‐Las Cruces member, and AAUW Life member 10:00 – 10:20 Break – coffee and muffins 10:20 – 11:30 Panel presentation: Women Making a Difference in Our Communities Preserving Cultural Traditions: Phyllis Franzoy, Exec. Director, International Mariachi Conference Promoting the Arts: Ceci Vasconcellos, Exec. Director, Doña Ana Arts Council Social Action: Mary Carter, Exec. Director, Women’s Intercultural Center 11:40 – 1:00 Lunch: Speaker, Dr. Barbara Couture, NMSU president 1:00 – 1:15 Break 1:15 – 2:00 Carolyn Garfein – Report on the AAUW 2011 delegation to South Africa 2:00 – 2:20 Business Session II – Election of State Officers 2:20 – 2: 30 Break 2:30 – 3:30 Workshops: a. Crossing the Line – Dr. Mary Berry, AAUW-‐NM state academic coordinator and Las Cruces branch member discusses the latest AUW research on bullying b. Raising Money for Non-profit Organizations – Ann McCullough, professional fundraiser and Las Cruces branch member, discusses how to ask anyone for money, and get it! c. Women’s Lives in 1912 New Mexico – Dr. Joan Jensen, Professor Emeritus of history at NMSU, discusses the joys and difficulties experienced by New Mexico women 100 years ago. 3:30 Adjourn. Free time until 6:00 6:00 – 6:45 Social time at Lorenzo’s de Mesilla 6:45 Dinner 7:45 Speaker: to be confirmed 8:15 Awards presentation and installation of officers 9:30 Adjourn

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Sunday, April 29 - Hilton Garden Inn 7:30 Branch Presidents’ Council Breakfast Meeting 8:00–10:30 Convention Business Session III 10:30–10:45 Break (coffee and muffins) 10:45 Town Hall – AAUW’s impact on the Past, Present, and Future – Carolyn Garfein 12:00 Adjourn BANQUET SPEAKER Last May, we made the initial invitation to Governor Susanna Martinez to be our banquet speaker. After numerous telephone calls to her scheduler, and several personal invitations to the governor, we still have not received a confirmation. We hope she will join us and talk about her experience of breaking through the “glass ceiling” of government, and the “good old boys” network of New Mexico politics. FUNDRAISER The Las Cruces branch has been raising funds this year by holding lia sophia jewelry shows. We have raised over $1,000 and have at least one more show scheduled. The jewelry sales are coordinated by Kay Williams, lia sophia manager and Las Cruces branch member. Kay is offering a “catalog” show for our convention. Every attendee will receive the current lia sophia catalog, from which you can order your jewelry. AAUW-‐Las Cruces will receive 20 percent of all sales for the show, to be divided with AAUW-‐NM. There will be a small display of jewelry at the convention, and many of us will be modeling our “bling.” The jewelry is beautiful, affordable, and 100 percent guaranteed. This is a great opportunity to get something fun for you or for a gift, and to raise money for AAUW Funds at the same time. For additional information or to peruse the lia sophia collection, go to Kay’s website at http://sites.liasophia.com/sites/kay24karat?T=1330473475380 . But remember; only items purchased through the convention will benefit AAUW. DIRECTIONS To the Branigan Library: From Interstate 25 (north or south), take the Highway 70 exit. Turn west. Follow Highway 70 (N. Main Street) several miles to Picacho Avenue. The Branigan Library is at the southeast corner of N. Main and Picacho. Native Las Crucens will escort you from the library to the hotel. From Interstate 10, take the Picacho Avenue exit. Follow Picacho Avenue to the corner of Picacho Avenue and N. Main Street. The library is across Main Street on your right. Native Las Crucens will escort you from the library to the hotel. To the Hilton Garden Inn: From Interstate 25 (north or south), take the University Avenue exit. Turn east to the light at Las Alturas/Don Roser (there is a large gas station and convenience store on the northwest corner). Turn north to the hotel on the left, immediately beyond the convenience store. We hope to see you all in Las Cruces to celebrate the Centennial! ----Deanise Marta, Las Cruces Branch President

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AAUW-NM 2012 State Convention Registration Form Name Phone(s) Address City State/Zip Email Address Branch Delegate: State or Branch (circle one) Current Positions: Branch State National________________ Special Needs (dietary, accessibility, etc.): Are you willing to receive your pre-‐convention packet through email attachments: Y N (If No, materials will be sent by USPS) Registration fees: Early (received by April 7) $45 $ ;

Regular (received by April 20) $50 $ ;

Saturday only (received by April 7) $30 $ ;

All registration fees include Saturday lunch

Saturday Night Banquet $35 $ ;

Spouses & guests welcome to attend -‐ Number * $35 = $__________;

Amount enclosed (checks payable to AAUW-NM Convention) Total-----> $___________

Lunch choice (circle): Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad

Salmon Nicoise Salad

Workshop choice (circle): Crossing the Line

Raising Money for Non-profit Organizations

Women’s Lives in 1912 New Mexico

Mail form and payment to: Ruth Benjamins

6620 Vista Hermosa

Las Cruces, NM 88007

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Calendar 2012

March Women’s History Month March 8 International Women’s Day April 1 Annual reports due from state officers and branch presidents Mini-‐Grant applications to Nina Thayer, [email protected] 1707 Solana, Los Alamos NM 87544

Marjorie Bell Chambers Ingenious Ideas Branch Recognition Awards – Applications are due to Cas Mason ([email protected] 148 Piedra Loop; Los Alamos, NM 87544-‐3837)

April 17 Equal Pay Day April 27-29 AAUW-NM Convention and Leadership Team Meeting “100 years of New Mexico Women” – Las Cruces Branch Hosting (Files & handbooks updated by officers for successors) May 13 Deadline for Summer Roadrunner June 8-10 Rocky Mt. Conference – Phoenix, AZ June 30 Association/state/branch dues 2012-‐2013 deadline

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