At the recently concluded AAUW of Georgia convention, delegates voted to reduce current state dues by $10.00  What that means to you as an Atlanta Branch member is that your 2012-14 dues will be $77.00.  Please bring a check, made out to AAUW Atlanta Branch in that amount, to our May Branch meeting at Ansley Golf Club and give it to our Membership co-chair Billie Collier.

Thanks in advance for your support of AAUW Atlanta Branch.  We look forward to another year of progress.

All AAUW members are in the process of voting online for new national officers, public policy proposals, and a proposed bylaws amendment.  Online voting will be open until 9 pm on June 10.  Paper ballots can be requested between April 1 and May 2 at midnight and must be posted by May 17 at midnight.

All the information you need for voting is in the Spring/Summer issue of OUTLOOK; on the back page you will find your member ID and voter PIN.  If you have identified the candidates you support beforehand, the whole process is very fast. On the ballot, you can also click to find candidate information.

Make your voice known about AAUW’s future by casting your vote!

Our next Branch meeting will be held April 20 in the atrium of the Eldredge M. McMillan Academic Science Building at Atlanta Metropolitan State College, located at 1630 Metropolitan Parkway SW, Atlanta.  The business meeting will begin at 11 am, and the program, beginning at 11:30, will highlight how the Atlanta Branch Reaches Out.
A buffet lunch, featuring cold cuts, salads, fruit and cheese, rolls, desserts, and beverages. The cost of the lunch is $17.50.

An evite to this meeting has been sent out, so please respond to it.  If you have not received the evite, please RSVP to hospitality@aauwatlanta.org by April 15.  See you there!

Directions from I 75/85 south: Take I-75/I-85 to exit 244 (University Ave). Make slight right onto University Ave. Turn left onto Metropolitan Pkwy. Atlanta Metropolitan State College is located on the left at 1630 Metropolitan Parkway.  Parking is available in the parking lot across from the McMillan Building; do not park in any reserved spaces. Please use the parking pass available here.

March is Women’s History Month, and the Atlanta Branch is celebrating the occasion!  Our March 9 Branch meeting features guest speaker Dr. Wendy Hamand Venet, Professor of History at Georgia State University.  She is currently writing a book about Atlanta civilians during the Civil War.  She will be talking with us about Atlanta women during the Civil War.

We will convene in the banquet room at Paul’s Restaurant, 10 Kings Circle, Atlanta 30305, at 11 am for a business meeting; Dr. Venet will speak from 11:30 to noon.  Following lunch the business meeting will continue.

There is a choice of three delicious menus from which to select your lunch; the cost of each is 20.00. Directions to the restaurant can be found on their website (www.opentable.com); their phone number is 404.231-4113.

Please respond to the Evite for this meeting by March 6; if you have not received an Evite, please RSVP to hospitality@aauwatlanta.com.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Our February 2, 2013, Branch meeting was held at the beautiful Woodruff Library on the campus of Clark Atlanta University.  Members of the Cobb and North Fulton Branches also participated in the program that focused on public policy and legislative issues.

An outstanding panel of speakers provided in-depth information about specific topics.  Taifah Butler, Deputy Director of the Georgia Budget Policy Initiative, outlined the current budget’s expenses and revenues which you can review click here.

Amanda Ptashkin represented Georgians for a Healthy Future and discussed work of that organization in education, policy advocacy, and coalition building click here.

Cindia Crawford, national organizing director of 9 to 5, focused on the need to have a flexible workplace policy and urged passage of the Family Care Act in this legislative session click here.

Thanks to Diana Witt, Branch Public Policy Chair, and Myra Carmon, Branch Program Vice President, for organizing this stimulating event.  And thanks to Shirley Williams-Kirksey, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Clark Atlanta University, for making this beautiful meeting location available to us.

The first Branch meeting of 2013 will be held on Saturday, February 2, at the Woodruff Library on the Clark Atlanta University campus from 11 am to 2 pm.  The Cobb and North Fulton AAUW branches will also be participating in this event, which is focused on legislative issues.  Representatives of Georgia Budget Policy Initiative, Georgia Women for a Change, 9 to 5, and Healthy Georgia will be speaking.

The cost of lunch (soup, sandwiches, and a beverage) is $8.75 per person; please respond to your evite by Wednesday, January 23.  If you would like to come and did not receive an evite, please email hospitality@aauwatlanta.org

There is no charge for parking–just indicate you are with AAUW when you enter the campus.  Directions to Clark Atlanta are found here.

We look forward to a lively and informative session.  Hope to see you there!