Coming soon is the Summer version of the OBW which should be arriving in your mailboxes soon. Also, the Insider will be out in August. Please provide as many articles as you would like. We had a lot of positive input last time and would like to keep the momentum going.
Coming soon is the National Conference in Atlanta. A few McArthur members, myself and some northerners will all be heading south in support of our YC and ID contestants. Lily Ledbetter will be there!! I participated in a conference call where Lily Ledbetter spoke the other day on Voinovich's new version of the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act which did not pass in the last session of Congress due to Senate voting rules.
Coming soon PPD will be providing some information soon on the Voinovich Bill (it is a compromise position which is not acceptable to me and other women's organizations that I have heard speak).
Coming soon is the August State Meeting. This is going to be a historical day for BPW/Ohio. I can email the registration form if you like. I really hope you will attend.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
August State Meeting Announcement
The August State Meeting will be held at Lakeside Ohio on August 2, 2008. Registration forms are available by emailing trecia@attorneykimes-brown.com. There will be more details in the OBW which should be out soon. Please make your hotel reservations NOW. There are two facilities on the Lakeside property. You can stay at either the Hotel Lakeside or the Fountain Inn. The meeting will be held at Hotel Lakeside. The hotels are old and no two rooms are exactly alike so be sure that you make reservations for the rooms with the amenities that you desire including air conditioning. This is going to be a great event for members. Suffrage and long range planning will be our theme. Period attire welcome but not required. Board members are required to attend. We will be having a suffragettes tea luncheon with professional reenactors portraying two of our famous suffragettes including Alice Paul. I hope to see you there.
Where Will You Be Standing?
On June 17, 2008, I donned the most 1914 looking white outfit I could find in my closet and made my way with 2 other suffragettes to the Ohio State House. Of course, we had modern amenities along the way but it was like reliving a brief moment in time that occurred over 90 years ago.
On June 17, 2008, the Ladies' Gallery at the Ohio State House formally opened its doors. Prior to the grand opening celebration, suffragettes, dressed in white, along with some male supporters lined the State House steps just as they did in 1914. The 88 County Flags were flying in the wind under a beautiful blue sky.
One of the press releases describes the event. It states, "today's dedication took place 89 years to the week after Ohio was the sixth state to ratify the 19th Amendment on June 16, 1919, giving women the right to vote. Ohio's General Assembly ratified the amendment only 12 days after the proposal was sent to the states by Congress. The amendment passed the Ohio House 76 – 6 and the Ohio Senate 27 – 3. The Ladies' Gallery is a place of honor and learning in the Ohio Statehouse. The room pays tribute to Ohio's first six women legislators who paved the way for women in government. The room also honors all women who have served in the Ohio General Assembly. ... Prior to the dedication, hundreds of men and women gathered on the front steps of the Statehouse to celebrate the dedication of the Ladies' Gallery and Ohio's ratification of the 19th Amendment. The moment was captured with a contemporary photograph that aimed to re-enact the historic Women's Suffrage rally held on these same Statehouse steps 94 years earlier in 1914 when 5,000 Ohio women and men marched for suffrage. Many of the participants wore white just as they did in the original 1914 suffragette gathering. Each of Ohio's 88 counties was represented with their county flag. The photo will become part of the permanent display in the Ladies' Gallery." Some photos can be found at http://www.ohiochannel.org/your_state/ohio_statehouse/multimedia/photo_galleries/search_02.cfm?collection_id=107849&search_mode=Browse.
So, for a brief moment in time, I was able to pretend that I was a suffragette standing on the steps of the State House amongst many others united for the Cause. It is somewhat odd to realize that you never know when you will become a part of history. It is somewhat more overwhelming to realize that you can change history. The suffragettes changed history. BPW changed history.
BPW was at the forefront of “Women Helping Women”. BPW was established by a grant from the U.S. War Department. When the United States of America mobilized for World War I in early 1917, the government found that women were organized into religious or cultural and fraternal groups, but not as an overall business and professional group. Therefore, the War Work Council was established by the War Department to further the war effort of women; it was guided principally by executives of the YWCA and financed through an allocation of $65,000, from the government war funds.
By March 1919 the National Business Women’s Committee was ready to call for a meeting of delegates from the states at a national convention, with the objective of founding a permanent national organization. By the third and final day of the Convention, the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs was formed and adopted a constitution. The new Federation came out of its first convention with a solid record of accomplishment. It had:
1. urged the opening of all Civil Service examinations to women as well as to men
2. asked that official rank be given to all nurses who had served in the World War
3. endorsed the principles of both a Federal and a State Employment Service
4. and, recommended that the Federation tabulate all possible information regarding working conditions for women.
What will we do? Although, we struggle with higher prices, ecomonic down turns, single incomes, less time, more work, our resources are so much vaster than in 1914 or 1919. But, what are we doing to take our permanent place in history? I do believe it is ours to take. Where will you be standing? Go, go go.
On June 17, 2008, the Ladies' Gallery at the Ohio State House formally opened its doors. Prior to the grand opening celebration, suffragettes, dressed in white, along with some male supporters lined the State House steps just as they did in 1914. The 88 County Flags were flying in the wind under a beautiful blue sky.
One of the press releases describes the event. It states, "today's dedication took place 89 years to the week after Ohio was the sixth state to ratify the 19th Amendment on June 16, 1919, giving women the right to vote. Ohio's General Assembly ratified the amendment only 12 days after the proposal was sent to the states by Congress. The amendment passed the Ohio House 76 – 6 and the Ohio Senate 27 – 3. The Ladies' Gallery is a place of honor and learning in the Ohio Statehouse. The room pays tribute to Ohio's first six women legislators who paved the way for women in government. The room also honors all women who have served in the Ohio General Assembly. ... Prior to the dedication, hundreds of men and women gathered on the front steps of the Statehouse to celebrate the dedication of the Ladies' Gallery and Ohio's ratification of the 19th Amendment. The moment was captured with a contemporary photograph that aimed to re-enact the historic Women's Suffrage rally held on these same Statehouse steps 94 years earlier in 1914 when 5,000 Ohio women and men marched for suffrage. Many of the participants wore white just as they did in the original 1914 suffragette gathering. Each of Ohio's 88 counties was represented with their county flag. The photo will become part of the permanent display in the Ladies' Gallery." Some photos can be found at http://www.ohiochannel.org/your_state/ohio_statehouse/multimedia/photo_galleries/search_02.cfm?collection_id=107849&search_mode=Browse.
So, for a brief moment in time, I was able to pretend that I was a suffragette standing on the steps of the State House amongst many others united for the Cause. It is somewhat odd to realize that you never know when you will become a part of history. It is somewhat more overwhelming to realize that you can change history. The suffragettes changed history. BPW changed history.
BPW was at the forefront of “Women Helping Women”. BPW was established by a grant from the U.S. War Department. When the United States of America mobilized for World War I in early 1917, the government found that women were organized into religious or cultural and fraternal groups, but not as an overall business and professional group. Therefore, the War Work Council was established by the War Department to further the war effort of women; it was guided principally by executives of the YWCA and financed through an allocation of $65,000, from the government war funds.
By March 1919 the National Business Women’s Committee was ready to call for a meeting of delegates from the states at a national convention, with the objective of founding a permanent national organization. By the third and final day of the Convention, the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs was formed and adopted a constitution. The new Federation came out of its first convention with a solid record of accomplishment. It had:
1. urged the opening of all Civil Service examinations to women as well as to men
2. asked that official rank be given to all nurses who had served in the World War
3. endorsed the principles of both a Federal and a State Employment Service
4. and, recommended that the Federation tabulate all possible information regarding working conditions for women.
What will we do? Although, we struggle with higher prices, ecomonic down turns, single incomes, less time, more work, our resources are so much vaster than in 1914 or 1919. But, what are we doing to take our permanent place in history? I do believe it is ours to take. Where will you be standing? Go, go go.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Dumping on a Holiday Weekend
We are making a concerted effort to try to get legislative issues and action steps out to the members as fast as possible. While it is summer and some groups are not meeting and there is not a tremendous amount going on at the time, we need to be consistent and watchful. There is a lot of talk on the television about "dumps". For example, the most recent one I recall is the hundreds of pages of medical reports on John McCain just before the Memorial Day weekend when apparently we were all supposed to be gearing up for our picnics. This is just one example and this is not a new phenomeon and in fairness, its not just Senator McCain. But it is an important illustration of why we should not sleep even on holiday weekends. As a result, PPD is working very hard to try to get out as much information as possible and as timely as possible. In the political arena, if we are sleeping, we have missed our call - perhaps even the one that will change history.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Legislation versus Advocacy
As a part of our long range planning process, I think an underlying element that everyone seems to be considering in molding our "image" is to be more user friendly in terms of technology, advocacy, etc. So, how would you suggest that we make our advocacy efforts more user friendly? Do the members like lobbying through what I will call the canned packets i.e. a brief sketch of information is provided about a topic or a proposed law and then a form letter in support or opposition is also provided for the member to use? Do the members want to lobby in a face to face office setting at the State House? Do the members like lobbying electronically via email campaigns?
Do you prefer the title Legislation or Advocacy? Are you more likely to check out a website link called Advocacy or Legislation? What does advocacy mean to you?
It has been recently brought to my intention in sort of an inadvertent way that our organization has what larger entities are looking for. We have the ability to mobilize a grass roots campaign in large and small communities across the enire state in a relatively short period of time touching all ages, all sectors of the community from government to public to schools on issues that are conducive to the mission of BPW. Are you interested in doing this? Do you think we can be a pioneer, as was suggested to me?
Do you prefer the title Legislation or Advocacy? Are you more likely to check out a website link called Advocacy or Legislation? What does advocacy mean to you?
It has been recently brought to my intention in sort of an inadvertent way that our organization has what larger entities are looking for. We have the ability to mobilize a grass roots campaign in large and small communities across the enire state in a relatively short period of time touching all ages, all sectors of the community from government to public to schools on issues that are conducive to the mission of BPW. Are you interested in doing this? Do you think we can be a pioneer, as was suggested to me?
Sunday, June 8, 2008
The Travels Have Begun
On Saturday, State Recording Secretary LG and myself travelled to Hudson, for the Region 3 Summer Meeting. We were joined by State Treasurer MC, State Parliamentarian KW and IPSP BK, all from Region 3. PE SC also attended. It was a great meeting hosted by Mary Kay Fenton. Mary Kay did a fabulous job from the ice breaker to lunch. Region 3 was very welcoming and we enjoyed ourselves immensely. We even hope to go back for their social event later in the summer.
I had two goals at their meeting. First, I wanted to distribute the information from LM, Issues Mgt. Chair; PR, Membership Chair; and PPD, Legislation Chair. The outlines that those three ladies have put together should be a great catalyst for 08-09 BPW/Ohio programs.
Second, I wanted to complete the next phase of TIME, the long range planning process. Our first step of the process (ie membership survey) is complete and the results have been compiled. I will try to attach them as an element of this blog in the future. Our second step is to attend every region meeting over the summer to gather thoughts and responses to TIME. TIME stands for Technology, Image, Money and Evolution. These are the four areas that the committee identifies as being critical. If you would like to provide commentary on any of these elements, please feel free to do so on this blog.
The meeting was successful from my perspective in obtaining good feedback and a lot of discussion was generated. This conversation is imperative to our journey. I hope to hear your ideas.
I had two goals at their meeting. First, I wanted to distribute the information from LM, Issues Mgt. Chair; PR, Membership Chair; and PPD, Legislation Chair. The outlines that those three ladies have put together should be a great catalyst for 08-09 BPW/Ohio programs.
Second, I wanted to complete the next phase of TIME, the long range planning process. Our first step of the process (ie membership survey) is complete and the results have been compiled. I will try to attach them as an element of this blog in the future. Our second step is to attend every region meeting over the summer to gather thoughts and responses to TIME. TIME stands for Technology, Image, Money and Evolution. These are the four areas that the committee identifies as being critical. If you would like to provide commentary on any of these elements, please feel free to do so on this blog.
The meeting was successful from my perspective in obtaining good feedback and a lot of discussion was generated. This conversation is imperative to our journey. I hope to hear your ideas.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
School is Out
I have not blogged in a few days. I have been busy with BPW and other things. Last night, SB's kindergarten class came over for what was supposed to be a lawn party. Due to the rain, the kids were mostly inside. 14 children and their parents. They had a great time and suggested I have a back to school party. In any event, I spent the weekend cleaning our yard for the party that did not happen in the yard.
On the BPW front, the first Insider is out. Hope you enjoyed the cover. I did. Kudos to CA. Its awesome. The EC is working on the appointment of the Long Range Planning Committee so that they can resume and take action. The issue management, membership and legislative plans for the upcoming year were emailed to the board today. I think the members will enjoy the ideas of the chairs. Also, I am looking for ways to partner with the Ohio National Guard. I hope to have more on this later in the summer. The OBW is under construction as well as should go out in about 4 weeks.
Have a great week!
On the BPW front, the first Insider is out. Hope you enjoyed the cover. I did. Kudos to CA. Its awesome. The EC is working on the appointment of the Long Range Planning Committee so that they can resume and take action. The issue management, membership and legislative plans for the upcoming year were emailed to the board today. I think the members will enjoy the ideas of the chairs. Also, I am looking for ways to partner with the Ohio National Guard. I hope to have more on this later in the summer. The OBW is under construction as well as should go out in about 4 weeks.
Have a great week!
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