During the lunch break at our Annual Meeting, several AAUW CA board members attempted to lead a Q&A discussion with members.  The lunch was held in the Capitol basement cafeteria, a very noisy and oddly shaped room.  It was not conducive to group discussion, so the session was brief.

Click HERE for a transcription of the questions and answers.

Other information about the election and the issues can be found on this website in the Elections section HERE.

The final round of the 2013 Eleanor Stem Allen Speech Trek Contest was held on Saturday, April 20 at the AAUW CA Annual Meeting. The three finalists gave their speeches and the prizes were awarded.

Pictured are (from left): Pavin Trinh, 1st place winner of $1500, (Alhambra-San Gabriel); Tierney Pretzer, 3rd place winner of $500 (Mariposa);  Kaitlyn Schultz, 2nd place winner of $1000 (Oakddale/Escalon/Riverbank)

Gray Allen, sponsor, awarded the prizes and made a few remarks about his wife, Eleanor Stem Allen, in whose memory the contest is named.

Many convention attendees inquired about BULLIES ANONYMOUS.  Branches or schools interested in producing it, can obtain the script and rights from www.badwolfpress.com. The rights are extremely reasonable - about $63.  You get permission to copy the scripts, and a CD of all the songs.  

• May 12th, 1PM at Franklin Elementary Carnival, 2385 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame .
• North Shoreview Montessori will be performing BULLIES ANONYMOUS, June 8th, 7PM. 1301 Cypress Avenue, San Mateo.
• Bayside Stem Academy will be also performing the show on June 6th, 11:00AM at the Bayside Performing Arts Center, 2025 Kehoe Avenue, San Mateo.  

All performances are free and open to the public. 

 Eleanor Stem-Allen Memorial

Speech Trek 2012 Contest Finalists

 From left: Daisy Figueroa (3rd place), Shelina Noorali (2nd place), Kyron Richard (1st place) 

Thanks to all those convention attendees who visited the Connection Corner Exploratorium over the weekend and played our Connection Corner Passport game.  

• Alameda, 50 years
• Atascadero, 75 years
• Merced, 75 years
• Nevada County, 75 years
• Oakdale-Riverbank-Escalon, 50 years
• Sunnyvale-Cupertino, 50 years
• San Jose, 103 years
• San Gorgonio, 103 years
• San Francisco, 126

Each morning during convention, Convention Snapshots magically appears on tables in the convention area, giving us information about what's going to happen that day as well as a recap of the day before.

Well, actually, there is no magic involved.  Shelley Mitchell, editor, works into the night preparing it. It is printed overnight and delivered to the hotel the next morning.

You can read Convention Snapshots even if you are not attending our convention.  Just click below:

• Friday, April 13 -- Snapshots #1
• Saturday, April 14 -- Snapshots #2
• Sunday, April 15 -- Snapshots #3

Thank you, Shelley, for another job well done!

Bakula Maniar, Financial Literacy Director, reports that both Financial Literacy projects are moving forward.

Money Trek  Two Money Trek workshops have been presented recently,  on January 21 to our student affiliates at Mt San Jacinto College and on February 12 to girls aged 12-18, an Advisory Committe for the Santa Clara County Office of Women's Policy.

A third one is scheduled for the same girls in Santa Clara County on March 13.

The Financial Literacy Committee will present a Money Trek workshop at our state convention in April.

$tart $mart  Four facilitator training workshops were held in November in So. California and five more are scheduled.

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Please note the deadline for Early Conventnion Registration is

February 21, 2012.

Go to the Convention 2012 section of this website, (click HERE)

We apologize for our earlier error stating it as March 1, 2012.

February 15, 2012

• Deadline for Branch Named Gift Honoree(s) 
• Deadline for State Named Gift Nomination 

Go to the Forms & Documents section of this website under AAUW Funds (click HERE) to find the forms for both of the above.

• Deadline to reserve space in Convention Connection Corner

Go to the Forms & Documents section of this website under Convention 2012 (click HERE) to find the reservation form.

February 21, 2012 

• Early Bird Convention Registration

March 1, 2012

• Deadline to submit Speech Trek winners' DVDs to Cathy Foxhoven
• Deadline to submit Tech Trek payments to camp treasurers

March 10, 2012

• Deadline to submit mission based program for Branch Program Recognition to Cathy Foxhoven

Three students, by delivering some very impassioned, unique and creative speeches, were selected for the final competition: Montanna Tarkington, a sophomore from Tulare Union High School, sponsored by the Visalia-Sequoia Branch, Emily Shumway, from Summerville High School and sponsored by the Sonora Branch, and Jasmine Khangura, a junior at Franklin High School, sponsored by the Sacramento Branch.

These three students and their chaperones will enjoy an all expense-paid  trip to the AAUW CA convention for the fifth annual SPEECH TREK-ELEANOR STEM ALLEN MEMORIAL final competition on April 9, 2011 in Irvine.  They will compete for a $1000 first place gift and $500 for second and third place.  They will also receive a $50 gift certificate for micro financing with Kiva, an entrepreneurial organization that helps women and girls finance their own businesses. 

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If you haven't already registered for this fabulous convention, you'd better act fast!  On Friday, April 16, the convention online registration will end. 

If you have questions about registration contact us at  vicepres@aauw-ca.org.

Thanks, Carlynne and Harriet