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PRESIDENT'S LETTER - MAY, 2012
Our General Meeting and luncheon was held at Lakewood Ranch Country Club April 18th what a fun time we had! Raffle choices, social hour, delightful lunch and voting of the new Board of Directors for 2012-2013 year. After lunch, Angelia Wood introduced our special guest, Nate Jacobs, a founder of the West Coast Black Theatre Troupe. Mr. Jacobs gave an outstanding performance in acappella, as well as an interesting presentation about his early life and how the West Coast Black Theatre Troupe began in 1999 with six people. It was well done and very entertaining. We also welcomed Kristen Theisen of The Manatee Food Bank, our chosen charity, and presented a check to her for $5,000. This donation will be used for the April food drive and “Feed the Kids for $5” program. We have now donated a total of $21,000 to The Manatee Food Bank and we couldn’t have done it without all of our members and their generosity. Our slate of officers was presented followed by a request for nominations from the floor. There were no nominations from the floor and the membership voted to accept the slate of officers unanimously for the 2012-2013 year. We welcome our new officers and thank them for agreeing to serve. They will be installed at the June General Meeting and are as follows:
Executive Board
President - Jan Wallace
First Vice President - Beckie Suverkrup
Co-Second Vice Presidents - Linda Schauer, Annie Walsh
Recording Secretary - Diana Moser
Co-Recording Secretary - Cheryl Hacker
Treasurer - Elaine Kulbako
Co-Treasurer - Pat Brennan
Ways & Means Executive - Mary Conklin
Corresponding Secretary - Judy Jones
President Ex-Officio - Cheryl Kleiman
Committee Chairs
Membership - Sandy Rossin
Special Interests - Abby Whitcher
Social Co-Chairs - Deborah Van Brunt, Nancy Harmon
Website Coordinator - Kathy Bondur
Outreach Co-Chairs - Kris Higgerson, Ann Nellis
Historian & Publicity - Delpha Hanke, Martha Naismith
The membership survey we conducted was a success and I’d like to share some of the results with you:
- The fashion show and Holiday luncheon are the most popular luncheons (91% of respondents attended a luncheon)
- Plays and museums are most popular activities (65% of respondents prefer a mix of daytime and evening events)
- Book group, Gadabouts and Gardeners have the most participation, Women’s Health & Needlecraft followed
- 95% of respondents like the idea of changing our charity every 1 – 2 years & 90% are comfortable with our current involvement
- 46% of respondents have attended our biggest charity fund raising event, the Diamond & Crystal Ball (new date for the event this year – 03/09/13)
- Communications are effective – 90% of respondents find emails useful, 89% of respondents found website user friendly
- What most appreciate about the Women’s Club: meeting people and socializing, activities, friendships and intellectual stimulation
Our raffle was a lot of fun with many variations of prizes such as: 18 holes of golf for four at Lakewood Ranch Country Club, 18-inch genuine jade necklace, two season tickets for the West Coast Black Theatre Troupe donated by Nate Jacobs & cash prizes of $350. Our last social event of the season will be the 2nd annual “Bye-Bye (snow) Birdies” Pool Party at the Hampton Green pool on Friday, May 4th at 5:00 PM. This was a fun event last year and we expect it to be fun again this year – hope to see you there!
Warmest Wishes,
Cheryl Kleiman, President
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