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AAUWPoway Penasquitos Branch

October 2016 Vol. 47 Issue 2

October General Meeting - Wednesday, October 12When: Wednesday, October 12, 2016What: Our 45th Year Branch Birthday Celebration!Speaker: SharonAnn Hamilton, Certified Financial Planner,Ten Estate Planning Goofs that Could Cost You a FortuneWhere: Rancho Bernardo Swim & Tennis ClubWhen: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Time: 6:30-8:30 pm

Most of us have an estate plan and even have our estate documentsprepared and tucked away safely somewhere. But have you updatedthem due to changes in your life or approach? Have you checked themfor flaws or those small but important oversights? Are othersappropriately aware of the location of your papers and your intent?Find out what happens when plans go awry. Get a checklist to help youavoid expensive and perhaps harmful errors. (This same checklist has already helped one of ourmembers avoid a mistake.) Set your own personal goals to safeguard yourselves, your families andtheir future. As indicated on her website, SharonAnn Hamilton received her MBA in OrganizationalBehavior and Psychology and worked as a Certified Financial Planner. She also lists certification as amoney coach, an MS in Financial Services and her writings for local papers and a published how-topamphlet among her credentials. Her classes at OASIS and at libraries throughout the county havereceived excellent reviews.

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Any questions: email Pam: [email protected]. Also, please send your reservation to: PamelaMeyer,

Pamela Meyer, Programs Chair

See attached flyer for more information.

President's MessageHappy 45th Anniversary Poway-Penasquitos Branch! Wow, that's amilestone to celebrate. According to our inhouse historian, JacqueSturtevant, 30 motivated women came together to start this branch inOctober 1971. We are lucky to still count on three of those charter memberstoday--Jacque Sturtevant, Janene Cook and Jan Rightmer. Thank youladies for giving birth to our branch that is still going strong today!

The Board has finalized our fund raising goals for the year. We have setambitious but doable goals to raise $5400 for Tech Trek to send 6 campers,$5400 for Reentry Scholarships-awarding $1800 to 3 recipients, and $1200

to AAUW Funds for national support of grants, research, legal and developmental programs. (Thesenumbers are based on past years' efforts.) We plan to raise these funds through membership supportduring our fall campaign, corporate donations, Cover to Cover and some new and fun events tostimulate getting outside guests involved in helping us to achieve these goals. Watch for wine andbeer tasting events, home-hosted small group gathering events, and our new "loose change" programthrough interest groups. We hope to see you at each or all of these events and want to encourage youto bring your friends, family and countrywomen to come too!

In addition to these new and old events, we are also proud to announce that we are official partnerswith Miramar College! Thanks to the efforts of Marie Dye, Sheri Bardot, Marilyn Scheininger, JoanThompson to make that a reality! They are already sponsoring a Voter registration on campus andwill be offering a seminar on Wage Negotiations and tapping on our membership to participate incareer panels in the future.


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Lots of wonderful and dynamic things are happening in our branch launched from that humblebeginning in 1971. Congratulations to us all!

Harriet Gerza, President

2016-17 Operating Budget (Approved 9/10/16)Income: Membership Dues (115@$17) 1955.00 Directory Donations 200.00 Total Income: $2155.00Expenses: Communications 20.00 Directory Expense 250.00 Insurance&Fees 610.00 Office Expenses 100.00 Conference/Travel 400.00 Membership 100.00 Collegiate Partnership 75.00 Programs 600.00 Total Expenses: $2155.00

First Meeting of the Year a Success!Our meeting last Saturday was a wonderfulopportunity to meet and chat with our Tech Trekcampers (photo at right) and our re-entryscholarship recipients. It was truly gratifying tohear about their experiences and they were all sograteful for the opportunities our branch hasprovided them!

Also, we heard from Nicole Schick, PhD and Sr.Marketing Programs Manager at IlluminaCorporation. She was an amazing speaker and I


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think we all learned a great deal about the innovative work Illumina is doing in DNA sequencing herein San Diego and around the world.

We also recognized members who are celebrating milestone AAUW membership anniversaries.

Scholarship Recipients

Jeanene Cook and Jacque Sturtevant


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Welcome Miramar College!We are pleased to announce Miramar College is now in a partnershipwith the American Association of American Women (AAUW). Thereare 86 college /university AAUW partnerships in California. SanDiego Miramar College joins the following schools in San DiegoCounty that are partners with AAUW: Cuyamaca College, GrossmontCollege, MiraCosta College, Palomar College, CSU San Marcos, SanDiego State, University of San Diego, University of California San Diego and Ashford University.

San Diego Miramar College is a public two year Community College located in Mira Mesa. Thisexcellent community college offers over 120 certificates, associate degrees, and comprehensivetransfer programs to students transferring to University of California, California State Universitiesand private universities.

Each semester, around 13,000 students of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds attend MiramarCollege classes. Partnerships with local industry and the City and County of San Diego preparestudents for high demand and well-paying careers in the highly competitive labor market, includingbiotechnology, paralegal (ABA approved), aviation (FAA-certified), automotive, diesel, and alternativefuels technologies. In addition, San Diego Miramar College has a wide array of courses available tostudents who wish to transfer to the university.

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Membership Matters2016 anniversaries

AAUW is now issuing anniversary lapel pins to celebratemembers who have reached their 5, 10,20,30 or 40 years.

AAUW thanks the following members for their years ofmembership and dedication to our shared mission on behalf of women and girls.


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Congratulations to the following members who as of 2016 are celebrating anniversaries and willreceive an anniversary pin:

Pam Coon- five yearsDeborah Dutilly- five yearsVicki Kiehl- ten yearsBerna Robb-ten yearsSusan Davis-30 yearsPamela Meyer- 40 years

Recruiter pinsNot only are we recognizing those with anniversaries but also those who recruit five or more memberswith their own pin! Start recruiting now so you can receive a pin in June.

Branch DirectoryDo you have your copy the branch directory yet? If not, please attend the October meeting to pick upyour copy. The AAUW Branch Directory is for the use of members only and is not to be used as amailing or contact list by any other agency or individual member for any purpose other than AAUW.Please shred your old directory when you are ready to discard it.

Membership EventThere will be a prospective and new member orientation November 10 at the Poway Library. Do youhave a friend who may be interested in AAUW? This is the event for them! Attached is a flyer with allthe information for you to forward to friends and family. This is a great opportunity to work ongetting a recruiter pin. Anyone joining AAUW at the orientation will receive a discount on the annualmembership fee.

Marie Dye, Membership Chair

download flyer here


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Happy Hikers - Saturday, September 3Join the Happy Hikers Saturday October 8 in Palomar Mountain State Park for abeautiful 3.5 mile hike in Lower Doane and French Valleys. We will hike throughforests of oak, pine, cedar and fir, meadows supporting wildflowers and many birds.We saw deer in three locations on our last visit. This is the hike a few of us did lastMay, but had to miss some of the highlights due to inclement weather. We will beable to visit the historic water weir and complete the hike on the picturesque Doane

Valley Nature Trail.

Those interested can make a short visit to the historic Boucher Hill fire tower, meet the volunteerForest Fire Lookouts who are manning the tower during fire season, and enjoy the spectacular views.Lunch will be at Mothers Kitchen, just outside the park. This hike through Doane and French Valleysis rated moderate by Afoot and Afield (Jerry Schad). While it is mostly gentle terrain changes, you arehiking at an elevation of 4,500 feet which adds a challenge, and there are two small easy streamcrossings. You may want to bring your hiking stick. Below is a description, with photos, of a hike thatis the same as ours.

We will meet at 8:00 and carpool from the west end of the parking area of Ranch Bernardo TransitCenter, 16715 West Bernardo Dr. Driving time to the park is approximately one hour ten minutes.Entrance to the state park is $8 per car ($7 for a senior) If you would like to attend please email PatDowning at [email protected] cell 714-321-3955 Please include your cell phone number. This isjust one of the incredible trees we saw in May.

Happy Hiking!Marie

details of the hike here: http://www.modernhiker.com/2015/02/23/hiking-lower-doane-valley-and-french-valley/


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Garden GalsThe Garden Gals field trip to Myrtle Creek Botanical Gardens and Nursery in Fallbrookwas a blooming success! Our tour guide, Kim, wound us through the butterfly garden,rose arbors, plantation house (which can be rented for events up to 75-100 people)regaling the history of the grounds and buildings along the way. We created our ownclay pot gardens (some with fairies!), had a lovely outdoor lunch with Myrtle berrylemonade & pie and shopped in the garden store. Members brought five guests to join us and learnabout AAUW. Hopefully some may join us as members!

Our next outing will be November 4 at Bates Nut Farm in Valley Center where we will have a hay ride,back scenes tour, shopping (just in time for the holidays!) and lunch. There is a 15 person minimumfor this event, so it is another time to invite friends and potential members! Until then...See you in thegarden!

Pam Kirpalani, Garden Gals Chair


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Board MeetingsThe next board meeting 4:30pm on October 19 atHarriet Gerza's house.

Interest Group Calendar

All Interest Group activities are consolidatedinto a monthly calendar. Simply download andprint to keep up with your favorite groups.

Download Calendar Here

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