Agenda

Hospitality Hoopla

General & Exec. Board Minutes

Guest Speaker

Woman of the Year

Member Advertising

Code of Conduct

A Chapter of American Business Women’s Association, Yuma, AZ

Inside this issue:

Volume 46, Issue 1

Territorial Charter Chatter

The mission of the American

Business Women’s Association

is to bring together business-

women of diverse occupations

and to provide opportunities

for the to help themselves and

others grow personally

through leadership, education,

networking and support and

National recognition.

August2016

Congratulations to our

Woman of the Year

Kerrie Underhill

2016 – 2017

a message from our president

Welcome everyone to our new year at Territorial Charter. I'm ex-cited to start this year with our new board and committee chairs.

We promise to bring you all a lot of fun, laughter and education. Be ready to learn more

about ABWA. Our program this month is "ABWA in a Nutshell". We will be highlighting The Community Connection, Networking and our very own Mary Ellerman will be giving us a presentation on what is happening with National ABWA.

I want to thank Mary Ellerman , our National District VI ,VP for all she has done for our chapter this year. She has been traveling all over the US and has repre-sented us well. It is an honor to have a member rep-resent us at the national level.

I know its still hot out but we will be starting our Fall Membership Campaign in September. Be thinking of who you will be inviting to our meetings.

National conference is coming up in October, this year we will be in Chattanooga, TN. Ask a board member for information on attending.

Please mark your calendars for Oct., Nov., and Dec. meetings. We will be moving the meeting dates up a week due to National conference and the holidays.

Get on board to Chattanooga, Choo Choo!!!

Agenda>>>Agenda>>>

ABWA In a Nutshell Mary Ellerman, District VI Vice President & ABWA Territorial

Charter Chapter VP

District VI Vice President

American Business Women's Association October 2015 – Present (11 months) CA, OR ,WA ,MT, ID, WY, NV, UT, AZ,

NM, CO, AK, HI To bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and to pro-

vide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow person-

ally and professionally through leadership, education, networking support, and national recogni-

tion. Board responsibilities include acting as Trustee for the Stephen Bufton Memorial Education

Fund. Responsible for consistent brand development, assisting with the growth and retention of the

organization

From LinkedIn:

My personal goal is to help change lives by being a Change Agent!.

I am passionate about The American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) where I serve on the Board of Directors

Menu>>>Menu>>>

Salad: BLT Salad - Lettuce, tomato red on-

ions, Croutons, bacon, bleu cheese, with

Ranch Dressing

Entrée: Chicken Picatta

Side: Au Gratin Potatoes, Cauliflower and

Broccoli with Cheese Sauce

Vegetarian Entrée: Squash Picatta

Dessert: New York Cheesecake

Upcoming 2016 Meetings

October 18th

November 15th

December 13th

Plan Ahead & Be Involved

6:00-6:15 PM Welcome, Pledge & Invocation

Introduction of Guests

2016-2017 Officer Installation

Installation of New Members

6:15-6:45 PM Networking

6:45 PM Dinner

7 PM-7:45 PM Speaker & Program: “ABWA In a Nutshell” by

Mary Ellerman 7:45-8:00 PM Business Meeting Action items:

Ratify July 2016 Minutes

Ratify July 2016 Financials

Vote to be a part of ASC Jan.2017 to Dec.

2017- $40.00 a year per league

Vote for Striving for Best Practices Level 1

for 2016-2017

Vote to transfer funds from general account

to member education acct.

Announcements:

Oct. Nov. and Dec. meeting dates

Hats Off Aug. 26th

Benediction

2016-2017 Board Members Hospitality Hoopla

Kerrie Underhill Mary Ellerman

Brooke Adams-Ferguson Aubrianne Wilson

Promo Table

OPEN!

See Dawn for more Information

ABWA Chapter Minutes– July 26, 2016

Meeting called to order: 6:00 pm by Terre Munk, Vice President

Members present: 17 Guests present: 7

Program: Kari Gardner Heilman, MBA-HRM, “Negotiating Salary and Benefits”

Business Meeting:

June 2016 Minutes were ratified as emailed.

June 2016 Financials were ratified as presented at the meeting.

Best Practices Level One is on target for 7-31-16 deadline

The 2016-2017 Board Members induction moved to August meeting

After the Benediction, the meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm

Submitted by: Mary Williams, Chapter Secretary

2016-2017 Standing Committee Chairs

Professional Development: Angie Mitchell

Fundraising: Caitlyn Shier and Karen McCafferty

Historian: Mary Ellerman

Hospitality: Dawn Negleman

Membership:Shirley Franklin, Rita Megui-Avery (Mary Williams-Co-Chair)

Newsletter: Sandy Hernandez

Programming: Heather McCloud

Publicity: Ashley Herrington

Woman of the Year : Kerrie Underhill

Top Ten : Aubrianne Wilson

To be received.

ABWA Executive Minutes – TBA

Upcoming Birthdays ~ September

Paula Weiland 3, Eileen Kotula 12, Aubrianne Wilson 18,

Karen McCafferty 21 Naomi Mulhern 24, Nicole Negleman 28

September Anniversaries

Brandy Wright 4 years

Nicolle Griffin 1 year

Betty Volin 4 years

2016-2017 Standing Committee Chairs

Professional Development— Angie Mitchell

Fundraising— Karen McCafferty

Historian—Mary Ellerman

Hospitality— Dawn Negleman

Membership— Shirley Franklin, Rita Megui–

Avery (Mary Williams as co-Chair)

Newsletter—Sandy Hernandez

Programming— Heather McCloud

Publicity— Ashley Herrington

Woman of the Year— Kerrie Underhill

Top Ten— Aubrianne Wilson

Raffle — ?

IMPORTANT!!

Fellow ABWA Members! It is very important that you RSVP for meetings. We want

to ensure that enough food is ordered and place settings are set up. We do con-

sider walk in guests due to the newspaper invitation but it is much appreciated that

members RSVP. Remember that you may cancel your meeting RSVPs until Monday

morning (the day before our monthly meeting). Also, please remember that when

you do not attend a meeting to which you’ve RSVP’d, our chapter must still pay for

that meal and you are responsible for reimbursing the chapter for that expense. If

you have missed a recent meeting, please contact our chapter Treasurer, Brooke

Adams-Ferguson and arrange to mail in your payment. Thank you!

Top Ten Advertisement

ABWA’s Proud

Code of Conduct

1. All members will

serve as goodwill am-

bassadors for the

American Business

Women’s Association.

2. Members will not al-

low their personal be-

liefs and convictions

to interfere with the

representation of

ABWA’s mission.

3. Members will always

treat their member

colleagues, guests,

vendors and spon-

sors with honesty, re-

spect, fairness, integ-

rity, responsibility,

kindness, and in good

faith.

4. Members will main-

tain compliance with

ABWA National,

Chapter and Express

Network Bylaws.

5. Members will not use

their personal power

to advance their per-

sonal interests.

6. Members will strive

for excellence in their

professions by main-

taining and enhanc-

ing their own busi-

ness knowledge and

skills, and by encour-

aging the profes-

sional development

of other members.

Our Chapter’s Vision Statement

To give members the capacity to excel, both personally and professionally in a fun, supportive, educational environment by offering leadership and network opportunities.

SAVE THE DATE: WOMEN’S EXPO

April 1, 2017

If you are interested in being involved in the 2017

Women’s Expo, contact Karen to get involved!

Network Member Advertising

OPEN!

Karen McCafferty Operations Manager

Terre Munk ~ "PRUVIT" ~ 257-9788

The 2015-2016 National Board of Directors Mary Ellerman at ABWA National Headquarters