President:

Karen Nelson

nelsons@cavemen.net

To contact us:

National:

www.aauw.org

State:

www.aauw-nm.org

Local:

www.pvtnetworks.net/nelsons

Text Box: Next Board Meeting Date: Thursday, January 6th Place: Shila Marek’s house, 507 Who Who Dr.. Time: 7:00 pm.

Web page designed and maintained

by Karen Nelson

Click on these links to get more information!

Click here to see a copy of our newly amended and approved By-Laws.

2008-2009 Calendar

Text Box: Membership Form Copy and Paste this form to join AAUW. "Empowering Women to take charge of their lives"
Name: _______________________________________Sponsor (f any) _____________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________________ Email address: ___________________________________________________________________________ Telephone Number(s): _____________________________________________________________________ Highest Degree & College from which you graduated: _____________________________________________ Major Field of Study: ______________________________________________________________________ FY08-09 Dues: $72.00 Make check payable to: AAUW Dues can be mailed to the Treasurer, Mary Cherryhomes, P.O. Box 682, Carlsbad, NM 88221.

Text Box: WANTED: Truth LaClair, our talented keeper of the Branch scrapbooks, is asking that anyone who has articles or other archival materials that should go in the scrapbook please contact her. Truth also asked that the following form be included on the web page.

AAUW Members 2008

I would like to recognize our Mother and Daughter members as a special feature in the scrapbook for this 80^th year anniversary of AAUW.

If you are interested, please complete this form and get me a photo of the two/three/etc. of you by June 30, 2008. The photo(s) may be of you together or individually, from any year at any time just be sure to label name and year clearly. I will be using the photos in the scrapbook so I will not return the photos. You may want to include what you are doing now.

Mother and Daughter Members

Member (year(s)) AAUW Girl of the Month (circle)

Grand-Mother: ______________________________ yes or no

Mother: __________________________________ yes or no

Daughter(s): ________________________________ yes or no

Return info to Truth LaClair, cell 302-9282 or e-mail me: truthlaclair@yahoo.com

Text Box: Value Statement By joining AAUW, we belong to a community that breaks through
educational and economic barriers so that all women have a fair chance.

Text Box: GURLS Event Report Wow!!! We had a grand total of 71 girls at our GURLS all-night science lock-in. The donations were outstanding, including a $250 contribution from the ELKS and 10 free pizzas from Pizza Inn. The girls had a great time making perfume, creating a marble roller coaster, tie-dying t-shirts (scientifically), building rockets, as well as doing several other activities. Debbie Haggerton out did herself. We had great breakfast (thanks to Rick and Lezlie Gravens and Roxanne and Leo Lara), and then we had a perfect morning for our exciting rocket launch . Thank you so much to all of you who donated food and money. A great big thank you to everyone who came and helped out. I would call the event a huge success. AAUW members know how to come through!!! Hope you saw the feature article in the Current-Argus.

Text Box: Holiday Social After working hard on so many projects this fall it is time for our members to relax and have some fun. You won’t want to miss our holiday social coming up soon. Date: Thursday, December 11 Place: Mary Sandford’s house, 1724 Sandy Lane Time: 7:00 pm What to bring: Unwrapped toy to donate to Christmas Anonymous. Wrapped Christmas tree ornament for a game in which we exchange them. Christmas goodie to share that night. Money to participate in the LAF raffle of handmade Christmas cards and other crafts. The Carlsbad String Quartet will perform for this enjoyable part of your holiday season. Put it on your calendar now. During this season we wish you joy, happiness and a wonderful

Event	Date	Place	Time	Speakers/ Other Important Details	What to bring	Contact person
Wine & cheese	Sept. 5	Karen Nelson’s 1005 N. Thomas	7:00 pm	Australian wines	Bottle of Australian wine or cheese/appetizer	Lezlie Gravens
General meeting	Sept. 9	Shila Marek’s 507 Who Who Dr.	7:00 pm	Dr. Sherri Williams, new school superintendent Present budget Discuss EF/LAF	Finger foods	Shila Marek
Business Fair	Sept. 20	Pecos River Convention Center	9:00am-4:00 pm	Voter registration/ networking with NAACP
Book Group	Sept. 25	Ellen Harbaugh’s, 601 E. Orchard Lane	7:00 pm	44 Scotland Street Series by Alexander McCall Smith Signe Henderson leader		Karen Nelson
Public political forum	Oct. 1	NMSU-C Rm. 153	7:00 pm	Candidates in upcoming election		Shila Marek Carol Parr
Trunk & Treasure Sale	Oct. 25	Carol Parr’s, 304 W. Riverside Dr	7:00am	Fundraiser	Everyone brings garage sale items.	Karen Nelson
Wine & cheese	Nov. 8	Oriann Molinar’s house, 1020 N. Alameda	7:00 pm	Fall and holiday wines	Bottle of fall wine or cheese/appetizer	Lezlie Gravens
G.U.R.L.S. (Girls Utilizing Real Life Science) Middle school girls science lock-in	Nov. 14-15	Alta Vista		All night science fun, rocket building and launch		Debra Haggerton
Book Group	Nov. 20	Mary Sandford’s 1724 Sandy Lane	7:00 pm	Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West by Benazir Bhuto Virginia Spruiell leader		Karen Nelson
Holiday Social	Dec. 11	Mary Sandford’s 1724 Sandy Lane	7:00 pm	String Quartet to perform	Unwrapped Christmas Anonymous toy donation, wrapped ornament for exchange, goodies to share, money for LAF raffle	Mary Sandford
Wine & Cheese	Jan. 9		7:00 pm			Lezlie Gravens
Girl-of-the-Month Luncheon	Jan. 15	Riverside country Club	11:30 am	Erin Collins	$14 for your lunch	Carol Parr Truth La Clair
Book Group	Jan. 22	Mary Cherryhomes’, 2407 Mountain View Dr.	7:00 pm	A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Mary Cherryhomes leader		Karen Nelson
Border Issues Panel (open to public)	Feb.		7:00 pm			Roxanne Lara
Wine & Cheese	March 6		7:00 pm