Photo by Raymond Rodrigues, 2023
CALENDAR
* Tuesday, June 4, at 2 pm. “Red Scare in the Green Mountains,” a Vermont Humanities Council talk cosponsored by AAUW. Location: The Left Bank, 5 Main Street, North Bennington. For more information about this event, click here.
* Wednesday, June 12, at 1 pm. Scribble Sisters. Location tbd.
* Wednesday, June 19, at 1 pm. Discussion of Last Night at the Telegraph Club, facilitated by Suzanne Brown of Vermont Humanities Council. Location: UU Meetinghouse in Bennington. Open to the Public. For more information, click here.
* Saturday, June 22, at noon. AAUW Annual Branch Meeting and Picnic (potluck). Location: Old First Church Barn.
The picnic is our Annual Branch Meeting where business of the branch is conducted. (The meeting is required in order to keep our non-profit status.) We will have reports of officers (Treasurer, President, and Secretary), and the Secretary will read and move for approval of the minutes from June 2023. During the picnic, we will also discuss program plans for 2024-25 and will distribute a survey to find out what kinds of programs are of interest to members.
Everyone is asked to bring a dish to share (main dish, salad, vegetable, or dessert). Paper plates and utensils will be provided. Water will be available, too.
* Wednesday, June 26, at 1 pm. Scribble Sisters. Location tbd.
* Wednesday, July 17, at 1 pm. Book Group. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown.
* Wednesday, August 21. Book Group. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmis.
SAVE THE DATE—Saturday, September 7, at 2 pm. Theater Outing to see True Art. Location: Dorset Theatre Festival. We have a block of tickets for the matinee performance on Saturday, September 7. A portion of the ticket price will go to the Scholarship Fund. You will receive additional information in August. To find out more about the play, click here.
CONTENTS
— In Memoriam: Remembering Andrea Weisberg by Gudrun Hutchins
—The Year in Review by Berta Winiker
—New Scholarship Offering by Kathy Wagenknecht
—Another Sign Post on the Road to Equal Pay in Vermont: State Legislature Passes Pay Transparency Bill by Julie Mackaman
Scratchings from Two Scribble Sisters:
—“The Night Visitor“ by Kathy Wagenknecht
—”In Which Medium” by Berta Winiker
—“Plenty Good” by Berta Winiker
UPDATES
Membership: From the Membership Chair
We had eight new members join between September 2023, and June 2024.
Dues: A Note From Your Treasurer
A reminder that many members are due to renew their memberships at this time. Dues have not gone up (hip hip hurray) for the coming year, staying at $72 for national plus $10 for our local branch for a total of $82 for our college graduate members. Non-graduates are $20. The easiest way will be to bring your check to the June picnic meeting and receive a special picnic favor for your efforts! If you are unable to attend or to simply mark it off your “to do” list, mail your check to:
Jan Day
1631 Hidden Valley Road
Shaftsbury, VT 05262
Make check out to “AAUW.”
Open Membership Initiative Fails for Third Time
AAUW national membership will continue to require an associates degree or higher (or equivalent, such as an RN degree). Changes to AAUW’s bylaws require 2/3 majority (66.6%) to pass. AAUW members voted 65.1% to approve the measure, just shy of passing.
Note: The newsletter is not published in July and August. The next issue you receive will be the September newsletter. Have a wonderful summer!