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Healdsburg Healing Arts Newsletter |
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Volume 8, Issue 10
June 2009 |
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The Mission of the American Business Women's Association:
To bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally, through leadership, education, networking support and national recognition.
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Calendar of Events
June 16, 6:30 pm
Dinner Meeting
Fountaingrove Golf & Athletic Club
Awards Night & New Officer Installation
September 15, 6:30 pm
Dinner Meeting
Fountaingrove Golf & Athletic Club
October 20, 6:30 pm
Dinner Meeting
Fountaingrove Golf & Athletic Club
November 17, 6:30 pm
Dinner Meeting
Fountaingrove Golf & Athletic Club
December 8, 6:00 pm
Holiday Party
Location T.B.A.
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Board of Directors
President:
Alicia Mutch
Treasurer:
Amy Jasmer
Vice President, Membership:
Chris Parr-Feldman
Vice President, Hospitality:
Judith Light
Secretary:
Melina Sansi
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Message from the President
 ReflectionsHere I am, writing the last newsletter of the 2008/2009 ABWA year. There's a lot to reflect on for this past year. I have enjoyed being your president tremendously, and I'm pleased with the quality of women in our group. The economy has been in a tailspin all year, yet we still managed to pull off a successful Scholarship Fundraiser and award over $12,000 to 10 women at Sonoma State and the Santa Rosa Junior College with seed money for next year as well. Our holiday party at Simi was a lot of fun, and we've seen a lot of new faces over the course of the year. Our new venue, the Fountaingrove Golf & Athletic Club, has been very generous with us, their food has been great, and we're looking forward to continuing our relationship with them. Changes for Next YearAs the economy continues its slow trudge back up to prosperity, there are many networking organizations that might be calling you to join them, and we are committed that your experience with ABWA makes a difference for your business and for your life. One of the things we're going to do next year to better serve our membership is to streamline our meetings. We will be placing a greater emphasis on the guest speakers, and they will speak for 45 minutes. The topics will focus on Business Development, and include speakers who will help our member businesses achieve a cutting edge lead in our current economy in a wide variety of topics. The remainder of the meeting will focus on business networking. It will be a wonderful balance of education and networking which I know many of you will be very pleased with. Everything else, such as board member and committee reports, will go in the newsletter for you to peruse at your leisure. I'm excited with the idea of the new format, and I know it will make our meetings much more impactful and dynamic. Archived NewslettersSpeaking of the newsletter, all of the copies of the newsletters from the 2008/2009 year have been archived, and they are all listed on our website in the newsletter section. If you've had difficulty opening the newsletters this past year, you can visit them online and be able to read them there! To read any of our past newsletters, go to: www.wineabwa.org/newsletters/See you soon! -Alicia Mutch
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Next Meeting on June 16
Our next dinner meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 16 at the Fountaingrove Golf and Athletic Club in the clubhouse at the top of the hill. The address of the club is 1525 Fountaingrove Parkway in Santa Rosa. We will be networking from 6:30 to 7:00, and our dinner meeting begins at 7:00. All members and guests are welcome. The June meeting is our awards night. We will be awarding scholarships as well as the Woman of the Year award, and we will be inducting new officers to our Board of Directors. Please bring your marketing materials with you to display at the marketing table and network, network, network. Please bring a bottle of wine with you to share with your table. Wine and alcoholic beverages are also available for purchase from the club. The price of the dinner meeting is $37.50 for members and $42.50 for guests. Members who bring a guest with them get a $5 discount on their dinner. Please be kind and thoughtful to our Vice President of Hospitality, Judith Light, and make your reservations by noon on Friday, June 12. We need to know how many meals to reserve ahead of time. We love early RSVPs! |
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Desperately Seeking a Treasurer
Our Board of Directors is in desperate need of a Treasurer for the 2009/2010 year. Barbara Zimmerman was our treasurer from 2006-2008, and Amy Jasmer has been our treasurer for the past year. Both of them did outstanding jobs at keeping our books up to date, maintaining our 501(c)3 nonprofit status, and preparing budgets for our chapter. Our accounts are kept updated on Quicken, and Amy says that it's a pretty low-maintenance job now that all of the legwork has been done. If one of our members doesn't step up to the plate for this position, our chapter will be in dire straits. We are all volunteers in this organization, and we appreciate all of the support that our membership has to offer. You can contact Amy Jasmer to find out the responsibilities of the treasurer, and you can contact Rachael Erickson to discuss the possibility of stepping up to the position. You don't need to be an accountant or a bookkeeper to be our treasurer. If you can balance your checkbook, we would love to have you join us. Thank you so much for your support! |
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Summer Mixers!
Please come to our ABWA Social on Monday, June 22, at 6:00 PM at Irene Turner's home in Sebastopol. For directions and to RSVP, please email Irene Turner. Let's carpool if we can. Also, if you can bring a bottle of wine, that would be helpful. The Wine Country ABWA chapter loves wine. Let's hang out together and have some fun! Chris Parr-Feldman Vice President, Membership |
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And The Scholarships Go To...
We will award $12,750 in scholarships to the following group of women at our June 16 meeting:
Sonoma State:
Ashley Bell, $1000 (3rd time recipient; graduating in December)
India Gomez, $2000
Megan Ingrassia, $2000
Rose McMackin, $2000
Lauren Stavish, $2000
Santa Rosa Junior College:
Yiching Bell, $750
Georgianna Cappelletty, $750
Tina Montero, $750
Shayla Salzman, $750
Christine Stephens, $750
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Member News and Announcements
Announcement from Judith Light:
MoonDancer Belly Dance
June Special at Ellington Hall in Santa Rosa - 6 Classes for $60.00
Call Judith for details at 528-6992
Announcement from Nihala Halem:
Halem & Co. is participating in "Wonderful Wednesdays". Most of the businesses in Healdsburg are giving special deals to local residents on Wednesdays through the summer, and maybe longer.
Our special this month is $25.00 off jewelry repairs of $100.00 or more. Come by and I will give you a brochure listing all the merchants (including restaurants) participating.
Halem & Co. is also offering 20% off any jewelry repair any day of the week (not including the $25.00 off on Wednesdays).
Announcement from Alise Sheehan:
My first wholesale show in Las Vegas was very successful!
Here is a link to my catalog of house blessings, jewelry, and gifts. The Wishnests and the birds were a huge hit, so it looks like I will be doing more wholesale shows -- one in San Francisco in August.
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Raffle Acknowledgments:
Many thank you's go to the following group of women who donated raffle items for last month's raffle:
Dian Nunes, of T.D. & Associates, donated a skin analysis with a product discount
Alicia Mutch, owner of Healdsburg Healing Arts, donated a one hour massage
Audrey Gondoli, of MG Insurance Services, donated a fused glass dish
Janet Codding, of NuSkin Enterprises, donated a gift certificate for a facial with a 45-minute foot massage
Jen Stark, of Stark Wine, donated a bottle of Stark Wine
Anna Smith, owner of The Shelford House Bed & Breakfast, donated a glass necklace
Judith Light, owner of Moonsong & MoonDancer, donated our centerpieces
All of our raffle earnings go to our general fund to keep our little
chapter humming along. The raffle proceeds from our June meeting will
go towards paying for the dinners of our scholarship recipients. To
donate a raffle item for an upcoming meeting, contact Audrey Gondoli.
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Wine Country Chapter #6504
American Business Women's Association
P.O. Box 164, Healdsburg, CA 95448
www.wineabwa.org
We appreciate your feedback! Please send comments, suggestions, submissions, and rants to Alicia Mutch. Please keep member news submissions to 50 words or less.
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