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Date: 2/1/2019
Subject: GWR News Blast - FEB 2019
From: Lori Reed




February 2019
News Blast
Governor's Corner
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Governor Lori
Greetings Golden West Region members!
 
Let me be the first to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day!  I am happy to report that your GWR Board and Spring Conference Committee had a very productive planning meeting last weekend.  With all of that brain power and creativity in one room, you know Spring Conference is going to be spectacular!  "Igniting our Dreams" is the theme and your clubs should be working on the centerpiece project that we distributed at the Fall Meetings.  I can't wait to see all of the "camp fires".  We are blessed to have Julieta Armendariz de Lopez, SIA Director, as our official visitor.  We are doubly blessed to also have Raquel Arreola, past SIA President as a keynote speaker!  We are sure to be "fired up" by these inspiring women.   Here's a few highlights and reminders to get you excited about attending:
  • Look for the CALL to conference to be distributed the first week in March
  • We are tentatively planning to charter a new club Thursday Night in the Wine Cave! So Exciting!
  • We will have 9 workshops - with topics:
    • Kick start your DIBI event
    • Branding your events
    • How do we fit in at the United Nations?
    • Membership 101 - back to basics
    • Engaging your membership to overcome obstacles and step up to leadership
    • You matter: Radiate your inner confidence
    • Celebrating Success - 3 panel discussions on best practices
  • Delegates - voting starts at the first business session.  Be sure your delegates are registered in time!
  • Travel themed fund raiser Friday night.  Have fun designing your auction basket and outfits.
  • We have some exciting plans for our Live Your Dream Banquet on Saturday night - stay tuned!
I hope this helps "Fuel the Fire" to get you to attend the 2019 Spring Conference.  Please reach out if there is anything we can do to help you with your continued success!
 
Governor Lori
2018-2020
DID YOU KNOW?
 
The Golden West Region Board of Directors created a designated fund to help clubs get started with a Dream it, Be it event.  Clubs that have not held an event, to date, can apply for a $250 grant to offset the cost.  If your club is struggling to get started, reach out to your District Director, or our DIBI Region Chair DeniAntoinette Mazingo for assistance in completing the form for reimbursement.  Take advantage of this incentive!  Our goal is to have 100% clubs participating by June 2020.
 
Quote for the month:
"Do the best you can, until you know better.  Then when you know better, do better" - Maya Angelo
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Reminders/Deadlines

Communications

Are you getting all of your club communications?  Have you logged into your club's Soroptimist.net email account lately?  If you answered NO to these questions, then you are out of the loop!  Best practice is to assign one club member to login at least weekly to see what communications are being sent to your club.  Clubs have had a problem with this approach when that assigned member leaves or forgets the password!  Click on this link for help with learning how to login,  resetting the password, steps to forward the email to your personal account.  Soroptimist.net Instructions
 
Has your personal email address changed lately?  Be sure to login to your personal account on the SIA website to verify your personal email contact information is current.  Having accurate emails on file with SIA is a "Healthy Region" criteria.  Please take a few minutes to ensure we are all receiving the most up-to-date communications.
Calendar

2019 Important Dates:

February 1, 2019 - Healthy Club Survey is due for each club
February 1, 2019 - LYDA judging due to your district representative
May 31, 2019 - Dream it, Be it online reports due to SIA
May 31, 2019 - Club Giving due to SIA
June 1, 2019– Alaska Cruise Deposit due 
2019 Meeting Planner:
June 6-8, 2019
GWR Spring Conference
Pala Casino & Resort, Pala, CA
August 2-3, 2019
GWR Leadership Training Retreat
Hilton Garden Inn Midtown, Phoenix, AZ
August 21 - Sept 1, 2019
GWR "Navigate to Educate" Alaskan Cruise
Princess Cruise Line
October 2019 -details to follow:
District 1 - Oct 5-6 in Corona, CA
District 2 - Oct 18-19 in San Jacinto, CA
District 3 - Oct 25-26 in Flagstaff, AZ
District 4 - Oct 11-12 in Glendale, AZ
Reminder:
Submit your club events to Pat Box to be displayed on the GWR event calendar
patbox1@verizon.net

GOLDEN WEST REGION NEWS BLAST - February 2019
Contact Governor-elect Laurie Moses - 
LaurieM.GWR@gmail.com
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