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Women & Work Conference 2010Meeting Minutes – 12/14/09Committee Present: Kathy Buffaloe, Rose Gallegos, Peggy Morgan, StephanieForeman, Sheri Kunkel, Donna Summers, Rita Katsilometes, DianneNorton, Will Fanning, Chris Brower Absent: Marlene Darling (sick) Carl McElhinneyFunding - $3,250 secured; thank-you’s sent to allKeynoteRead aloud Yvonne Perez’s extended bio.Publicity Brochure – We spent considerable time reviewing the draft of thebrochure and making recommendations for improvement. The draft hadbeen sent to the ISU committee for review and we went over theircomments as well. Dianne will call Joey from ISU public relations todiscuss revamping the brochure visually. The ISU committee feels like itis outdated. After all of the changes are made, Safari Graphics will printit for us by Mid- January. See attachment of the proposed changes fromboth the conference committee and the ISU committee. Other – Chris has checked with Angela for publicity deadlines and willfollow up. Chris will check with the Idaho State Journal to see if theywould be willing to sponsor an advertisement of the conference, perhapspaying for one week if we pay for one week.WorkshopsThe Workshop committee selected 10 workshops to present. All speakershave confirmed and workshop descriptions written.Discussed title for the physics workshop. Dianne will check withpresentor to see if he has a title he’d like to use. If not, we’ll use “MatterMatters!High Schools The “Save the Date” notices have been sent out by Stephanie. We discussed calling individual high schools when we get back fromChristmas vacation.

Fashion ShowDonna is checking with Carol Honas, Channel 8 in Idaho Falls, to host thisyear. If she is not available, it was suggested to check with local Channel6 (KPVI) to see if Brandi Baumgartner is available.A suggestion was made at the November meeting that for the “10 thAnnual” recognition, to have special decorations on the stage, a lazer idea(Kathy?),or perhaps a slide show of the last ten years of WWCs. Diannestates that we only have about 3 years of photos that we have takenbut she called ISU photography folks and they said that they doindeed have a number of year’s worth of photos. She asked for us towait until after Christmas and then come down and spend timelooking at what she has. They will only charge us a very small fee touse the photos.Donna let Peggy and Rita know that she will be out for surgery for twoweeks mid-January. That is right at the time when fashion show modelsshould be contacted and committed. Donna will organize who needs to becalled etc before she leaves for surgery, and Peggy and Rita will do thecalling.Food & Centerpieces In November’s meeting, after some discussion, it was decided to select the“Club Sandwich” meal for $8.95, and which included choice of potatosalad or salad, chef’s choice dessert, and a drink. This will be a servedmeal, and should take less time than having a buffet. Centerpieces could include a placard stating “10 Top Reasons to go into aNT Career,” plus some flowers. Sheri and Kathy figured out a lasercenterpiece at today’s meeting.Career Exploration In process! In response to the evaluation suggestions for more “hands-on”activities, the committee will look into possible options.TotesTrades are again sponsoring the totes. Will need to order those in January.A request for turquoise or teal handles/print to match the brochure wasmade.LUNA company has confirmed.CND promo items (blue clips w/light)were ordered for the NT AnnualStudent Recognition Luncheon and will also be used to include in thetotes.We discussed the idea of having a girl- scout group who may need avolunteer project organize the paperwork that will go inside the totes.Kathy will check into that.

PrizesWorking on it! Inquiries will be made to major retail organizations(Lowe’s, Home Depot, Cal Ranch, etc.) before the end of the year (Sheri& Donna). Discussed Jannie helping out with this.Ideas for 10 th Annual acknowledgment (See Fashion Show and Centerpieces) Stilllooking for other ideas.Meeting scheduleThe remainder of our meetings will be held at 3:30 and in the same classroom we’vebeen meeting in. Meeting schedule for Jan. Feb and March are as follows:January 4 and 25 thFeb. 8 and 22 nd (15 th is president’s day)March 1Stuff totes March 9And the grand finale will be March 10th