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Building Zonta in the 21st Century

November 2013 www.zontabramptoncaledon.com

THE ZONTA TREE ZONTA INTERNATIONAL - THE ZONTA CLUB OF BRAMPTON

2013 – 2014 OFFICERS

PRESIDENT:

Dr. Doreen Thompson

PRESIDENT ELECT: Haydee Kocchiu PAST PRESIDENT:

Lori Robinson TREASURER: Marion Reeves

RECORDING SECRETARY: Karen Fields

DIRECTORS: Kathleen Douglass (2014) Chau Ghent (2014) Ellen Blahitka (2015) Amala Jayatilleke (2015) EDITOR: Elayne McDermid [email protected]

DISTRICT 4 GOVERNOR

Lee Fogarty [email protected]

LT. GOVERNOR

Joanne Raymond [email protected] AREA 2 DIRECTOR

Lori Robinson

The Zonta Club of Brampton-Caledon

P.O. Box 93111 499 Main Street South, Brampton, ON, L6Y 4V8

BUSINESS MEETING: 2nd Tuesday Monthly Location to be determined.

Advancing the Status of Women

www.zontabramptoncaledon.com

THE ZONTA TREE THE ZONTA CLUB OF BRAMPTON-CALEDON – Since 1974

DISTRICT 4 AREA 2 CLUB 0754

Next Meeting

Thursday, Nov. 14th at 5:00 PM @PAMA

NOTE: Change of date,

location and time.

Why??? To meet WOA 2013’s nominees, Selection Committee, and past recipients –

5 to 6:30 PM.

Get Organized! Collect your old Zontian

magazines and give them to

Shirley E. She will give them to our Z Clubs.

November is Woman Abuse

Prevention Month.

In this Issue

Zonta International

November is Woman Abuse Prevention Month

Committee Reports

Minutes of October 2013 Zonta Club of Brampton/Caledon

Agenda for November 2013 Meeting

Please advise

Ellison by THIS Friday if you are UNABLE to attend the meeting. A meal will not be ordered for you. This will save the Club LET HER KNOW IF YOU

BRINGING A GUEST

Advancing the Status of Women Worldwide

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Since 1974

In this Issue

Zonta International .................. 2

November is Woman Abuse Prevention Month ..................... 2

Committee Reports ................... 3

Minutes of October 2013 Zonta Club of Brampton/Caledon ................... 5

Agenda for November 2013 ...................................... 8

Please advise Shirley

at 905-458-4294 by THIS Friday if you are UNABLE to attend the meeting. A meal will not be ordered for you. This will save the Club some $$.

LET HER KNOW IF YOU ARE

BRINGING A GUEST.



MEMBERSHIP INCENTIVE PROGRAM

Zonta continues to recognize our outstanding2014. We encourage all members to continue to grow their clubs and help Zonta's efforts to advance the status of women worldwide through service and advocacy.

Membership Incentive

Eligibility and Instructions | doc

Membership Incentive Form for Club Presidents "First Form" |

Membership Incentive Form for SOM Committee Chairman "Second Form" |

Participating Members | xls


From Family Transition Place Newsletter

That statistics* of Woman Abuse are startling.

• On average, every six days a woman in Canada is killed by her intimate partner. In

2009, 67 women were murdered by a current or former spouse or boyfriend.

• More than one in ten Canadian women say they have been stalked by someone in a

way that made them fear for their life.

• Half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16.

Here are some ideas of what YOU can do to prevent Violence

Against Women.

1. Recognize inequality and encourage change.

2. Confront sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and all

forms of oppression.

3. Support women and children to empower themselves,

take control of their own bodies, wages and lives.

4. Advocate for ending violence, poverty, homelessness and the

oppression of women and children.

5. Join us on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on

Violence Against Women at one of our vigils.

6. Own a business? Decorate your store front window in purple

- the colour purple represents woman abuse and this poster to put up in your storefront.

Let's raise our collective voice and create change.

live in safety and security.

Building Zonta in the 21st Century Advancing the Status of Women Worldwide

www.zontabramptoncaledon.com Page

Zonta International

PROGRAM

Zonta continues to recognize our outstanding members who recruit two or more members in 20122014. We encourage all members to continue to grow their clubs and help Zonta's efforts to advance the status of women worldwide through service and advocacy.

Membership Incentive Form for Club Presidents "First Form" |pdf

Membership Incentive Form for SOM Committee Chairman "Second Form" | pdf


From Family Transition Place Newsletter

Abuse are startling. Did you know?

On average, every six days a woman in Canada is killed by her intimate partner. In


More than one in ten Canadian women say they have been stalked by someone in a

way that made them fear for their life.

Half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16.

Here are some ideas of what YOU can do to prevent Violence

Against Women.

Recognize inequality and encourage change.

Confront sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and all

Support women and children to empower themselves, to

take control of their own bodies, wages and lives.

Advocate for ending violence, poverty, homelessness and the

oppression of women and children.

National Day of Remembrance and Action on

at one of our vigils.

Decorate your store front window in purple

the colour purple represents woman abuse and download to put up in your storefront.

Let's raise our collective voice and create change. Every woman has the fundamental right to


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members who recruit two or more members in 2012-2014. We encourage all members to continue to grow their clubs and help Zonta's efforts to advance

On average, every six days a woman in Canada is killed by her intimate partner. In


More than one in ten Canadian women say they have been stalked by someone in a

Half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual

fundamental right to


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Committee Reports

Revised Nominating Report

The following members have agreed to put forward their names for the nominating committee

Dr. Kathleen Armitage-Peddle Ruth Ballantyne Christiane Deschenes Jan Lindsay

Voting to take place at our November 12th Business Meeting. Additional nominees can put forth their names from the floor prior to voting. The nominee with the highest votes will be the Chair. A fourth name was added to the slate to comply with ZI rules.

PROJECT ACHIEVE A Thank you note from a recipient

Jessie Bannerman,

I recently received the Zonta science award at Mayfield Secondary school, and I would like to

thank you and the Zonta International District 4 for your contributions. If you could please forward

this thank you letter to everyone involved with this award.

Thanks, Elise

Dear Zonta International District 4,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your generous contributions along

with the time and commitment you put into promoting women’s education and achievements.

Throughout high school, I had the fortunate opportunity to get involved in many activities both

within my school and my community. Alongside this, I continuously improved in science courses

and began finding the material very interesting. It is so great to see that all of my determination

and effort has paid off. My love for science is what made me decide to go into Mechanical

Engineering at the University of Guelph.

Thanks again for presenting me with this award, which I will use towards my University education.

Sincerely,

Elise Huet

CORRESPONDENCE:

October 26, 2013 The following items were in our mail:

• Letter from Sheridan with enclosed Convocation 2013 program showing Zonta Club of Brampton-

Caledon as a donor on page 57;

• Post Office Box renewal Notice;



• Advertisement for Moneris Solutions Discover Card;

• BMO Banking Statements (2 accounts);

• Family Transition Place Newsletter – November is “Woman Abuse Prevention Month”;

• Flyer from Kyle Seeback re: Helping Veterans Transition to Civilian Life;

• Tradetalks.

PROJECT ACHIEVE AWARDS PRESENTED IN OCTOBER

•

• St. Thomas Aquinas S.S. Brampton Marigrace Gorospe

• St. Augustine S.S. Brampton Manpreet Dang

• Robert F. Hall S.S. Caledon Michelle Ogley

• Notre Dame S.S. Brampton Marielle Belanger

• St. Marguerite d’Youville S.S. Brampton Katelyn Sincich

• St. Michael S.S. Bolton Haleigh Ryan

• St. Edmund Campion S.S. Brampton Blessing Omotayo

• Mayfield S.S. Caledon Michelle Shi

• St. Roch S.S. Brampton April Joy Chin

Thanks to the following Zontians for attending ceremonies and presenting the awards = Ruth Ballantyne, Shirley Ellison, Kimberlee Johnston, Janet Omoro, Jessie Bannerman

Xmas Party-December 10th to be held at Fanzorelli.

Menu

First Course Caesar: romaine lettuce tossed in our homemade dressing with Proscuitto crisps & croutons Or Mixed greens: tossed in Fanzorelli’s famous homemade balsamic & herb dressing Or Tomato soup

2nd Course

All entrees are served with roasted potatoes and fresh market vegetables Baked Atlantic Salmon topped with a tarragon & white wine sauce Or Chicken Supreme oven roasted & topped with a goat cheese & sun dried tomato béchamel sauce Or Veal Scaloppini in a mushroom Marsala sauce



Dessert

Homemade Tiramisu Espresso, coffee or tea

$30.00 per person, tax and gratuities will be added to the total bill

Zonta members-$10.00, guests-$40.00

Must confirm by December 6th, number of persons attending as well as choice of menu. Vegetarian dishes, pasta or pizza will be offered

Individual billing, re: bar.

Minutes of October 2013 Zonta Club of Brampton/Caledon

MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 2013

Zonta Club of Brampton-Caledon

Minutes of Tuesday October 8, 2013

Osso Bucco Restaurant

1. Call to Order: 6:33 PM

Welcome by President Thomson

UN presentation and Zonta’s Role in same provided by Elizabeth Bindon

2. Business Meeting

a. Declaration of Conflict of Interest – none

b. That there be approval of the Consent Agenda as per the newsletter, which included approval of

the Minutes of May and September 2013.

Moved by: Kathleen Douglass Seconded by: Jan Lindsay CARRIED

3. Business Arising

a. District 4 Conference:

i) General overview of conference provided by Marion Reeves. Short update on the 4 business

meetings on Friday, 2 on Saturday and 1 on Sunday and the Zonta Says No walk.

ii) Service and Advocacy overview provided by Ellen Blahitka. Commencing in June 2014 the

District “Service” (the doing of the project) and the District “Advocacy” (getting the word out

about the project) Project will be “Behind Closed Doors” – producing posters that have tear

away phone numbers of organizations and facilities that support women in need.



iii) Membership overview was provided by Lori Robinson. Power point presentation on

membership can be viewed on District 4’s website. Focus on (1) Recruitment of new members

and how recruiting techniques may need to change; (2) Retention – how to retain and mentor

new and long term members and (3) Rejuvenation – how do we keep it exciting.

b. Coordinator for Inventory of Zonta BC Storage

Haydee Kocchiu has agreed to act as a coordinator for taking inventory so we can determine

how much space we need to rent. Please provide Haydee with what items you are storing, size

of box and contents of same.

4. New Business

a. Presentation of Service Budget – Jessie Bannerman presented budget.

Motion to Approve Service Budget for 2013/2014 fiscal year as presented and as approved by the Board

Moved by: Ellen Blahitka Seconded by: Shirley Ellison CARRIED

Motion to approve the increase of the amount sent to Zonta International from 8% to 10% as approved by

the Board

Moved by: Ellen Blahitka Seconded by: Marion Reeves CARRIED

Motion to send the surplus amount on $1250.00 to Salvation Army Family Resource Centre and $1250.00 to

Family Transition Place in Orangeville and as approved by the Board.

Moved by: Ellen Blahitka Seconded by: D. Thompson CARRIED

b. Committee Reports:

i) PR – Chau Ghent provided update

ii) Nominating Committee – Jan Lindsay, Christiane Deschenes, and Ruth Ballantyne put forward

their names.

iii) Project Achieve Awards – members signed up for various dates and schools

iv) Z Club awards presentation information provided by S. Ellison.

v) Club Spirit – discussion of Pink Hair dare in support of Wellspring, discussion of Christmas social

and ideas to be sent to Elizabeth Bindon, and Gift Bag Stuffing – looking for alternate dates to

do it.

vi) Women of Achievement – Kathleen Douglass provided update on what has been accomplished

to date and what still needs to be achieved.

Motion to extend the time to complete the meeting for another 10 minutes.

Moved by: K. Douglass Seconded by: D. Thompson CARRIED

5. Dates to Remember

Convention 2014 – Orlando Florida June 27 – July 1, 2014

6. Bring Forward

Committee Strategic Planning Review – to January 2014

Meeting adjourned by Kathleen Douglass at 9:17 pm, seconded by Amala Jayatilleke.




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Agenda for November 2013 Meeting

Zonta

Agen

da

6:30 PM

Call to Order Program: : Grace, Dinner, Happy Bucks Business Meeting:

• Declaration of Conflict of Interest

• Presidents Remarks

• Approval of Consent Agenda

• Approval of Minutes of October Business Meeting

• Correspondence folder

• Project Achieve Awards

• Club Spirit- Christmas Social

Business Arising: Nominating Committee

• Election- Nominating committee

New Business:

• Delegate for BBoT’s Election

Club Spirit: Club Event Planning Session :

• Service - gift bags- Ellen

• PR (WOA) – Chau

• WOA Report- Kathleen D

Dates to Remember:

• WOA Gala – Nov.21st

• Remembrance Day – Nov. 11th

• Convention 2014- Orlando Florida June 27- July 1, 2014

Motion to extend/adjourn Meeting (if required) Adjournment

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