Agenda

Hospitality Hoopla

General & Exec. Board Minutes

Guest Speaker

Woman of the Year

Member Advertising

Code of Conduct

A Chapter of American Business Women’s Association, Yuma, AZ

Inside this issue:

Volume 45, Issue 11

Territorial Charter Chatter

The mission of the American

Business Women’s Association

is to bring together business-

women of diverse occupations

and to provide opportunities

for the to help themselves and

others grow personally

through leadership, education,

networking and support and

National recognition.

June 2016

Congratulations to our

Woman of the Year

Kerrie Underhill

2016 – 2017

a message from our president

Summer has arrived and the heat is on in full force! That won’t stop us from slaying the day and being amazing women! Heather Rabin is here this

month to speak about self esteem and how women can use this to

display the right level of assertiveness. We can use this at home, running our busi-

ness, or even getting ourselves to the gym every day. This month we will also be congratulating the ABWA Scholarship Recipients - please go up to these ladies and give them your best wishes. Save the date for ABWA’s Roundup located in Scottsdale August 5-6th and Hat’s Off on August 27th in California - ask Mary Eller-man for details. Every summer has a story. What will yours be? Start yours off strong and full of light with your ABWA sisters.

“Summertime is always the best of what might be.” Charles Bowden

“To love and be loved is to

feel the sun from both sides.”

~David Viscott

Agenda>>>Agenda>>>

"Self Esteem and Assertiveness for Women"

presented by Heather Rabin Ph.D, Organizational Psychology YRMC

Heather Rabin has a Ph.D. in Organiza-tional Psychology and has over 13 years of healthcare experience. Heather’s past roles in healthcare include Director of Education and Organizational Development, and VP Of Patient Experience. Her expertise is working with all levels of healthcare em-ployees, primarily Physicians and Nurses, on topics such as; Leadership development;

Employee and Physician engagement; Communication and Organ-izational Development. Heather Rabin has been with YRMC since August 2015 offering Organizational Psychology services including coaching, team development and workshops to enhance personal and professional development.

Menu>>>Menu>>>

Salad: Market House Salad (Kale, Romaine, On-

ions, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, and Walnuts with Bal-

salmic Vinaigrette Dressing)

Entrée: Cheese Enciladas

Side: Beans and Rice

Vegetarian Entrée: Ask Dawn Negleman

Dessert: Crème Brulee

Upcoming 2016 Meetings

Tuesday July 26th

Plan Ahead & Be Involved

6:00-6:15 PM Welcome, Pledge & Invocation

Introduction of Guests

Announcements & Commercials & Recognitions

6:15-6:45 PM Networking

6:45 PM Dinner

7 PM-7:45 PM Program & Speaker: Heather Rabin,

Self Esteem and Assertiveness for Women

7:45-8:00 PM Business Meeting Action items:

Ratify May 2016 Minutes

Ratify May 2016 Financials

Benediction

2015-2016 Board Members Hospitality Hoopla

Karen McCafferty Terre Munk

Mary Williams Alison Frech

Promo Table will be hosted by

Kerrie Underhill featuring Magnolia & Vine Products

ABWA Chapter Minutes– May 24, 2016

Meeting called to order: 6:00 pm by Alison Frech, President

Members present: 20 Guests present: 3

Promotion Table: Lindsay Elk, Representative of Younique Products

Program: Jan Marie Ennenga from The Well Armed Women presented a program entitled, “Situational

Awareness.” Jan Marie is also an Executive Officer for the Yuma Association of Realtors.

Announcements:

Kella Price, Current Top 10 Woman announced that the Chapter’s 2016-2017 Top 10 Nominee is

Aubrianne Wilson.

Mary Ellerman, District VI-VP announced that the Chapter’s 2016-207 Woman of the Year is Kerri Un-

derhill.

Business Meeting:

The April 2016 Minutes were ratified as emailed.

The April 2016 Financials were tabled.

The 2016-2017 Board Elections were held. It was announced that Anne-Heather resigned from the

Nominating Committee and Karen Spencer became the Chairman. Mary Williams and Nicolle Griffin

were committee members. Mary Williams announced the following Slate of Officers:

1. Kerrie Underhill, President

2. Mary Ellerman, Vice President

3. Aubrianne Wilson, Secretary

4. Brooke Adams-Ferguson, Treasurer

Mary Williams asked if there were any nominations from the floor. None were noted.

A motion was made by Beth Tennant and seconded by Kella Price to accept the proposed

2016-2017 Slate of Officers. The vote was unanimous.

After the Benediction, the meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m. By: Mary Williams, Chapter Secretary

Meeting called to Order at 11:30 am. Those in attendance: Terre Munk, Karen McCafferty and Mary

Williams.

The May 24, 2016 minutes were reviewed. There were no additions and/or corrections to the minutes

noted.

The program for June is Heather Rabin, PhD presenting, “Self Esteem and Assertiveness skills for Women”

At the quarterly ASC Leadership Retreat on June 11, 2016, Territorial Charter Chapter will be nominated for

Top Chapter in Arizona, Karen McCafferty will be nominated for Chapter Top Officer, Angie Mitchell will be

nominated for Woman of the Year and Mary Ellerman will be nominated for Top Delegate.

Mary will let ABWA HQ know who the 2016-2017 Chapter Officers are next week.

The current Executive board and the incoming Executive board will have their joint meeting in July.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 pm. Submitted by: Mary Williams, Secretary

ABWA Executive Minutes – June 8, 2016

Upcoming Birthdays

Jenae Bailey July 12

Sandy Williams July 20

Anne-Heather Welch August 31

June Anniversaries Aubrianne Wilson 10 years

Kella Price 15 years

Sandy Hernandez 9 years

Norma Lopez 6 years

Elaine McBride 1 year

Karen Spencer 1 year

Membership Highlight

Kerrie will have a drawing for a

very nice prize for all members

who have sponsored a new

member during the Spring Re-

cruitment, March1 - May 31.

For every new member you

sponsored your name will go in the hat for the drawing.

** See Kerrie for more Information**

2015-2016 Standing Committee Chairs

Professional Development— Angie Mitchell

Fundraising— Karen McCafferty

Historian—Mary Ellerman

Hospitality— Dawn Negleman

Membership— Kerrie Underhill

Newsletter—Ashley Herrington

Programming— Nicolle Griffin

Publicity— Kate Cook

Woman of the Year— Angie Mitchell

Top Ten— Kella Price

Raffle — Eileen Kotula

IMPORTANT!!

Fellow ABWA Members! It is very important that you RSVP for meetings. We want

to ensure that enough food is ordered and place settings are set up. We do con-

sider walk in guests due to the newspaper invitation but it is much appreciated that

members RSVP. Remember that you may cancel your meeting RSVPs until Monday

morning (the day before our monthly meeting). Also, please remember that when

you do not attend a meeting to which you’ve RSVP’d, our chapter must still pay for

that meal and you are responsible for reimbursing the chapter for that expense. If

you have missed a recent meeting, please contact our chapter Treasurer, Karen

McCafferty and arrange to mail in your payment. Thank you!

ABWA’s Proud

Code of Conduct

1. All members will

serve as goodwill am-

bassadors for the

American Business

Women’s Association.

2. Members will not al-

low their personal be-

liefs and convictions

to interfere with the

representation of

ABWA’s mission.

3. Members will always

treat their member

colleagues, guests,

vendors and spon-

sors with honesty, re-

spect, fairness, integ-

rity, responsibility,

kindness, and in good

faith.

4. Members will main-

tain compliance with

ABWA National,

Chapter and Express

Network Bylaws.

5. Members will not use

their personal power

to advance their per-

sonal interests.

6. Members will strive

for excellence in their

professions by main-

taining and enhanc-

ing their own busi-

ness knowledge and

skills, and by encour-

aging the profes-

sional development

of other members.

Our Chapter’s Vision Statement

To give members the capacity to excel, both personally and professionally in a fun, supportive, educational environment by offering leadership and network opportunities.

SAVE THE DATE: WOMEN’S EXPO

April 1, 2017

If you are interested in being involved in the 2017

Women’s Expo, contact Karen to get involved!

Network Member Advertising

Karen Spencer

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Karen McCafferty Operations Manager

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OPEN!

District VI VP Update: Mary Ellerman

It has been seven plus months since I embarked on my

journey as DVP VI it has been exciting, very enlight-

ening and rewarding allowing me to visit other Chap-

ters from the West coast to the East coast, see old

friends and make new friends. Having the support of

the Chapter has been a privilege I do not take lightly.

Listed below are the Cities and Leagues that I have visited for various reasons.

November 5-8, 2015 National Board Training

January 27-30, 2016 Board Retreat

March 29-April 3, 2016 Eastern Regional Conference – Greensboro, NC

April 4, 2016 Mentoring Monday – Greensboro, NC

April 5-10, 2016 2016 Central Regional Conference – Indianapolis, IN

April 11-17, 2016 Western Regional Conference – Fort Worth, TX Presiding Officer

April 30, 2016 Showcase-Arizona State Council – Casa Grande, AZ - Speaker

May 13, 2016 Pathfinder Fundraiser – San Jose, CA

May 14-15, 2016 Bay Area Council – Fremont, CA – DVP VI VP – Speaker

May 21, 2016 Trendsetter Fundraiser – Palm Desert, AZ

May 21, 2016 Hemacito Sparkle & Shine Fundraiser – Hemet, CA

June 2, 2016 Soaring Eagles Meeting – Brief District update -San Marcos, CA

June 11, 2016 Arizona State Council - Phoenix, AZ – Leadership Retreat

Upcoming Events:

June 23, 2016 Houston Area Council – Top Ten and WOY of the Year Event Houston, TX – Debbie Holiday

July 7, 2016 Soaring Eagles – Meeting – Installation of Officers

July 8-10, 2016 District V Councils- Luncheon Honoring Julie Sullivan

July 20, 2016 El Dorado Meeting – Installation of Officers Gap Analysis Program – Long Beach, CA

July 21-24, 2016 Atlanta Area Council-Honoring District I VP – Dr. Sonja Ogletree-Satani

August 1, 2016 Diamonds of South Bay-Meeting

August 5-7, 2016 Round Up-Ignite your Dreams – DVP VI Candidates & DVP VI Speech

August 26-28, 2016 Council of Southern California-Hat’s Off- Celebration of ABW Day

Candidates Forum and Luncheon District VI VP

September 8-11, 2016 Tri County - District I VP – Luncheon Lake Worth, FL

September 14, 2016 Turquoise Chapter-Phoenix, AZ – My Leadership Journey

September 15-18, 2016 Heart of Piedmont-District IV – Greensboro, NC

I have additional travel lined up not sure I will be able to fit it all in. Unfortunately, I will miss Hawaii and

Montana which is also part of District VI.

Being the District VI VP has kept me very busy from District Regional Conferences, confer-

ence calls to mentoring my replacement with Candidates for District VI VP’s. I have been able

to participate by attending meetings and giving updates on what is happening in District VI.

The board set Key Result Areas (KRA’s) as well as coming up with a board theme

#livingthemission. We are on track to fulfill our KRA’s. I also had personal goals for District

VI one is to engage members to recognize other members. To date we have had three. Take the

time and look around who would you like to recognize in our Chapter? Who do feel is

#livingthemission? Please send me an email at abwamary@gmail.com or text at 928-210-7624

who would you like to have recognized.

Community Connection goes live this week and don’t forget to register for the Just in Time

(JIT) webinar. You will learn how to navigate through our new platform. I have attached the

information to register on the JIT flyer sent to all members from National.

Please remember that ABWA is so much more beginning with our Chapter, State Council and

of course National. We have the opportunity for professional development, networking, gain-

ing new skills, friendships, and to have fun.

Make plans now to attend to National Women’s Leadership Conference (NWLC) October 26-

29, 2016 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. If you are in business – as an employee, employer, busi-

ness owner, service provider, consultant, or career opportunity seeker – this conference is de-

signed for you. It has something to offer for everyone. This is an excellent opportunity for you

to connect or partner with another member within Territorial Charter Chapter. Here are ten rea-

sons why to attend the NWLC: 1. Keynote Speakers 2. Seminar Tracks providing educational

opportunities. 3. Network and connect with amazing members from coast to coast 4. Entertain-

ment 5. Top Ten Business Women Speeches at Top Ten Luncheon 6. Best Practices Ceremony-

we are Level 1 so we will be wearing red on stage 7. Inner Circle & 25 Year Luncheon 8. Vote

for the National Officers 9. Celebrate with the graduating Classes from KU-MBA and Women

as 21st Century Leaders 10. Meet the remarkable Rene Street, Executive Director, and the Na-

tional Team. Let’s celebrate as we step on the big stage in our red evening attire to receive our

Best Practices Award. Election of 2016-2017 National Officers.

“Thank you” Territorial Charter Chapter for supporting me as District VI VP, running for Sec-

retary/Treasurer and allowing me to represent you!

"Thank you for the opportunity to work with you."

Mary Ellerman

2015-2016 District Vice President VI 2015-2016 Stephen Bufton Memorial Education Fund Board of Trustees 928-210-7624

The 2015-2016 National Board of Directors Mary Ellerman at ABWA National Headquarters