BPW/GA FALL BOARD MEETING REPORT
FROM SANDRA WOODEN, BPW/GA PRESIDENT
 

I would like to thank Elizabeth Barnhart Fall Board Chair, Evelyn Merk President of Warner Robins BPW, and Warner Robins BPW for the outstanding job they did for Fall Board this weekend.

On Friday evening we enjoyed delicious food and fellowship at Chef Audrey’s Bristo and Bakery. Chef Audrey George also prepared the delicious food for the Young Careerist Luncheon. Thank you Audrey!

Our speaker for Saturday morning was Brenda Herring, Regional Director for the American Heart Association. She was able to share excellent information on Heart Disease in Women.

Dr. Christine James, Young Careerist candidate from Valdosta, was selected as our 2005 Young Careerist. Dr. James will be representing Georgia in Dallas in July, 2006.

Judy Hulsey, Orientation Chair and Past State President, presented the Orientation Workshop. Judy did an excellent job (enough if the power point did not want to work). Thank you, Judy, for a job well done. The information is available to the local organizations. Please contact Judy for a copy to present to your members.

The BPW/GA Fall Board for 2006 will be hosted by North Fulton BPW. Thank you Past State President Rita Gray for the bid to host this event for us.

State Conference 2006 Co-chairs Bettye Dunwoody (Rossville), and Virginia Garrison (Cartersville) presented the dates of April 28-30, 2006, at the Crown Plaza on I-285 East in Atlanta. Hotel rooms are available for $89 plus tax per night. This is a lovely hotel, and we hope each of you will put this date on you schedule and join us in Atlanta.

Past State Presidents Kathi Stockton, Rita Gray, and Virginia Garrison, along with BPW/GA President Elect Glenda Hinton and myself, held a group discussion on what we can offer our members on the local level. Thank you ladies for sharing with those attending.

I appreciate each of you attending Fall Board, and we missed those that could not be with us. Please make plans for State Conference April 28 – 30, 2006. I will be attending BPW/USA Interim Board in Washington, DC February 1 – 4, 2006.

Sandra Wooden
BPW/GA President