We have just returned from a terrific convention in St. Louis (June 26-28).  It was probably the best run and organized AAUW Convention ever.  A major highlight of the convention was the address by Lilly Ledbetter.

In short, the new By Laws were passed, but the membership requirement was retained.  There was a new category of Partner Members added – hoping to attract organizations like Greg Mortenson’s Central Asian Institute.  The rest of the proposed Bylaws were kept pretty intact.  Another significant change is that  Every Member will have a vote on all AAUW proposals – doing away with the delegate system.  You will be hearing much more about the new opportunities on the website and other exciting ideas for programming, and membership enhancement.

We had six members of our Branch in attendance.   Of course, Coco was there, but, as parliamentarian was pretty neutral.  She had her hands full keeping all of us (Just shy of 1,000 attendees!) in line.  Charlotte Mahrt, Carolyn Burdi, Carol Pyke, Jean Walker and I made up the rest of our team.  Michigan had 47 attendees in all.  We made sure that Michigan’s concerns were heard. For more information, see Convention Newsletter