GSCWO Meeting February 14, 2007

President's Conference Room

The GSCWO held its February 14, 2007 meeting in the President’s Conference Room with a Potluck Valentine Lunch. Those present were:  Allison Ainsworth, Dean Lieburn, Deb Lilly, Gail Emmett, Jeanne Nash, Leora Myers, Linnea Haag, Lynda Gastley, Margaret Bailey, Monika Chytra, Martha Nesbitt, Mary Lou Frank, Nicole Krochak, Pat Guthrie, Rebecca Homan, Rynda Ellis, Teresa Leckie, Tricia Bunker, Jennifer Feenstra, Heaseon Whang, and Donna Hooton.

Tricia Bunker extended a warm welcome to the ladies.  Tricia read a thank-you note from a new GSC retiree, Janice Nylander.  Linnea Haag read the January 11, 2007 minutes.  Leora Myers moved that the minutes be accepted and Deb Lilly seconded the motion.  Nicole Krochak reported that there was no change in our checkbook balance. 

Rynda Ellis presented the group with an option of attending a Dare to Dream conference presented in Atlanta on May 2, 2007 at the Georgia World Congress Center.  Due to the cost of attending the Conference, Allison Ainsworth moved that the GSCWO would help sponsor our members (cap of $1,000 total) who would like to attend the Conference but their State Travel Budgets must be maxed out.  Leora Myers seconded the motion.  Anyone interested in attending is to email Rynda by March 1st.  Also, a day trip was proposed for our March meeting.  The choices were the Georgia Aquarium or the Kangaroo Conservation Center in Dawsonville.  It was decided that the Kangaroo Center would be the selection on March 23rd.  Those ladies interested in going are to contact Rynda and give her the reservation money for the special discount group rate.  The Street of Dreams 2007 is a possible trip for later in the spring.  Hand-outs were distributed for all of the events under discussion.

The Diane Carpenter Scholarship is awarded twice a year.  Leora discussed the guidelines for the scholarship.  Those being:  a non-traditional student, a citizen of the United States and of Georgia, and a need-based letter explaining why the scholarship is desired. 

Other business presented to the ladies was whether we wanted to re-print our cookbook, Cooking to a Higher Degree.  We would need at least 100 books for an order.  Rynda will send out a notice on the GSC notice board to test the interest in re-printing the cookbook as well as placing a note in Tower Talk.  There is an interest in having a GSCWO sweater to wear for outings and here on campus.  Tricia will investigate the quality and price.

The door prizes were awarded to Nicole Krochak, Dean Lieburn, Lynda Gastley, and Jennifer Feenstra.  A special thank you to Allison Ainsworth for giving each lady attending the potluck lunch a bottle of Mary Kay nail polish.

April 26th will be a Brown Bag meeting at noon in the Library AV room.

Respectfully submitted:
Linnea Haag, Secretary