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Soroptimist International - Ashland Page 1
CALENDARW, Nov 612-1 pm*
Business Meeting
Th, Nov 7 Lunch Buddy wk1
W, Nov 1312-1 pm*
Julie Lockhart, Winterspring
Th, Nov 14 Lunch Buddy wk2
W, Nov 2012 - 1 pm*
tbd
Th, Nov 21 Lunch Buddy wk3
W, Nov 2712-1 pm*
NO MEETING
Th Nov 28 THANKSGIVING
M, Nov 255:30 pm
Board Meeting at YMCA
* La Casa del Pueblo
Save the date:Area Meeting:
Feb 1, 2014, Ashland Comm.
Center
BESTfor Women
The holiday season is upon us and we kicked it off with a delightful Halloween Party on October 30th. It was great to see so many members in their creative and colorful costumes laughing and
having fun, often at their own expense. We know that having fun together is one of our SI Ashland priorities, along with doing good things for others, which, of course has a positive effect on our own self-esteem. This all fits with a health study done a few years ago that found “there are three main reasons people cannot cope in life:
They live in the past.
They have low self-esteem.
They can’t laugh at themselves.”
In fact, the study found that we need about 12 laughs a day to stay healthy. We certainly got those laughs while raising money for operations at our Halloween Party!
Along these same lines, this kind of fun event supports our 2013-14 Club Theme, “Caring Connections in Club and Community.” We see this when we take a moment to acknowledge others and “Find the good and praise it” (Alex Haley), when we “…practice being kind rather than right” (Pat in the movie, Silver Linings Playbook), and when we warmly welcome others back to club after an absence, whether an illness, an injury, or an extended trip. These expressions of appreciation, care, and concern from our friends and colleagues are meaningful to all of us and go a long way towards strengthening and sustaining our connections by creating a welcoming and healthy club atmosphere.
Wishing all of you a happy and blessed Thanksgiving.
Warm Regards,
Joy
SOROPTIMISTINTERNATIONAL OF ASHLAND
La Casa Lunch:1 week $8.752 weeks 17.503 weeks 26.254 weeks 35.00
A Cup of Tea with Joy!
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by Sara Brown
In 1945 soldiers came home from WWII, and the women who had done their jobs during the war were asked to return home and give those jobs back to the men. There was one group that couldn’t be replaced—the six women the Army chose to program the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, or ENIAC as it was called. No returning soldier knew how to program the ENIAC.
The women had no precedent and only schematics to work with. “There was no language, no operating system, no anything.” “They had to figure out what the computer was, how to interface with it, and then break down a complicated mathematical problem into very small steps that the ENIAC could then perform. They physically hand-wired the machine, an arduous task using switches, cables, and digit trays to route data and program pulses.”
“The ballistic calculations went from taking 30 hours to complete by hand to taking mere seconds to complete on the ENIAC.”
On February 14, 1946, the Army revealed their amazing feat of engineering in a public relations extravaganza. ENIAC was front-page news across the country, a milestone in modern computing, with praise going to the military, the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, and Eckert and Mauchly, the hardware engineers.
The programmers, all women, weren’t introduced at the event. “Even though some of them appeared in photographs at the time, everyone assumed they were just models—‘Refrigerator Ladies’—posing in front of the machine to make it look good. This was a common marketing tactic used to sell kitchen appliances like refrigerators at the time.” (From Meet the ‘Refrigerator Ladies’ Who Programmed the ENIAC by Alyson Sheppard courtesy of Linda Anderson.)
Skip to 2013.
In this decade there will be more than one million new jobs in computer science according to the 10/27/13 NY Times. Yet, less than 25% of all Americans in computer-related occupations, one of the most lucrative, flexible fields in the economy, are women. This is down from 29% in 1990-91.
“One of the biggest challenges” says Catherine Rampell in I Am Woman, Watch Me Hack, “may be a public-image problem. Most young people simply don’t come into contact with computer scientists or engineers in their daily lives, and they don’t really understand what they do.” Rampell says TV programs like CSI and Bones have helped increase the numbers of women becoming forensic scientists. But there are no TV programs that glamorize women as computer scientists.
SSGSW: Meet the Refrigerator Ladies
Teacher Shoshana Leopold demonstrating how a slide is
prepared for viewing under the compound microscope.
Continued next page
Teacher Teresa Yurchis helped the girls in team building and
draining of excess energy before the Science class.
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Regrigerator Ladies, continued
With the mo-mentum of all of
Ashland’s Service Clubs, we were out
in force, cleaning up our bit of Main
Street.
Soroptimist Strong Girls Strong Women and STEM
Our SSGSW After School program for 4th and 5th grade girls attempts to address two of these issues: hands-on learning and observation of women in the workplace. Fall and spring SSGSW sessions focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) learning. On October 29th Helman teachers Shoshana Leopold and Teresa Yurchis introduced SSGSW girls to the power of magnification as they examined watermelon and tomato seeds under a compound microscope.
The winter session introduces girls to a variety of careers through field trips to organizations with women in leadership roles. For example, the girls have visited the U.S. Forensics Lab, Friends of Animal Shelter, Ashland Greenhouse, SOU athletic and science professors, and OSF. In planning for the 2014 Careers program, it’s clear we should find a woman computer scientist in the Ashland area. (If you know of such a woman, please let someone on the SSGSW committee know.)
We want to give our Strong Girls a leg up in career fields that enhance their lives.
One of our Strong Girls, Grace Smith, discovering the workings of the Compound Microscope.
Road Cleanup: All Service Clubs
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Yolanda Nagel
We had a wonderful birthday party: LOTS of Killer food and drinks! Many thanks to all who participated. And especially to Wendy Ray who put the games together. Games played: we listed what makes “SI Ashland unique” (repeated at Club Wednesday 10/30) and a version of Pin the Tail on the Donkey. Wendy brought a map of Oregon and we were blindfold-ed and had to pin our “tails” on “Ashland”. Yvonne was closest - pinned Talent. Wow! The Furthest were Barbara H. she was somewhere in North-ern California and Georgina was off the map! Great door prizes! Thanks to “Everyone” who brought birthday gifts: they will be raffled off at Club. Those of you who couldn’t make it, Really Missed Out.
Robin & Yo’s Birthday Party
What makes SI-Ashland Unique ??
This game was played again at club, led by Wendy Ray. The exercise is to write down as many terms/words that are unique to SI-Ashland as op-posed to other Soroptmist Clubs.
The winning list included:
Pillow Booth
Lock box combo
Ponchos for $2
Garbage bags for $.50
Casa del Pueblo
Salvadore
Spring Auction
joyd
Margarita Pool Party
Barb’s Orientation get-together
Mad Hatter Tea Party at Joy’s
Lunch Buddies
SSGSW
Community Dinner
After-school Program
Book Giveaway
Shakespeare Festival
Ashland Springs Hotel Banquet Room
Birthday Girls: Robbin Pearce & Yolanda Nagel
Some COMING ATTRACTIONS:
Wreath Making & Soup party at Amanda Pyle’s by Wendy & Amanda
Holiday Cookie party at Gail Rosenburg’s. Hosts are Gail and Susan Moen.
Holiday Party and Auction at club on Wed, Dec 18th. What might you add to the silent auc-tion??
We promise lots of fun at all of these events.
In addition, Poinsettia Sales have been brisk and will result in over $150 income to our Op-erations! Way to go Wendy!!
—Fundraising Committee
Party of Parties
Garden Way Park
No meetings during summer
Garden Gift Certificates
Shakespeare Tickets
Award Luncheon at Ashland Springs
Rogue River Rafting
Board Meetings at YMCA
Garden Gift Certificates
Poinsettia Sale
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Human Rights & Status of Women: Violence Against Women
Sue Kurth & Susan Moen
In September, Deputy Chief Corey Falls of the Ashland Police Department attended the 16th National Law Enforcement Leadership Institute on Violence Against Women, hosted by The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), in Savannah Georgia.
The goal of the yearly conference is to
(1) “build the leadership capacity of sworn law enforcement executives across the United States on violence against women crimes,
(2) strengthen the commitment of law enforcement officers to respond to these crimes, and
(3) enhance the ability of communities to respond to victims.”
With an emphasis on response to sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking and human trafficking, the conference utilized presentations by experts as well as peer interaction to discuss emerging best practices in these areas; participants were encouraged to identify what promising practices their own agencies were missing, and return home with a set of goals to improve their response to gender violence crimes.
While attending the training, DC Falls was asked to present on Ashland’s You Have Options program and saw a significant interest among other law enforcement agencies for eventual training in this Ashland-based program.
Read more about You Have Options at: www.ReportingOptions.org
Detective Hull created this short video that underscores some of the barriers victims can face reporting a sexual assault:
http://goanimate.com/videos/07yUPBQT7rI0
Pillow Booth: Wow! We nailed itLinda Anderson
We had a slow start to Pillow Booth with a shortened June and warm weather. Then the smoke in August provided a dire forecast to our income for the year. But Hurray! for an early fall, with cool temps and rain to drive more than average rentals!
There are 2 ways to count our income. On a Cal-endar Basis (2013 season), which is how we base our payment to OSF, our total Revenue is $56,915. However, our books are on a Fiscal Basis (7/1/13
to 6/30/14) which we can only estimate, based on average June sales for next June. On this basis, our income is $59,250 against a budget of $55,000. Of course, we won’t really know until June 30, 2014.
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I am Malalalink provided by Chris Dodson
If you haven’t had a chance to see the Daily Show with Malala, author of the book “I Am Malala” the girl who spoke up for education in Pakistan and was shot by the Taliban, here’s a short clip of the first part of the interview —it’s pretty impressive....
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-october-8-2013/exclusive---malala-yousafzai-extended-interview-pt--1
Ruby Award Nominees SoughtSue Kurth
Ruby Award nominees will be accepted until December 1
The Soroptimist Ruby Award honors women who, through their pro-fessional or personal efforts, are making extraordinary differences in the lives of women or girls. Their work has had a significant im-pact while inspiring and encouraging other women.
Women may nominate themselves or another woman they feel is deserving of this honor. More details as well as a nomination form are on the website. Barbara Stout (541-840-0445 ) is the club’s contact person.
The 2012-2013 SIA winner was Walda Reeder. She started on outreach program supporting women working in “Adult Entertainment.”
October: Breast Cancer Awareness Month
RIGHT: Dr Margo Herron, cos-meti c surgeon of the Elizabeth Insti tute in Ashland, spoke to us on Breast Reconstructi on on October 16th.
LEFT: Kate Newgard Nurse Navigator for LJE Breast Center at Providence spoke to us on October 23rd.
New member: Ellen Clothier
Linda Anderson
Having missed seeing Ellen Clothier at our meetings, I emailed her. Sadly for us, happily for Ellen, she found a new home north of Seattle while va-cationing this summer. I know we all wish her well as she moves north.
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Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandbergexcerpts provided by Sue Kurth
“As former secretary of state Madeleine Albright once said, ‘there’s a place in hell for women who don’t help other women.’ And the consequences extend beyond individual pain. Women’s negative views of female coworkers are often seen as an objective assessment—more
credible than the views of men. When women voice gender bias, they legitimize it. Obviously, a negative attitude cannot be gender based if it comes from another woman, right? Wrong. Often without realizing it, women internalize disparaging cultural attitudes and then echo them back. As a result, women are not just victims of sexism, they can also be perpetrators.” (p. 164)
“I am fully aware that most women are not focused on changing social norms for the next generation but simply trying to get through each day. Forty percent of employed mothers lack sick days and vacation leave, and about 50 percent of employed mothers are unable to take time off to care for a sick child. Only about half of women receive any pay during maternity leave. These policies can have severe consequences; families with no access to paid family leave often go into debt and can fall into poverty. Part-time jobs with fluctuating schedules offer little chance to plan and often stop short of the forty-hour week that provides basic benefits.” (p. 169)
“The first wave of women who ascended into leadership positions were few and far between, and to survive, many focused more on fitting in than on helping others. The current wave of female leadership is increasingly willing to speak up. The more women attain positions of power, the less pressure there will be to conform, and the more they will do for other women. Research already
suggests that companies with more women in leadership roles have better work-life policies, smaller gender gaps in executive compensation, and more women in midlevel management.” (p. 171)
Box Tops 4 Helman
Janet Leifur
From Sept 2012 - June 2013 our club collected more than 360 box tops for Helman School. During this past summer alone we have already collected 263! Thanks to everyone for their participation in this project especially “top” contributors Judy Faulkner, Julie Reeder, and Georgina Holderness.
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(541) 482-0044 ext. 103(800) 334-7499
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Box Tops 4 Helman
Janet Leifur continues to collect Box Tops for Education for HELMAN SCHOOL. Look for these coupons on Avery, Betty Crocker, General Mills, Hefty, Pillsbury, Ziploc, and more. It is a small way for us to support the Soroptimist Strong Girls Strong Women at Helman!
Soroptimist International of Ashland
meets at noon on Wednesdaysfrom September through June.
Please contact Joy Dobson-Way at 541-840-1550 for additional meeting or club details
or send us an email at [email protected] mailing address is:
P.O.Box 544, Ashland, OR 97520.
Editor: Linda [email protected]
Advertising: $50 for 1 year—contact Linda Anderson and provide her with your business card or other art work.
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(541) 488-7303cell (541) 941-0109
1500 S I S K I Y O U B LV D .ASHLAND, OR 97520
fax (541) [email protected]
Years in: SIA Cynthia Bennett 17Barbara Stout 7Susan Moen 1Susan Eisenberg 1
NovemberJulie Reeder 15Janet Leifur 20Yolanda Nagel 25Robbin Pearce 25
