NC Women United
Minutes of the Monthly Membership Meeting
October 25, 2004
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of NC, Chapel Hill

Present: AAUW NC: Barbara Ann Hughes (phone, also Women's Forum), Nancy Shoemaker; APPCNC: Christina Abbott; BPW NC: Arlene McKay; Equality NC: Ian Palmquist; Ipas: Kelly Fuller; Lillian's List: Sharon Worthington; NARAL Pro-Choice NC: Melissa Reed; NCCADV: Beth Froehling; NC Hunger Network: Shirley Williams-McLain (phone); PPCNC: Paige Johnson; Triangle OWL: Anne Mackie; WRC-Alamance: Becky Mock; Women's Forum: Betty Ann Knudsen; Board members: Jennifer Bumgarner

12:05 - 1:15 pm.

The minutes from the July 26, August 23 and September 27 meetings were approved as submitted.

Elections

To complete the elections for the 2004-2005 board positions, governance committee chair, Arlene McKay, made the report on behalf of the committee which also included Ian Palmquist, Nancy Shoemaker, June Kimmel and Lisa Miller.

The nominees for the four open positions of Director for Policy for terms through June 30, 2006 were Shirley McLain, Beth Messersmith, Patricia Yancey and June Kimmel. Anne Mackie moved for election by acclamation. The motion was seconded and approved without opposition.

The governance committee nominees for six open positions for Director at Large for terms through June 30, 2005 were Queen Degraphenreid, Lisa Miller, Arlene McKay, Milan Pham and Melissa Reed. There was a call for nominations from the floor, and Anne Mackie nominated Sharon Worthington. Ian Palmquist moved for election by acclamation. The motion was seconded and approved without opposition.

Thanks were expressed to Nelda Howell, Betty Ann Knudsen, Anne Mackie, David McLennan and Polly Williams who are rotating off the board.

[For more information on current board members see www.ncwu.org/about/board.]

Other discussions

The group shared updates on this fall's Women's Agenda Assemblies. A concern was expressed that the process described in the Agenda Building Book is too complicated. Several assemblies have or are planning to vote on the individual topics (as the voting has been done in the past) rather than on the four broad areas (as recommended in this year's ABB). Wake County is planning to offer simultaneous translation into Spanish. The program committee report on the Agenda Assemblies will be posted at www.ncwu.org/2004/AgendaAssemblies.

Women's Advocacy Day will be in March and the first planning meeting is scheduled for Nov. 18.

Paige Johnson and Melissa Reed gave an update on the Emergency Contraception in the Emergency Room project. A survey went out with a cover letter on NCWU letterhead to 117 hospitals across the state. Results will be posted at www.ncwu.org/2004/ecer/.

Anne Mackie recommended exploration of inviting Beverly Daniel Tatum, president of Spelman College and author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria, as a speaker at a future NCWU event.

Christina Abbott, APPCNC, announced that the 2003 Adolescent Pregnancy statistics have been released. See http://www.appcnc.org/images/stats2003.pdf. Adolescent Health Advocacy Day will be March 16 in Raleigh. APPCNC will be opening a satellite office, and Christina, who has been NCWU's gracious host at the APPCNC office in Chapel Hill will be transferring there.

Beth Froehling, NCCADV, announced the release of the 2002 Violence Policy Study showing NC ranked 9th in homicides committed by men against women.

The group agreed to combine the November and December meetings and meet on Monday, December 6 at APPCNC. [Note that an APPCNC standing meeting starts at 1:30 on the first Monday, so we will need to adjourn promptly.]

Submitted by Nancy Shoemaker, Secretary.

Last changed: 18-Mar-2005
Approved: {24-Jan-2005}