Exciting changes are taking place
throughout BPW. On the national level, the board of directors has been reduced
and state presidents will no longer be national board members. A new position,
AREA REP, will replace the presidents on the board. There are eight areas
and each area will have three reps. We are in Area 8. You may want to visit the
national website to read more about this change.
On the state level, we no longer have
Districts. The position of President-Elect has been eliminated. Two
new locals have been chartered: Renton BPW and South King County BPW. We
may soon have a new Tacoma local. North 5 is doing major
membership-recruitment activities. A lot of enthusiasm is evident throughout the
state.
National Conference will be in Atlanta this
year and we hope to see our Young Careerist and our Individual Development
candidates do very well in the speak-offs.
Our Fall Board will be in Ellensburg, October
10-11. Please mark your calendars for this. We will have fun with a FIESTA
theme. Annual Conference next year will be May 15-17. Again, mark your
calendars for this event!
Throughout this year, we will focus on
Hearth-Health activities. Stay tuned for details.
ROBYN WHITAKER
STATE PRESIDENT BPW/WA
