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General Information

Membership
Anyone who writes—published or unpublished—may join.

Dues
Annual dues are payable when you join and on each First of May thereafter. The Treasurer will notify members who are in arrears. Thos who do not pay their dues within one month of notifiction will be dropped from members. Inactive members will be reinstated upon payment of dues.

Bylaws and Standing Rules
Any member may obtain a copy of the Bylaws and Standing Rules by contacting any Board Member.

Financial Statement
Any member may obtain a copy of our financial statement by contacting the Treasurer.

Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees oversees the administration of the organization, determines policy, and runs the various programs. The Board consists of five officers and frim five to fifteen trsutess. The members of the Board are elected each spring for a term from May through April.

2007-2008 WWW Board members (left to right) Marcia Ivans, Liaison for Writing Groups, Lisa Versaggi, Treasurer, Karen Haefelein, President, Maggie Roycraft, VP Programs, and Diane Lynch, a former board member.

Not pictured: Terry Mullaney, VP Membership, Karen Stober, Secretary/Corresponding Secretary, Joanne Flynn, Publicity, Elsie Boehm, Archivist, Randi Clarken, 2007 Goldfinch editor, and Trustee-at-Large Corey Rosen Schwartz.

2007-2008 Board Members
Officers:
President—Karen Haefelein
1st VP/Membership—Terry Mullaney
2nd VP/Programs—Maggie Roycraft
Secretary/Corresponding Secretary—Karen Stober
Treasurer—Lisa Versaggi

Trustees:
Publicity/Asst. Programs—Joanne Flynn Black
Liaison for Writing Groups/Asst. Membership—Marcia Ivans
Newsletter Editor—Joanne Flynn Black
Archivist—Elsie Boehm 2 years
Webmaster—Laurie Wallmark
2008 Goldfinch Editor—Randi Clarken

At Large:
Corey Rosen Schwartz

Board Meetings
Board Meetings are held seven times yearly at the Madison Community House, 25 Cook Avenue, Madison, at 7:30 PM. Upcoming meeting times are posted below. All members are welcome to attend.

2007-8 Board Meeting Dates:
September 10
October 15
November 15
January 14
February 18
March 10
April 14
May 12
June 9

Volunteer Opportunities
Women Who Write is a member-run organization. Participation is vital to its success. The following committes welcome help at any time:

Group Coordinators
Group Coordinators are essential to establishing a writing group. Each coordinator is responsible for all the business aspects of a group, including communicating with the President and the Board and keeping the group's activities within WWW bylaws. Group coordinators may or may not lead each meeting, depending on what each group decides.

Education
Women Who Write organizes writing workshops throughout the year

Special Events
Committee members help coordinate readings, workshops, social gatherings, and other special events.

Newsletter
Committee members may contribute an article, copyedit, or help proofread our newsletter.

Literary Magazine
Committee members read and select submissions for Goldfinch, our literary magazine.

Publicity
Committee members may write press releases to publicize writing groups and special events, design flyers, or take pictures for distribution with press releases and for this Web site.

 

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