The purpose of AAUW is to advance equity for all women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research.
AAUW's mission is to advance equity for women and girls through education, advocacy and research.

2010 AAUW FLORIDA CONVENTION PLANS

            
Our state convention will be held at the Helmsley Sandcastle Resort on Lido Key in Sarasota April 23-25, 2010.  The cost of the rooms will be $119.00 or $139 for a Gulf View room convention attendees and their guests as long as the reservation is made by April 7th.  To make a reservation call 1-800-225-2181 between 9 am and 5 pm Monday through Friday. Members in the area should call 941-388-2181. Mention AAUW to get the group rate. If you want to learn more about the hotel go to www.helmsleysandcastle.com. 

This is a photo of the beautiful Lido beach taken from one of the hotel rooms.

Tours of The Ringling Museum, Selby Gardens and Mote Marine will be available Saturday afternoon. Sign up for a tour at registration. St Armand's Circle shopping district is close by and is a possible destination for late Saturday afternoon. Cost of the Ringling tour is $25 ($20 for seniors), Selby Gardens, $17 and Mote Marine, $17.  All are subject to change.

We are fortunate to have some interesting speakers in attendance at our convention.  In addition to Dr. Jamie J. Ladge and Dr. Leslie Sue Lieberman as major speakers who were listed in the Winter/Spring FloriVision we will also have Krys Wulff, a director-at-large on the AAUW Board, to bring us up-to-date on AAUW activities and priorities.  Krys has served as branch president, CA state president, on the Association Board from 2003 to 2007 where she served on the Strategic Planning and Finance Committees and was appointed to the 2009-2011 Board.  She has also been on the Association Public Policy Committee and served on the League of Women Voters Board of Directors, on the School District Advisory Committee, and has been active in parent organizations of various local schools.  She has been a Management Consultant for over 30 year and currently is Managing Director of a California Wine Company.

Our speaker for the AAUW Funds Breakfast on Sunday morning will be Juddy Karei, an AAUW International Fellow from Kenya.  She is majoring in Religious Studies at the Asbury Theological Seminary in Orlando.  Juddy believes that education plays a critical role in women's lives.  She plans to return to Kenya when her studies at the Seminary are completed  to continue teaching at Discipleship College and work to improve women's lives through education and by working with her church.

Once again we will be voting on a few changes to the State Bylaws.  Those changes and the rationale for them will also be posted in ample time for everyone to study them. 

Curious to learn about any changes to the convention schedule as printed in FloriVision?  Click here.  

Would you like to print a pdf version of the convention registration form?  Click here.
If you prefer you may download, fill out and print a Microsoft Word version of the registration form here.