Virginia NOW Statewide Elections
Saturday, April 7th
Fox Point Clubhouse
6120 Blackstone Blvd.
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
Agenda
9-10 am: Registration; Coffee and donuts; time to relax
10-12 pm: Introductions of Speakers:
Eleanor Smeal and Alice Cohan, Feminist Majority and past president and vice-president of NOW
12-1 pm: Lunch
1-3 pm: Continuation of talks with the addition of Mary Ann Beall, Illinois faster for the ERA and fence climber at the White House
3-4 pm: Introduction of those running for office, speeches and election of new officers
A Letter from Our President…
Hi Everyone,
I wanted to say good-bye to all the VA NOW members, and to thank you for your time and work for VA NOW. I hope you will continue to be a NOW member in the future no matter where life takes you. We are the oldest women’s rights organization in the United States so let’s keep it going. If you would like to run for an office, you can come to the conference and submit your name. It is never too late. There are also appointed jobs to be filled. Take a chance. Below, I have listed a few of VA NOW’s accomplishments during my years as president. Unfortunately, I can not list all the good work that the chapters have accomplished across Virginia.
Diana Egozcue’s Presidential Accomplishments:
1 Hired a NOW member as a paid webmistress to assist and teach Paradise and Simone to create a new website and logo; Lisa Keyser is on contract to work as we need her.
2 Convened a meeting in Richmond with chapter leaders, officers, members and college women to talk about planning a future; a paid facilitator was hired from the VCU campus to direct the meeting.
3 Helped all chapters get their IRS accreditation back as well as VA NOW; it took me 4 years and a mountain of paperwork.
4 Found a new lawyer to get back our business license and solicitation license.
5 Started and restarted chapters around the state plus visiting them during the years.
6 Joined and worked with coalitions such as Virginia 2021, Transparency coalition, and Women’s Equality Coalition.
7 Hired a friend at minimal expense to us to create a VA NOW database to handle the membership lists and make them work for us as we wanted.
8 Hired a member who is a tax professional each year to file our taxes so we would not run afoul of the IRS again.
9 Put on a young feminist conference in Richmond which drew college and high school activists to discuss the issues important to them.
10 Preserved the rainy day investment account which is not to be touched, and worked only with what was available in the bank account. A money market fund had already been dissolved and used on PAC donations before I became president.
11 Created the VA NOW Foremother’s Project which has archived many feminists at the Smithsonian and VCU, and runs on YouTube. This is an ongoing project through our Communications VP, Paradise, and her helper.
Again, thank you for all you do have done, and will do in the future,
―Diana Egozcue, Virginia NOW President
Please join us in bidding farewell to our incredible president and welcoming our new candidates. We look forward to seeing you there!
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