The Syracuse Branch of the New York State AAUW is one of the oldest branches in the state - we were formed in 1889! Our membership varies from year to year, but is generally around 50. Our members come from a variety of educational and occupational backgrounds. We have six general memberhip meetings, from September through May. Our Board meets five times a year, including the summer, to conduct business. The Syracuse Branch hosted the District III Fall Conference in September.

We have been a 5-star branch. Our contributions to the Educational Foundation and Legal Advocacy Fund have met the AAUW-NYS challenge. We contribute a local scholarship to a woman who is in a graduate degree program, as well as donate to a Vocational Technical School graduate bound for college.

We are members of the Syracuse Federation of Women's Clubs, and the International Center of Syracuse. Our current Diversity/International Relations Chair is director of the ICS and we cohost various groups of foreign visitors. Our November meeting is a joint program with the Women’s Study Class at Onondaga Community College . We will be hosting ten visitors from Russia through the Open World Program and the International Center of Syracuse.

The Clarion, our branch newsletter, is published 6 times a year. If you would like to receive a copy, please send an e-mail to Lois Woods requesting our latest issue and include your name and mailing address.

2005-06 Branch Officers

• Co-presidents: Edwina Norton and Arlene Bolton
• Program Vice President: Susan Dean
• Membership Vice President: Lois Woods
• Recording Secretary: Frances Staniac
• Corresponding Secretary: Jean Henderson
• Treasurer: Nancy Clausen
• Assistant Treasurer: Ann Sanderson
• Nominating Committee: Ruth Burgay

2005-06 Branch Committee Chairs

• Educational Foundation: Sharon Martin
• Legal Advocacy Fund: Jo Ellen Vespo and Magdalena Denbow
• Public Policy: Roberta Comerford
• Diversity/International Relations: Lucille Browning
• Historian: Fran Staniac
• Newsletter: Judy Barry
• Publicity: Sharon Martin
• Directory: Nancy Clausen
• By-laws: Jinny Byers
• Telephone: Eleanor Tammelaid

2005-06 Board Meetings

• August 17 , 2005 at Arlene Bolton’s
• November 2, 200 5 at Nancy Clausen’s
• January 14, 200 6 at Barbara Brown’s
• April 11, 200 6 at Lois Woods’
• June 13, 200 6 at Edwina Norton’s

2005-06 General Membership Meetings:

• September 24, 2005 Syracuse Branch Hosts the AAUW NYS District III Fall Conference
• October 22, 2005 Roberta Comerford, Captain in the Military Police of the US Army, presents the female perspective of military life, and shows slides of her tour of duty in Sri Lanka.
• November14, 2005 Women in Elected Office: joint program with Professor Nina Tamrowski’s Women’s Study Class at Onondaga Community College. We will be hosting ten visitors from Russia through the Open World Program and the International Center of Syracuse.
• December 10, 2005 Holiday Celebration at the Corinthian Club, a festive seasonally decorated 19th Century house. Jeff Stockham will demonstrate Civil War era musical instruments
• May 20, 2006 Joint meeting with the Mohawk Valley Branch at Charlotte’s Creekside Inn, Oneida

Special AAUW-NYS Meetings:

• April 28-30, 2006: AAUW-New York State Convention at Gideon Putnam Hotel, Saratoga Springs, NY.

You can reach the branch by e-mailing Lois Woods, Membership VP.

Links to Other Sites

• New York State AAUW
  
• National AAUW
  
• Branches across the nation