Dear Members:

With just over thirty days since the GA, August has been a great month.  

Though not surprised, I am impressed daily by the enthusiasm and passion our officers, committees and members show for BPW.  Already, we have made good on our intentions of

Connecting Locally ~ Uniting Nationally ~ Igniting Globally

Barely an hour after being announced as the incoming president, I was approached by a member who wanted to do a project event for Women’s Equality Day.  As she began to lay out her idea – I admit – I deflected.  Her idea was interesting – but it fell under the purview of our VP of Advocacy, Emily VanVleck, so I said, “that’s Emily’s department.”  While I did participate and assist (minimally) – both our new VP Advocacy and Kathy Telban, the project lead, presented a terrific program on August 24^th. 

Over 100 people signed up for the event.  If you were there – you know.  IT WAS AWESOME!  If you couldn’t join us, fear not – the event was recorded and will be made available when the edits are complete.   

An off-hand comment during a chat with our International Liaison, Larisa Miller, led to our first Global Oasis, held on August 10^th.  Meeting with members from around the world was quite inspiring and has led to soft plans to collaborate and scheduling the next Global Oasis very soon. 

The Entrepreneur and Small Business team, led by Marsha Riibner-Cady, kicked off a long-term project for future monthly meetings, with the project manager of a Pitch Contest from West Virginia and one of the contestants.  We learned so much and look forward to seeing more from this upcoming program.

And if that weren’t enough for Igniting Globally - These days there is a lot of activity leading up the International Congress for BPW International, being held in St. Kitts in November. 

At the last Executive Committee meeting – the primary delegates for the Congress, representing NFBPWC were selected:

Barbara Bozeman (President), Nermin Ahmad (Secretary) and Bessie Hironimus (California)

At the next Executive Committee meeting – September 3^rd, we will be discussing / deciding on the 3 alternate delegates.  

More information regarding the International Congress is elsewhere in the magazine. 

Welcome to September, my friends!

Barbara Bozeman

President, NFBPWC