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NAWBO Connects Members and Guests
by Marketing Co-Chair Katrina McBride
President, Wendy Lopez began by welcoming visitors and new
members and introducing Retta Miller of Jackson Walker who presented how NAWBO
has made connections for her.
One of the chapter’s newest members, Lucy Billingsley,
shared her passion for The Chiapas Project, a unique micro-lending program
targeted to the women of Chiapas, Mexico.
More than a year ago, Lucy became involved with this project, vowing to
raise money from Dallas businesswomen to help Chiapas women with newly created
businesses. The Chiapas Project is truly an opportunity for women helping women
on the most basic level and NAWBO D/FW is proud to be a sponsor of this
project.
Director of Public Policy Susie Morrissey requested
membership involvement with the NAWBO PAC announcing that 100% of the current
Board of Directors had made monetary contributions in support of the PAC’s
efforts regarding the interests of women business owners. Additionally, Susie introduced her Public
Policy Liaison Project that positions members of NAWBO to “adopt a
representative" and in order to start a dialogue with our representatives
in their home offices so they know NAWBO's position on a variety of issues.
This will be a great opportunity to have an effect on legislation that can
impact your business and personal life.
VP of Programs Joan Voeller introduced the first in a series
of business related programs. This
month’s program focused on identifying your target market presented by Julie Chance,
owner of Strategies by Design. The tabletop discussions following the
presentation centered on this topic. The members were encouraged to take our
marketing ideas back to our Mastermind groups.
Additional discussions included:
- Kelly
Kimmel of the NAWBO corporate partner Principal Financial announced that
her company would pay the registration fee for any NAWBO member who wanted
to attend the Latina Business Series event held in Dallas and encouraged
membership attendance.
- Co-Chair
of the Golf Tournament D’ Forman announced that this year’s event will be
a Florida Scramble format and that her committee is seeking WBE
sponsorship and donations to the silent auction.
- Finally,
President, Wendy Lopez announced that chapter annual dues have been increased
from $75 to $100.
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