FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT:
This week I am going to tackle Authenticity! This is a big concept, and it comes with a lot of deep work you must do on your own, when you look at being or becoming authentic there is only 1 truth and it is your truth.
So, what does authenticity mean to you: When you sit and think about the word, do you believe yourself to be truly authentic? This is a hard topic and perhaps a hard issue for some people to come to an honest evaluation and realization about. When we can take the time to be still, and to be quiet, we can hear our purpose and who we are really, at that moment our authenticity may rise to the top and exude in a way where we can recognize it and say AH-HA!
Being authentic means we are comfortable with the truth of who we are, we take our role in life as one of acceptance and are truly clear with our intentions.
When we are authentic, there is no underlying meaning, there is no subterfuge of trying to manipulate, we are clear, helpful (sometimes), and true. We are all these things for not just ourselves, our loved ones, and friends, but for every person we meet on a minute-by-minute basis. Whether we personally know someone or not, I believe we need to be always authentic to everyone.
Authenticity means that we must truly reach within ourselves to see what it is we are and, shed the belief of what we think we should be. Now there is a statement: what we are VS. what we think we should be.
I have found in my life that there are people who will tell you what you can be, should be, need to be. These people fill our heads with their own ideas of your life and rob you of your insight towards finding your own authenticity. Now, what I just described is vastly different from a compliment or an encouragement…what they are doing is quite dangerous because simply, they are telling you who they want you to become.
Crazy concept I know, but it happens all the time. How are you supposed to become the truly inspired unique and authentic YOU when someone is telling you how to be what they want to be? Truth is you cannot, your authenticity is yours and not theirs.
Authenticity is a deep subject and one that covid has brought time to discover. We have each come to an understanding in the past 10 months of what is important to us, what we need to stay mentally and physically balanced. Last week I talked about listening, it is no coincidence that this week I write about authenticity. For to be truly authentic you need to listen to your self, your heart. We need to be able to break open and let fly the part inside of us that is who we are and let go of who we are told we should be.
Authenticity is a brave act. BEE BRAVE!
Luv, Pam
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CALLING ALL CFWC MEMBERS!
The CALL for the February 2021 CFWC Executive Bord Meeting has been distributed to the Board members. This series of Zoom Meetings is being held between February 10 – 27, a total of 14 meetings total that includes 1 General Session Meeting of the CFWC Executive Board where any member of the California Federation is invited to attend. If you would like to attend the Friday, February 26, 2021 Meeting please contact Debbie Pietraszko, CFWC Zoom and Video Chair and ask for an Invitation. This meeting requires a pre-registration, more information can be found in the CALL attached in this Quick Byte.
Debbie’s email is:
Debpie74@yahoo.com
We hope to see you there. As a member of GFWC California we invite you to see for yourselves how the State Federation is working for each Member, each Club, each District, and each Area!
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2021 ZOOM WORKSHOP SERIES
Well, we’ve still one Workshop for January to present and the registration has closed. However, if you registered for CFWC Chair Carol Burkhart’s WE CARE FOR THE FUTURE, Advocates for Children Workshop we will see you on Wednesday, January 27th.
We are planning a March Madness Series of 10 Workshops in March and the Flier will be available next week in Quick Bytes with instruction on how to register. The 10 Workshops are as varied as our Members and are sure to be a lot of fun you will not want to miss!
Just a note about February: we will suspend our Workshops for the month of February due to the many meetings to be held by our CFWC Committee is as part of the CFWC Executive Winter State Board Meeting(s). These are the meetings where we fly and travel…not now though. These meetings run Thursday Afternoons thru Saturday evenings. It was my choice to spread them out across the month, as I have done in the recent past, taking our time on Zoom to get our business done for every member we represent. You can see how to attend the General Membership Session on February 26, 2021 in another article featured in this week’s Quick Byte.
(Registration deadlines for any ZOOM meeting are definite, no exceptions)
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MONTHLY OPEN HOUSES ON ZOOM
Scheduled during “Happy Hour”, I do hope you will join us for 5 – 7 pm on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 to share with friends, have a laugh and smile! Bring a drink if you want, I am sure others will and let us just celebrate knowing that we each belong to such a fabulous group of volunteers. On the 16th of every month in 2021, until we are able as an entire State to meet in person, we will hold our Open Houses for any member wanting to attend!
This is a time to reach out and be with one another, albeit electronically. Remember we can only hold up to 300 of you, so registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Invites will be sent bi-weekly in the order they are received.
For your invitation, just send me your name and email address with the date or dates you want to attend. I can be reached at:
Reservations must be requested by Wednesday, January 13, 2021.
The only business is monkey business for these get-togethers; see you there.
Luv, Pam
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in case you missed it last week...
As a Reference guide only, we have attached to this Quick Bytes a publication from the California Attorney General’s Office on charity Governance during covid-19.
(click on icon above)
Remember please that this is for resource material and Robert’s Rules, as well as your club and district Bylaws may state something different, as does perhaps the CFWC and GFWC positions.
However, your CFWC Executive Committee would like to pass this along to each of our subscribers for perusal.
Thank you to the member that sent this to me, I appreciate your efforts in watching out for all our California Federation.
Luv, Pam
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Leadership Minute
Has your Club or District held the regular meetings as required in your bylaws? All Clubs & Districts need to be conducting regular meetings. It is part of what you as Officers/ Leaders signed up to do. If you’re not holding meetings, why not? Here in California most of us are either just coming off of or are still in Super Lock Down. Sorry but that is not an excuse with computers, tablets & cellphones. There are other programs bedsides Zoom you can use. On Messenger (part of Facebook) you can have a room and invite as many people as you want. You can even use an email “Reply all” method because of internet issues.
There I have given you 3 ways to do a meeting not in person off the top of my head. If you look around, you can find other ways. So, if you don’t want to Zoom do something else. No excuses, Leaders as in Presidents- must Lead. It is what you signed up for. It is your job. All of your members are looking to you. So, the take away for this message is have meetings. Your members need them. Sorry to be dishing out tough love. But some of you need to hear this. Some of you are doing wonderful. Keep it up! I do care about all of our members. Some of them are very lonely & need their club meetings on Zoom or in person.
Always
Dori Kelsey
CFWC Leadership Chair
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Military & Veterans
Yolanda Petroski, Chair
NEWS FLASH! The WWII Museum is once again accepting knitted or crocheted scarves! The pandemic put a halt to this program, but now we can resume mailing our packages of gender-neutral and patriotic scarves no larger than 6x60”. The scarves will be quarantined for 4 weeks before distribution to over 1,000 VA facilities around the country. Check out their website at Knit Your Bit | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans (nationalww2museum.org) for more information and sign up for their enewsletter. Since its inception in 2006 over 50,000 scarves have been donated. Attach a card with your club name to each scarf and mail to: The National WWII Museum, Knit Your Bit Campaign, 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. The Museum will send Certificates of Appreciation to first-time donors if their names are included in the package. Be sure to include the total number of scarves donated in your reports whether they go to the WWII Museum, Operation Gratitude or your local VA as they will all be counted in “Knit Your Bit.”
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from GFWC News & Notes
February 5: Success for Survivors Scholarship Application Deadline
Have you shared the 2021 Success for Survivors Scholarship information with your family, friends, local agencies, and on social media? The scholarship provides survivors of intimate partner violence with financial support as they seek higher education, made possible through generous donations from clubwomen, clubs, State Federations, and other groups. The application deadline is Friday, February 5, so time is running out to spread the word!
Already shared the application form with everyone? Consider dedicating your next club fundraiser to the annual GFWC Signature Program Fund! All funds donated go directly to the GFWC Success for Survivors Scholarship. It is through your support that GFWC can make the recipients’ dreams a reality. As Cindy W., a scholarship awardee and recent college graduate said: "I am thrilled to have this opportunity to better myself and become self-sufficient with a new career. This is not just for me, but for all who I come in contact with as a nurse."
Help give survivors like Cindy a better tomorrow by donating to the Fund through the Member Portal.
February 3: Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Webinar
Johns Hopkins Medicine is offerings its webinar on COVID-19 again as part of its A Woman’s Journey series. This remote live program will present and discuss public health measures, vaccine safety, and the lingering effects of COVID-19. Visit the Johns Hopkins website to register.
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Dori's Leadership Library
These booklets are in .pdf format,
when printed they are ready to assemble into booklets
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Just a thought ......
The first step toward change is awareness.
The second step is acceptance.
-Nathaniel Branden
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