FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT
Today I want to spend some time being thankful for the many members that have helped me on my path towards and during this amazing Presidency of the GFWC California Federation. So many of you have reached out and helped when asked and I need to just say: Thank You, all of this is not done alone, and I appreciate the many marvelous ways your support my endeavors.
I also want to say thank-you to 2 new CFWC Chairs, recently ratified by our CFWC Executive Board:
Abbey Howell. CFWC Area B Fundraising Chair (San Gabriel Valley District)
Lu Arredondo, CFWC California Clubwoman Chair/Editor (San Gabriel Valley District)
We cannot do it alone, no Club, District or State Federation can. Ladies, thank you for saying yes and welcome!
There are many little things, that are actually BIG things, which I have gleaned from my friendships and training in a Leadership Role. One of the things I most appreciate is the easy camaraderie I have with others and the way we can enhance the talents we each are endowed with to create strong Clubs, Districts and State Federation.
You have heard a lot from me on several subjects, but where does my foundation of Faith in Leadership arise from? Well, I would like to share with you now one of my secrets: Have you heard of The Four Agreements?
My computer brought this up today as I searched for the Authors of this little book, I found some years ago at the Salvation Army: The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom is a self-help book by bestselling author Don Miguel Ruiz with Janet Mills. The book offers a code of conduct based on ancient Toltec wisdom that advocates freedom from self-limiting beliefs that may cause suffering and limitation in a person's life.
I love reading self-help books and this is one of the best! Below I will share with you the agreements and my take on them. Personally, we will each interpret the Agreements differently: Hey, that is what makes the World go round!
The First Agreement:
BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORD
In my life honor is everything. If I say I will do something I will do it. I do not gossip, nor do I tell tales. My word is my bond, my promise, my contract, and my honor to give and share. It may take me some time, (if it requires a task), but I am loyal to what I say and loyal to my many friends and family. It is important to me that each of them knows I can be trusted.
The Second Agreement:
DON’T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY
Do not Sweat the Small Stuff! It is not my business what anyone thinks of me. I have said that aloud for many, many years and it is my truth. What matters is what I think of myself and how I stay humble in my beliefs and convictions. We pay too much attention to how others think, we cannot change other people…we can only change within ourselves to accept what is.
The Third Agreement:
DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS
I never assume anything! I do not assume that someone cannot do something until they cannot. Nor do I hold it against them even as it becomes a pattern. Fact: not everyone is capable of certain jobs, we can never assume they are. We each have an aptitude towards acceptance, that is an astonishing gift to possess. How is it possible for me to judge another when I am my own person? Again: never assume anything, just be surprised: for better or worse, it is as it is meant to be.
The Fourth Agreement
ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST
I always strive to do the best I can do; I never strive to do the best someone else would do. My journey is about what I do. I envision and manifest the thought that everyone lives by an ethical standard that is filled with targets and benchmarks, I know I do. Perhaps that is a fantasy, but I do not really think so. So many of us try our hardest and that is perfection personified. Trying to do our best is the right thing to do.
So those are The Four Agreements. I am happy to share them with you and hope you will search yourself for what they mean to you because they are different for every one of us.
Luv, Pam
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Attached please find the CFWC Handy Hints for 2020 and some new CFWC Handy Hints for 2021. In future issues, these will be available in the QuickDocs section of each issue.
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MARCH MADNESS WORKSHOPS
The meeting information Zoom reservations and passwords for the March Madness Workshop Series, have been sent! If you asked to reserve a spot and did not get your password and confirmation email, please resend your information to: reservationscfwc@gmail.com
Again, I want to thank Lynne Youngstrom, CFWC Color Guard Chair, for stepping in to handle the many reservations that have been sent for registering for the 10 March Madness Workshop Series. Lynn has also volunteered to see to the reservations for our monthly CFWC Open Houses.
Due to the tremendous amount of email involved, we have dedicated a NEW EMAIL to send all requests for the March Madness Workshop Series to. Please do not contact Lynne or Pam via their private emails. The new email to register is:
10 one-hour workshops were open for Registration beginning February 1, 2021, we can register the first 300 participants only!
See the updated flier Attached for details on these ten hour-long Workshops and we hope to see you there. Sure, to be a lot of fun for all of us, bringing us closer together via Zoom until we can meet again in-person.
Registration for each Workshop will close 7 days prior to the presentation, so get your requests in early to the NEW Email.
You may still request your reservations for the following Workshops. We have provided the DEADLINE date below for your convenience. Registrations will close at 5 pm on the dates listed below: Actual workshop day and time can be found on the attached flier.
So, You Want to Start a Cyber Club: March 9
Journaling for Goal Setting & Leaders: March 11
Social Media Communication Tools for Members: March 13
CFWC Executive Committee Recipe Share: March 17
Smart Phone Tips for Photos & Videos: March 19
CFWC State Brag Hour: March 23
Get those requests in early to the new email and see you there!
Luv, Lynne & Pam
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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, March 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!
Registration is open for March until 5 pm on March 13, 2021
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:
The only business is monkey business for these get-togethers; see you there.
Luv, Lynne & Pam
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SONYA MATTHIES, CFWC SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
The GFWC California Federation of Women’s Clubs have a great deal of which to be proud! Our membership numbers have now reached 10,157 members with 229 clubs continuing efforts to retain and gain members. Our clubs and districts are meeting via Zoom and keeping in touch through Bulletins, emails, phone calls, Facebook, websites, and workshops presented via Zoom.
I have been pleased to prepare Certificates for 25 Year Members and arranged for purchase of 25 Year Pins. I have received requests for 50 Year Certificates and pins that were sent on to GFWC who will provide these at no cost to our members.
Membership Reports have been received and evaluated with results of the “Best” in each size category to be announced at our Annual CFWC Convention. There were so many wonderful and inventive projects and I am so very proud of your hard work and dedication.
The CFWC Membership Team’s Workshop in March on Procedure Books was well received. Topics covered were: the Importance of Procedure Books, Physical Components of Procedure Books, Necessary inclusions of Calendars, Timeline, Month-at-Glance ,Documentation/Agendas, Minutes, Treasurer Reports, Resources and General Information and where to find information about your positions. The Membership Team will be having another Workshop on April 10thfocusing on “Elevator Speeches” and “Brochures”! Please try to join us and get new ideas for both of these important Membership tools!
Remember that you are the best tool to bring in new members to our Federation! Get out, when allowed, and get involved in your Chamber of Commerce, attend local City Council Meetings, participate in other organization’s events and request their officers to speak at your meetings
Thank you for all you do or have done to make our Federation great! Ask you friends, associates, and family to share in making a difference! I did, and my daughter is the fifth generation of our family to join my home club! Get the word out…keep on “BUZZING ALONG WITH FEDERATION”! I look forward to a time when we can all meet in person but for now “BEE WELL, BEE HAPPY, AND BEE KIND!
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Patsy Wilson, CFWC Area B Vice President.
March 4, 2021 "Procedure Books" from the March Madness Workshop
KEEP YOUR STUFF HANDY – PROCEDURE BOOK DOCUMENTATION
No matter where you are in the pecking order, you cannot get where you need to go without the other members giving you ‘Stuff” some of which you need to keep.
You never know when you’ll have to stop and check on a rule or what happened. So, stuff (documentation) from those who came before you is always essential. Procedure book documentation includes the Agenda, Minutes and Treasurers reports. CONTINUE READING
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Wendy Curran – CFWC Area D Vice President
Procedure Book Workshop follow-up
Last Thursday, March 4th, a “HOW-to” Workshop about Procedure Books was conducted by CFWC 2nd VP Sonya Matthies and the 4 Area VPs. Almost 100 members were in attendance and lots of great information was shared. Thank you to all who attended.
As promised, attached here is a quick synopsis of what was shared by me regarding general information and resources. Information was also shared that came from two CFWC Booklets: Federation At a Glance and The Art of Leadership. Currently, both publications are in revision and being updated. Attached also is some abbreviated information regarding Deans and Chairs, at Club and District levels, from those two booklets.
While we await the revised publications, we have a basic understanding of responsibilities so we can all work on preparing wonderful Procedure Books to share.
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From Deborah E. Bushnell
CFWC Legislation & Public Policy Chair
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was penned by the prominent American suffragist Alice Paul in 1923. After its introduction in every Congress since 1923, the ERA finally passed in Congress March 22, 1972. Article Five of the United States Constitution requires approval of three-fourths of the state legislatures for the enactment of a constitutional amendment. Since 1959, there have been 50 states, so 38 ratifications are required. Before the March 22, 1979 deadline, twenty-five states adopted constitutions or constitutional amendments providing that equal rights under the law shall not be denied because of sex.
FYI: California ratified the ERA on November 13, 1972.
The 1879 Constitution of California contains the earliest state equal rights provision on record.: A person may not be disqualified from entering or pursuing a business, profession, vocation, or employment because of sex, race, creed, color, or national or ethnic origin. California Constitution, Article I, §8 (1879). i
The Equal Rights Amendment is a very simple amendment putting protection for women and other marginalized genders directly into the United States Constitution. The entire text of the proposed amendment is:
· Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
· Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
· Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
When the ERA passed in 1972, the legislation included a seven-year deadline. Upon reaching the original deadline without achieving the requisite number of state ratifications, advocates for the ERA convinced Congress to extend the deadline until 1982. However, anti-ERA groups and activists ramped up their opposition during that time, successfully mobilizing factions against the ERA and stalling the momentum the movement had enjoyed throughout the country. The 1982 deadline passed with the ERA falling three states [i]short of the 38 needed for ratification.
Now that the necessary 38 states have ratified, Congress must eliminate the original deadline. A joint resolution was introduced in Congress currently to do just that. On 21 January 2021, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) and Congressman Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) announced the bipartisan legislation, which reads simply:
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding any time limit contained in House Joint Resolution 208, 92nd Congress, as agreed to in the Senate on March 22, 1972, the article of amendment proposed to the States in that joint resolution shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution whenever ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States.
This legislation, when passed, will eliminate one of the procedural barriers standing in the way of enshrining gender equality in the U.S. Constitution. [ii]
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Hi Ladies
I need your help. I’m putting together the memorial for CFWC’s convention in May. Could you please send me info for those that have passed between May 2019– May 2021 that have held positions either on the CA State Executive Board or CA State Executive Committee. This includes: current or past CFWC Administration State role, including Elected or Appointed State Officers, CFWC Chairs, District Presidents, District Deans, Committee Members: Bylaws, Nominating, Elections, Resolutions, Past State Presidents.
I will need:
Their name
Years of Service
Position or positions held
Picture
Bio on the member.
Your deadline for this is May 1, 2021
Thank you all for helping me make this happen.
Peggy Baumann, CFWC Spiritual Values Chair
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Have YOU been checking out our updated FaceBook page? Sonja, our Communication Committee Chair, is doing a great job! Would you like your club news included on FaceBook, in the CFWC California Clubwoman magazine and/or in QuickBytes?
If so, please send pictures and articles and other pertinent information to
We thank you for your participation and look forward to seeing your club activities in our publications.
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Leadership Minute
It's here....the latest Leadership Booklet! Click on the photo
Dori Kelsey, CFWC Leadership Chair
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Editor's Note: While some of the following forms will eventually be moved to the CFWC website, these are remaining for a while at the request of the chairmen posting them,
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Just a thought ......
"Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes"
Hugh Prather
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