Board Meetings

SPRING BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND LEGISLATIVE DAY ON CAPITOL HILL
March 28-31, 2007    Washington, D.C.
Renaissance Washington DC Hotel

 

HIGHLIGHTS

More than 260 Republican women from across the country attended the NFRW Spring Board of Directors meeting in Washington, D.C., March 28-31. Here is a recap of events that took place:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
  Serving as keynote speakers were Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and possible Republican candidate for U.S. president, and Rich Galen, publisher of Mullings.Com and former press aide to Newt Gingrich and Dan Quayle.

  Members of the 2007 NFRW Nominating Committee were elected and are as follows:
Betsy O’Neill, Texas, Chair
Vicki Drummond, Alabama, Secretary
Martha Jenkins, North Carolina
Suzanne Connelly, Pennsylvania
Anne Britton, Arkansas
Lois Godfrey, California
Mary Anne Christie, Ohio
Lavigne Kirkpatrick, Florida, alternate
Marjorie Bridson, New York, alternate

The Nominating Committee will select the official NFRW slate of officers for the 2008-2009 term.

  Kansas City, Mo., was selected as the site of the 36th Biennial Convention, to be held in the fall of 2011. The other contender was New Orleans.

  Launch to Victory, a five-year financial plan for the NFRW, was passed by the Board of Directors and launched during the meeting. The plan includes the goals of increasing levels to 200,000 sustaining members, 400 Regents, 100 Capitol Regents and 30,000 donors. Election goals include training more candidates and campaign workers, and sending more strike force volunteers to work in targeted states.

The following women have donated to the Launch to Victory program:
Wanda Bell, Texas
Linda Butler-Johnson, South Carolina
Jean Lu, California
Carol Meny, Colorado
Bunny Parish, Delaware
Brenda Smith, Kansas
Sharon Sollenbarger, Colorado
Jacque Stafford, Colorado
Noreen Thomas, Arizona
Kim Verde, Washington
Ursula Wagstaff-Kuster, California

  Amendments to the NFRW Bylaws were debated, voted on and passed during the meeting. The amendments will be listed in the Official Call to the 34th Biennial Convention, which will be distributed this summer.

  The board passed resolutions recognizing the late Charlotte Mousel (NFRW president, 1993-95), our troops serving overseas, and the upcoming 2008 elections. To read the resolutions, visit www.nfrw.org/membersonly/resolutions/20070331.htm.

  Workshops on the NFRW online database, outreach and diversity, membership, and the Razzle Dazzle Road Show were held.

REGENTS TEA AT THE WHITE HOUSE
March 28, more than 200 NFRW Regents and Capitol Regents joined First Lady Laura Bush for afternoon tea at the White House. Mrs. Bush greeted the Regents as they enjoyed refreshments on the White House’s Second Floor. Group photographs of the Regents and Mrs. Bush were taken in the Blue Room. The event marked the sixth time since President George W. Bush took office that the Regents visited the White House.

 

LEGISLATIVE DAY ON THE HILL March 29, more than 215 Republican women donned their "red coats" and "yellow ribbons" and visited the U.S. Capitol to meet with legislators, attend committee hearings and take capitol tours. They were briefed by dozens of Republican senators and representatives; met with Doro Bush Koch, sister of President George W. Bush; and, advocated for President Bush’s plan for victory in Iraq. During the photo session on the Capitol steps, they sang patriotic songs to show their support for U.S. troops serving overseas. “Republican women went to Capitol Hill to make it clear: we support our President, and most of all, we support our troops,” NFRW President Beverly Davis said. “The NFRW strongly endorses the President’s call for troops to be fully funded, with no strings attached to commanders on the ground and no arbitrary deadlines for withdrawal.”

CELEBRATING AMERICAN BEAUTY - FASHION SHOW BY MARSHA NELMS
The NFRW Fundraising Committee hosted a very successful fashion show fundraiser the evening of March 30. Thank you to Chair Catie James and Vice Chair Lisa Roper for organizing an outstanding event!

 

BUSINESS BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD

• Adoption of the Special and Standing Rules of Order

• Report of the Executive Committee

• 2006 P & L Review

• 2007 Operating Budget

• Special and Standing Committee Presentations

• Report of the Resolutions Committee

• Election of the Nominating Committee

• Site Selection for 2011 Biennial Convention

• Bylaws Amendments

• Any Other Business Deemed Necessary

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

National Federation of Republican Women
124 N. Alfred Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Telephone: 703.548.9688 
Fax: 703.548.9836
E-mail: meetings@nfrw.org