Membership Presentation

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EXECUTIVE WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
Roanoke, VA Chapter Chartered July 2000
Your Connection To Businesswomen Around The World
Welcome PerspectiveNew Members
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Professional Development
Life-long learning
Businesswomen need a forum for professional
development and life-long learning
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Albuquerque, Amsterdam, Atlanta, Austin, Baton
Rouge, Birmingham, Boise, Buffalo, Calgary,
Charlotte, Chattanooga, Chicago,
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Cleveland,
Colorado Springs, Columbus, Columbus GA, Corpus
Christi, Dallas, Dayton, Denver, Des Moines,
Detroit-Windsor, Fort Wayne, Fort Worth, Hamburg,
Hampton Roads, Harrisburg, Honolulu, Houston,
Huntsville, Indianapolis, Jackson, Jacksonville,
Kansas City, Kenosha/Racine, Kentuckiana,
Knoxville, Lehigh Valley, Lethbridge, Little
Rock, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Madison, Memphis,
Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Mobile, Nashville, New
Orleans, New York, Northwest Arkansas, Oklahoma
City, Omaha, Orange County, Orlando,
Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Pomona Valley,
Portland, Raleigh-Durham, Richmond, Roanoke,
Rochester MN, Saint Paul, Salt Lake City, San
Antonio, San Diego, San Fernando Valley, Seattle,
Shreveport-Bossier City, Spokane, St. Louis,
Tacoma, Tampa Bay, Tucson, Tulsa, Washington
D.C., Wichita
Executive Women International is that global
forum!
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Our Mission
Executive Women International brings together key
individuals from diverse businesses for the
purpose of
Promoting member firms Enhancing personal and
professional development Encouraging community
involvement
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COMMITMENT TO MEMBERS
LONGEVITY
INTERNATIONAL SCOPE
PROFESSIONAL

• Established in 1938
• 3,000 firms with 3,500 representatives
• More than 80 chapters in major cities throughout
  the United States, Canada and Europe
• Dedicated to enhancing personal and professional
  skills

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CONNECTIONS
ON OUR
CAPITALIZE
E
EWI Promotes Member Firms
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COMPANY
BENEFITS
TO YOUR

• Access to the database
• Increased business relationships
• Recognition as a business leader
• Awareness of cutting-edge business and civic
  issues
• Opportunity to provide quality professional
  development

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DEVELOP
AND UTILIZE
Learn business skills Professional development
Leadership skills Continuing Education Units
(CEUs) Community involvement
PERSONAL TALENTS
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
EUROPE
CANADA
EWI is committed to meeting the needs of members
in cities around the world.
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Chapter and International Activities Bring
Members Together
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BENEFITS
OF
MEMBERSHIP
Membership in both a local and global
organization Monthly chapter meetings President
s Caucus Academy of Leadership Leadership
Conference and Annual Meeting Spring
Conferences Serving on Chapter or Corporate
Board Serving on Chapter or Corporate Committees
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Develop A Variety Of Skills
Public speaking Budgeting Strategic planning Time
management Human resources Interpersonal
skills Sales and marketing Financial planning and
analysis Business writing skills Parliamentary
procedures Program/event planning
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ENCOURAGE
INVOLVEMENT
COMMUNITY
Business Career Development Program (B/C/DP) is
a separate 501(c)(3) corporation Contributes
over 400,000 each year to charitable
activities  
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INTERNATIONAL
EWI Scholarship Program (EWISP) Adult Students
in Scholastic Transition (ASIST) Academy of
Leadership Reading Rally  
PHILANTHROPY
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EXECUTIVE WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
Roanoke, VA Chapter Chartered July 2000
Our vision To be the Leading Connection
for Business Professionals
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EXECUTIVE WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
Roanoke, Virginia Chapter Chartered July 2000
Roanoke Chapter Members

• Martin Travel, Inc.
• Mel Wheeler Inc. T/A WFIR WSLQ Q99
• MetLife Recruiting
• The Orvis Company
• Rescue Mission of Roanoke
• Sir Speedy
• SunTrust Bank
• UBS Financial Services, Inc.
• WDBJ Television
• Woods Rogers PLC

• Acme Business Machines
• Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
• Barker Chiropractic Clinic
• Brown, Edwards Company LLP
• D S Life Agency, Inc.
• Divinity An Aveda Lifestyle Spa
• Express Personnel
• Finks Jewelers Inc.
• The Hotel Roanoke Conference Center
• Jim Schaal Catering Inc.
• Long and Foster
• Lotz Funeral Home, Inc.

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EXECUTIVE WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
Roanoke, Virginia Chapter Chartered July 2000
2006 Meeting Schedule

• January 11 How to Negotiate Your Salary
  presented by Joe Farmer, Express Personnel
• February 8 Moving Your Organization from Good
  to Great presented by Camille Wright-Miller, The
  Roanoke Times
• March 8 Firm Night at Barker Chiropractic
  Clinic
• April 12 Relax, Reconnect Discover Get to
  Know Your Fellow EWI Members
• May 10 EWI ASIST Scholarship Presentations
  Executive Night
• June 14 Womens Health Issues presented by
  Dr. James Kelly
• July 12 Travel Safer Smarter presented by
  Gary Powers, TSA
• August 9 Firm Night at Jim Schaal Catering
• September 13 2006-2007 Board Installation
• October 11
• November 8
• December 13
• All meetings held at The Hotel Roanoke
  Conference Center unless specified otherwise, and
  begin at 530 p.m. for Networking and Cocktails,
• 600 p.m. Business Meeting, 630 p.m. Featured
  Speaker, 700 p.m. Dinner

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EXECUTIVE WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
Roanoke, Virginia Chapter Chartered July 2000
Monthly Meeting RSVP Requirements

• Members are requested to RSVP for each meeting no
  later than one week prior to the set meeting
  date.
• RSVPs are to be communicated to Leslie Coty or
  Helen Kerrigan, Sergeant-At-Arms, by e-mail at
  reservations_at_ewi-roanoke.org
• If a member does not RSVP by the above mentioned
  deadline, the Sergeant-At-Arms will assume she
  plans to attend the meeting.
• Any member who does not attend a meeting, and has
  not notified the Sergeant-At-Arms by the
  deadline, is responsible to pay EWI for the 23
  meeting cost, and will be billed accordingly.

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EXECUTIVE WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
Roanoke, Virginia Chapter Chartered July 2000
Guest Attendance At Monthly Meetings

• Members are encouraged to invite guests to attend
  EWI meetings and functions.
• Any member who invites a guest is required to
  make proper reservations by notifying Leslie Coty
  or Helen Kerrigan, Sergeant-At-Arms, by e-mail
  at reservations_at_ewi-roanoke.org
• Please provide the guests name and business name
  prior to the meeting, so a name tag can be
  produced.
• The cost for all guests 23.00.
• Potential members guests may attend two meetings
  before submitting an intent for membership.

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EXECUTIVE WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
Roanoke, Virginia Chapter Chartered July 2000
2004-2005 Board of Directors Committee Chairs

• President Libby Camper, The Hotel Roanoke
  Conference Center
• Vice President Charlene Hudson, Finks
  Jewelers
• Secretary Tonya Harper, UBS Financial
  Services, Inc.
• Treasurer Julie Andresen, Acme Business
  Machines
• Sergeant-at-Arms Leslie Coty, Mel
  Wheeler Inc T/A WFIR WSLQ Q99
• Sergeant-at-Arms Helen Kerrigan, Rescue
  Mission of Roanoke
• Membership Donna Tatum, Express
  Personnel
• Program Traci Ragone, MetLife
• Communications Ashley Austin, D S Life
  Agency, Inc
• Ways Means Danielle Rand-Byrd, Martin
  Travel
• Ways Means Jennifer Pisczec, Lotz
  Funeral Home
• Director At Large Nancy Meyer-Barker,
  Barker Chiropractic Clinic
• Immediate Past-Pres. Danielle Rand-Byrd,
  Martin Travel
• Reading/Writing Rally Wanda Hatchett, Brown
  Edwards Co.
• Reading/Writing Rally Amanda Schaal, Jim Schaal
  Catering
• Parliamentarian Standing Committee Chair Linda
  Mack, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield

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EXECUTIVE WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
Roanoke, Virginia Chapter Chartered July 2000
2006 Fees and Annual Dues

• Member Firm Annual Dues
• One time admission fee 75.00
• Annual Dues 250.00 per firm
• Optional Second Representative
• One time admission fee for second Representative
  25.00
• Annual Dues for Additional Representative 150.00
• Monthly Meeting Cost 23.00

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EXECUTIVE WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
Roanoke, Virginia Chapter Chartered July 2000

• Chapter Standing Rules
• The following rules support the corporate by-laws
  and procedures. These standing rules are to be
  used for clarification of these corporate by-laws
  or to document the areas that the corporate
  by-laws allow for chapter determinations.
• Chapter General
• The Chapter Board term shall be from September
  until September of the following calendar year.
• The financial year shall follow the calendar
  year. (January-December)
• Payment of per capita assessments for the
  2006-2005-chapter year will be made directly to
  the Corporation through the Corporate Office and
  payable no later than December 31st.
• Membership can be made up of no more than 10 of
  non-profit organizations.
• Member firm and representative expectations
• It is the intention of Executive Women
  International that through active involvement the
  greatest benefit for the firm and the
  representative can be achieved.
• Active participation in one or more committees is
  highly encouraged.
• Participation in the Reading Rally and the
  Business Career Development programs is required.
• Firm representatives pay 23.00 for each monthly
  meeting. The price is for the meal and the
  benefits of the meeting. This amount is not
  adjusted for partial attendance.
• Member firms may take advantage of pre-paying for
  one calendar year (January December) for a
  one-time payment of 253.00.
• This discounted payment must be made to the
  chapter treasurer by the January meeting.
• When a meeting has been pre-paid, and attendance
  is not possible by the representative or the
  executive the representative will be allowed a
  credit that can be used only to bring either the
  firm executive or another firm representative to
  the following meeting.
• No refunds can be given for missed meetings.
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EXECUTIVE WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
Roanoke, Virginia Chapter Chartered July 2000

• Meeting Requirements
• Monthly meetings are normally held on the second
  Wednesday of each month.
• Chapter board meetings will be conducted monthly.
• The chapter will hold a minimum of two (2)
  business meetings during the Chapter year.
• Attendance at the monthly meetings for
  representatives will be assumed. In the
  situation where either a representative or the
  executive is not able to attend a meeting a
  written notification to the Sergeant at Arms must
  be submitted one week prior to the scheduled
  date.
• In the event that the representative is not able
  to attend and has not made the required
  notification, that representative agrees to pay
  the monthly fee, and will be billed by the
  chapter treasurer.
• When the firm has pre-paid for the year, and
  attendance is not possible by the representative
  or the executive, the representative is still
  responsible for notifying Sergeant at Arms of the
  absence.
• Guests
• Members must RSVP for their guests one week prior
  to the monthly meeting to the chairperson of the
  Sergeant at Arms.
• A sponsoring member is responsible for ensuring
  payment for their guest even if the guest misses
  a meeting without notification to the Sergeant at
  Arms by the reservation deadline.
• Potential members and firm employees may attend a
  maximum of two (2) regular meetings before a
  membership commitment is required.
• Attendance Requirements
• Each member firm must be represented by a
  representative or an executive at a minimum of
  (9) meetings within the chapter year. A
  representative must attend a minimum of (6)
  meetings during the chapter year.
• Firm Night Sponsorships
• Member firms that wish to sponsor a membership
  meeting and use that time as a method of
  advertising are offered the following sponsorship
  opportunities
• Hosted off-site or at firms location The
  Roanoke Chapter of EWI will match the cost of
  dinner and beverage with host firm up to 10 per
  EWI representative and non-host guest for
  guaranteed attendance.
• Hosted at regular meeting location A
  sponsorship fee of 250 for a full meeting
  sponsorship, co-host sponsorships are available
  at the Boards discretion. Member firms may
  co-sponsor firm nights and share time allotted.
• The chapter board and program committee must
  approve all firm nights.
• LCAM Member-Representative Scholarships

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EXECUTIVE WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
Roanoke, Virginia Chapter Chartered July 2000
For Additional Information Visit the EWI
Corporate website at http//www.executivewomen.org
And the Roanoke EWI Chapter website
at http//www.ewi-roanoke.org