E-Newsletter, Vol.6, No.7 Professional Women’s Network July 2004
WHY WOMEN’S HEALTH? LINDSEY CARRY SPEAKS
JULY 22
(PAST) PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Dear PWN members,
For the past 26 years, our organization has consistently reached out to embrace the professional businesswomen of Hawaii with support and timely, interesting programs. One of the marks of a good organization is a committed and enthusiastic board of directors. Now is the time when we ask you, our members, to take stock of your commitments and consider a board position for 2005. We need your unique personality and experiences to enhance our organization’s goals and governance.
Corporations, whether for-profit or nonprofit, require a governing Board of Directors. Our Board is a "working" board of volunteers where members focus on day-to-day matters. We are also a "policy" board where members focus on strategic matters, such as the recent decision to put the matter before all of the membership whether to invite men to join our Professional Women’s Network as associate members.
Our board is a friendly board, very supportive of one another, and a good learning board. We do have a formal structure based upon Robert’s Rules of Order so that we can conduct our business in a specific time frame, but are informal in that we meet for a nice lunch at the Pacific Club and work collaboratively to discuss and decide matters. Our president keeps us on target according to an agenda.
It is at this board level that specifics of the organization are discussed, planned and implemented. If you have ever wanted to have a say in how the organization is run or what the organization accomplishes, now is your opportunity!
Please don’t automatically say that you don’t have the time – or, that you don’t know how to participate on a board. Serving on the board could benefit you in your overall business and professional goals. It will give you the opportunity to share your ideas and energy to help form the personality and goals of this organization. You will form strong relationships with others who look to you for your input.
Please don’t hesitate to give me a call to discuss board positions or ask questions. I can be reached at work at 533-8889 or at home at 262-1967. I would love to tell you why and how I first became a PWN Board member and what it has meant for my career and me.
I will continue to focus on the benefits of your becoming a board member at our luncheon meetings and in our newsletters. Seek me out or talk to any other board member to discuss further. And, if interested, or just curious, RSVP to attend any board meeting at reservations@pwnhawaii.org. Meeting dates are listed on our PWN Web site on the Events page.
Aloha,
Barbara Guss
(Note: Marie Massengale’s President’s Message will return next month.)
ABOUT PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK
The Professional Women’s Network is dedicated to supporting professional and businesswomen in Hawaii, acting on the premise that mutual support is a necessary factor in bringing about personal growth and business success. The Network’s objectives are to promote the exchange of professional ideas and provide an opportunity to share experiences that will help women expand their business position in the Hawaii marketplace. We are committed to providing women in Hawaii with the opportunity to obtain support from other like-minded women in the pursuit of their professional and business goals. We are committed to challenging our members with new ideas and information that will help them attain their business and personal goals.
Membership Information can be obtained by visiting our Web site:
www.pwnhawaii.org or by calling 533-4800
YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Marie Massengale
President
Jeannie Shaw
Scholarship
Joann Seery
Vice President/Programs
Kanani Iaea
Special Events
Mari Gabrielson
Secretary/Historian
apastorinparadise@hawaii.rr.com
VOLUNTEER!
Trade Show
We need your help!
Elaine Myers Hammond
Treasurer
Barbara Guss
Past President/Advisor
Susan
Minser-Will
Arrangements
Biz Kellam
Alt. Past President/Advisor
VOLUNTEER!
Membership - Position Open
Carol Williams
Alt. Past President/Advisor & Executive Director
Audrey Hutton
Publicity
VOLUNTEER!
Join a committee – help PWN grow and REALLY NETWORK with PWN members.
In attendance:
¨ Mari Gabrielson, Barbara Guss, Elaine Hammond, Audrey Hutton, Biz Kellam, Marie Massengale, Joann Seery, Jeannie Shaw, Carol Williams.
¨ Absent: Kanani Iaea, , Susan Minser-Will
President:
¨ Motion passed regarding Board member absences – absent from three meetings in one year, member will no longer be on Board. If two absences in a row, Board member will be under review.
Vice President:
¨ Schedule of speakers: July 22nd, Lindsey Carry, Director of new Women’s Health Center at Queens Hospital; August 26th, Mufi Hannemann – mayoral candidate; September 23rd, Ann Marie Manzulli; Oct 28th, Dr. Jenkins, Woman Laser Eye Surgeon. November is open, no replies received yet from prospects.
¨ Marie Thom and Mari Gabrielson are scheduled to be 2-minute speakers at June luncheon.
¨ Networking tip for June: stress the importance of business cards.
¨ Networking activity for July luncheon: Ask members to give a 20-second on what/who they need for business.
Treasurer:
¨ Year to date: $1,779 in the black.
Arrangements:
¨ Ordering is getting more difficult as we try to stay away from spicy sauces. Noodles are now eliminated after May luncheon evaluation. June will see a new vegetarian dish – roasted veggie sandwich on foccacia bread.
¨ Hale Koa rates will be going up in October, not July.
Membership:
¨ One new member: Alissa Kimura completed an application – no dues paid, taking us up to 47.
Publicity:
¨ Faxed out press releases for June 10 luncheon. July and September need minor revisions and then they will be sent out. Still have to revise discount flyer. Following up with Joann on HerStory signups.
Special Events:
¨ Barbara to call Kanani to get more info on horseback riding event which is scheduled for June 26. There is no information to promote the event.
Scholarship:
¨ Jeannie reports that there are now two applications. Reminder that the deadline is Aug. 1.
Trade show:
¨ Since we are not sure as to who will be the trade show chair – or even if we will be able to have one, the Board will work together to get everything going. Biz already has program and ticket layouts as a base to work from. Carol and Barbara will check out the facility at the Hilton that was used for HerStory after the May 27 luncheon. Dates selected for the trade show in order of preference: Thursday, October 21, Tuesday, October 19, or Thursday, October 14.
Newsletter/Web site:
¨ Need Marie’s message & spotlight. Will complete and send out when received.
¨ Web site is up-to-date except for e-mail list and officers.
Trade Show
¨ The Hilton confirmed availability of the Tapa Ballroom 1 & 2, on October 14 from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Pupu will be served in the lobby area. Once costs are determined, we can decide on booth prices and ticket prices.
¨ Susan will work with Kim Kubo to do an informal fashion show.
¨ Joann to see if Amber Ricci will provide entertainment. Amber offered to provide soft music at July luncheon first. Frank DeLima was also suggested as entertainment.
Past President:
¨ Barbara will head up a workshop immediately following luncheon for about 20 minutes. Subject: How you can become a member of the BOD and why.
Executive Director:
¨ Carol to call Hilton Hawaiian Village to get the costs for trade show. And, determine whether we can have a cooking demo and whether vendors can sell food products with taste testing.
Next board meeting: July 8, 2004, Pacific Club, at noon.
156 years ago, the first Women's Rights Convention was held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, NY. It was the summer of 1848, July 19 and 20. Three hundred women and men attended the Convention, including Lucretia Mott and Frederick Douglass. At the conclusion, 68 women and 32 men signed the Declaration of Sentiments drafted by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It read as follows:
~Declaration of Sentiments~
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one portion of the family of man to assume among the people of the earth a position different from that which they have hitherto occupied, but one to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes that impel them to such a course.We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of those who suffer from it to refuse allegiance to it, and to insist upon the institution of a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and, accordingly, all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they were accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their duty to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of the women under this government, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to demand the equal station to which they are entitled.
The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.
He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice.
He has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men - both natives and foreigners.Having deprived her of this first right as a citizen, the elective franchise, thereby leaving her without representation in the halls of legislation, he has oppressed her on all sides.
He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead.He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns.
He has made her morally, an irresponsible being, as she can commit many crimes with impunity, provided they be done in the presence of her husband. In the covenant of marriage, she is compelled to promise obedience to her husband, he becoming, to all intents and purposes, her master - the law giving him power to deprive her of her liberty, and to administer chastisement.
He has so framed the laws of divorce, as to what shall be the proper causes of divorce, in case of separation, to whom the guardianship of the children shall be given; as to be wholly regardless of the happiness of the women - the law, in all cases, going upon a false supposition of the supremacy of man, and giving all power into his hands.
After depriving her of all rights as a married woman, if single and the owner of property, he has taxed her to support a government which recognizes her only when her property can be made profitable to it.He has monopolized nearly all the profitable employments, and from those she is permitted to follow, she receives but a scanty remuneration.
He closes against her all the avenues to wealth and distinction, which he considers most honorable to himself. As a teacher of theology, medicine, or law, she is not known.
He has denied her the facilities for obtaining a thorough education - all colleges being closed against her.He allows her in church, as well as State, but a subordinate position, claiming Apostolic authority for her exclusion from the ministry, and, with some exceptions, from any public participation in the affairs of the Church.
He has created a false public sentiment by giving to the world a different code of morals for men and women, by which moral delinquencies which exclude women from society, are not only tolerated but deemed of little account in man.
He has usurped the prerogative of Jehovah himself, claiming it as his right to assign for her a sphere of action, when that belongs to her conscience and her God.
He has endeavored, in every way that he could to destroy her confidence in her own powers, to lessen her self-respect, and to make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life.
Now, in view of this entire disfranchisement of one-half the people of this country, their social and religious degradation, - in view of the unjust laws above mentioned, and because women do feel themselves aggrieved, oppressed, and fraudulently deprived of their most sacred rights, we insist that they have immediate admission to all the rights and privileges which belong to them as citizens of these United States.
In entering upon the great work before us, we anticipate no small amount of misconception, misrepresentation, and ridicule; but we shall use every instrumentality within our power to effect our object. We shall employ agents, circulate tracts, petition the State and national Legislatures, and endeavor to enlist the pulpit and the press in our behalf. We hope this Convention will be followed by a series of Conventions, embracing every part of the country.
Firmly relying upon the final triumph of the Right and the True, we do this day affix our signatures to this declaration.
As the saying goes, we’ve come a long way, baby! And, we still have a long way to go! We still have not achieved equal opportunities for all women, equal pay for all women, or equal family and medical leave for all women.
Be active in PWN. Get involved. Vote in the primary. Vote on November 2. Do it for yourself. Do it for your children and your grandchildren. Vote in honor of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. If you are not registered to vote, you can register at our luncheon. PWN member Kathy Howe is a deputy registrar and will be taking voter registrations at the July, August, September and October luncheons. Remember, if you have moved since you last voted, you have to re-register.
Carol Williams – Newsletter Online Editor
PWN Executive Director and
Past-President Advisor
BRING a GUEST or a prospective MEMBER to the
JULY LUNCHEON MEETING
Thursday, July 22
Mark your calendars now for the rest of 2004:
PWN Event Calendar
MELENA WHITESIDE (Whiteside Photography) has changed the name of her company from Whiteside Digital Imaging to Whiteside Photography in conjunction with a new logo that really represents her and her work: “taking pictures that last ... longer than a lifetime.” Melena says, “I have new business cards, car magnets, and soon a new Web site (in a month or less). Check it out at the end of the month at whitesidephotography.com.”
KATHY TUGMAN (Hawaii Glass Block) has a new name: KATHY PHILLIPS, and a new address: 91-1120F Laaulu St. in Ewa Beach. Congratulations, Kathy! We’re still waiting for to see the wedding pix.
JOANN SEERY (BNI & Serious Business Solutions) is starting another new BNI chapter in Honolulu. The chapter will be meeting either Tuesday or Friday at noon. Any serious business professionals interested in increasing their client base, please call Joann at 235-1262.
AMBER RICCI (Amber Net Inc.) says “mahalo” to ALL who came, supported, forwarded the invitations and donated their time, money, services, and great prizes to her Midsummer Nights Dream Fundraiser, held July 10, for the Long Life Foundation. All the music, massage, and decorations by the volunteers, the delicious organic food provided by Ono Pono, and the more than 220 guests all helped to raise more than $5000 towards the nonprofit organization. Many, many needy folks will now have help. Her next BIG Party (and Amber’s birthday) will be a Leo - Sphinx Egyptian theme with belly dancing, live drums, fire spinning, exotic foods, and more on Aug. 7th - mark your calendar. Also, every Tuesday (in Portlock) and Thursday (at Moiliili) we have Goddess Dance and Yoga. Check out InnerFireHawaii.com for more information about these sessions and the next Inner Fire Singles Retreat on July 24th at the Portlock estate.
ROBIN NELSON (Long Term Care Advisors) just returned from a conference in Minneapolis, the national headquarters for Long Term Care Advisors. There, she met many agents from across the U.S. Robin tells us, “We really had a ball! After a group dinner on arrival at Bucca di Beppo's, we boarded our super-luxury Greyhound bus to the Doubletree hotel where we spent more time getting to know each other. Bright and early, we were treated to a tour of the Allianz headquarters, where we met the president of the company and were able to field detailed questions to the underwriters. It was very helpful. We also were given the latest info and presentations from Metlife and John Hancock. Once our brains were filled to overload, we hopped on our luxury bus to our next night's stay at a beautiful resort hotel in Alexandria. On the bus, we sang songs, told jokes, and had tons of fun! It was like a high-school field trip! That night we had a BBQ cook out, played competition putt-putt and had a huge bonfire. The next day was filled with more workshops by MedAmerica, and Penn Treaty and looked at future trends of the LTC industry and the latest information in the market.... looks like our clients are getting younger, and businesses are really starting to see the benefits of group plans for their companies. Pooped, jet-lagged, and mentally stretched, we hopped back on the bus to Minneapolis for the last day and evening. And yes, I did find an hour or two to visit the Mall of America. Came home with a bag of "bear poop" (chocolate covered peanuts)! In all, it was very educational. I made some new friends, and had lots of fun!
SUZANNE MACHBITZ (Gallery Machbitz) will have a booth at the Mythos Jewelry Show at the Ilikai, Aug. 19 &20. It is open to the public. She will be representing her sterling jewelry and Swarovski necklace/earrings sets with special prices on the pink sets. This is a smaller venue than Douglas Trade with free-flowing A/C and lovely jewelry. Also, Suzanne is accepting new piano students ages five to adult (group class for 5-6 yr olds called "Music for Little Mozarts starts in August). Suzanne teaches in her home in Hawaii Kai (Kalama Valley) and in Kailua. Please give her a call if you are interested or if you have a friend who might be interested in piano lessons for themselves, their children, or their friends. 780-6873.
PAM HERRINGTON (Paradise America Mortgage) just returned from a trip to the quaint agricultural town of Visalia, 45 minutes south of Fresno, CA to do an advanced-study horse clinic with Dr. Hiltrud Strasser, a veterinarian from Germany. Dr. Strasser has been studying and researching the causes and cures of lameness and other common health problems of domestic horses. Basing her models on horses found living in natural rather than man-made environments, she has had unprecedented success in curing domestic horses with certain types of lameness and/or health issues, often incurable with traditional methods. (Pam took the basic course with Dr. Strasser in Washington D.C. two years ago.) The contingency from Hawaii talked with Dr. Strasser and has made tentative arrangements to have the World Horse Conference here in Hawaii rather than in New Zealand, November 2005. This will be fabulous for attracting more visitors to Hawaii. Pam says, “Visalia was awesome! There is a wide-spread community effort to save the 120-year-old homes in the area. Most of the smaller businesses are using these buildings and have restored them to original facings. They are just beautiful and to see street after street of them in such prime condition and in such a clean, well-kept environment was totally unexpected. Staying at the Ben Maddox bed and breakfast was a treat. This 1876 home has been completely restored and is outfitted with authentic items from that era. It was just a fabulous experience! AND the food was unbelievable and the people very friendly. Great time, but always great to get home to Hawaii.”
Sadly, Pam lost her race horse of 14 years just a few days ago. ZooZoo was 17. She had a great life with Pam but Pam’s new knowledge was too late to help ZooZoo who had been in constant pain for way too long. ZooZoo is now at the Rainbow bridge …
DR. THAUNA ABRIN (Naturopathic Physician) has several workshops and presentations this summer. She’s determined to make us all healthy: Call 956-6468 to RSVP for the following herbal medicine-making workshops taught by Dr. Thauna Abrin and Dr. Monique Yuen ($40, UH Campus Leisure Center): Saturday, July 24, 10 a.m. – noon - Natural First Aid Kit - Learn how to use herbs and homeopathy for first aid care and how to create your own first aid kit.
Saturday, July 31, 10 a.m. – noon – Aromatherapy - Learn how aromatherapy can be used to rejuvenate the body, change your mood, and stimulate the healing response.
Saturday, Aug. 21, 10 a.m. - noon - Bath Bags, Herbal Dream Pillow, Soup Recipes & Bach Flower Remedies - Learn how to make herbal gifts - take home two herbal bath bags and an herbal dream pillow.
Saturday, Aug. 28, 10 a.m. - noon - Herbal Beauty products: Lip balm, Facial Cleanser, Hair Rinse - Learn how to make your own natural beauty products. Take home an herbal lip balm and an herbal facial cleanser.
E-mail your member news item for next issue to Carol Williams: Carol@440.com
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NOTICE
MEMBER DISCOUNTS – If you offer special discounts to PWN members for your products, services, etc. please email Audrey Hutton at YourRealtor@AudreyHutton.com with a description of your discount. Audrey compiles an ongoing list of all the discounts available to members so you can take advantage of this benefit of membership.
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NOTICE
We have two openings on our Board of Directors. If you are interested in joining the Board as our Membership Chairperson or Trade Show Chairperson, please talk to any PWN Board member. It’s a great way to get to know all PWN members ... a great way to network … and an excuse to eat lunch at the Pacific Club once a month.
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Thursday - October 14, 2004
5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Hilton Hawaiian Village
Tapa Ballrooms I and II
Admission: $10
Entertainment, informal fashion show, heavy pupu, no-host bar,
& silent auction to benefit the Alex Memorial Scholarship fund.
Reserve your booth space now.
E-mail CarolWilliams@pwnhawaii.org and request a booth registration form.
Booth costs:
Members: $100
Nonmembers: $125
(After August 26, rates increase $25.)
Use your credit card online: www.pwnhawaii.org/pppay.htm
to pay for booths and tickets. (There is a small service charge.)
We are now accepting silent auction donations. If you have a product, a service, a gift certificate for our silent auction, please contact: Jeannie Shaw – jeannie@hcc.hawaii.edu or e-mail CarolWilliams@pwnhawaii.org and request a silent auction donor form.
The political race for mayor of Honolulu has already begun to heat up. The two major candidates have been invited to speak to the Professional Women’s Network. Dr. Duke Bainum was our guest speaker at our June 2004 luncheon. Mufi Hannemann will speak on August 26.
Duke Bainum first spoke of his childhood. He was born on July 21, 1952 on a family farm near Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was raised in the Washington D.C. area where his parents built and managed a hotel. After receiving his Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Maryland in 1980, he moved to Hawaii to complete his residency with the University of Hawaii’s Surgical Residency Program.
Duke’s passion for community service began in 1984, where he learned of a need for doctors in Nepal and volunteered for four months in a rural 36-bed hospital in the Himalayas. There, he often had no choice but to perform surgery without dependable electricity. It was then that he made a promise to himself to become more involved in public service upon his return to Hawaii.
First, Duke participated in community groups and then in local government. In November 1994, Duke was elected to the Honolulu City Council, representing the people of District IV. In September 1998, he was re-elected to a second term on the Honolulu City Council. On the City Council, Duke chaired the Budget Committee, Zoning Committee, Transportation Committee, Public Works Committee, Health and Safety Committee, Customer Service Committee and Policy Committee.
Duke Bainum is an advocate for women. Dr. Bainum continues to practice as an on-call physician at the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children Sex Abuse Treatment Center. He also stated that his goal is to fill at least 50% of the city’s positions with well-qualified women. He stated that he grew up in a household with three strong-minded women. He knows how effective women can be in business and in government.
His campaign theme is to establish honest change in Honolulu’s city government. He wants to break the link between illegal campaign funding and government contracts. He says he will establish an independent review panel and will improve the standards of conduct for city employees by establishing a confidential fraud hotline. He will have city contractors sign an oath that they have read the ethical bylaws, which they will be required to follow in order to maintain their jobs.
Duke also will make health and safety a priority. Fixing roads, making waste management more efficient, developing community recycling programs, and having clean drinking and ocean water are his priorities.
Luncheon Evaluation
Program:
Excellent:
86%
Good:
14%
Average:
0%
Fair:
0%
Poor:
0%
Food:
Excellent:
38%
Good:
29%
Average:
19%
Fair:
0%
Poor:
14%
Some Comments:
3. “Wonderful speaker. Good insight!”
4. “Good program.” (3)
5. “Excellent. Really enjoyed Duke Bainum’s talk.”
6. “I look forward to hearing Mufi in August, too.”
7. “Learned good information – very informative.”
8. “You have very interesting speakers.”
9. “Excellent.”
10. “Great information that Duke had to say! Yes, we need to get back to the basics and take small steps to a grand future!”
11. “Thank you for trying a new vegetarian dish. Unfortunately it was not very good at all.”
12. “Why are the rolls always stale?”
13. “The vegetarian dish was great.”
JULY 22, 2004 LUNCHEON
SPEAKER: LINDSEY CARRY
Lindsey Carry will be sharing her views on the emerging trends in women's health and discuss why Queen's Medical Center has made women's health a priority, "lessons learned," and the challenges of tackling a project of this magnitude.
Lindsey Carry, M.Ed is the Director of the Women’s Health Center, which is set to open this fall. Her primary responsibilities include overseeing the design, program and marketing development, staffing and overall implementation of the new 8,700 square foot Women’s Health Center at The Queen’s Medical Center.
She has 15 years of experience working at The Queen’s Medical Center and most recently, served as manager of Patient Relations, Volunteer Services and the Gift Shop.
Lindsey received her B.A. from Colorado State University and has a Master Degree in Education from the University of Arizona. She is a certified Business and Life Coach. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with family, traveling, ocean sports and hiking.
Make your reservations now. Bring a guest and meet Lindsey Carry.
Location:
Hale Koa Hotel
Date/Time:
July 22, 2004
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Reservations:
