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NEWS & EVENTS
ATTENTION CDWBA Officers, Board of Directors, Committee Chairs, WBASNY Delegates and Alternates: Our annual CDWBA orientation and organizational meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 5:45 p.m. Once again, it will be at the home of Michelle Haskin. Dinner will be provided. Children are welcome to attend the "pizza at the pool" party, which will be supervised again. There is no charge for babysitting but we need a head count so please RSVP and include the number and ages of any kids you will be bringing. Please direct requests for directions and RSVPs to Julianne Patterson at 436-0344 or via email at jpatterson@deilylawfirm.com by Friday, July 16th. Attendance by all Officers, Directors, Delegates, Alternates and Committee Chairs is critical to ensure a strong start to the year, and provides a valuable opportunity to socialize and share ideas. Each committee should confer regarding their plans for the upcoming year and should give a very brief and preliminary report regarding their goals/ideas for the coming year. SAVE THE DATE!! Please join us in honoring our long-serving and much appreciated Executive Director, Ava Charne, at a retirement party on Friday, August 20, 2010. Cost is $34.00 per person and includes lunch at the Hollywood Brown Derby (1:00pm - 3:00pm) as well as a gift for Ava (details in the attached invitation). If you have any photos or other memorabilia of Ava's 22 years with the CDWBA which you'd like to give/share with her, please contact Cara Brousseau at carajbrousseau@hotmail.com Please forward the information along to any one who might be interested in joining us in honoring Ava - members and non members are welcome! 2010-2011 COMMITTEE CHAIRS NEEDED- Incoming President, Joann Sternheimer is looking for members to chair CDWBAʼs committees for 2010-2011. Please click on "Committees" tab to view a complete listing of committee descriptions. Anyone interested in becoming a chair, co-chair, or junior chair of any of CDWBAʼs committees should contact Joann Sternheimer or her Assistant Julianne Patterson at 518-436-0344 or via email at jsternheimer@deilylawfirm.com or jpatterson@deilylawfirm.com. If you are currently chairing or co-chairing a committee and would like to continue in that position, or simply are interested in becoming a member of a committee, please express that interest as well. A NEW RESOURCE FOR WORKING MOMS--The CDWBA Working Mothers Committee has created an internet site for our members to share coping strategies. You can join the informal discussion group by logging on to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cdwbaworkingmoms/. This will be a place to share ideas on balancing work and parenting, resources for great childcare, time-saving service providers (like Dinner Me Quickly), and anything else that the participants can think of to help each other be successful attorneys and great moms. Anyone can read the postings by logging onto the site; in order to post or receive email notifications about new postings, you will need to join the internet group by following the webpage prompts. For further info, contact Alex Streznewski at astrezne@cdphp.com or Valerie Lape Handy at vlape@cdphp.com. THE LEGAL PROJECT NEEDS YOU FOR LEGAL CLINICS - Please consider volunteering once a month (or bi-monthly) to provide pro bono consultations at The Legal Project’s community Legal Clinics. A couple of hours a month of your time in the evening sharing your knowledge of the law will greatly benefit and assist individuals with legal questions. No representation is involved. For more information, contact Lisa Frisch at 435-1770. CHANGE OF ADDRESS?- If you have a change of address, telephone number, or email address, please notify Julianne Patterson at 518-436-0344 or via e-mail at jpatterson@deilylawfirm.com , so that you continue to receive newsletters, mailings, and emails without interruption from CDWBA and WBASNY. |
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