Women's Issues Committee Minutes
FACE TO FACE
Anchorage ASEA Office
Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Present: Nadine, Laura, Millie, Dee, Toya, Lin, Zuzanna

Call to Order
10:08 AM

Survey #2
10:35 AM
Reber gave survey results.
Discussed results:
Preventive care was largest concern.

11:30 AM Break for lunch

HB 162
Rep Kutula wrote this bill on the child care issue.  Discussed briefly.
Let's do a rough draft for a resolution to be submitted to the resolution committee.
1.      Add to page 2; end of line 3: inservice days and snow days
2.      Line 21, page 2: add "adjusted" to "household income".
Also, we want changing tables for every building.  At least 1 in Male and 1 in Female bathroom.

WIC Budget
$1440 teleconferences
Annual face to face.
Biennial Western Women's Conference.
Calendar for our committee, Nadine will create a 2 year calendar.
Nadine will do a Thank-You to the Anchorage chapter for Pennelope and a Thank-You for Juneau chapter.

What to ask for next FY?
We can do fundraisers.
We should have 1 large fundraiser per year.
We should ask Statewide and local chapters for money to attend WWRC.
Annual training needs money and action; we originally agreed to do this annually.
Ask E board for $$ help when we want a training.

Next WIC Meeting
Thursday, March 16, 2006
11th Biennial Convention Committee
Anchorage, Alaska

Respectfully Submitted,
Laura K Ghormley, WIC Secretary