CFWC QuickBytes

August 22, 2022

FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT,

Dear Members and Friends,

I am in Washington DC and what a whirlwind of learning from Chairmen and Regions we have had in the past few days at the GFWC Board of Directors meeting. Each report, from Wisconsin cheese on the head with rhinestones to chickens and sparkle as props, kept the reports interesting and fun.

Please use your imagination as you work on a project and give a report update during this administration. The more props you use the more fun you have and it seems the more members listen. Laughter is good for the soul!

Friendships were renewed and lots of paperwork distributed with ideas from membership and workshops to fundraising (ask Dori Kelsey) and arts (ask Pam Ament, who sang the beginning and end of her report).

Until next week, when I report from Western States in Anchorage, Alaska,

Love and Aloha,

Barbara

CFWC 2nd VP, MEMBERSHIP - WENDY CURRAN

MEMBERSHIP MONDAY

CALLING ALL DISTRICT 2ND VPs!!

Have you made your reservations for the September Executive Board meeting at the Hilton Orange County – Costa Mesa? Your Area Vice Presidents and I are looking forward to meeting all of you. You should have received a CALL to this meeting. If you have not, please contact your District President for the information.

The meeting for the District 2^nd VPs will take place on Friday, Sept. 16^th and Saturday, Sept. 17^th , both days from 9:00-11:00 am. You won’t want to miss out on all the new Membership information to share with your District clubs.

Your CFWC Membership Team – Toni, Rosette, BJ, Lynne, and I look forward to meeting you and working with you for the next 2 years! MEMBERSHIP MATTERS!

LEGISLATION and PUBLIC POLICY - CAROL BURKHART, Chair

Have you signed up for the LEGISLATIVE ACTION CENTER? If you have, you will soon be receiving helpful information regarding legislation. If you haven’t signed up yet, put it on you “to do” list for today.

During the next few weeks, I’ll be sending out information on state propositions appearing on California ballots in November. You will want to do more research on some of them.

PROPOSITION 26: allows in-person sports betting at racetracks and tribal casinos. It requires that racetracks and casinos that offer betting make certain payments to the state-such as to support state regulatory costs. The proposition also allows additional gambling-such as roulette-at tribal casinos. It also adds a new way to enforce certain state gambling laws. This proposition changes the California Constitution and state law to allow the state’s privately operated racetracks and tribal casinos to offer sports betting. However, the proposition bans bets on certain sports—such as high school games and games in which California college teams participate.

There are several fiscal effects involved with this proposition.

· Increase state revenues

· Increase state cost to regulate in-person sports betting

· Increase state costs to enforce gambling laws

How does this relate to CFWC? This proposition could possibly increase spending on K-12 education and community colleges. Please refer to lao.ca.gov for more information.

WOMEN'S HISTORY AND RESOURCE LIBRARY - PRISCILLA BOLINDER, Chair

Does anyone have a Power Point presentation on the history of the California Federation they would be willing to share? We have a nice flip chart that was developed several years ago, but a request was made for Power Point if available. Thanks.

ESO BOOK EXCHANGE — REGGIE MATTOX, Chair

The September State Board will be a great time to exchange the books you have read for some new ones. There will be a “Bring one—Take one” table with hopefully lots of new books for you to select from. Join the fun and bring a book to exchange. Make your home your classroom and continue to learning something new every day through your reading.