Rollingwood Womens Club

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

August 21, 2014

August Meeting Minutes

Meeting was called to order.

Meeting was held in the home of Catherine Hanrahan.

In attendance:

Marissa Mirieur

Catherine Hanrahan

Marilyn Kounnas

Melissa Morrow

Shanthi Jaykumar

Leah Paulo

The board reviewed updates to by laws that will be reported on in October.

Melissa brought up setting a RWC Paypal account for annual dues and suggested computers or iPads at wine and cheese for payment. A credit card reader was suggested.

Leah Paulo, Director of Programs, reviewed the prospective calendar for 2014-12015, the details of which are being finalized.

Reviewed procedures for hospitality and volunteers to remind residents of commitments. People sign up for dishes for next months events in the previous month.

It was suggested RWC hold day meetings as well as night meetings to supplement for those with evening commitments.

The meeting was adjourned.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

City Government Night at City Hall

Our next RWC meeting will be held Tuesday night, February 25th at 7 pm at Rollingwood City Hall-403 Nixon Dr. Leah Paulo has arranged to have a City Government night! Come hear Mayor Bones talk about what's new in Rollingwood including info about boards, commissions and police policies. We will also get to meet our new city administrator, Charles Winfield.

Just a few notes below:

1) If you would like to know more about the officer positions in the Rollingwood Women's Club, please email Alison Queralt at alisonqueralt@gmail.com

2) Our shelves have been installed at City Hall and are stuffed with RWC stuff. Please thank Jasper if you see him. He's still tweaking it a bit with Alison, but we finally have all of our items consolidated in one place.

3) Joy Baldwin has been working on a fresh face for our "road sign" to announce upcoming RWC meetings. It's in the proofing process right now. Keep an eye our for it on the corner soon!

4) We've made a new website name for ourselves: www.rollingwoodwc.com. Don't worry- you can still go to wwww.rollingwoodwomensclub.blogspot.com. They are the same site now. We needed to get a shorter web address for our sign :).

5) Lastly- Life is Good in the Wood 5k 2014 is in full swing! Save the date for this fun event: Friday April 11th at 6:00pm. Thank you to Catherine Hanrahan and Amy Rung of Wilson and Goldrick Realty for being our Marathon supporters!!! Woo hoo! You can join us at our next organizational meeting on Wednesday, March 19th at 7:00pm. Location TBA.

Hope to see you on Tuesday!

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

January Meeting Cancelled

Stay home and be safe, ladies....

While the roads will continue to improve, today's schedule changes and super cold weather is going to affect our turnout significantly - tonight's meeting is cancelled.

Please be sure to join us at Las Palomas next week, February 4th at 7:00pm for the first "Life is Good in the Wood 5k" planning meeting. First margarita is on Melissa Morrow - our fearless leader!

Monday, January 13, 2014

January Meeting at the new Thinkery!

Our next meeting is Tuesday evening, January 28th at the Thinkery. Thanks to our own RW resident Melissa Morrow, who is on the Thinkery board, we will be given a private tour of the new 40,000 square foot Austin Children's Museum which will be called the Thinkery. The new facility will provide innovative hands-on experiences for children of all ages with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering, art and math.

The Thinkery is located in the Mueller Neighborhood at 1830 Simond Ave. 78723. Please meet in the front entrance by 7pm. There is ample parking around the building but carpooling is encouraged.

Hope we will see you there!