Copy of 1960 membership report for NPB AAUWcopy of 1960 membership report for npb aauw (about March)
Surprisingly, when there were nineteen members of the newly -or-
ganized North Palm Beach Branch, an stimate was Made for budget pur-
poses based upon Pon 30 members* As of this date, there are exactly
thirty members i
Eight of our members have been previous membersof other AAUW
branches, but otherwise the AAM program has bet..10.n. new to our group.
Theprogram chairman., thereforeo had what might be called the orienta4m
tion responsibility this year, without the merribersh1p, chairman assum-
ing such responsibility separately. Our year has been entirely orien-
tation:, in one form or anothe
The immediate creation of two study groups has been an attraction
to new members* The study groups hs.ve also been a convenient loutlet t
to invite those who sought membership and were inel&bigle. This was
particularly helpful in our new community whith a new T.;ranch, where
AATPVV policy was not generally known, and we �id not want to begin w1th
poor public relations. The Fact that one of our study groups included
and a pealled to men has created good riublicity.
Turnover will be inevitable In a new community in a state such as
Florida, but an attempt to preclude much drop-out has been made in
having members sign membership -Interest cards* A cross-reference
with each other as
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card index is now being set-up to acquaint mem-f,-ers v
well as make interests known to cornmAttee chairmen. hsch memberz will
receive a card something like this:
Name -- dw
Other Education majors:
Smith
Jones
Other Preschool families*
Hart
Sharp
Other music hobby
t5rown
Other Ohio background
Whit e
Green
you may be interested in soir data on the members themselves. I
imagine they are typical of other bew branches in new c orariunit ie s
but not of AAUW as a whole. 74!here certain thinas annear general (such
as youth) I might say we have made no attempt to be anything but a hetero�
geneous group_i
,, but have been limited by those living here.
Although a Florida chapter, we have no members from any Florida
school! In fact, with the exception of one Mississippi State College
girl and two Duke girls, all graduated in sections of the country
otherthan the 6outheast. Twenty-six schools are represented.. Ten of
our members majored in some form of education --the most popular
by far., and the others run the gam-uto "We have four masters' degrees.
It is not surprising to know that all but two of our graduates are
from coeducational schools when one learns that all are married!
Nineteen of our degrees have been granted in the decade of the
150's. This meanst of course, that we are mothers of many children -04"
51 to be exact, of whom 29 are pre-schooler se An even more sur -w
prising figure is that four of those children have been born since
our meetings began# and we are expecting six more before next fall*
Kay Hart
2nd vice --president
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