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March 2018 Letter to Chapter Officers
 
AAW is seeking a member of your chapter (either a woman or a man) to be your chapter’s liaison with the AAW Women in Turning (WIT) committee. Chapter WIT Liaison job description.
Our goal is to work with chapters to increase the number of women members in chapters and AAW. There is a large, untapped group of people that we can reach out to and spread the joy of woodturning.
There are several chapters that have already implemented programs to help mentor and teach women to turn in comfortable learning settings. We would like to see that number grow. By building these contacts with individual chapters and gathering information about ways chapters are organizing their efforts to expand outreach to women, we will be able to create a Best Practices document that all chapters can use in their outreach efforts.
Below are resources that may be helpful in chapter outreach efforts.
Chapter Grants
- Our WIT Outreach Grants program, funded in part by the EOG auction sales of the WIT Collaborative projects the last several years, is intended to help fund events that target women turners. We encourage your chapter to apply for a grant at http://www.woodturner.org/?page=WITGRANTS.
AAW Membership
- There is a 60-day AAW guest membership that may be offered to new chapter members (http://www.woodturner.org/page/GuestMemberLanding). These guest memberships are available to anyone and offer many of the benefits and resources that can be found on the AAW website.
Phil McDonald, AAW Executive Director
Kathleen Duncan, AAW WIT Committee Chair
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Poster
Note: Can be cost-effectively printed and mounted on poster board at Costco.
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Postcard
Note: Upcoming meeting dates can be printed on the reverse side of the postcard.
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WIT Logo
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