Big thank you to Jackie Isler (AWC Zurich), FAWCO's outgoing Archivist. Jackie has been invaluable in helping FAWCO document our history for many many years. She is now ready to hand over the reigns to a sympathetic archivist who will look after FAWCO's preserved history.
With regret, FAWCO passes on the sad news that Lisa O'Loughlin Michl passed away suddenly on the 26th of July 2012. Lisa was one of the Founders of the American Women's Club of Liechtenstein. She was FAWCO Rep for the club, and served on The FAWCO Foundation Board. She was much involved in supporting The FAWCO Foundation through club activities as well as contributing through personal donations. She is survived by her husband Rudy and son Ryan.
Go to FAWCO People News under Member Services on the FAWCO website to read more about our volunteers.
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Volunteering is a great way to learn new skills and build up your expertise in new areas. FAWCO is a volunteer-based organization and we are looking for motivated individuals to fill the following positions:
Archives Manager - reporting to the 3rd VP, the Archives Manager is responsible for FAWCO's electronic and physical archives. She will work with the Board to ensure important documents are preserved. Ideally, the candidate would have a long term residence in Europe. Contact
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if you are interested.
Reporting to the 2nd VP - please contact 2nd VP Elizabeth Abbot at
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if you are interested in any of these positions:
Regional coordinators for Region 7 (Spain and Africa), Region 10 (Caribbean and South America). A regional coordinator facilitates FAWCO communications within the region (from the clubs to FAWCO and from FAWCO to the clubs). She also works with the hosting club to organize the regional meetings. RCs report to the 2nd VP.
A Best Practices Library Cheerleader - The library is up and running. This year's goal is to collect at least one best practice from each and every club. The "B.P. Cheerleader" will help us reach this goal while encouraging clubs to USE the library.
A "Rep Corner" writer/editor - Working with the 2nd VP, create a truly supportive, up-to-date and user-friendly Rep Corner on the website.
A "Bring FAWCO to Your Club" Coordinator - To help clubs organize and host information sessions by FAWCO board members, committee and task force chairs -- both face-to-face and virtually.
We invite you to join the FAWCO campaign to participate in the 16 Days Campaign 2012 in an effort to raise awareness about gender-based violence as a human rights issue. We ask that you hold a book discussion group about one of the most powerful books on the oppression of women and girls in the developing world: 
