2019 Biennial Conference Coverage - Friday, March 22nd

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FRIDAY MARCH 22, 2019

8:15-17:00

Pre-registered Guest Tour: St Andrews and Fife Villages day tour

Hotel Lobby

7:50-8:30

Guided walk of the grounds led by hotel staff

Meet in Conservatory

8:30-16:00

 

8:00-9:00

Information/Registration Desk open

 

Hand in Silent Auction items.

The Dalmahoy Suite Foyer

Earls Room

8:00-18:00

Communications Center open

Queens Room

8:00-8:50

Breakfast meetings:

  • Club Workshops Coordinator and Treasurer meet with Club Presidents

  • 2nd VP and Parliamentarian meet with FAWCO Reps and Regional Coordinators

  • 3rd VP and Secretary meet with Global Issues Teams and Committee Chairs

  • President and 1st VP meet with other delegates

Pentland Restaurant

9:00-10:30

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - SESSION 2

 

Announcements

 

Roll call and approval of minutes - Mary Stewart Burgher, Secretary

 

Reports

President - Sallie Chaballier

 

Treasurer - Alisa Cook-Roehs

 

Vice President for Communications - Laurie Brooks

 

Vice President for Member Clubs, and FAWCO Rep Appreciation Awards - Hope Moore

 

Vice-President for Global Issues - Martha Canning

 

The FAWCO Foundation - Suzanne Wheeler, The FAWCO Foundation President

 

Proposed changes to the FAWCO Bylaws - Sallie Chaballier, President

The Dalmahoy Suite

10:30-10:45

Networking break

The Dalmahoy Suite Foyer

10:45-11:30

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - SESSION 2 (CONTINUED)

 

Reports

UN Liaison - Laurie Richardson

 

US Liaison - Johanna Dishongh

 

FAUSA - Therese Hartwell, FAUSA President

The Dalmahoy Suite

11:30-12:45

WORKSHOP SESSION 3 - CHOOSE ONE

 

FAWCO Reps Workshop continues. Travelling the bridges together - Hope Moore

 

Club Presidents Workshop continues. The coffee house collaboration continues - Caroline Pekarek

 

Hot dogs, apple pie and vital records: an introduction to genealogy for Americans - Tahitia McCabe, University of Strathclyde

 

Audio description for the blind and access to the workplace for those with sight loss - Harsha Balasuramanian and Kirin Saeed, Audio Description Association Scotland

 

Resolutions & Recommendations Committee meeting (open)

 

 

Boardroom

 

Dalrymple Room

 

 

Lothian Room

 

 

 

Salisbury Room

 

Castle Room

12:45-14:00

Lunch - The Auld Alliance - French Twist

 

Regional meetings:

  • Region 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 delegates

  • Region 3, 5, 9, 11, FAUSA delegates

Pentland Restaurant

14:00-14:45

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - SESSION 2 (CONTINUED)

 

Target Program Wrap-up - Tricia Saur, Chair, Target Program and Barbara Bühling, The FAWCO Foundation VP Fundraising

 

Launch of the FAWCO Public Relations and Media Committee - Meenakshi Advani, Chair

The Dalmahoy Suite

14:45-16:00

WORKSHOP SESSION 4 - CHOOSE ONE

 

The Digital Move (Presentation 1 & Presentation 2) - FAUSA

 

Strategies for membership recruitment and retention - Carolyn Aeby, InterAction

 

Finance Committee meeting (closed)

 

Literary Conversation - Tracey S. Rosenberg and Katie Graham, writers in AWC Central Scotland

 

 

Dalrymple Room

 

Boardroom

 

 

Salisbury Room

 

Lothian Room

 

16:00-16:15

Networking break

Baronial House
Upstairs
Foyer

16:15-17:30

WORKSHOP SESSION 5 - CHOOSE ONE

 

FAWCO at the UN - Laurie Richardson

 

The FAWCO Foundation Workshop - How to Get the Most Out of Your Foundation - The FAWCO Foundation Board

 

Refugees in the UK - interview of Samira Kitman and Roza Salih by Clara Siverson, AAWE Paris

 

Tactics of civic data activism - Morgan Currie, University of Edinburgh

 

 

Lothian Room

 

 

Boardroom

 

 

Castle Room

 

Salisbury Room

18:00-19:00

 

19:00-22:00

Optional happy hour whiskey and beer tasting

 

Dinner - Blue Grass Band Okeefenokee Reunion

The Dalmahoy Suite