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How to Involve Sisters Within Your Women's Committee


Guidelines for Giving Reports at Union Meetings
Have you ever thought about giving a report at a Union Meeting? If not, think about how you might benefit: Gain visibility among people who could influence your career at the union. Develop speaking skills. Feel good about working for a personal cause. Learn more about the union during your research on the topic. Learn more about training or other developmental opportunities during your research on the topic. Connect with staff members who can become aware of your skills. Ser
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Using Members to Help with Committee Operations
While having a full-time staff person on your committee to handle ongoing operations may be ideal, this is not always possible, so you have to find other ways to get things done. You can do that by involving Sisters. What’s in it for your committee? Bring in new committee members Increase the visibility of your committee Develop committee members Gain recognition from the Council or Local Have less need for full-time staff person Have more ways to involve committee members Im
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Tasks for Sisters Who Do and Do Not Attend Meetings
There are many tasks required to maintain an effectively functioning SIB committee. This document contains some of those tasks. Some tasks require Sisters to work as part of a group, while others can be done by Sisters working alone. There are two ways to use this list of tasks. One is to identify ways to involve Sisters who do attend meetings. Another is to identify ways to involve Sisters who do not attend meetings. All Sisters have a lot to offer and you should try to invo
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