The Junior League of Syracuse, Inc. • The NOTES • June 2014 | 1 In This Issue: • NYSPAC Conference • 2014 – 2015 Leadership Board • Kudos • HT Project • Book Club • Sustainer News • Holiday Shoppes 2014 • Stem Expo • Parliamentarian Tip • Meeting Briefs June 2014 • Issue 10 NYSPAC CONFERENCE Community VP Linda Dombrow repre- sented JLS at the annual Spring Conference and Lobby Day of the Junior League’s New York Public Affairs Committee (NYSPAC) on May 12 and 13. NYSPAC’s focus this year as last year is on legislative approval of the Traffic Victims Justice and Protection Act (TVJPA). Approv- al of TVJPA will improve New York’s efforts to end human trafficking by enhancing pro- tection for trafficking victims-particularly for sexually exploited children. It increases accountability for buyers and traffickers who are fueling the growth of this massive underground industry and it helps prevent re-victimization of trafficking victims by the justice system. TVJPA is actually before the legislature in two different forms: a “stand-alone” piece with only the provisions related to human trafficking and as one part of a ten-point plan covering several other issues affecting wom- en, some of which are quite controversial. In 2013, the NYS Senate approved only the stand-alone measure while the NYS As- sembly approved only the ten-point plan. To become law, one of the two versions must be approved by both the Senate and Assembly and signed by the Governor. At the urging of JLS and other New York State Leagues, NYSPAC focused its 2014 Lobby Day efforts on the stand-alone measure. NYSPAC’s strategy is to persuade Assem- bly members and leadership that TVJPA’s protection and support for trafficking vic- tims is too important to be lost amid debate over other issues. Day One of the two-day conference was dedicated to briefings on human traffick- ing in New York State, the details of the TVJPA, key talking points for meeting with legislators, and review of specific informa- tion about Assembly members with whom NYSPAC representatives would be meeting. TVJPA’s lead Assembly sponsor, Assem- blywoman Amy Paulin, provided an inside look at the politics of moving this legislation through the Senate and Assembly. Dinner on Day One gave Linda a chance to update the NYSPAC group on the JLS outreach ef- fort. All were suitably impressed at what has been accomplished in just a few short months and have requested copies of our printed materials. On Day Two, small NYSPAC teams met with legislators and staff whose sup- port would be essential to TVJPA’s even- tual approval. A mid-day press conference featured several TVJPA sponsors and traf- ficking victims invited by the NYS Anti- Trafficking Coalition. Three of Linda’s five Assembly meetings were with upstate rep- resentatives who were provided with news- paper articles from JLS Human Trafficking outreach kits – great ammunition for those who don’t believe human trafficking hap- pens here in Upstate NY. Although TVJPA is currently stalled in the legislature, NYSPAC conversations with key legislators continue and we are hopeful that TVJPA will be approved and signed into law this year. MARK YOUR CALENDARS June 10: Annual Dinner GMM • Justin’s Bar & Grill • Social: 6 pm; Meeting: 6:30 pm • $25/person; Meeting only: No Charge June 15: Father’s Day June 21: Summer Begins June 24: Summer Reading List Party • Time/Location TBD July 4: Independence Day July 8: New Leadership Training • JLS Office, 6 - 8pm HAVE A GREAT SUMMER! SEE YOU IN AUGUST NYSPAC members with Senators Andrew Lanza and Joe Robach
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In This Issue:• NYSPAC Conference
• 2014 – 2015 Leadership Board
• Kudos
• HT Project
• Book Club
• Sustainer News
• Holiday Shoppes 2014
• Stem Expo
• Parliamentarian Tip
• Meeting Briefs
June 2014 • Issue 10 NYSPAC CoNfereNCe
Community VP Linda Dombrow repre-sented JLS at the annual Spring Conference and Lobby Day of the Junior League’s New York Public Affairs Committee (NYSPAC) on May 12 and 13.
NYSPAC’s focus this year as last year is on legislative approval of the Traffic Victims Justice and Protection Act (TVJPA). Approv-al of TVJPA will improve New York’s efforts to end human trafficking by enhancing pro-tection for trafficking victims-particularly for sexually exploited children. It increases accountability for buyers and traffickers who are fueling the growth of this massive underground industry and it helps prevent re-victimization of trafficking victims by the justice system.
TVJPA is actually before the legislature in two different forms: a “stand-alone” piece with only the provisions related to human trafficking and as one part of a ten-point plan covering several other issues affecting wom-en, some of which are quite controversial.
In 2013, the NYS Senate approved only the stand-alone measure while the NYS As-sembly approved only the ten-point plan. To become law, one of the two versions must be approved by both the Senate and Assembly and signed by the Governor. At the urging of JLS and other New York State Leagues, NYSPAC focused its 2014 Lobby Day efforts on the stand-alone measure. NYSPAC’s strategy is to persuade Assem-bly members and leadership that TVJPA’s protection and support for trafficking vic-tims is too important to be lost amid debate
over other issues. Day One of the two-day conference was
dedicated to briefings on human traffick-ing in New York State, the details of the TVJPA, key talking points for meeting with legislators, and review of specific informa-tion about Assembly members with whom NYSPAC representatives would be meeting. TVJPA’s lead Assembly sponsor, Assem-blywoman Amy Paulin, provided an inside look at the politics of moving this legislation through the Senate and Assembly. Dinner on Day One gave Linda a chance to update the NYSPAC group on the JLS outreach ef-fort. All were suitably impressed at what has been accomplished in just a few short months and have requested copies of our printed materials.
On Day Two, small NYSPAC teams met with legislators and staff whose sup-port would be essential to TVJPA’s even-tual approval. A mid-day press conference featured several TVJPA sponsors and traf-ficking victims invited by the NYS Anti-Trafficking Coalition. Three of Linda’s five Assembly meetings were with upstate rep-resentatives who were provided with news-paper articles from JLS Human Trafficking outreach kits – great ammunition for those who don’t believe human trafficking hap-pens here in Upstate NY.
Although TVJPA is currently stalled in the legislature, NYSPAC conversations with key legislators continue and we are hopeful that TVJPA will be approved and signed into law this year.
MArK YoUr CALeNDArS
June 10: Annual Dinner GMM• Justin’s Bar & Grill• Social: 6 pm; Meeting: 6:30 pm• $25/person; Meeting only: No Charge
June 15: father’s Day
June 21: Summer Begins
June 24: Summer reading List Party• Time/Location TBD
July 4: Independence Day
July 8: New Leadership Training• JLS Office, 6 - 8pm
HAVe A GreAT SUMMer!See YoU IN AUGUST
NYSPAC members with Senators Andrew Lanza and Joe Robach
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FunD DeVelOPMenT COunCIl:Fund Development Chair:Jean KerrHoliday Shoppes Co-Chairs:Christie Yesersky Novak &Julianna Hebert
HS Merchant Co-Chairs:Marisa Montreal & Whitney BrowneHS Raffle Co-Chairs:Maryann Revere-Lopez & Rachel Ford
2014 – 2015 BoArD MeMBerS 2014 – 2015 LeADerSHIP TeAM
Thanks for making the first JLS Book Club a success! We read seven wonderful books and shared lots of thoughts, laughs, and gossip.
The Summer Reading List Party will be held on Tuesday, June 24, Location TBD. A fun, casual evening of hanging out and sug-gesting books to add to your summer reading list. Just bring your beverage of choice and titles of your favorite summer reads.
Members interested in receiving Book Club e-mails should contact us.
A big THANK YOU to all who partici-pated in the Human Trafficking Advocacy Project! With all of your help we have started many conversations on the problem of Hu-man Trafficking in our community. While we still have more work to do it was a successful grass roots effort of talking to people at the community level.
Team 10 was the winner of the contest portion. Congratulations to: Linda Dom-brow, Jean Kerr, Jessica Murray, Maryann Revere-Lopez, Cheryl Saidel and Heather Connell. Thank you for all your efforts.
We will be presenting all the amazing results at annual dinner. Please keep your eye out for future projects that will come from this ad-vocacy campaign.
JLS BooK CLUBHUMAN TrAffICKING ProJeCT reCAP
Contact the book Club Organizers: (l - r)Jenny Jackson: [email protected]
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Hello Sustainers!We’ve had some fun over the last month
and were glad to see so many of you. At the end of April, a large group met at the new Pascale Italian Bistro at Drumlins for our monthly R&R. The restaurant has a new look and management which made for a very en-joyable evening. If you haven’t tried Pascale Italian Bistro yet, we highly recommend it!
On May 1st, we met at Amy and Aaron Sumida’s home for our annual Sustainer Cocktail Party. There were over 50 sustain-ers and spouses in attendance! The social-izing was plentiful as guests nibbled on de-licious food and imbibed expertly prepared cocktails (thanks to guest bartender, David Hazelton). Please contact Lynn or Amy if you are interested in hosting this fun event next year.
On June 10th, please join us at Annual Dinner to honor Cheryl Ward as recipient of the “Spirit of Mary Harriman Award.” We will also be announcing this year’s Sustainer of the Year…who knows, it might be YOU so we hope you come.
Finally, just a quick reminder to send in your dues if you haven’t already done so and thanks to those of you that have.
Have a great summer!
PS: Just returned to from a wonderful and informative Lunch and Learn at St. Joseph’s Primary Care Center-West. More details in next NOTES.
Mark your calendars! Holiday Shoppes 2014 is happening november 14 - 16. Keep an eye out for upcoming information and vendor application details.
On May 9, members of the Junior League of Syracuse presented the second annual Sci-ence, Technology, Engineering and Math Expo at Danforth Middle School. Following a key-note speech by Gwen Webber-McCloud, ap-proximately 120 eighth grade students had the opportunity to explore potential STEM careers through displays and informal conversations presented by representatives of eleven local busi-nesses and organizations. Representatives from the Syracuse City School District’s P-Tech Pro-gram and Say Yes to Education were also on-site to offer interested students ideas about next steps they should consider in pursing a STEM career. OnPoint for College followed up with a visit to Danforth during the week following the STEM
2ND ANNUAL STeM exPo AT DANforTH MIDDLeExpo. The Junior League of Syracuse appreci-ates the time and energy invested by the follow-ing businesses and organizations to encourage Danforth students’ belief that it is possible for them to have a good, well-paying career: On-Point for College, Say Yes to Education, SCSD P-Tech Program, ProAir Plus, Pinnacle Dental Group, ProActive Therapy, SUNY Upstate Hos-pital Medical School, SAAB Defence and Secu-rity USA, Feldmeier Equipment, SU’s Whitman School of Accounting, DJ Puff Advisors Group, National Grid, Onondaga Community College, JLS member Kristin Franklin, a Pharmacist and, of course, Mr. Mason and all of our friends at Danforth School.
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so we will research this software. There is some unused money in the communications budget that can be carried forward to next year to help offset the cost of a new web platform.
• Heather thanked board members for their hard work and support this year. Outgoing board members met with incoming board members in preparation for the new league year which begins July 1.
Why Minutes MatterMinutes are the official record of
decisions made by an organization, and may be needed in court, or to change signatories on a bank account. Minutes should record what was done, rather than what was said. The heading and/or first paragraph should contain the name of the organization, the date, time, type (regular, spe-cial, annual), and place of the meeting. It should also include who pre-sided and who served as secretary, and what minutes were approved.
A separate paragraph is needed for each main motion, including the maker’s name, the exact wording of the motion as adopted or voted on, and its disposition (e.g., adopted, lost, referred to a committee, tabled). If more than a majority vote was required, the minutes should reflect this (e.g., “adopted by two-thirds” or “motion lost, not obtain-ing two-thirds”). Counts for counted and ballot votes are recorded, as are the names for and against when there is a roll call vote. The name of the member seconding a motion is not nor-mally recorded.
Notices for business to come up at the next meeting, and the president’s announced com-mittee appointees are included in the minutes. Officer and committee reports are mentioned as given but not summarized; but a motion made on a report’s recommendation is recorded. The time of adjournment is recorded, and the secre-tary signs the minutes.
See Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, p.451f.
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MeeTING BrIefSMay GMM:• 13 new members were introduced and became
active.• The next book club meeting is May 28 at the JLS
office and the book is “The Slave Across the Street.”• Results from the human trafficking outreach
project will be shared at the annual dinner in June.• League members learned about local food
pantries from a panel including representatives from the county health department, Interreligious Food Consortium, Catholic Charities, Food Bank of CNY and Assumption Food Pantry. All of these organizations and many others work to provide food to needy individuals and families in Syracuse and surrounding areas. There is a growing emphasis on providing healthy food choices, including fresh produce, to clients of anti-hunger organizations.
May board Meeting:• The board is reviewing the budget and general
ledger in preparation of the annual audit this summer.
• The current website is no longer functional and the league needs to invest in an updated platform. AJLI and many leagues use Digital Cheetah and give this platform rave reviews,
MISSIoNThe Junior League of Syracuse is an organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women and to improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
VISIoNThe Junior League of Syracuse will be an organization of diverse women committed to enriching the quality of life for women, children and their families in the Central New York Community.
