Welcome to the Area Meetings!

Welcome – Club President Area Director

Mission Statement

Zonta International is a leading global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy.

Governor’s Message

“Zonta Changes Lives”

2015 Area MeetingsDistrict 10

• ZI Brand Refresh• What’s New in Zonta?• What’s New in District 10?• What Have We Accomplished?• Where Are We Headed?• Zonta International Service

Award Recognition• D10 Raffle for 2015 Conference

Exciting happenings!

ZI Brand Refresh

Mission - Zonta International is a leading global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy.

ZI Brand Refresh (cont.)

Vision - Zonta International envisions a world in which women's rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential.• In such a world, women have access to all

resources and are represented in decision making position s on an equal basis with men.

• In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence.

Theme - Empowering Women Through Service and Advocacy

New District 10 Logos

ZI Brand Refresh (cont.)

• Club Presidents should have received link to club logos from ZI– Clubs must request logos for Z Clubs and

Foundations through PR@zonta.org• Templates for letterhead, document

covers and envelopes are available now; more in a few months

• Check out all the guidelines and Frequently Asked Questions at http://www.zonta.org/brandrefresh

What’s New in Zonta?

• New and updated resources – International Bylaws/Governing

Documents– District Manual– Membership Manual– Continuous updates of ZI website– Updated scholarship criteria

• Zonta Service Recognition Award• Commission on Status of Women –

CSW59– This year more Zontians participated than

ever before

What’s New in District 10?

• New Z Club sponsored by Johnson County– Z Club of Godley ROAR (Godley High

School)

What’s New in District 10?

• JMK recipient at ZI level– Lindsay Smith, University of Oklahoma

What’s New in District 10?

• AE Fellow– Hieu Truong, a citizen of Vietnam, who

studies Mechanical Engineering at Texas A & M

– Working on hybrid composite materials for space vehicles

What Have We Accomplished?

• We are advocates!– Zonta Says No/16 Days of Activism– Most clubs participated!

What Have We Accomplished?

• We are gaining members– Zonta Club of Longview was recently

named largest club in Zonta International!

What Have We Accomplished?

• We do service projects that make a difference– Even smaller clubs are impacting their

communities through their service

Where Are We Headed?

• Advocacy– Promote passage of CEDAW

• Service– Give at Area Meetings and District

Conferences• Membership

– Use every opportunity to market Zonta

Zonta Changes Lives!

ZI Service Award Recognition

• Recognize outstanding service projects by Zonta clubs and districts which benefit women in the local community

• Two categories– Projects that empower women and girls

to achieve equal rights and secure access to all resources

– Projects that focus on prevention of root causes of violence against women and girls through education

ZI Service Award Recognition (cont)

• Clubs may nominate up to two projects, one in each category

• Districts may nominate one project in either of the two

• ZI Service Committee will select six best club projects and three best district projects

• Nominations from districts due Feb 8 2016

ZI Service Award Recognition (cont)

• District Evaluating Committee will select three best club service projects– Kara Arteaga, District 10 Service Chair– Diane Packwood, Zonta Club of

Johnson County– Sherry Williams, Zonta Club of

Houston• All information and submission

forms on ZI website under Member Resources/Forms

D10 Raffle for 2015 Conference

68th District 10 Conference, Oct 15-18, 2015 in Houston, TX• Cost $25, value up to $500• Reimbursable for registration, hotel,

transportation costs • Transferable to any D 10 member• Only 100 tickets will be sold• Drawing to be held Sep 4, 2015 in Cleburne, TX• POC Marianne Seal, D10 Treasurer• Proceeds to D10 Foundation

Tickets are available from any District 10 Board member

Thank you for your dedication to empowering women

worldwide through service and advocacy!

Zonta Changes Lives!