WID Board Fine-tunes Manual for Chapters.The WID WID Width WID Widow(er) WID Women In Development WID World Institute on Disability WID What It Do? WID Writing in the Disciplines (academia) WID When It's Done Board of Directors is in the process of formally creating a Chapter Manual that will include the following key topics: administration, activities, formation checklist, by-laws and financial reporting. We will incorporate the lessons learned from our existing WID regional groups and establish guidance that we hope will contribute to addressing the needs of our membership. To date, we have the following geographical WID groups: Tampa, Fla.; Dayton, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. , and New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. . Other regions that have expressed interest include: Iowa/Illinois; Lexington Park Lexington Park was the name of a former minor league baseball park in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was the home of the St. Paul Saints from 1897 through 1956, when it was replaced by the first version of Midway Stadium. , Md.; San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , and Hampton Roads, Va. (and surrounding areas to include Williamsburg, Newport News, Hampton, and Norfolk). Our goal is to have the Chapter Manual completed and approved by January 15, 2001. Executive Dinner Highlights On October 24, 2000, Deidre A. Lee, director of defense procurement, Office of Undersecretary of Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, was our Executive Dinner Program guest speaker. During her discussion, Lee, who is a member of WID, focused on addressing the Defense Department's mission--"support to the warfighter." She talked about globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation of defense industry suppliers, competitive sourcing, making changes to the procurement policies and practices to strengthen the defense industrial base, and civil/military integration. Women In Defense Conference On October 19, 2000, WID President Judy L. Smith was invited to be a guest speaker at the Iowa/Illinois NDIA NDIA National Defense Industrial Association NDIA New Doha International Airport (Qatar) & Fort Armstrong Chapter of AUSA AUSA Association of the United States Army AUSA Assistant United States Attorney AUSA Auckland University Students Association AUSA Aberdeen University Students' Association (UK) AUSA Allied United States of America second annual "Women In Defense" conference. There were about 200 people in attendance at the Radisson Quad City Plaza, in Davenport, Iowa. The conference focused on identifying a "Roadmap for Personal Success." We estimate that about 44 women from this conference will join WID. There was a significant interest in beginning a WID Iowa/Illinois chapter. WID New Members We would like to welcome: Anna Cole, General Microdisplay Systems Kathleen Etxegoien, Newport News Shipbuilding Joyce W. Remington, BAE Systems Alisa Stack-O'Connor, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Aija Straumanis, DynCorp-DynMeridian Comments and Questions? Please contact us with any question or comment that you may have. We also are interested in hearing from you concerning prospective Executive Dinner guest speakers. To contact us or to sign up for membership, please visit our web site at http://wid.ndia.org, or call the WID office at (703) 247-2552. |
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