A GAD-full Summer Update

January 30, 2009

Hi all loyal GAD members,

Sorry this minute’s update has been a long time coming, I had a lot on my plate with camp and just got the time to sit down and write them up. This is my last update as your GAD secretary, which means…GAD ELECTIONS ARE NEXT MEETING! If you are interested in running or want more information about one of the positions email us, or just give us a call. It has been a pleasure keeping you all updated on the happenings of our great and guapo group. We have had a busy summer, as usual between camps and the scholarship program, so read on for all the details.

GAD at a Glance/New Information:

NEXT MEETING: Friday, March 27th at 3:00pm; Upstairs Conference Room-PCO
*NOMINATIONS & ELECTIONS for GAD OFFICERS

GAD-in-our-SITES: New Activity: Gender Swap or “Sí fuera Hombre/Mujer” activity from Como Planer mi Vida, the stereotypes section.

PATF: We RAISESED the $10,000, thank you for all your support. We awarded 50 scholarships this year! The selection process took considerably more time than expected due to the higher volume of applications, we apologize. The winners have already all been contacted, the 1st taller has already taken place and they have received their first allotment.

GAD Manuel: PLEASE EMAIL YOUR CHAPTERS TO THE GAD EMAIL ADDRESS ASAP

GAD Camp: Feb 12-15th and the Refugio Biológico Tati Jupi, Alto Parana with the NGO PreAlpa. 39 youth participants, 2 youth facilitators, 18 PCVs, from 7 different departments: we were at capacity! It went really well.

The OUTGOING '08-'09 Officers are:
President: Lara Gamble 0971-101-734
Secretary: Gariety Pruitt 0971-308-352
Treasurer: Marin Palmer 0982-986-214
*Please feel free to contact us at any time if you have questions, suggestions or ideas!

See you next year,

Gariety "Gabi" Pruitt (signing off)
GAD Secretary


This meeting ¤ January 30, 2009

Intros & Icebreaker: We reviewed the GAD Mission Statement for the new comers and announced that elections will take place next meeting. The current office holders gave a brief explanation of their positions:
President: all around responsible for making sure the various GAD projects are on track and coordination communication between the committee and the office. Also the president runs the meeting.
Secretary: in charge of all communications with in the committee such as the making sure the email and member lists are up to date as well as posts blog entries periodically. Also takes minutes at every meeting and organizes the Kuat entries for the GAD page.
Treasurer: keeps the books organized, is in charge of t-shirt sales and other fundraising ventures throughout the year.


PATF:

Ø We RAISESED the $10,000 we need to run the beca program, thank you all for your support and hard work this year.
o We had 85 donors this year. At the meeting we divided the list up and addressed the envelops for Lara to send out the thank you notes while we reviewed the details of the scholarship program for new comers and answered questions concerning the winners;

Ø 50 scholarships were awarded this year, 7 of which were University level. There was very stiff competition this year with over 250 applicants, 38 girls were tied for the 7 university winners’.

Ø The selection process took considerably more time than expected due to the higher volume of applications. We apologize to those waiting and if there are any winners who have specific troubles registering for classes please contact Lara directly.

Ø No date yet on the 1st Taller, it will most likely be held at the Ministerio de la Mujer here in Asuncion, approximately the 3rd week of Feb.

o The PATF committee members usually help with dinámicas for the taller but, as luck would have it all the members will be on vacation during the taller, so we asked for volunteers to help: Pooja, Marin and Hannah all offered their services.

Kuat/GADGabber:
Ø The minutes will be submitted to the Kuat, as always, the but feel free to submit any other articles related to gender issues you want to, all are welcome. The deadline is March 22nd.
Ø The GADGabber will be published in March/April but needs entries, so please send them to the GAD email address (or reply to this email)

Gad-in-our-SITES:
Ø New Activity: Gender Swap or “Sí fuera Hombre/Mujer” activity from Como Planer mi Vida, the stereotypes section.

Sec&Tres Reports:
Ø Secretary:
o Nothing new to report
Ø Fundraising/Treasurer:
o currently 9.500: we paid for the 40 shirts but have several left to sell. Also the accounting in the PCVC office had not been good so we are missing money from several shirt sales, but it is being worked out. Also we need to send out the email request for stuff to G23 for next year’s auction.
GAD Manuel:
Ø We formed the new Manual Committee to edit the new document: so far Marin, Melissa, Pooja and Michelle agreed to be editors.
Ø Chapter submissions were due at the meeting, but we had very few, so PLEASE EMAIL YOUR CHAPTERS TO THE GAD EMAIL ADDRESS ASAP
o They should be in Spanish and in electronic format (easiest to edit).
o Chapters: Gender vs Sex/general GAD resources(Lara); Cycle of Abuse/domestic violence/intersousal realtionships(Gariety); Self-esteem & Body Image (Lauren); Gender roles & Stereotypes(Melissa); Reproductive Health/Sex Ed (Gariety & Brain Cross); Sexualtiy (Mary); Healthy Relationships/flirting vs harrasment/dating (Jill M.); Rights (Chris); NGO guide w/contact info (Marin); Office resouce guide (Foust). DIVERSITY??

Boy's Manual:
Ø Tanslating: we are translating two books, titled “Challenges” and “You Can Choose” but we need help! Sign up for pages in the PCVC office.

Jopara Sub-Committee:
Ø It is hard to know if there is interest. Nathan is basically trying to re organize the committee but can’t do it alone. Idea is to give training Gs a survey of perceived diversity and then take real stats to show the differences in perception and reality; to be published in the Kuat. Also maybe we could develop a similar charla to be done in out sites, but we need to gather Paraguayan diversity statistics first.

Ø There will be a meeting advertised for the next NVAC weekend to plan further

Gad-Camp:
Ø To avoid boredom we broke for a few minutes and allowed non camp participating PCVs to exit the room, since we were going over last minute details before camp.
Ø Feb 12-15th and the Refugio Biológico Tati Jupi, Alto Parana with the NGO PreAlpa. Be at the terminal in Ciudad del Este before 5:00PM
o 40 youth, 18 PCVs, from 7 different departments: we are at capacity, though we expect a few last minute changes in the list. PCVs checked info for the certificates etc.
o OK on 60.000 Gs per participant and permission slips
o Please remember donations, yerba at terere equipos, cleaning and dishes supplies and all the other items on the packing list
o CHARLAS: 45 min each team in a rotation of the three temas: 5 small groups of three PCV teams: I NEED YOUR CHARLA FORMULARIOS ASAP