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President's Message |
18,135 and counting — hours that is — and more specifically, volunteer hours. Reporting volunteer contributions is essential in securing grant funding, as well as fulfilling certain non-profit reporting requirements to the IRS. Recently we sent out a request to various committee and trust chairmen in order to gain an overview of just how much time was contributed by our members. Even before receiving a response from everyone, we
had accumulated 18,135 hours.
Your leadership team, from the Board of Directors to the trustees of our museums, scholarship and endowment funds and the committee chairmen and committee members, work tirelessly for our organization, with some so dedicated that they contribute more than 1,000 hours each. Most importantly, they are available to each member to answer questions and respond to your ideas. Never hesitate to contact anyone on the leadership teams, International, Section or your Chapter. What we do, we do for all Ninety-Nines. If you’ve checked out our homepage recently, you will note that the 
three featured links are changed regularly based upon upcoming activities. They may be links to a trust, a committee or an activity.
Check our site regularly and click on a featured link! Also, those of you with email addresses will be seeing the first of a series of emails from our International leaders, each highlighting an aspect of your organization. This is just the beginning of a new benefit of membership. Be sure to let a Board member know what you think of this added communications method.
Lesley Nib
lett was hired by The Ninety-Nines as our full-time receptionist with additional membership duties. Her friendly voice is usually the first one you hear when you call our Headquarters. As part of the Centennial of Women Pilots week celebrated in March, I had the opportunity to take Lesley on an introductory flight during the Spring Board Meeting. She loved it!
Laura Ohrenberg is now handling additional responsibilities as our Headquarters manager, and Kymberly Hazlett continues in the role of part-time bookkeeper. These women are dedicated to our success and absolutely delightful to work with. Your Board of Directors is very pleased with the capabilities of our staff and particularly with their willing attitudes.
Our annual Conference, this year in Kona, Hawaii, will be upon us soon. If you are considering attending and haven’t made lodging or travel reservations, all information on how to register and contact our travel professionals is available in the January/February/March issue of the 99 News and also here.
Special Message from the President
June 4, 2010
