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4 Aviation forWomen M A Y / J U N E 2 0 1 7 Annual WAI Membership Meeting Held at #WAI17 The WAI annual membership meeting was held on Thursday, March 2, at Dis- ney's Coronado Springs Resort during the 2017 International Women in Aviation Conference. With a message of focusing on WAI's future, each board member pro- vided an update on the operation with board chair Karen Gebhart encouraging members to get involved. "Our goal is have empowered mem- bers," she explained. Board secretary Marcie Ve- ronie read the minutes from the 2016 meeting, which were unanimously approved. Board member Deborah Baugh was re-elec ted, a nd new boa rd member Brittney Miculka was elected. Deborah, board trea- surer, reported that WAI's net assets are up 14.5 percent as of fiscal year end, September 2016. While expenses rose, revenue increases offset that. Development committee chair Linda Markham said that the Endowment Fund is diversified and growing. WAI President Dr. Peggy Chabrian out- lined all the new programs in place at the 2017 conference and detailed some new membership benefits, including a Vista - print discount on business cards. She also highlighted the launch of the new #IamWAI marketing campaign noting while about 65 percent of members are pilots, the total 13,500 membership also includes engineers, mechanics, manag- ers, and more. "We thought it was a good time to get the message out through so- cial media of how diverse we are in both age and profession," Peggy added. Recruitment and growth are definite- ly priorities for the board members, as outlined in the Education Report by Lau- ren McFarland , as well as the Scholarship & Awards and Membership Committee reports by Deborah Hecker and Abing- don Mullin , respectively. Governance chair Brian Bolt invited WAI members to meet and mingle with the board mem- bers during a special Saturday morning session at the conference. "We want to meet you and hear from you. We want to take this to the next generation of change," he said. ✈ Attendees were invited to bring their ideas and questions to the WAI board of directors during a Meet and Mingle session on Saturday, March 4. Current WAI board members (left to right) Brittney Miculka, Deborah Baugh, Brian Bolt, Peggy Chabrian, Lauren McFarland, Abingdon Mullin, Marci Veronie, and Deborah Hecker. Not pictured: Karen Gebhart and Linda Markham. PAULA GRUBB ERIN BRUEGGEN JOHN RIEDEL W A I N E W S T H E L A T E S T Smile for the picture! WA I m e m b e r s a t t e n d i n g E A A A i r- Ve n t u r e O s h k o sh c a n t a ke a d v a n - tage of all the WomenVenture events t hro ug h o u t t h e we e k . We d n e sd ay, July 26, 2017, will kick off with the WAI Connect Breakfast at 8 a.m. followed by the annual WomenVenture group photo on Boeing Plaza at 11 a.m. We hope to see you there! Visit us at the WAI booth 2041. Visit www.EAA.org/ WomenVenture for more details. ✈