On Friday at 5:30, after the workshops ended, there was an exhibit hall opening ceremony and 125th anniversary celebration (cupcakes, punch, and coffee). The officer candidates were provided with space to meet and discuss with members. The vendors were all open for business at this time. The exhibit hall closed at 7:15 PM, when we went to the first floor and over to the symphony hall to the Dare to Lead: Women-to-Women Dialogue, which was preceded by the Founding Leader Pin Ceremony. Fifteen women (two posthumously) and one group (AAUW Minnesota Leaders) received medallions for committing an unrestricted gift to the Leadership and Training Institute as of 6-1-2007. Our own Sue Barley, AAUW of Missouri finance officer and member of the Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch, was on stage to accept her medallion as a Founding Leader. 

Saturday began at 7:30 in the hotel’s second floor restaurant for a breakfast meeting arranged by St. Louis Branch Member Jan Scott with Sarah Warbelow, then program manager for the Legal Advocacy Fund, to discuss an LAF campus-outreach program as part of the St. Louis Branch project. Members from the Columbia, Kansas City branches, and St. Louis area also attended.

To the left, clockwise, are Sara Warbelow, Julia Triplett, Jane Biers, Jan Scott, Jane Crigler, Shirley Breeze, Deb McWard, and Pat Shores

Pictured below right are Jan Scott, Linda Berube, and Lynne Roney

Pictured below left are Jane Crigler and Shirley Breeze