Novato ROTC fate decided March 4.

From Susan Miller, Novato Club. YOUR HELP NEEDED:

THE NOVATO SCHOOL BOARD IS DELIBERATING the fate of the Air Force Jr. ROTC program at Novato High School. They need to hear from YOU by Tuesday, March 4. They will be voting that night.

Please send an e-mail message to each of the school board members, telling them you appreciate the program at NHS and do not want it to be cut from the budget. Even if you already sent one, change the message and send it again. If each of you asks one friend to also send a message, it would have a tremendous impact. At the end of every budget workshop and meeting they have had, the school board president always asks for us to continue with our ideas and input. So let's keep it up!

If you do not live in Novato, be reminded that the program is open to any student in the county! Go ahead and voice your opinion.

Below is information about the program to help you compose your message.

GO TO: http://www.nusd.org . Thanks for your help.

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Novato High School Air Force Junior ROTC

This AFJROTC program was chartered in 1966 and is the oldest and longest running in California. The mission of the JROTC is NOT to build soldiers, sailors or airmen, but to work to build better students, better leaders and better citizens for our community and our nation. They accomplish this mission through the teaching of leadership related academics, personal responsibility and integrity, community involvement, strategic study skills and hands-on leadership. In the current political environment, it is important for the community to know what the JROTC is and is NOT. Many kids who may not be artists, musicians or athletes, or who have other risks affecting their scholastic success, find this program to be an elective class which helps them learn extremely important life skills and inspires them toward high expectations, provides needed tutoring or mentoring and prepares them for the rigors of college.

JROTC does NOT recruit for the military

What ROTC does provide
Full elective credit class to fulfill elective requirement

Normal day classes and after school classes available

Open to all high schools in the county

Tutoring in all subjects

Computers available and a place to study
Learn aviation history, flight science, space science, survival skills
Take part for one semester or all four years
Opportunities for scholastic competition

Life skills:

Responsibility training

Social growth through team interaction
Leadership development – cadets run the program

College and after high school preparation:
Over 90 % of the cadets go to the college of their choice
Scholarship money with no strings attached
Percentage of ROTC students who enter the military from high school is

not higher than the percentage from the general school population

Annual fun activities and events create lifelong friendships
Airplane rides each year at Gnoss Field
Build and launch Estes rockets
C-130 cargo plane ride with the Coast Guard
Formal Ball at Embassy Suites
Softball, basketball, soccer, chess tournaments and drill competitions
Extensive community service opportunities

Different field trips each semester

For more information, contact Lt.Col. Yamaguchi, 898-1180

Marin Club Officers for 2008

The Marin Club (MRWF) announced in their October Newsletter their slate of officers for 2008: President - Faye Bourret 1st VP/Programs -Judith Walker 2nd VP/Membership - Cindy Eisenhower 3rd VP/Events - Kitty Forde Treasurer - Anne Brenneis Secretary - Pat Derenzo They will be voted on at their November meeting.

MRP Chairwoman's Edict. My Reply.

Email from MRP Chairman Morgan Kelley Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 2:51 PM Subject: Blog Barbara, A while ago you asked me for a list of people who had volunteered by way of the Web Site and I went laboriously through all my records and gave you that list for the purpose of contacting Republicans for the Round Table. We have had complaints that you are sending them your blog and they did not give out their email address for that purpose. I would kindly ask you to cease using the list that I gave you and destroy any copies that you might have. The other complaint is that there is no obvious way to opt out of your blog, which I understand is required by law. You did ask us to quit using your logo (although I was not aware that it had been copywritten ) which we did. I would very much appreciate your cooperation in this matter so that I can assure those people that they will not be getting your blog anymore unless they personally request it. Sincerely Morgan Kelley Chairman Marin Republican Party My Reply sent 10/18/07:

Morgan, You only sent me 5 Volunteer names in the past, none of whom are on my E-List.

In case you have forgotten, I have organized people in Marin since 1996, starting with my United Conservatives group, on through the Russ Weiner campaign, and later, so I have quite an extensive E-List of my own.

You obviously don't know that much about blogs. There is an RSS feed that people can subscribe to if they wish. They can also unsubscribe if they wish. I do not automatically subscribe anyone to the feed. Each person must do that on their own.

I send out a reminder to my E-List when Danoodle or the Danoodle blog is updated appreciably. Anyone on my E-List who doesn't wish to get that email can email me directly at howeybarb@danoodle.com to be removed. So far, I've gotten 2 requests to be removed from my e-list. If you encounter complainers, refer them to me, and I will happily remove them.

As far as the logo is concerned, my daughter made the Bridge Logo for me as a gift. As MRP Webmaster, I used it on the MRP site. Since I am no longer webmaster, there is no need for the MRP to use that particular Logo. And yes, it is copyrighted, and no, you and the MRP do not have my permission to use it. I appreciate your taking it down in a timely manner.

Barbara Howey

MRP Central Committee Member, District 1

Novato Club Officers, 2008

The Novato Club (NRWF) announced their slate of officers for 2008 at their luncheon this past Tuesday: Mary Raub, President (2nd term) Rosemary Garvey, 1st VP, (2nd term) (with assistance from Sue Campbell) Nina Tychin and Donna Mani, 2nd VP's Charlotte Urban, Treasurer (Woman of the Year for 2007) Marty Wickenhauser, Secretary Elise Vitale, Membership

A Road Trip

by Mary Anne Gilles, Novato Club (NRWF)

At 6am, Thursday, September 27th, I got in my silver fox and headed to Palm Springs to attend the National Convention for the GOP Women. I arrived at the Wyndham Hotel at 4pm to find the registration had been re-scheduled for Friday at 11am. So, off I went to the California Suite to drop off the case of wine I was donating, but was unable to do that. I finally got to my condo in Palm Springs, and off to the famous Thursday Night Market on Palm Canyon Drive.

Friday morning, my goal was to register and check out the vendors, and find out what was on the agenda and who the speakers would be. It turned out that the speakers were not very good at best. I strongly felt that the overall management of the Convention was rather lame, so I did not attend the workshops; I scoped out the convention center, and went to lunch.

After a nice few hours by the pool in the lovely Palm Springs sunshine, I got dressed in my silver and black and went to the Gala. The Gala was probably the best event of the entire convention - Follow the Stars to Palm Springs, a fashion show was presented by David Hayes, a wonderful review of Hollywood Revisted was given with a tribute to Costume Design from old Hollywood. Rhonda Fleming gave a brief address, and I did meet her after the show, a lovely GOP Lady.

I spent all day on Saturday at the general session, sitting in the alternate voting section for our State, heard Rudy Giuliani give a thirty minute speech, heard a wonderful speaker, Connie Podesta, regarding women power. The vote to raise the national dues passed for $3.00 per member. The new slate of officers was voted on and several officers found a vote was needed for the decision of who would serve. The lunch speaker was Mary Bono, the local Congresswoman, who supports Rudy Giuliani.

I worked as a volunteer for a workshop on Saturday afternoon, and spent the evening at the Ohio and California Suites. I did find someone to give my case of wine to, and they were so thankful that I truly felt good about giving the California wine to the California Suite. I had a nice visit with fellow Californians including a fellow retired military spouse, the Chair for the Convention, Diane McGlinchey.

The Sunday general session was called to order by President Beverly Davis, Utah. By the end of the day, the new President, Shirley Sadler, Ohio, closed the meeting. The speaker at the closing luncheon was Gregg Jackson, who spoke about conservative comebacks to liberal lies. The food at this lunch was very good; the food at the gala was not good at all.

Sunday afternoon found me at the Palm Springs Museum where I did my field work for my Master's in Cultural Anthropology. I love that museum for all the wonderful Native American artifacts.

Sunday evening was spent with Novato members at an outdoor restaurant.

Monday morning was a quick tour of the Stars Homes of the Valley, and then on to Solvang for an overnight stop to get my fix of Danish food and check out the shops. Got home around 7pm after a very long, tiring drive. Why don't I fly? Next Time! Speaking of next time, I loved the Nashville Convention in 2005, not too pleased with this one in 2007, therefore time will tell if I will "fly" to the 2009 Convention in Orlando, FL.

I do plan to go back to Palm Springs this winter and just enjoy!

Oct. 24 Marin Club speaker: Dana Walsh

Dana Walsh, the brave SF Republican who is running against Nancy Pelosi, will be speaking at the Marin Republican Women Federated's Oct. 24 luncheon. Lunch is $22.00. Checks are payable to MRWF. Social Hour begins at 11:30am, and lunch meeting begins at 12 noon. Rsvp to 472-7956 by Oct. 19.



See Dana's latest press release at http://speakingclearly.org/index.html.


Go Dana!

Novato Club Brouhaha

Rumor has it that the Novato Republican Women Federated Club is trying to recruit Sue Campbell (Marin Club) to its Board for next year. They would be mighty lucky to have this hard-working, and uber-volunteer on their side. I'm not so sure it's a good deal for Sue, however, as the Novato Club Board seems to auto-rotate the same people in different jobs every year, so not much room for advancement.

"You're Fired" from Marin Club

The Marin Club fired a second, long-time Board Member, Sue Campbell, by not nominating her to the '08 slate that will stand for election. The current Board shifted jobs for next year in order to comply with their Bylaws, but the Nominating Committee did not ask Sue to remain on the Board. Sue is currently VP in charge of speakers for the monthly meetings, (a particularly time-consuming, and apparently thankless, job.) Sue's talents will be missed; she has done a stellar job in arranging interesting speakers, and also getting publicity for the monthly meetings. She was previously Membership Chair. Why the Marin Club wants to "fire" their Volunteers who put in countless hours to help the Marin Republican Women Federated is a mystery to Danoodle.

Marin Club brouhaha...continuing

Nan Paget, long time (20 years) editor of the Marin Club's (aka Marin Republican Women Federated, aka MRWF) Newsletter, was fired. Can Volunteers be fired?? Isn't the Novato Club (aka Novato Republican Women Federated, aka NRWF) doing something interesting? Ladies, please let me know. The Marin Club is hogging the headlines.

Hi from Santa Barbara

After 3 days in LA, we came up to Santa Barbara to visit with husband Fred's mom, who is 98, and recognizes Fred occasionally. She deserves "Best Mother-In-Law" award for her uncritical and non-interfering personality. And she has hardly any wrinkles, and a gorgeous head of thick, gray hair. Is it the Nebraska water, where she lived for 50+ years? Considering Palm Springs was 105, and LA was in 90's, it's lovely here in Santa Barbara at 74. However, a bit too laid back for my taste.

Marin Club brouhaha

I've extricated myself from a brou-ha-ha at the Marin Club. I was appointed to their Nominating Committee whereupon I reviewed the Club's Bylaws, which said that the Nominating Committee should be "elected" and that the current Board members should serve no more than 2 terms. If the current Board is reelected in November, they will start their 3rd term. What good are bylaws if they aren't being followed? Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. And if the bylaws need to be changed, when? I do understand that a good Board is hard to recruit, and there is a tendency to keep the same Board when volunteers aren't beating a path to the Club's door to do all the work that the Club takes on. But, the Bylaws should have been worked on and revised after the Board was sworn in last November. To wait this long is not good Parliamentary procedure, I would think. Since I have resigned from the Nominating Committee, I have no dog in this hunt. However, I'm buying a copy of "Roberts Rules of Order for Dummies" tomorrow, just for the heck of it!