From the President - November Update
November 4, 2019
November is officially here! This month brings the WE19 conference and I’m excited to see our very own Cindy Hoover represent us all as the president at the event. This is one of the largest groups from Wichita attending and I’m excited for so many new people to get to experience the conference—more on that in a bit.
October was a busy month for us! We had one of the largest turn outs I’ve seen for a SWE event in a very long time at our Check Your Privilege event with Shana Chivon Stephens. It was a great opportunity to connect with new people in the community as well as provide an avenue to talk about something that isn’t always fun. Special thank you to Charity Kennedy for helping us make the connection and to Shaina Shapiro and Elena Davidson for helping set up.
Elena and Kim also made the ornaments we will be selling at the Alternative gift Market on Saturday November 9th. Kim is still looking for volunteers to help her staff the booth since so many of us will be at the conference. If you are available to help with a shift, please sign up here.
We also had a fun family night at the Klausmeyer Pumpkin Patch and Dairy Farm. I was sad to miss it due to work travel, but it looks like those that were able to attend had a lot of fun!
We finished out the month of October by volunteering at Wichita State’s Expanding Your Horizons. Special thanks to Sarah Niles for leading that effort as the main point of contact for the event.
The Society Conference this year is taking place this week. Many of us are attending to support her, the companies we work for, or to just experience it for the first time. If you’d like to be a part of the Wichita SWE group message for conference, please respond to the president’s email with your phone number and we will create a special WE19 Groupme. Due to the conference, the only event we will be having is the conference recap dinner and axe throwing at Blade & Timber. If you’d like to join us for dinner and the discussion at The Monarch on Tuesday November 12th at 5:30, please sign up here so we have enough table space for everyone. After dinner (7:30), we’ve reserved 12 spots at Blade & Timber to throw axes for 90 minutes. This event will be $20 per person that you can pay there. Due to the limited number of spaces we have, please make sure you RSVP here.
We also have our annual Holiday Potluck that will be happening on December 13th. This is your official Save the Date Reminder as we always have a good time, but more information will be coming soon! Bonnie has graciously offered her home for us to use so we will get to see that as well.
I also want to mention that our new website has gone live! While we’ve done the best we can checking for any broken links or information that is missing, please check it out at www.wichitaswe.org. There is an option to send feedback via the Contact Us page.
NOVEMBER EVENTS TO PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR
11/9/19 – Alternative Gift Market Contact: Kim Burton
11/12/19 – Conference Recap Dinner and Axe Throwing Contact: Jess Stitt
11/18/19 – Expo Planning Meeting Contact: Sarah Niles & Hannah Morris