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BUSINESS MEETING
Thursday, January 2, 2020
6:00 pm - Light Refreshments
6:30 pm - Business Meeting
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PRESIDENT'S LETTER
Susan Daniloff
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! HAPPY NEW DECADE!!
It is with a distinct rush of pleasure and anticipation that we enter a new decade. And, it is with deep gratitude that I am able to report that our club is thriving, growing, adapting, and we are still having a lot of fun along the way! We joyously welcomed four new members and one returning member at our December business meeting in our magnificently decorated clubhouse, and we will have a similar number to welcome in January.
Our Holiday Open House was simply outstanding. Loud applause is due to Laurie Tandy, Fran Nelson and their terrific committee, all of whom will all be thanked at the January 2nd evening Business Meeting. The club was filled with talk, laughter, crafts, Santa and song as everyone enjoyed delicious food and libations. I thank each and every member who contributed time, energy, or food to help make our annual community event such a success. It seemed to me that a good time was had by one and all!
December was capped by the fun and fantastic Holiday Players Performance, directed by member Jean Spaulding and overseen by Players Coordinator Candace Curtis. What a terrific way to ring in the season!
I wish everyone a joyous start to 2020 and hope that the year brings health and happiness to all our members and their families. Cheers!
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HELP NEEDED
Wanted: Assistant Treasurer
Sue Currier, Treasurer, is willing and eager to train a club member to help with the bookkeeping duties associated with the SWC. Someone with experience with QuickBooks, accounting software designed to aid with bookkeeping tasks, would be very helpful, but it is not necessary.
If you are detail-oriented and have some time to spare, and would like the undying gratitude of your President, please contact me, sdaniloff@earthlink.net. Accepting this job does not mean that you need to be club Treasurer next year. It simply means that you have an interest in helping out this year. Thank you in advance!
Wanted: Name Tag Coordinator
SWC member Elizabeth Nelson and her daughter have ably provided us all with lovely name tags for the past several years. We are very grateful to them both! At this point, Elizabeth’s daughter is moving away from the Bay Area, and we need someone to take over this task for the club.
Initially, this job will involve helping your President re-alphabetize the existing name tags, determine if there are any classic members without tags and provide them, and add the names of all our new members. On-going, it will be the duty of the Name Tag Coordinator(s) to keep our baskets up-to-date.
Please email me at sdaniloff@earthlink.net if you are interested. It might be fun for two members to take on this task! Perhaps you and a good friend or Jinks sister?
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CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Susie Visher
The following members resigned from SWC in November in good standing:
Denise Fafette – she joined the club in 2015
Susan Roe – she joined the club in 2005
Linda Schanfein – she joined the club in 2012
Debra Kalfas – she joined the club in 2001
The following members resigned from SWC in December:
Anne Elkington – she joined the club in 1984
Barbara Kavanagh – she joined the club in 2005
CJ Spady (11/25) – she joined the club in 2007
Terry Yavorsky – she joined the club in 1999
Yearbook Updates: None
Please contact me if you wish to update or change your contact information listed in the yearbook.
New Members and Applicants
The following new members were welcomed at the December 5 Business Meeting:
Esther Levandoski
Annie Porter
Julie Scripps
Elizabeth Sutherland
Brenda DeBruyn (reinstatement)
The following individuals have completed the application process and will be welcomed into the club at the January or February Business Meeting, depending on their availability.
Applicant - Primary Sponsor
Melissa Blaustein – Ann Arnott
Tamara Fisher – Sela Seleska
Stephanie Holdsworth – Peggy Millson-Wu
Robin Reilly – Averel Wilson
Nina Wilkinson – Holly Stewart
Carol Cotton (reinstatement) – Pat Ronzone
Christine Lindner (reinstatement) – Marilyn Riede
The following applicant will have a second vote at the January 2 Board Meeting. If it is positive, she will be welcomed at the February Business Meeting.
Kristin Maas – Mori Fischer
The following applicant withdrew her application:
Molly Miano
There will be 14 new members in the 2020 Jinks, including two admitted in the Spring, Carol Hoang-Roller and Elizabeth Pierce.
We still have openings! If you’d like to be a sponsor, please contact me for an application
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PRESERVATION SOCIETY
Linda Hammond, Chair
I hope that everyone had a joyous holiday. The Preservation Board looks forward to another prosperous year.
The Posh Pop Up on December 12 was a big success. A huge thank you to all the donors, volunteers, organizers (Arliss and Phoebe!), food and kitchen workers (Ciji!), and the generous members of the SWC who "shopped until they dropped". We broke the bank. Thank you.
The Preservation Society is on firm financial footing to meet the grants, repairs, and maintenance of our beautiful building for the coming year.
Happy 2020!
Cheers,
Linda
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The hall at the moment
the event began at 4PM
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Janet Chapman ( CO-chair of food committee) and Dana Whitson
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Linda Hammond, chair of SWCPS & Ciji Ware, event food co-chair
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BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
Jeni Flynn and Fran Nelson, Co-Chairs
 Join fellow book lovers for a discussion of Delia Owens' hauntingly evocative "Where the Crawdads Sing" on Thursday, January 9th at 4 p.m. at the SWC. Debbie Ford-Scriba will lead the group in a coversation about this beautifully written novel's lyrical styling, plot twists, and the end no one saw coming.
Kya Clark is a wild child, abandoned at a young age by her family to grow up alone in the backwoods and swamplands of North Carolina. While she lacks much-needed human and social interaction, her well-honed knowledge of the natural enviroment of coastal North Carolina becomes her guiding star.
Her unorthodox upbringing doesn't prepare her for the sweeping and confusing feelings that accompany her coming of age, and the unexpected events that unfold are revealed with equal amounts of nuance and drama.
With overtones of privlege, racism, and a steady undercurrent of nature vs. nurture, "Where the Crawdads Sing" is a novel that will stay with you.
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 DONATIONS COMMITTEE
Julie Carlson & Mollie Squires, Co-Chairs
SWC members approved donations to two worthy organizations that provide care services in December:
$500 - The Center for Domestic Peace (formerly Marin Abused Women’s Services) was founded in 1977 to address the issues of domestic abuse. Since that time they have expanded their services to include fighting internet stalking and harassment, same sex harassment, human trafficking and violence related to revenge pornography. They provide emergency shelter for victims, assist with long term shelter, provide legal referrals and advocacy and a hotline that support both English and Spanish speaking victims. The Sausalito Woman’s Club began supporting this organization in 1995.
$500 - Hospice By The Bay, formerly Hospice of Marin, was founded in 1975 to provide professional end-of-life care that helps patients enhance their quality of life, providing comfort and care to patients and their entire family.
A BIG Thank you to everyone who brought food to fill four barrels for the
San Francisco/Marin Food Bank.
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 AMENITIES
Shelby Van Meter, Chair
You may have wondered about the meaning of the word amenities, as used by the Club in the form of its long-time committee. As explained by a dictionary, it’s “an agreeable way or manner; courtesy; civility; the graceful manner of a society.” This explains everything! Carrying on this lovely Club tradition, we recently sent notes to:
Millie Amis, as she so bravely continues her struggle with cancer;
Connie Latch, who is recovering from a car accident;
Heidi Snowden, who was hospitalized with a dengue virus;
Jean McCardle, as she recovers from orthopedic surgery;
Linda Neilsen, as she sells her home and moves to the Midwest to be near her son;
Lauren Gertz, congratulating her on the birth of her first granddaughter;
Stephanie Holdsworth, her daughter, on the birth of baby girl Reese; and
Leslie Hail, congratulating her on her marriage.
Notes were also sent to Club members who prefer privacy but appreciate being held close during difficult times. Holiday Greetings were sent to Emeritus members Billie Anderson, Michelle Cambron, Hope McCrum, Carol Peltz and Nancy Kaltreider to let them know they are thought of and not forgotten.
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GARDEN COMMITTEE
Wera Mausas and Charlotte Mastrangelo, Co-Chairs
 Charlotte and I decorated the Fountain and Elephants.
We love doing it every year.
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HIKING AND WALKS
Nancy Curran, Chair
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
WALK & TALK: Salmon & Turtles
Mostly flat, 2-mile loop
Sponsored by the Hiking and Donations Committees
9:00 a.m. carpool from SWC.
10:00 a.m. Arrive Muir Beach parking lot.
Meet One Tam biologist Price Sheppy to learn about the Redwood Creek restoration and efforts to assist endangered coho salmon and turtle populations. While looking for breeding salmon and shy turtles, we will learn about their life cycles and what is being done to save them. Redwood Creek, home to some of the West Coast's most endangered species, begins in the peaks of Mt Tam and flows through Muir Woods and into the Pacific Ocean at Muir Beach. The Redwood Creek watershed is one of 25 global biodiversity "hot spots.”
Our leader, Price Sheppy also started the One Tam LINC program, which SWC supports with our Donations for the maintenance of our Mt Tam watershed and environmental education of local youth.
We will walk even in light rain, so dress in layers. If weather is questionable, we may make last minute decisions, so please RSVP.
11:30 a.m. No Host lunch at Pelican Inn
RSVP: Julie Carlson, carlson.juli@gmaul.com
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I was recently on Rodeo Beach at high tide and saw the beginning of the sea level rise tragedy- waves overtopped the dunes sending large volumes of salt water into the fresh water pond. The disruption of the estuary’s and pond’s salinity of the estuary puts at risk all the creatures who live there: the endangered red legged frog, the endangered tidewater Gobi, many migratory birds, and the year round egrets, great white egrets, gulls, mallards, pelicans, and giant blue herons.
This was predicted to start by 2100. It’s 81 years earlier than predicted. I cried. The more I read for these newsletters, the more panicked I become. Climate change Is a crisis and is happening much faster than predicted
For a New Year’s resolution, please read about the climate crisis. Please demand changes from our local and state governments and try to reduce our carbon footprints. Resilient Neigborhoods is an easy and great way to start.
Please read some of the links below:
Climate crisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/05/climate-crisis-11000-scientists-warn-of-untold-suffering
The heat is on over the climate crisis. global heating of 4C by 2100 is a real possibility; will cause drowned cities; stagnant seas; intolerable heatwaves; entire nations uninhabitable… and more than 11 billion humans, the stuff of nightmares
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/18/climate-crisis-heat-is-on-global-heating-four-degrees-2100-change-way-we-live
Climate solutions-What it takes to be carbon neutral — for a family, a city, a country https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2019/11/19/what-it-takes-be-carbon-neutral-family-city-country/?arc404=true
UN Report: Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’; Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’ Over 1 million plant and animal species are threatened
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/05/nature-decline-unprecedented-report/
Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/29/climate/coastal-cities-underwater.html
GONE IN A GENERATION Across America, climate change is already disrupting lives https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/gone-in-a-generation
Dangerous new hot zones are spreading around the world
Major parts of the globe have already passed 2 degrees Celsius of warming
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Our Planet is in the red. http://www.wwf.eu/?209773/In-the-red
ART Bay Shoreline Flood Explorer: map to see Sausalito flooding in a 10 year storm. https://explorer.adaptingtorisingtides.org/explorer
the California coast could see a rise of a half-foot by 2030 and up to seven feet by 2100; a 10 year storm event in 2050 would result in a total water-level increase of more than four feet.
We can each make a big difference if we try. Feel free to contact me if you wish.
Sincerely,
Jann Johnson, 2019 Resilient Neighborhoods grad
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COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE
Ellen Rosenstein, Chair
GIVING TREE
The Community Enhancement Committee offers tremendous gratitude to those who have contributed to the SWC Giving Tree. As contributions are still being accepted, we don’t yet have a total. We’ll keep you posted on the final amount received. The teachers in our district appreciate the additional support so that they can purchase materials for their classrooms.
On behalf of the teachers and the
Community Enhancement Committee, a heartfelt thank you.
BANSHEE WINE TASTING
A quick reminder that this January 20th program has been cancelled.
GET INVOLVED
VOLUNTEER
There are lots of ways to get involved in the community. Please check out the Community Enhancement tab on the SWC website for some ideas.
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OUTREACH COMMITTEE
Mary Kae Krause, Chair
 Are you in need of some special care like meals delivered to you or a ride to a medical appointment or an errand run due to illness or other circumstances? Or do you know of another member who could benefit from same?
If so, please contact MaryKae Krause, Outreach Chairman at 415-332-3554 and ask her to arrange to have the appropriate services provided.
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Please contact Denise Gustafsson to schedule a time.
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Tid Bits
Last year, 2018-2019, our President Alice Merrill, began each meeting and usually events with enchanting tid bits from our historical annals. Many of us found these visits to yesteryear not only enlightening, but endearing. So, before I took my idea to Susan Daniloff, I confirmed through many members the idea of continuing Alice’s contribution. Susan liked the idea of continuing with the jaunt into our wayback by way of a Tid Bit in our monthly newsletter. I do hope I’m able to be as flavorful as Alice was.
Well, Ladies! ---Here we are in January 2020 already. How the times whoosh by faster and faster every year! Our Club is now 107 years young. Really, it was only yesterday that we celebrated her 100th birthday!
Let’s see what the ladies were up to in late 1919-1920.
They passed a resolution that absent members would pay only ½ dues while they were gone. Since the annual dues were $3, these absentees were charged $1.50 a year until they returned. I’m not aware of what the procedures were for those who never returned. I’ll look into it.
Mrs. Loosley began a discussion as to whether or not renting the Club included washing dishes, linens, etc. No clear understanding was reached. I wonder who did do the duties?!?!?
I discovered that the Sausalito Woman’s Club is not the only centenarian club in Marin. The Outdoor Art Club of Mill Valley put on a play at the Club, “Suppressed Desire”, on November 20, 1919. There are no comments about the performance in the minutes. Too bad.
On November 29, 1919, the opening dance of the Winter Assembly was held at the Club. Nothing about the evening is in the minutes. I’d love to know how it went.
Apparently they did not put on any activities for New Year’s Eve, so I will sign off until next month. Happy New Year!
Bonnie MacGregor
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PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
Karen Pero & Laurie Tandy, Co-Chairs
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ATTENTION:
February Compulsory Meeting – 2/6/20
Dear Ladies of the Club:
A friendly reminder that the SWC annual compulsory meeting is Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. If you cannot attend this meeting, please notify Sela Seleska in writing or by email ( selaseleska@gmail.com) of your absence. There is a $20 fine for unexcused absences. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you!
Sela Seleska, Membership Secretary |
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 Friday, January 10 – 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Girls’ Night In” with Jan Wahl
Come join the fun at the SWC as Jan dishes on the upcoming Oscars and movie lore in general.
Bring your own beverage and a snack to share.
Popcorn will be provided!
RSVP to laurietandy@att.net
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 Wednesday, January 15, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Panel Discussion with
Professional Guests
Cannabis—New Age Design and
Modern Approach to Cannabis
Cannabis has been used to enhance health for centuries. Lean about cannabis for health, wellness, self-care, and caregiving…a positive experience with cannabis.
A conversation into the science of cannabis as medicine with therapeutic properties of the cannabinoids what is useful in managing pain, help sleep and manage stress. This is bound to be very informative.
- Jennifer Chapin - Co-founder of Kikoko
- Allie Greenstone - National Education manager for Mary's Medicinals
- Bonnie Kuhn - 13 years Registered Nurse (Doctor’s Medical Center, California Pacific Medical Center and Marin General Hospital)
- Sally Nicholes - President of Sales + Distribution Bloom Farms or Mike Ray CEO of Bloom Farms (TBD)
- Nurit Raphael - Founder of ONA - Moderator
We all know these topics could be talked about for hours. Please feel free to send us any questions that you would like presented to the panel. Contact Susan Gordon or Fay Rudio with your questions.
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 SWC CRAB FEED Fundraiser
For the General Fund
Saturday, January 25, 2020
SOLD OUT...BUT WAIT!!!
We have a waiting list, so there’s still a chance that you can attend. Contact Yvonne Spencer to place your name on the waiting list, AND... If you cannot attend, you STILL CAN WIN ONE OR MORE FABULOUS PRIZES in Fundraiser Raffle and Silent Auction.
1. Raffle Tickets are $50 each or 3 tickets for $100 - Contact Sela Seleska to Buy Raffle Tickets Ahead or At the Event. YOU MUST BE A MEMBER to participate in the RAFFLE and YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO WIN.
Raffle Prizes will be awarded by a DRAWING and include:
Puerta Vallarta Hacienda – Donor, Heidi Snowden
- Sleeps 3
- One week (April or May 2020)
- Walk to Downtown Restaurants, Galleries, Beach, and Shopping Area
- Value: $700
Condo on Big Wood River, Ketchum, Idaho – Donor, Elizabeth Nelson
- 3 bed/3bath – sleeps 6
- One week (Spring or Fall)
- You can fish for trout right off the desk!
- Value: Priceless
Terramar Beach House in Carlsbad, CA – Donor, Dana Whitson
- 3 ensuite bedrooms – sleeps 8
- Residential setting on the beach side of the highway
- 45 minutes from downtown San Diego
- One week (confirm with Dana)
- Value: $2,500-3,500 depending on season
2. Silent auction bids will be accepted via email at any time prior to auction on January 25. Contact Barb Sutak for details. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A MEMBER to participate in the AUCTION. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO WIN.
Auction Items will be AWARDED TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER and include
- Beef Tenderloin Dinner for 8 at Winner’s Home Prepared by Ann Arnott & Mori Fischer (priceless)
- Puerta Vallarta Condo (B. Penprase-Donor), one week (June or July 2020) Value: $3,500 - Minimum bid $1,000 (SWC Members Only)
- Dinner for Two at House of Prime Rib with bottle of wine. Minimum bid $100
- Scott of Sausalito - $100 Gift Certificate
- Athleta Tights, one pair - $100 value
- Original Painting “Silver-Faced Wyandotte” by Heidi Snowden - $300 value
- Spanish Table Gift Basket - $100 value
- Prosecco - 3 assorted bottles - Minimum Bid $88
- Timmy Woods “Flag Peace” Vintage Crossbody Collectible Handbag - $175 value
- Pilates Sessions (3) on Caledonia with Georgia Kalnin - $300 value
- One Private Pilates or Gyrotonic Session with Lisa Moore Shields - $120 value
- Gift Basket from Shari Hansen’s Farm (priceless)
If you have questions regarding information shown above, please contact the event Chair, Barb Sutak.
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Saturday, February 8 - 10 am -1 pm
CLUB CLEAN-UP DAY
It’s that time of year again, i.e. the Club’s annual Clean Up Day on Saturday, February 8th from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. to get ready for our busy spring season and Founders’ Day.
We’ll have the usual morning goodies to keep you going, and the clean up will be divided between various areas of the Clubhouse.
Many hands make light work! Hope to see many of you there.
If you have a special clean up interest, let us know.
Susan Watson and Kathleen Maher
Co-chairs, House/Building
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Annie Porter with sponsors
Karen Roark & Karen Cleary
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Esther Levandoski with
sponsor Shari Hansen
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Elizabeth Sutherland with sponsors Tiffy Leonard, Mary Lavezzo and
Jean Pattterson
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Julie Scripps with sponsors Lauren Gertz, Leonie Denney & Shelby Van Meter
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Brenda DeBruyn with sponsors Susan Gordon, Ciji Ware & Maria Patewrno
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Laurie Tandy, Debbie Ford Scriba
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Georgia Kalnin, Mori Fischer
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Maria Paterno, Janet
Chapman, Susan Daniloff
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Roberta Maloy
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Christopher Holbrook and Paula Fancher
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Marti Roush, Jan Dudnick
& Jean Spauding
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Bruce Huff & Jim Simkalo
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