SI HQ UPDATE Rosie Coutts, SI Executive Director, reports Launch of new SI website!


After several months of intensive preparation by our website designers and HQ staff, we were delighted to launch our new, revitalised site at the end of February. We do hope that you will take the opportunity to explore the website and enjoy the myriad new and updated features, including the soroptiVoiceBlog, a new resources section and social networks on facebook, twitter, YouTube and tumblr. Click on ‘Act Now’ to find the latest campaigns, appeals, and urgent actions you can take to Stand Up For Soroptimism Today! All new postings on the website will be undertaken at SI Headquarters from now on, so please visit the site regularly to make sure that you keep up with the latest programme news and events. SI photos on the website can be downloaded by right clicking


on the photo and saving them to your computer. An even wider selection of Soroptimist photos is available by visiting flickr.com. Just enter Soroptimist International into the search box and click on ‘People’ to access the collection and see Soroptimists in action around the world.


And a new monthly newsletter!


Global Voice is the new monthly


newsletter from SIHQ.


From March, Global Voice will be sent on the last Friday of the month, providing a summary of all the most important SI news.


The first issue of Global Voice can be found here: http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4c7867996d6229f393f0 39603&id=1ad45d21cd, or accessed through the home page via Facebook and Twitter. To sign up to receive future issues of Global Voice, please visit the home page of the website to subscribe. Entering your Programme Focus reports on the new website is as easy as ever! The log in details are unchanged. Just click on the ‘Online Reporting’ icon at the bottom of each page. If you have any comments or questions, click on ‘Get in Touch’ at the bottom of each page to e-mail SI or the four Federation Headquarters directly.


We look forward to hearing from you! SI Board approves three new appointments


We are pleased to extend a warm welcome to three new post holders who will take up office at the First Board Meeting of the new biennium on 9 July in Montréal.


SI International Treasurer 2011–13 Pat Carruthers, from the UK, has been


selected as SI International Treasurer for the next biennium. In accordance with a recent Board decision, Pat will also serve as Chair of the Finance Committee. Pat, a member of SI Perth in Scotland, will


bring the benefit of her considerable financial expertise to SI: she is a financial accountant by profession and served as SIGBI Federation Treasurer from 2000–2007. Her vision for the future is to harness our strong international membership to enhance human rights, especially for women and girls. She is a passionate advocate of educational opportunities for women. As International Treasurer she wishes to ensure a financially strong organisation with the resources to provide the necessary services to its members.


Chair of Constitution & Resolutions Committee 2011–13 Marlies Hampel, from Düsseldorf, Germany,


brings substantial experience to her new role as she approaches the completion of her two year tenure as Procedural Consultant to the International President. Marlies is also a former Chair of SIE’s Constitution and By-Laws Committee and former Procedural Advisor to her federation. Marlies is a lawyer by profession, and has served as the Head of a Public Prosecutor’s Office since 1995. Marlies says, “The major task of the Committee for the next


Chair of Organisational Development


Committee 2011–13 Leigh Ellwood-Brown is currently a voting


member of the SI Board as Immediate Past President of the South West Pacific federation. Leigh has been a Soroptimist since 1980 and has a wide knowledge of extension within the organisation, having served as her Federation’s Extension Officer for four years. She is already working with Ann Dawson, current Committee


biennium will be to intensively review the SI Policy, Programme and Procedures document.”


Chair, to develop the future role of the Organisational Development Committee. Having participated in the SI strategic planning process as a board member, Leigh is excited by the challenge of chairing the committee at a time of change and development within SI. Leigh, who hails from Queensland, Australia, is a gemmologist


by profession. She served for 10 years on the Brisbane UNIFEM Co-ordinating Committee and 7 years as Vice President of the Australian Women’s Coalition. Leigh says, “I see this as an opportunity and challenge to enhance


much needed change - to take us forward as a very relevant NGO in today’s world to collectively advance the status of women and girls around the world! I encourage all comments and input at any time from all members”.


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