{"id":6467,"date":"2024-01-23T10:05:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T10:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/?p=6467"},"modified":"2024-02-08T10:14:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T10:14:12","slug":"how-have-we-met-president-ruths-membership-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2024\/01\/23\/how-have-we-met-president-ruths-membership-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"How have we met President Ruth&#8217;s Membership Challenge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the SIGBI London Conference November, President Ruth set us all a membership challenge for 2024 \u2018To be one up\u2019. SI Medway and Maidstone are pleased to have accepted this challenge and to welcome a new member, Mandy Samrai.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mandy has lived and worked in Medway for over 45 years.\u00a0Although her day job is consultancy working in the<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/02\/Mandy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6468 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/02\/Mandy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/02\/Mandy.jpg 743w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/02\/Mandy-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a> areas of Mergers, Acquisitions and transformation, she has also been a magistrate since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Family is important to Mandy, and she always aims to be a super Aunt to her six nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n<p>Angela Howe who had known Mandy through the Magistrates service \u00a0for the past 13 years told her about Soroptimists. Mandy was keen to be part of a group that focused specifically on women and girls in a local and international way.<\/p>\n<p>At Angela\u2019s invitation, Mandy came along to our December club meeting and to our New Year party. She decided she liked what she heard and saw and agreed to join us. Angela will be Mandy\u2019s mentor supporting her as she settles in and develops a clearer understanding of who and what we are.<\/p>\n<p>Already Mandy is eagerly contributing with ideas in relation to PR and Marketing, developing links in the community and even assisting with planning our Day of Reflection in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the SIGBI London Conference November, President Ruth set us all a membership challenge for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":730,"featured_media":6469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[448,205,447],"class_list":["post-6467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-london-conference","tag-mentor","tag-president-ruths-membership-challenge"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How have we met President Ruth&#039;s Membership Challenge? | News | Blog | Events | SI Medway and Maidstone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Medway and Maidstone : Blog &amp; News : How have we met President Ruth&#039;s Membership Challenge? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Medway and Maidstone . 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