{"id":7003,"date":"2021-01-21T18:20:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T17:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/?p=7003"},"modified":"2021-01-25T13:01:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T12:01:21","slug":"1st-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2021\/1st-club\/","title":{"rendered":"New Member at First Meeting of the New Year and Soroptimist Centenary!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It was great to all be back together, albeit virtually, for our first Club meeting of 2021! We inducted a new Member to our Club and welcomed Regional President Helen Byrne to speak about the 100th Anniversary of Soroptimist International this year.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/01-New-Member-Louise-Marron.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7005 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/01-New-Member-Louise-Marron-300x196.png\" alt=\"New Member Louise Marron\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/01-New-Member-Louise-Marron-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/01-New-Member-Louise-Marron.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It was a special evening because we officially <strong>welcomed our new member, Louise Marron<\/strong> (pictured here), to our Club and to the worldwide Soroptimist movement. Louise enjoyed attending\u00a0 Soroptimist meetings and events on Zoom last year and as a result decided to join. She works for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hertscf.org.uk\/hcftraining\">HCF Training and Development<\/a> (HCF stands for Hertfordshire Community Foundation) and has worked with lots of the local charities that our Club supports. Louise was introduced to us by SI East London through work she was doing for one of the charities they support. Louise said &#8220;I have been looking to join an organisation like Soroptimist International, I am passionate about women&#8217;s rights and I look forward to working with you all&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/110-President-Helen-COI-AGM-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7010\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/110-President-Helen-COI-AGM-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Soroptimist London Chilterns Region President Helen Byrne\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/110-President-Helen-COI-AGM-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/110-President-Helen-COI-AGM-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Launch of the Soroptimist International Centenary Year &#8211; <\/strong>Next we heard from Helen Byrne, our Club Member who is also the President of <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/\">Soroptimist International London Chilterns Region<\/a> Soroptimist International is 100 year old this year! Click here to view Helen&#8217;s presentation\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/2021-Our-Centenary-Year.pptx\">2021 Our Centenary Year<\/a> and click here to read more about the centenary celebrations being organised by our Federation, Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/\">www.sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/04-Helen-Byrne-Soroptimist-Centenary-Presentation.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7008\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/04-Helen-Byrne-Soroptimist-Centenary-Presentation-300x183.png\" alt=\"Helen Byrne Soroptimist Centenary Presentation\" width=\"200\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/04-Helen-Byrne-Soroptimist-Centenary-Presentation-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/04-Helen-Byrne-Soroptimist-Centenary-Presentation.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Club President Barbara Saunders asked us all to think about the Programme for the year ahead, and Helen asked us also to think about the fact that this year is the centenary of Soroptimist International &#8211; and gave us a few bullet points in her presentation to think about:<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u2022 Honouring the foundation of SI <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/03-Helen-Byrne-Soroptimist-Centenary-Presentation.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7007\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/03-Helen-Byrne-Soroptimist-Centenary-Presentation-300x205.png\" alt=\"Helen Byrne Soroptimist Centenary Presentation\" width=\"200\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/03-Helen-Byrne-Soroptimist-Centenary-Presentation-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/03-Helen-Byrne-Soroptimist-Centenary-Presentation.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u2022 Remembrance of substantial achievements<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u2022 Hundred years in existence<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u2022 Centenary as a time to reflect<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u2022 Celebrate Centenarians<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u2022 Taking our Centenary conversation outside&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u2022 Centenary Target<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u2022 Centenary Celebration<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/02-Jan-2021-Club-Meeting.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7006\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/02-Jan-2021-Club-Meeting-300x200.png\" alt=\"Jan 2021 Club Meeting\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/02-Jan-2021-Club-Meeting-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/02-Jan-2021-Club-Meeting.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In the Club meeting we also had an update from the Club&#8217;s Executive and a report from the last Regional event. You can read all about the Regional Human Rights Day conference\/meeting last December by clicking here <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/2020\/11\/09\/hr-day-2020\/\"><strong>www.sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/2020\/11\/09\/hr-day-2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What a great start to 2021! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to see the events and dates for the year ahead in the Club Programme: <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/club-programme\/\">www.sigbi.org\/st-albans\/club-programme<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was great to all be back together, albeit virtually, for our first Club meeting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[379,588,12,584,60,11,206,194,587,13,111,99,119,586],"class_list":["post-7003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-helen-byrne","tag-louise-marron","tag-soroptimist","tag-soroptimist-centenary","tag-soroptimist-international","tag-st-albans","tag-st-albans-and-district","tag-st-albans-and-hertsmere-womens-refuge","tag-virtual","tag-women","tag-womens-group","tag-womens-organisation","tag-womens-refuge","tag-zoom"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Member at First Meeting of the New Year and Soroptimist Centenary! | News | Blog | Events | SI St Albans and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI St Albans and District : Blog &amp; News : New Member at First Meeting of the New Year and Soroptimist Centenary! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI St Albans and District . 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