Welcome to the Area Meetings! Welcome – Club President Area Director

Mission Statement Zonta International is a leading global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy.

Governor’s Message “Zonta Changes Lives” 2015 Area Meetings District 10

ZI Brand Refresh What’s New in Zonta? What’s New in District 10? What Have We Accomplished? Where Are We Headed? Zonta International Service Award Recognition D10 Raffle for 2015 Conference Exciting happenings!

ZI Brand Refresh Mission - Zonta International is a leading global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy.

ZI Brand Refresh (cont.) Vision - Zonta International envisions a world in which women's rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential. In such a world, women have access to all resources and are represented in decision making position s on an equal basis with men. In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence. Theme - Empowering Women Through Service and Advocacy

New District 10 Logos

ZI Brand Refresh (cont.) Club Presidents should have received link to club logos from ZI –Clubs must request logos for Z Clubs and Foundations through Templates for letterhead, document covers and envelopes are available now; more in a few months Check out all the guidelines and Frequently Asked Questions at

What’s New in Zonta? New and updated resources –International Bylaws/Governing Documents –District Manual –Membership Manual –Continuous updates of ZI website –Updated scholarship criteria Zonta Service Recognition Award Commission on Status of Women – CSW59 –This year more Zontians participated than ever before

What’s New in District 10? New Z Club sponsored by Johnson County –Z Club of Godley ROAR (Godley High School)

What’s New in District 10? JMK recipient at ZI level –Lindsay Smith, University of Oklahoma

What’s New in District 10? AE Fellow –Hieu Truong, a citizen of Vietnam, who studies Mechanical Engineering at Texas A & M –Working on hybrid composite materials for space vehicles

What Have We Accomplished? We are advocates! –Zonta Says No/16 Days of Activism –Most clubs participated!

What Have We Accomplished? We are gaining members –Zonta Club of Longview was recently named largest club in Zonta International!

What Have We Accomplished? We do service projects that make a difference –Even smaller clubs are impacting their communities through their service

Where Are We Headed? Advocacy –Promote passage of CEDAW Service –Give at Area Meetings and District Conferences Membership –Use every opportunity to market Zonta Zonta Changes Lives!

ZI Service Award Recognition Recognize outstanding service projects by Zonta clubs and districts which benefit women in the local community Two categories –Projects that empower women and girls to achieve equal rights and secure access to all resources –Projects that focus on prevention of root causes of violence against women and girls through education

ZI Service Award Recognition (cont) Clubs may nominate up to two projects, one in each category Districts may nominate one project in either of the two ZI Service Committee will select six best club projects and three best district projects Nominations from districts due Feb

ZI Service Award Recognition (cont) District Evaluating Committee will select three best club service projects –Kara Arteaga, District 10 Service Chair –Diane Packwood, Zonta Club of Johnson County –Sherry Williams, Zonta Club of Houston All information and submission forms on ZI website under Member Resources/Forms

D10 Raffle for 2015 Conference 68th District 10 Conference, Oct 15-18, 2015 in Houston, TX Cost $25, value up to $500 Reimbursable for registration, hotel, transportation costs Transferable to any D 10 member Only 100 tickets will be sold Drawing to be held Sep 4, 2015 in Cleburne, TX POC Marianne Seal, D10 Treasurer Proceeds to D10 Foundation Tickets are available from any District 10 Board member

Thank you for your dedication to empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy! Zonta Changes Lives!