2023 Annual Report

1st VP, Communications and Public Relations
Brenda Brinkley
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As my second year comes to a close, serving the position of 1st Vice President has been so
enjoyable. I’ve learned so much and I look forward to continuing working for and with our
wonderful FAUSA members.
The responsibilities of the 1st VP include:
● Monthly newsletter: Nicole Grillo has served as the newsletter editor for two years.
She accepted the role with great enthusiasm, which you can see in each newsletter.
We asked what you want to see in the newsletters and we hope we have been
providing that. Members are opening the newsletters at an average rate of 81% for
2023.Nicole travels extensively and calls California home. She was associated with
the AIWC Frankfurt.
● Social Media: Jennifer Padfield has served as our social media coordinator over two
years. She does a fantastic job of keeping members informed of FAUSA happenings
via Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. She uses Canva to create our Nashville
Getaway images, and to create fun graphics for our social media outlets. Jen currently
resides in Florida, and was associated with AWC Berlin.
● Website: Debbie Hastings has been our webmaster and guru for many years. Her
support with the board helped us gain a better understanding of the needed web
updates. Her help has been fantastic and much appreciated. Her knowledge of the
inner workings of the web is indispensable. Debbie shares her time in Scottsdale, AZ
and Maine. She was associated with CAWC - Chilterns American Women’s Club in
England.
● Archives: Louise Greeley-Copley leads the archives team. She has been uploading
photos and minutes from previous years to archive them in a central location. Louise
currently resides in California, and was associated with American Women of Surrey
and American Women of the Eastern Province (AWEP) in Saudi Arabia.
● Constant Contact is used to produce our monthly newsletters, as well as surveys,
polls, and announcements.
● FAUSA has a corporate Zoom account that is used for board meetings, regional and
metro meetings, book clubs, virtual social events, club reunions, and more.
● The FAUSA board continues to work with Google Workspace to maintain a
collaborative work space. Google Workspace allows the board to communicate
efficiently and securely while providing the ability to organize tasks by our role and/or
as a team.
● Annual Report: Jennifer Padfield edited the 2022 and 2023 annual reports.
● Highlights: Nicole Grille edited and published the 2022 Highlights magazine. Printed
copies were available to purchase.
● FAUSA Presentations: (for FAWCO meetings)
● Participated on FAWCO’s Digital and Social Media team as the FAUSA representative.
Ellie Bandanes, a FAUSA member, is the team lead. The team coordinates messaging