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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2046 RESOLUTION NO. 2046 RESOLUTION CONCERNING AAUW WEEK WHEREAS, the American Association of University Women was formed in 1882 by a group of women college graduates to further the advancement of women, to discharge their responsibilities to society, and to enable college women to continue their own intel- lectual growth, and WHEREAS, AAUW's aims have expanded to include a concern for quality education, which is attested to by their administration of the largest educational fund of any American women's organization, and a concern for human and economic rights for all, and WHEREAS, the membership of AAUW is now made up of 190,000 women from all Dolitical Darties, all walks of life, and all parts of the country and reaches out internationally through an organ- ization which has branches throughout the world, and WHEREAS, local women participate in AAUW through the 420- member Los Gatos-Saratoga branch, which has members who are active on school boards, city councils, city and county commissions and who have been instrumental in the formation and work of local or- ganizations to serve specific needs in the community. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council that the week of March 13 to 19 is declared as AAUWWEEK in order to recognize the valuable and long-continued contribution which AAUW has made in the Saratoga area, in Ca~fornia, and throughout the world. The City Council of the City of Saratoga wishes to express appreciation for all that AAUW has done and to encourage them in their efforts, The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Saratoga City Council on thel6th day of March, 1983 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Clevenger, Fanelli, Councilme er Mallory Moyles, and Mayor Callon; NOES: MAYOR ATTEST: City C