2012 NOW Regional Conferences

Attend the conference in your region this spring and help elect national leadership!

NOW's grassroots base is divided into nine U.S. regions. In even years, these regions elect members to serve two-year terms on the National NOW Board. Regional conferences take place in the months of March, April and May and are open to any NOW member. Find out more about your region's conference below. Updated information will be posted as it becomes available. Bookmark this page and check back periodically.

Eligibility to vote: All members of the region in good standing whose dues are received by the national organization or its appropriate subunits at least 90 days prior to the conference and who are present may vote. Eligibility to run for the National NOW Board: Any member who has been a member in good standing for at least two years immediately prior to the date of the election may run. Board members must remain residents of the region from which they are elected.

Regions: Northeast | Mid-Atlantic | Southeast | Mid-South | South Central | Great Lakes | Prairie | Northwest | Southwest

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Northeast Region
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont

April 2012 • Albany, N.Y.

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Mid-Atlantic Region
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

May 5, 2012, 10am - 4pm • Pittsburgh, Pa.
Friends Meeting House, 4836 Ellsworth Ave, Pittsburgh Pa. 15213
For more information read this recent email or send an email to vanowpresident [at] hotmail [dot] com

Registration: $25 NOW members; $35 Non -Members (includes NOW membership); Sliding Scale available

The following proposed amendment to the Mid-Atlantic Bylaws will be debated and voted on at the conference (new text appears in italics):

ARTICLE V. MEETINGS

Section 1. Regional Conference

The Regional Conference is the supreme governing body of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Organization. It shall be held at least every even numbered year in accordance with national NOW bylaws time requirements for electing National Board Members. Procedures and standards shall be as follows:

A. All members of the Region in good standing for at least ninety days who are present at the Conference may vote.

B. The site of the Conference must be chosen by a majority of the State Coordinators voting. The Regional Council shall have final responsibility for planning the Conference and providing at least sixty days notice thereof to all members in the Region.

C. There shall be no requirement for NOW members in good standing to pay a registration fee or any other fee in order to participate in the business events or activities of the Conference. The Regional Conference or the Regional Conference Committee shall draw no distinction of any kind between those able or unable to pay Conference fees.

D. A quorum shall be twenty-five percent of those members registered and credentialed to Vote, but not less than twenty-five such persons, and shall include at least two State Coordinators.

E. The regional conference may meet through video or teleconference as long as such a meeting be conducted by a technology that allows all persons participating to hear each other at the same time. Special rules of order and standing rules will be promulgated by the regional council to specify precisely how recognition is to be sought, the floor obtained, and full voting rights protected by those participating in such meetings.

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Southeast Region
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

May 12, 2012, 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. • Raleigh, N.C.
Clarion Hotel State Capitol, 320 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, NC 27603

Call 919 832-0501 for reservations and make sure to mention NOW. There is a room block of 20 rooms for Friday night at the rate of $75 plus 7.75% tax for up to four in the room. The rooms are being held for sale until April 20.

Lunch is a buffet with a pasta choice with dessert, salad, ice tea and coffee for $17.82 each.

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Mid-South Region
Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee

March 10, 2012 • New Orleans, La.
For more information, check out the Facebook Event

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South Central Region
Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

April 14, 2012 at 1pm • Austin, Texas
Conference Location: Terrazas Library, 1105 East Cesar Chavez St.
Conference Hotel: Holiday Inn at Town Lake, 1-888-HOLIDAY
Request more information via email » diana [dot] now [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

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Great Lakes Region
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin

April 27-28, 2012 • Chicago, IL

Univerfsity of Ilinois at Chicago, Student Center West, Michele M.Thompson Room A

Accommodations: A block of rooms is available at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites (phone: 312-957-9100) at 506 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60607; the room block is undeer "Ilinois NOW" and the rate is $129 plus tax; reservations must be made by April 13 to guarantee room rate.

Official Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/131115150346980

Website: http://ilnow.org/2012-regional-conference (online registration available)

For more information or to request a print registration form, email illinoisnow@aol.com

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Prairie States Region
Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota

April 14, 2012 • Minnesota

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Northwest Region
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming

Saturday, May 19, 2012 • 8am - 4pm • Olympia, Washington

Conference Theme: Mobilize for Women's Lives

Conference dedicated to: Olga Vives

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Southwest Region
Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, American Samoa, Guam, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

March 24, 2012, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. • Los Angeles, Calif.
LAX Radisson, 6225 West Century Blvd, Los Angeles, Calif. 90045;
Call for reservations: 310-670-9000