Friday , November 4
PHOTO BY CAROL STRAMETZ
Friday , November 4
OPENING EVENING by Tracy Moede , AWCH
Sara Naumann and Susan Stanley-Witt provided a warm welcome as people arrived at the conference .
When the participants went to the registration desk on Friday evening to pick up their conference materials and nametags , they were warmly welcomed by Sara Naumann and Susan Stanley-Witt . They were also asked to submit a list of three things that make them happy , to be used for the “ Looking for Happiness ” presentation on Saturday afternoon .
More than seventy people gathered in the nautical-themed restaurant at the Jufa Hotel in HafenCity . AWCH President Stephanie Matlock Allen welcomed everyone and then handed the microphone over to club member June Waldenburger , who , as our master of ceremonies , entertained us through a program of club introductions , organizer thank-yous , an impromptu auction , and greetings by Deputy US Consul General ( Hamburg ) Abigail Greenwald . Afterward , everyone had time to mingle , meet old friends , catch up , and introduce the newcomers . New to a Region 5 Meeting were three members of IWC Moldova , FAWCO ’ s newest member club , and IWC Leipzig , a prospective FAWCO member .
PHOTO COURTESY OF IWC MOLDOVA
AWCH members welcomed the International Women ’ s Club of Moldova to their first FAWCO conference .
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