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Pacettes Girls Club’s mission is to mentor girls of African American descent - ages 11-18, fostering leadership through community service while emphasizing Christian character, promoting education, self worth, health, and life skills that will enable them to reach their full potential in the world. Pacettes is the youth division of PACE women’s organization.

The Pacettes - 2011 - 2012

The Pacettes' focus this upcoming year will be to learn to run their meetings themselves. They will be doing most of the planning and delivering the content at the meetings.

One of the things they will be extremely focused on, is parliamentary procedure. Rate yourself!!! How well do YOU know Parliamentary procedure? Take this little quiz entitled "Do You Know Parliamentary Procedure?" in the right column. The answers are on the link following the questions.

Advisor's Corner

The Pacettes had a Bring a Friend for Fund and Games event on December 18th. The girls showed their invited guests just how much fun learning about new things can be. As this year our focus was in allowing the girls to run their own meetings, the girls planned and executed the meeting themselves, with only a little help from the advisors. The Pacettes are still learning how to make motions, take secretarial notes, keep up with the dues collected, and a host of new activities, like helping those less fortunate than themselves.

The Pacettes also had a service project which benefited the Promise House Wesley Inn Project - a shelter for homeless teen girls and their babies. The Pacettes sponsored a baby shower and invited PACE in joining them in the service project. PACE agreed to do so and provided not only baby clothes but a monetary contribution to the Promise House Wesley Inn Project. The Pacettes and their advisors as well as some of the PACE members journeyed to the Promise House facilities on January 14th after their attendance in the Martin Luther King Day parade.

One of the Pacettes, Alexis Varner, who is also a Senior Girl Scout, has taken the project one step further. She has enlisted the aid of her Girl Scout troop to gather donations for the Wesley Inn Project. Alexis is hoping to use this project to earn the Silver Award, one of the highest honors in Girl Scouting. This award is a pre-requisite for the most prestigious award, the Gold Award. Upon earning the Gold Award, a Girl Scout immediately rises one rank in any of the U. S. military braches she should happen to serve in. Please join us all in wishing good luck to Alexis in her continued rise through the ranks of the Girl Scouts.

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Here is a little quiz to test your knowledge of parliamentary procedure? Mark a T (true) or F (false) preceding each statement.

1. The president of a group should be in charge of the business meeting.

2. In presenting motions, members should rise and address the presiding officer.

3. Motions should be introduced by saying, “I make a motion.”

4. You should not second a motion unless you rise, address the “chair” and are recognized.

5. Committee reports that include recommendations need to be approved by the group through a motion, second and a favorable vote.

6. Nominations made from the floor should always be seconded.

7. Seventy-five percent of the members must vote “yes” to approve a motion.

8. The secretary doesn’t need to stand up when reading the minutes.

9. The minutes of a meeting should be approved by a motion and vote.

10. An amendment to a motion doesn’t need to be seconded.

11. If the chairperson doesn’t like a motion that was properly made and seconded, he or she can ignore it and call for a new motion.

12. To postpone or delay a decision on a motion, a motion to postpone to a certain time must be passed by a majority vote of the members.

For answers to the "Do you Know Parliamentary Procedures" quiz, click here.

Upcoming Events

One of our advisors, Bessie Dorsey-Davis, is an active member of the Dallas/Ft Worth chapter of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition. Ms Bessie is not walking this year. She is helping to provide accommodations for survivors in the Survivors' Tent.

If you can help with registration or in the Survivors' Tent on September 17, 2011 between 6 - 8:30 AM, please let Ms Bessie know.

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Past Events

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Other News and Events

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