Policy Statement
regarding Area, District Conferences/Seminars and International Convention funding RESOLVED, by the membership of Zonta Club of St. Paul, that monies should be set aside to reimburse some of the expenses for representatives of our club at the area meeting, district conference/seminar and international convention.

STATED RULES:
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
1. The President and President Elect, if available, should be selected to represent the Zonta Club of St. Paul as the delegate and alternate, respectively, to the international convention. The finance committee would recommend to the membership to provide for a set amount of monies to be used for the International Convention. For the International Convention, the Club would first pay for registration and required convention meals for its delegate and alternate. Any unused money as approved by the membership could be used to offset other convention expenses of the delegate and alternate.

DISTRICT CONFERENCE:
l. The finance committee would recommend to the membership to provide for a set amount of monies to be used for the District Conference. The President and President Elect, if available, should be selected to represent the Zonta Club of St. Paul as the delegate and alternate, respectively to the District Conference. For the District Conference, the club would first pay for registration of the delegate and alternate. Any unused money as approved by the membership could be used to offset other conference expenses of the delegate and alternate, including lodging, travel and meals.

  DISTRICT SEMINARS AND AREA MEETINGS:
1. The finance committee would recommend to the membership to provide for a set amount of monies to be used for the District Seminars and Area Meetings. All members who choose to attend the District Seminar and Area Meetings will share equally in the monies designated for reimbursements of expenses. The Club would first pay for registration and any unused money as so approved by the membership would then be used to reimburse other seminar or area meeting expenses.

District Conference Invitation
Included with this newsletter is the invitation to District Conference, October 12-14 in Fargo, ND. The registration fee is $125 which includes dinner Friday and Saturday evenings, breakfast and lunch on Saturday and brunch on Sunday. Hotel rooms are $79 for singles and $99 for doubles. I would encourage you to attend. Since this Conference includes a Business Meeting which requires a vote, each club must select and credential a delegate and an alternate. We will select those people at our August meeting. They will be voting on the District Budget and our Area 3 Director. Please be prepared to discuss these actions at our meeting so that we can direct our Delegate's vote. In this newsletter you will find the Finance Committee's recommendation to the membership for financial assistance for members to attend this, and Area and International meetings. Gather Your Old Cell Phones! As a part of the District Conference, we are being invited to bring/send our old cell phones to Fargo to be gathered and reprogrammed for the use of women who live in at-risk and abusive situations. So, if you have an old cell phone please bring it to our August or September meetings to send with our Delegate.