Today's post comes from The Women's Museum's CEO Wanda Brice.
What is it like to be CEO of The Women’s Museum? It is like being caught in a whirlwind of planning, questions, decisions, and fun. Working with the greatest staff ever assembled and doing our best to improve life for women and girls makes it the best job I could ever have.
Today is unnaturally quiet. (Hence, the time to write this blog.) Several of the Admin staff is taking a few days vacation around the 4th Holiday. I really miss anyone who is out of the office for any reason. This is a well-oiled machine, but it needs ALL the spokes of our wheel.
Currently we are working with our Board on a new Strategic Plan. We completed the goals of the 2005 Plan two years early. Now we are looking forward 5 years again. Such big plans. Cross your fingers for us.
We are in the midst of our free summer camps for girls. Providing 10 weeks of camp this year was VERY ambitious. If the Education Department survives, they may think about asking for more staff next year!
The Texas State Fair, with 3 million visitors, will be here before we can believe it. This year, we have a huge schedule of exhibits, programs, and our fourth year of the Texas Girls’ State Fair. Most important is collecting, scheduling and training the volunteers. We use 40 a day for the three weeks of the Fair! Yikes.
August will be Women’s Suffrage month and our celebration will go on all month. There will be special exhibits, programs and events here. We celebrate the right to vote. Now, we just need to get ALL women to do it!
Wanda's photo provided courtesy of Women's Enterprises
