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If you’re familiar with Women in Aviation, International, you know that ”Women in Aviation-” is usually proceeded with a Chapter name. “Women in Aviation- Sea and Sky Chapter” or “Women in Aviation-Oshkosh Chapter.” (If you aren’t familiar- get that way: ww.wai.org.)
I realized the other day (coincidentally, after I ranted about networking) that I have been without a Women in Aviation Chapter for over a year now. I have been a member for seven years(!) now, and the other day it hit me-I can no longer be Chapterless!!! It isn’t good for my social life, nor is it good for my networking life. Or my future scholarship life. Or my future career prospects. I could go on…
There is good news and bad news here. The bad news is that I’m in England. Far, far away from a chapter. The good news is: I’m in freaking England! And no chapter means that I get to START a chapter! Which gives me even more experience/job qualifications/scholarship bragging rights than if I were just a member of another chapter back home. So I’m off working on another “good idea” (I have a lot of them lately.) But this time, it has substance. I’ve thrown the idea of starting a new chapter around to some chicas out here, and everyone seems to think it’s a good idea, and it will work! So where do I start…
I just need 10 members. That’s all. No biggie. Except of all the people I know, I don’t know ten women involved in aviation that live in Mildenhall, England. I know three. And it just so happens I don’t see them very often, and, thanks to my AWESOME networking skills, have no contact info for them. (I’m learning!)
Anyways, it’s a go. I’m starting a chapter of Women in Aviation. So in a few weeks, hopefully I’ll have a catchy little chapter name after my “Women in Aviation” title. Women in Aviation- Lakenheath/Mildenhall, perhaps. I’ll let you know.
