Doll News Summer 2015 - (Page 8)
A Warm Welcome to
Our Newest Members
The United Federation of Doll Clubs would like
to welcome our newest members:
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Ruby Lane
Region 1
Ann Horton
Maggie Martos
Lynda Darleen McGuckie
Deborah P. Olsen
Betty J. Patterson
Vicky Weyhing
Region 2N
Dawn Ancell Sage
Melinda Nunley
Region 2S
Lynda Farr
Marita Neumann
Jack Rockwell
Holly Ulseth
Region 3
Jeanette Rector
Region 5
Deb Beck
Marilyn Menser
Janet Wainwright
Region 6
Delores Gray
Cheryl Johnson
Marilyn Kohls
Teresa Lucero
Region 7
Jean Thibodeaux
Region 8
Marsha Browning
Kathleen A. Pisano
James Matthew Sutherland
Christina Turpela
Region 9
Michelle Childs-McCarthy
Cheryl Dunham
Barbara Epstein
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Jan Goers
Diana K. Holmes
Mary Kartes
Marilyn J. Lewis
Kathy Maher
Patricia Montgomery
Janet Newhouse
Carolyn E. Terrell
Jeanie Van Arsdale
Region 10
Kathleen Hoffman
Linda Jakubowski
Marie Odile Rourke
Jackie Tyler
Region 12
James Holland
Nao Kamato
Region 13
Carol Howard
David Johnson
Beverly A. Ockimey
Walter Plank
Anne Ryan
Ethel W. Smith
Region 14
Elizabeth Cooper
Anita Girard
Susan Porter
Connie Proelta
Diane Wojcik-Pekala
Region 15
Susan Matteri
Pam Pezzulo
Lora Soling
Joan Syriopoulos
Region 16
Heather U. Bott-Cloutier
Frances May
GETTING TO KNOW YOU
The UFDC
Club President's Survey
UFDC's Membership Committee is chartered to examine issues
pertaining to membership and support the needs of the organization
both today and for the future. The current committee members are:
Marseille Bunk, Carol Hansen, Becky Rice and Beverly Stoehr.
Barbara Stone, UFDC Secretary-Treasurer and Director, New
Membership serves as the committee's chair.
Recent activities of the Membership Committee include new
member booklets sent to each new member, outlining a membership
campaign, organizing convention activities, and conducting surveys.
The Committee created membership-oriented Dynamic Doll Dialogues
for the 2014 and 2015 Conventions. In addition to manning the
information table at Public Days the Committee organized a survey
of attendees at the 2014 convention. Each non-member Public Day
attendee was sent an MAL application and each UFDC member Public
Day attendee was sent a 2015 convention invitation.
One of the major projects this year has been a survey of UFDC
clubs. Maintaining and expanding membership is a challenge
compounded by many issues including an aging population,
economics, and changing demographics. Key to serving the needs of
the members of our organization is to learn more about them. To carry
this out the Membership Committee structured a club survey which
was sent to the presidents of all UFDC clubs. Over half of UFDC's 473
club presidents responded providing the Executive Committee with
valuable input to aid in structuring future plans and programs.
We learned that while club members range in age from 18 to
over 70, over 75-percent of our members are over 60 years of age
and 42-percent are over 70 years. Clubs reported that 48-percent of
their members are very active and an estimated 17-percent attend a
national convention and 16-percent a regional conference.
Club members collect across the spectrum of dolls: antique,
vintage, modern and artist dolls. The majority of the reporting clubs
have members who collect antique dolls, but we are not an "antiquesonly organization" since the percent spread over antique, vintage
and modern collecting is not statistically significant. Additionally,
79-percent of the clubs reported having doll artists/doll makers/doll
costumers in their club.
Seventy-one percent of clubs reported having a focus or project.
These included educational activities (displays and programs),
luncheons and doll shows. Many reported philanthropic activities
such as donating dolls to the needy etc. in addition to supporting
UFDC.
On behalf of the Membership Committee, I want to thank each
club president who took the time to answer and return the survey.
This important information will help UFDC continue to explore new
ways of serving the needs of our members now and in the future.
Dr. Barbara Stone
UFDC Secretary-Treasurer
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Doll News Summer 2015
From the Editor
UFDC Offi cers and Regional Directors
President’s Message
Conference Calendar
A Warm Welcome to Our Newest Members / Getting to Know You – The UFDC Club President’s Survey
Fundraising Committee Report
The Marvelous Magical Betsy McCall
Betsy Original Paper Doll
The Story behind UFDC’s Emblem – Miss Unity
Steiff ’s Timeless and Beloved “Teddy Baby” Bears
Native Alaskan Dolls
Russian Stockinette Dolls
The Mark Farmer Company Story
Dress Up Fun with Betsy McCall, a Game
Tammy – The Doll You Love To Dress
The Care of An American Icon
A Study in Aesthetics: Considering the Uncanny Doll
Maternal Love – The Dolls of Anne Myatt
Patti Playpal – A Big Doll for a Little Girl
Who Dressed Betsy McCall
Heavens to Betsy!
UFDC Region 14 Conference – Golden Memories
Club Notes
Reviewing Resources
In Our Memories
Donations
UFDC Nominating Process – 2016 Election Information for Regional Directors
MAL Form
News & Notes
Doll News Summer 2015
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