[Oafcs] Home Economics Society

[Candace Fox]

Dear friends and colleagues,
In response to Jennifer K's question on procedure--
The original letter was from the Board of Directors of the New Mexico affiliate. I opened the discussion to our entire membership rather than just the Board for the sake of transparency. If you want to speak for all of OAFCS, I would think that some type of a vote of the membership would need to be taken.

As Jenny S. pointed out, AAFCS claims to be a member driven organization so possibly those who support specific ideas could gather their thoughts, generate a letter, and then all list their names. That would probably gain more attention than individual letters or one with a generic label.

Personally, I do not see the Academy model gaining us anything, as the NM people pointed out. However, I do not think I want to go back to the Becky home ecky days. As Jennifer K said, we have evolved! Yes, we teach nutrition but not how to make sugar-laden muffins, for example.

I think that the NM affiliate raised specific, concrete objections to the Academy model. Many of our responses have been more philosophical in nature, and I am not sure that is the issue to be debated here. I am more concerned about where our finances will go, and where our scholarship money will go, as Ruth D suggested. What will we gain from the Academy model--but more importantly, what will we lose?

Someone suggested that the PowerPoint might not have been available to all--let me know if you need it or the latest Concept paper.
Candace     Cfox at mvnu.edu<mailto:Cfox at mvnu.edu>



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On Dec 4, 2013, at 10:08 PM, "Jennifer Klaus" <jklaus at neo.rr.com<mailto:jklaus at neo.rr.com>> wrote:

Very well stated. How do you propose we get our voices heard. Do we create a OAFCS response letter to AAFCS? Do we write individual letters? Do we send letters to all the national affilates? If this is something we feel strongly about, how do we start?
Jennifer Klaus

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From: Donna Anderson
Date:12/04/2013 9:45 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Jennifer Klaus ,Manteghi Debra ,Sharon Anghilante ,skb9093 at fuse.net<mailto:skb9093 at fuse.net>,Shannon Stutzman
Cc: oafcs at listserv.ohio.edu<mailto:oafcs at listserv.ohio.edu>
Subject: [Oafcs] Home Economics Society


Okay everyone.  I guess I have gone off the deep end of sanity, but hear me out.

It has been 20 years since "Family and Consumer Science" became our new name.  It should be a house hold name by now and yet no one knows who we are any more.

News articles have been written about "Bring Back Home Economics".

With our world and its new technology, we are needed now more than ever.  Two parent working families.  No one has the time to teach the life blood skills to the next generations.  Diabetes in juveniles at an all time high.  Obesity running rampant in all generations.  Heart disease climbing in its death toll.  We are needed.  What happens when our resources run out, when businesses go belly up, and parents have children that they have no idea how to raise?  We are needed.

Who will teach people how to cook healthy meals?  Who will teach people how to mend and sew on buttons and hem pants and shirts and heaven forbid - sew?  Who will teach our children how to be accepted in society, to find a job, succeed in school and with their peers?  Who will clean the house and make them a safe and healthy place to live?  No one because there will be no one with enough time to teach them, with all of our positions being eliminated.

Home Ec. - Yes that is what is needed.  Bring back the staple that everyone recognizes.  The organization that helps families and people to solve those perennial problems of life and living.

The more I think about this, the more excited I get.  Let's have another Lake Placid, let's be that society that Ellen Richards started so long ago that was so needed in her time.  Let's realize that we are needed every bit as much today.  Let's become that familiar entity that people recognize.

I want to do this.  Let's start the Home Ec. Society.

Is there anyone out there that is with me on this?

Donna Anderson
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