SWEA Michigan have approxiately 90 medlemmar, who lives in the metropolitan Detroit, Ann Arbor and Lansing areas.
The membership fee is $40 per year.
As a members you will recieve SWEA Bladet, SWEA Michigans magazine, ca 3 times per year. You will also recieve SWEA Forum, SWEA Internationals magazine, spring and fall, and SWEA-Nytt (SWEA News) SWEA Internationals electronic newsletter.
As a member you may also subscribe at a reduced rate to the following magazines:
Sweden & America (Swedish Council of Americas tidning) $8 dollar/4 nr.
Make your subscription through our treasurer kassör, Cecilia Astemo-Williams. Link to PDF-file.Nordic Reach - $11/4 nr. See also www.nordicreach.com.
Nordstjernan - $35/22 nr. See also www.nordstjernan.com.
Note! Specialprice when you subscribe to both Nordic Reach and Nordstjernan - $40. Subscribe directly through Swedish News, Inc. Link to PDF file.If you have any questions regarding these magazines feel free to contact our president.
Each fall a Regional Meeting, RM, is held where all the chapters in the region meets for a regional board meeting and events. SWEA Michigan belongs to Mellersta Amerikas, MAME, (middle americas). Other chapters in our region are: Arizona, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Florida, Houston, Minnesota, New Orleans och Toronto (Canada). This year, 2009, the regional meeting will be held in Houston.
Every other year there in a Världsmöte med Kongress (Worldmeeting with Congress). The program for these meets are full of events, with things to see and do, learning, dinners and the chance to see other Sweor from the whole world. All members are invited to these events.
As a members you will also get invited to celebrate Valborg (Walpurgis), Midsommar (Midsummer), räkafton (shrimp fest), biokvällar (movie nights), kulturbesök (cultural events) and other interesting arrangements.
Ususally we will meet at home and assign a committe who will help with the different arrangements. As a member you will be asked to help on at least on committe a year not including the annual Christmas Fair where everyone is expected to help. Working on a commite is also a very good way of getting to know each other.
Sometimes SWEA Michigan will get together with other swedish organizations in the metro Detroit area to celebrate the Swedish National Day or maybe a visit by the Ambassador.
Our biggenst event of the year is our annual Christmas Fair, which is open to the public. The fair takes place on a Saturday in the middle of November. We are counting on your participation in teh fair. See the calendar for time and place for this years fair.
Interested in becoming a member of SWEA Michigan?
The requirements for membership are as follows:
Be a Swedish or Swedish speaking woman, eighteen (18) years of age or older.
Be dedicated to the purposes of SWEA International.
Be of good character.
Be living in the geographic area covered, or reside there due to long term employment or educational assignment. An otherwise qualified woman from an area with no SWEA Chapter may, however, be admitted as a member of the most conveniently located SWEA Chapter.
If you think this sounds interesting and you meet the qualifications above, follow this link to download a membership application!
For more information,Contact Membership, Inger Lindelöf,
e-post: member@sweamichigan.org
or our President, Christina Mai,
e-post: michigan@swea.org or president@sweamichigan.org
senast uppdaterad 02/27/2010
