Focus On Women

Abstract

The National Commission on the Observance of First Vice President, Pi Lambda Theta International Women's Year calls on women's National Honor and Professional Association groups to work for the appointment of women to the in Education thousands of advisory and regulatory boards and commissions that help establish policy in local, state, and Federal government. Research shows that in the thirty-nine states for which data are available, 53 percent of such boards had no women members, and on those that did, the proportion of women ranged from 8 percent to 23 percent-while women constitute 53 percent of the population. Chapters wishing to actively promote Pi Lambda Theta's purpose of "fostering leadership among women" may find the guidelines I below useful in moving women into the vital area of appointive off ices. 2 WHAT DO OFFICIALS CONSIDER WHEN MAK I NG APPOl N T M ENTS?Competency-a person who will be a credit, not an embarrassment, to the appointer and whose appointment will receive public acclaim. Demonstrated by past performance, competency is the ability to: