Reporting on the
WICE 2004 Fall Event

"Over 75 people attended the recent NYS Women in Communications and Energy (WICE) Fall Event, hosted in Con Edison’s Irving Place auditorium. Founded 14 years ago, one of WICE’s main objectives is to encourage dialogue between women at all levels to promote self-development and professional advancement."

WICE Connection

We are pleased to present to you a special issue of our (no longer nameless) WICE newsletter. As you will note from our masthead, the winning entry in our Name the Newsletter Contest is WICE Connection.

After considering a host of entries, some ingenious (“Power in Communication," with the “O” in Communication being a light bulb), some a smart play on words (“Of WICE and Women”), the new name was selected by a vote of the Board of Directors. It was actually suggested by Cecille Drier, of Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. Thanks to her!

The name WICE Connection is particularly appropriate for our organization. It describes both our purpose—to provide a connection among the women who work in our industries—and the industries themselves, which provide connections necessary to our way of life.

This special issue concentrates on our enormously successful Fall Event. Maria Pollard of Orange and Rockland Utilities, a veteran of a number of WICE events, reports on the meeting and its very substantive panels, while Victoria Galsterer, of the PSC, who was attending her first WICE conference, offers her unique perspective on the conference.

Our next edition of WICE Connection will be coming later in the winter, and will include information on our Spring Event. Look for the article by Anne Dalton in this edition about the Spring Event.

We wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season! And stay connected!

Nancy Plotkin nancy_plotkin@dps.state.ny.us
Janet Deixler jandeix@nycap.rr.com