AAUW Website Scavenger Hunt
AAUW has launched a new website at www.aauw.org that is much easier to navigate than the old site. To encourage Vermont members to have a look at the site and to try to find useful information on it, AAUW of Vermont is holding a scavenger hunt. All completed scavenger hunt forms will be entered in a drawing for a $100 prize. The winner’s name will be drawn during the first week of March.
Directions for Scavenger Hunt
Go to www.aauwvt.org and click the “news and new links” tab; the link to the scavenger hunt is the first link on the top. Please print the scavenger questions from the website, fill in the answers, and add your name and contact information on the bottom. Snail mail completed entrees to Gudrun Hutchins, 421 Barber Pond Road, Pownal VT 05261. If several members work together on one entry, include the name of all members who actively participated so that each participant has a chance of winning the prize.
Question? Please email Gudrun Hutchins or telephone her at 802-823-7220.
You will be asked to list the URL and the “breadcrumb”.
The URL is the specific web address for the page you are looking at; it will be visible on the top of the browser window starting with http. Since many of the addresses will start with http://www.aauw.org/, that part has been filled in for you already. This is the address you would type into your browser to go directly to this page.
The breadcrumb (as in Hansel and Gretel’s breadcrumb trail) gives the navigation to the particular section of the website; for example: Home > Advocacy > Public Policy > Voter Education. It is listed near the top of the AAUW page just under the header with the faces. Both the URL and the breadcrumb give information on how this large website is organized and how to find specific items quickly.
Some of the questions will require log in to the Member Center. If you don’t remember your member ID number, use the look-up feature to log in.
Helpful Hints
1. Look at the submenus to the main sections; this will generally give you a good start.2. Click on “site index” in the upper right corner; this will give you links to a long list of topics. Example: What institution received the Progress in Equity Award from the Legal Advocacy Fund in 2007?
Institution: Charter Oak College
URL: http://www.aauw.org/advocacy/laf/awards/pie_2007winner.cfm
Breadcrumb: Home > Advocacy > Legal Advocacy > Grants and Awards
1. Find the AAUW Newsroom and read the Press release of September 28, 2007. What is the name of the Legal Advocacy Fund plaintiff who won a large settlement for Pay Inequity?
Name of Plaintiff: _______________________________________
URL: http://www.aauw.org/_______________________________________________________________
Breadcrumb: __________________________________________________________________________
2. Find the Adelante Book Club Section and click on this year’s list. What is the book for March 2008?
Name of book:_____________________________________________________________________
URL: http://www.aauw.org/_______________________________________________________________
Breadcrumb: __________________________________________________________________________
3. Find information on Pay Equity.
URL: http://www.aauw.org/_______________________________________________________________
Breadcrumb: __________________________________________________________________________
4. Find the Two Minute Activist. Click on the “Issues and Legislation” tab to see a list of recent alerts.
URL: http://___________________________________________________________________________
No breadcrumb – AAUW uses a section of the capwiz database.
5. Find information on Community Action Grants
URL: http://www.aauw.org/_______________________________________________________________
Breadcrumb: __________________________________________________________________________
6. Find the AAUW Directory of Fellowship and Grant Recipients.
How much money was awarded for American Fellowships in 2007-2008? $________________________
URL: http://www.aauw.org/_______________________________________________________________
Breadcrumb: __________________________________________________________________________
7. Find a Supply Order Form for branches. It can be filled out on line.
URL http://www.aauw.org/_______________________________________________________________
Breadcrumb: __________________________________________________________________________
8. Find the State and Branch Finance Toolkit.
URL: http://www.aauw.org/_______________________________________________________________
Breadcrumb:__________________________________________________________________________
9. Find the Leadership Directory (under Member Center). Who is state president of New York?
Name of New York State President:________________________________________________________
URL: http://___________________________________________________________________________
No breadcrumb. For security reasons only logged in members can access the leadership directory.
10. Find branch programming materials on international issues. The material called “International
Matters” has been developed by members of the AAUW International Relations Committee.
URL: http://www.aauw.org/_______________________________________________________________
Breadcrumb: __________________________________________________________________________
Thank you for participating!
Name________________________________________________________________
Address______________________________________________________________
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Email______________________________________________________
Phone_____________________________________________________
Branch_____________________________________________________
Members who worked with you (if applicable)
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