JASNA Oregon & SW Washington Region

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Welcome to the Oregon & SW Washington Region of the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA). We are a friendly and active group dedicated to the appreciation of Jane Austen's life and works. 

Our region's chapter was formed after the 1985 JASNA AGM in Savannah, GA, when then-JASNA President Lorraine Hanaway asked Mary Margaret Benson to be the regional coordinator for the new region. Our first meeting was held soon after in McMinnville, and was attended by Paula Stepankowsky, Kenneth Ericksen, Frank McClanahan, and Mary Margaret Benson. 

The rest is history..

Regional Coordinators

  • Mary Margaret Benson (founder, 1985 - 1992)
  • Patricia Fulbright and Karen Vaught-Alexander
  • Susan Schwartz
  • Frank McClanahan and Pauline Beard
  • Bill Boyd (2009 - 2011)
  • Kim Higgins (2011 - 2015)
  • Margaret Christmann (2015 - 2019)
  • Marcia Hamley and Margaret Christmann (2019 - 2021)
  • Linda Olson (2021 - 2023)
  • Vonnie Alto (2023 - Current)

Regional Bylaws

Below are the bylaws for our region (updated as of January 2020). Please use the internal scroll bar on the right in order to navigate the document.