But the women say they simply could not stand any more disappointment and frustration.
"We were too badly burned by the Cambridge Chamber," Myers says. "We don't need people telling us we can't do things that we know we can do."
Their means and goals of the women's new organization are more suited to its overall objectives, say members.
For instance, as part of their
Chamber leadership roles, the women pursued sponsorships and raised money for the Chamber's general fund, without receiving much in return, they say.
So after what the women describe as a year of frustrating gender and power battles, they decided they were "simply wasting energy fighting with the Chamber," Myers says.
Levine says she eventually realized that "We could no longer serve the community by working within the Chamber."
Temporarily defeated, the women even considered "just walking away," Myers says, until they recognized that they simply could not abandon the idea of luncheons to support women in business.
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