In
League
Newsletter of
March 2010
From
Our Co-Presidents
Dear Members,
Like so many groups LWVAC wants to GO GREENER and save $$$ by moving to
email for the "In League" newsletter and membership notices. When
you receive our e-mail message about electronic or paper “In League”, please
hit "REPLY" and respond with either "Send my 'In League'
by email", or "Please send my 'In League' as a hard copy (US
Mail) The Board members have already agreed to email. It would be
great to get most of our membership using electronic communications.
The next board meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. in the Hocking Valley Bank
Conference Room on March 2.
Ellsworth Holden has been
developing an approach to issues based upon an Alternative-Assessment
Array. He has used Social Security Reform as a development vehicle and
has previously presented this procedure to the League Board in a preliminary
form. Thus, the program for the March 2 Members’ Meeting will be OPTIONS
FOR SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM. We hope you will join us for this interesting approach to a
decision making process as applied to the difficult question of Social
Security.
Sincerely,
Ellsworth
Holden and Carol Patterson
2009-2010 Officers
Co-Presidents: Ellsworth Holden and Carol Patterson
Co-Vice Presidents: Dana Carlson and Sarah Watling
Secretary: Mary Wryst
Treasurer: Mary Costello
Board Members: Tim Foran,
Katherine Jellison, Debbie Schmieding, Karen Harvey,
Calendar for 2010
January 5 ==== Consensus Process
January 26 === Town Hall Meeting
February 2 === LWVAC and LWVUS Program Planning Meeting
March 2 ===== Social Security Reform
April 6 ====== Taxation and Finances
April 8 ====== Town Hall Meeting
May ====== Annual Meeting
For questions about anything you see in the newsletter or for meeting information, email athensleagueofwomenvoters@gmail.com
Meetings
and Events
SUMMARY OF LWVAC, MEMBERS’ MEETING, FEBRUARY 2, 2010
The purpose of the Members’ Meeting on February 2, 2010, was to review LWVUS position statements on five national issues: Apportionment, Citizen’s Right to vote, Campaign Finance, Energy, and Health Care. For each LWVUS position statement, teams of two members read the current position statements and the comments from LWVOhio; then they identified the Stakeholders, the Primary Stakeholders and the Key Success Factors for the process embodying the issue. Then each team rated how well the current national position statement fulfills the Key Success Factors, redrafted the LWVUS position statement and reported their deliberations to the whole group.
The LWVAC teams were:
Tim Foran and Ann Fox Apportionment
Mary Lee Powell and Katherine Jellison Campaign Finance
Chris Knisely and Elaine Mather Health Care
Carol Patterson and Lois Whealey Apportionment.
LOOKING AHEAD…
LWVAC,
MEMBERS’ MEETING, MARCH 2, 2010
at 7:00 P.M. in the Hocking Valley Bank Conference Room
TOPIC: SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM OPTIONS
LWVAC,
MEMBERS’ MEETING, APRIL 6, 2010
TOPIC: CONSENSUS MEETING ON STATE TAXATION AND FINANCE
We are hoping to have as Guest Speaker for
this meeting, Matthew Martin, who is Senior Budget Analyst for the State of
This Consensus Meeting will be concerned with a revised LWVOhio position statement on State Taxation and Finance. This was to have been considered at our February meeting a year ago, but the LWVOhio decided that its statement needed more work before going to the local Leagues.
TOWN HALL MEETING IN CONJUNCTION WITH
at 6:30 P.M. at
Topics were selected from concerns expressed on January 26 and include noise, signage, trash, building codes, disorderly conduct and fights, community vitality and integration.
LWVAC ANNUAL MEETING, MAY 13, 2010
This is your opportunity to vote on officers
and the annual budget. We will also look
ahead to 2010- 2011 League year. The
evening promises time to mingle with our fellow leaguers and hear an inspiring
speaker.
NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR WISEMAN AWARD
Please spread the word that all citizens
of
In 2006 The League of Women Votes of
Athens County established the
To nominate someone for the Wiseman Award, before
March 31 please e-mail a message with the nominee’s name and qualifications for
the award to athensleagueofwomenvoters@gmail.com or contact any officer or member of the LWVAC Board.