Mission Statement: The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan political organization. We encourage the informed and active participation of citizens in government. We work to increase the understanding of major public policy issues and influence public policy through education and advocacy.

Community Outreach

In an effort to better serve our community, we are reaching out to other organizations that might be interested in attending our programs, panel discussions and forums. If you or your organization are interested in receiving monthly updates of our program offerings, please contact Gwynne DeLong/Community Outreach at communityor@lwvschenectady.org. All are welcome.

Speaker's Bureau The League is putting together a Speaker's Bureau: a list of members who would be willing to speak on topics the League has studied or has an interest in. This list would be distributed to other community organizations, schools and groups who would have an interest in one or more of the topics available. If you are willing to share your knowledge and expertise with the community, please let us know. You can email or call me at communityor@lwvschenectady.org.

Program Information We are working on ways to share news of our programs with more of our community. At present I have reached out to a few groups who are willing to receive monthly emails from us listing upcoming League sponsored events. If you are affiliated with any groups who might like to get this kind of news via email, please email me at communityor@lwvschenectady.org.

THANK YOU

Thank you Cay and David Raycroft For many years of service. You have stapled, taped, labled, sorted and lugged our Bulletins to the Post Office in wind, rain, snow and ice. Thank you for your generous expense of effort and time. Your service is very much appreciated. The LWV Board

SAVE THE DATE!

Save the date for the 2010 Fall Buffet Luncheon Wednesday, September 8 at noon Stockade Inn, corner Union & Church

Stephen Feeney from the County Planning Department will talk about the four bike paths and their stages of completion, as well as, the funding stream that determines their progress.

Cost: $20 per person.
RSVP Connie 393-7061 or cyoung50@nycap.rr.com by September 5th

NATIONAL CONVENTION

Submitted by Judy Middelkoop, Treasurer

Pat MacKinnon and I attended the LWVUS Convention in Atlanta Georgia (June 12-15, 2010) as delegates, and we found it to be an enlightening and productive conference! We had the privilege of listening to numerous former presidents who talked about their own and the League's accomplishments. They spoke about Motor Voter, the Equal Rights Amendment, and the thawing of relations during the cold war to name just a few. These women are truly inspiring! The event was taped, and National promised to make a CD available to the membership. The delegates approved the following two studies at convention:
1. The LWVUS Board recommended study of the Federal Role in Public Education. The study will focus on the role of the federal government in education policymaking, with possible consideration of funding, common standards and/or governance relationships among all levels of the government. The scope will depend on available resources, including committee and LWVUS staff time.
2. The non-recommended item on Privatization: the policy agenda to transfer government functions, services and assets to the private sector.

We also approved concurrences to amend and update the LWVUS Arms Control position; to add the LWVMD & LWVME's position on Marriage Equality to the Equality of Opportunity position; and to add the following words as the third sentence to the LWVUS position on selection of the president: "We support the use of the National Popular Vote Compact as one acceptable way to achieve the goal of the direct popular vote for election of the president until the abolition of the Electoral College is accomplished."

And we approved resolutions that the LWVUS should: support lifting the travel restrictions for Americans going to Cuba; support safe drilling and mining for energy resources; call upon the Senate to change its rules to limit the use of the filibuster; add the principle of TRANSPARENCY to the SARA Resolution; advocate strongly for bills that legislate for improved Medicare for all; and highlight the need for those responsible for the oil spill to be held accountable as well as demand that our government hold those responsible for the environmental disaster accountable for the clean-up.

We worked hard at the conference attending workshops and caucuses; debating and coming to conclusions on the studies, concurrences and resolutions; we approved the LWVUS program and budget and elected a new board. But it wasn't all work. We also had the privilege of listening to Secretary Kathleen Sebelius! She talked about the women's suffrage movement and the League's values. She also spoke on the Affordable Care Act and how groups like the League of Women Voters continue to have an important role to play by being a resource for seniors and all Americans who are confused or have heard conflicting information from special interest groups that were created to attack health insurance reform. For more information about the conference and to read transcripts of Secretary Sebelius's remarks go to the National League's website: http://www.lwv.org and click on Get Up-to-Date Convention 2010 Information in the upper right hand side.

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