CALENDAR NOTES

LWV COWLITZ COUNTY

AS OF 1/3/08

JANUARY: 1/3/08 Board Meeting

Finalize Survey

Mail Survey

Keep track of the returned surveys

Meet with Chamber about Forums this year

FEBRUARY 2/7/08 Board Meeting

Formation of Committees for the activities of the year

Review Survey results / call on those who did not respond

Schedule General Meeting to discuss survey results and plans

Publish Date and Time of Meeting to members – email

and regular mail

Publish Date and Time of Meeting to Community

MARCH 3/6/08 Board Meeting

General Meeting Preparation

General Meeting Personal Invitations by phone

Newspaper again

Conduct General Meeting

APRIL 4/3/08 Board Meeting

Preparation for Annual Meeting

Discuss Components of meeting, date, location, etc

MAY 5/1/08 Board Meeting

Mail out dues statements

JUNE 6/5/08 Board Meeting

Annual Meeting for LWV Cowlitz County

LWV National Convention in Portland Oregon

JULY 7/3/08 Board Meeting

Last 2 weeks of month – taping for Primary Forum

AUGUST 8/7/08 Board Meeting

8/3/08 Ballots Mailed for Primary

8/21/08 Primary

SEPTEMBER 9/4/08 Board Meeting

OCTOBER 10/2/08 Board Meeting

Between 10/1 and 10/20 Forum for General Election

10/19/08 Ballots Mailed for General Election

NOVEMBER 11/6/08 Board Meeting

11/6/08 General Election

DECEMBER 12/4/08 Board Meeting

Here are the 2008 Legislative Priorities for LWVWA

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WASHINGTON

2008 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES

Strengthening Democracy
LWVWA will strengthen democracy in Washington by:
working to pass local option campaign finance legislation,
working to pass adequate funding for Civics Education and testing.

Priorities for a Healthy Washington
LWVWA will protect Washington's natural environment:
Implement global warming pollution reduction goals (SB 6001-2007),
Encourage responsible land use planning that reduces emissions of global warming gases,
Create programs that protect and promote trees and urban forests,
Promote programs that provide locally grown produce from small and mid-size farms for schools and food banks.

Improving Access to Health Care
LWVWA will work to improve access to health care in Washington by supporting legislation that:
provides full implementation of Cover All Kids (SB 5093),
funds premium assistance for the Health Insurance Partnership,
provides coverage for low income 19-25 year olds,
funds an analysis and comparison of the costs to be borne by individuals, business, and government of 3-4 models of health care delivery,
funds home visits for Pierce County low income children with asthma.

Improving Education and Early Learning
LWVWA will work for improved education and early learning in Washington by supporting:
a plan to amply fund basic education,
policies and programs that promote the well-being and safety of all children, professional development of child care staff with adequate compensation,

Protecting Human Health and the Natural Environment
Prevent hazardous wastes, including radioactive, from being deposited at any site until that site has been cleaned up,
Protect children from harm due to unsafe toys and child products.

Working for a Better Washington
The League will continue to work for a better Washington by supporting
policy solutions that guarantee reproductive choice,
provide adequate regulation of handguns,
provide sustainable transportation infrastructure improvement and development,
and move toward a fairer, more balanced system of taxation.

League of Women Voters of Washington
4710 University Way NE, #214
Seattle, WA 98105
www.lwvwa.org, lwvwa@lwvwa.org
206-622-8961,

Lobby Day in Olympia coming up, February 1st

I am going and I have a big car. I would be glad to drive. The registration information for the event follows.

Use this link to register:

http:///lwvwa.org/Lobby%20Day%20Agenda%20Registration%2008.pdf

You can copy and paste the link into your browser. I have also placed a link for this at the bottom of the Blog page. Called "Lobby Day 2008" Just scroll to the bottom of the page and click on it.

It should be an interesting day. We will be informed on the legislative priorities and then have appointments with our legislators.

Hope you can join us.

Board Meeting Minutes, November 1st, 2007

The meeting was called to order at 7am.
Present: Dee O'Neill, Kay Green, Joan LeMieux, Ilona Kerby, Jean Bruner, Lori Sarancik

We have added two new members who have joined through the National League Website. Lori will send them some information and invite them to our meetings. Also, a community member would like to volunteer to help with some projects for the League.

Discussion about the candidate forums that took place this year. We have plans to suggest something new for next year. Lori to follow up with the Chamber president to see if there is interest in a new format that has been used in other Leagues in the State.

Revitalization Plans First step is to send out a survey to the members of the League. We will use the mailing list from the National Web site to capture members of the past who might give us some suggestions on rebuilding the League. This will be a first step in our plan. We will have the survey prepared for the next board meeting. Mail it out and by the January board meeting we will take the information gathered in the survey and schedule a general membership meeting. Input was given on the questions for the survey. Lori will prepare a document and email it to the board members (snail mail to Jean) before November 15th. Board members can give further comments on the survey before it goes out in the mail. We will utilize the help of our new volunteer in order to get the info out in the mail.

Next Board Meeting is December 6th, 2007

Welcome to the LWV Cowlitz County Blog!

We are up and running with a presence on the web. We can use this space to publish information, copies of meeting notes, calendar events, opinions.

Comments can be gathered from anyone.

I am emailing a link to the site to the entire membership list. Please post a comment that includes your email address if you are interested in being added as a poster to the Blog.

In the next few minutes, I will be adding some contact info, some info on our monthly meeting schedule, and some notes from our last meeting.

Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested.