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Share Your Study! Find a Study! Looking for inspiration for program planning? Don’t want to reinvent the wheel for your study kit? Curious how other Leagues have approached a tough issue?
Visit http://clearinghouse.lwv.org/ to see League studies from across the country.
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The LWVEF Board recently adopted guidelines for all activities involving presidential candidates in the lead-up to Election 2012. These guidelines cover online and print voters' guides and debates and will be applied to VOTE411.org.
Please note that any League-sponsored activity featuring presidential candidates must first be approved by LWVUS/EF. Click here for information on this process.
The 2010-2012 LWVUS Nominating Committee needs YOU! You can help us find great League members to lead us in 2012-2014 on the LWVUS Board. This national Board will be leading us forward and helping make the League stronger. Our LWVUS leaders have honed their leadership skills beginning as a local league member and we are proud to continue that tradition. You can let us know who you see as the next national leader from your League.
Judy Duffy
Advocacy Committee Chair
As many of you know, I’m serving my third term on the national board, and, in addition to being first vice president, I’m chairing the Advocacy Committee. Before being asked to be on the LWVUS board, I was president of the League of Women Voters of Minnesota and served on the Developing Countries committee at the national level, as well as the Budget Committee. So I’ve had a number of opportunities to see the League from different perspectives.
In January, the LWV Board of Directors will be setting the LWV Advocacy Priorities for the upcoming year. Setting advocacy priorities is an annual responsibility for the LWV Board.
According to the LWV Impact on Issues, the goals for setting priorities to guide the LWV advocacy work are to:
This 2010 Convention workshop focused on fiscal issues encountered by local and state Leagues. It provided information on what kinds of procedures Leagues should have in place to protect your League's funds: financial authorizations, record keeping, separation of responsibilities, audits. Participants will also learn about how Education Funds can be used to strengthen your League: appropriate uses and, if your League does not have an Education Fund account, how you can access the services of the national League's Education Fund.
