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On May 1, LWVODC celebrated Law Day and held its Annual Meeting. The Honorable Cheri Beasley, Associate Justice of the NC Supreme Court, spoke on women in the judiciary as part of our celebration of Law Day. Afterwards, they held their annual meeting, at which time they elected officers, approved a budget, adopted a program plan, and recognized its volunteers and members for their service.

Minutes of the 2013 Annual Meeting

Results

--LWVODC Board of Directors
- President, Brenda Rogers
- Vice President, Janet Hoy
- Secretary, Ruth Ann Groh
- Treasurer, Susan Marston

One-year terms
- Krishna Mondal
- Bessie Carrington
Two-year terms
- Linda Borkowski
- Marna Doucette
Nominating Committee Chair
- Judie Burke

--Program
The 2013-14 LWVODC Program will guide the League Board as they plan meetings, forums and other activities during League year.

--Budget:
Adopted 2013-2014 Budget

League members worked on a marketing and communication plan with two teams in a Duke marketing class to identify ways to reach out to a demographic that LWVODC currently has not gained traction with: 18-22 year olds and 23-29 year olds. League members Brenda Rogers, Gigi Fein, Cynthia Wertz, Bessie Carrington and Krishna Mondal and six Duke students separated into two teams to accomplish this objective and below are the results. League member Gigi Fein and Professor Martha Reeves coordinated this project.

Team 1:

Explored what 18-22 year olds care about, how they live their lives, what their dreams, goals, aspirations are. The League especially wanted to know what political issues are of importance to this age group. The Duke students presented their project results to the League members on April 23. Project Report

Team 2:

Explored what 23 -29 year olds care about, how they live their lives, what their dreams, goals, aspirations are. The League especially wanted to know what political issues are of importance to this group. The Duke students presented their project results to the League members on April 23. Project Report Summary.

In addition, both teams reviewed League marketing materials, the LWVODC website and facebook page to suggest methods of enhancing our communications to these age groups. Logistics:

Christopher A. Cody, Director of Public Policy Research at the Public School Forum of NC, spoke on charter schools at the Nov. Lunch with the League event. He works with this non-profit think tank (http://www.ncforum.org) on an ongoing study of extended learning. As part of that study he is involved with after school programs as well as charter schools. He is interested in both the positive and the negative effects of charter schools.

The concept of charter schools as presently constituted started in the 1990's. Forty-one states and the District of Columbia currently have charter schools. The impetus for these schools included flexibility, de-centralization and opportunities for innovation. He warned that state requirements vary so much that it is difficult to compare schools in different states.

The League has no position on charter schools, but the LWVUS has a position on privatization. Although charter schools are public non-profit institutions, they may contract with for-profit management companies. North Carolina has about 108 charter schools and an estimated 15% of these have contracted with for-profit management.

At the close of the meeting persons interested in forming a study group were asked to stay and provide their contact information. This group will have its first meeting on December 11 at 9 a.m. at Straw Valley Café at New Hope Commons.

Resource Material
- Vision of Public Education in NC: A Great Public Education for a Great State. On Oct. 4, 2012 the North Carolina State Board of Education adopted the "Vision of Public Education in North Carolina: A Great Public Education System for a Great State" to guide their work. The vision statement and the accompanying 10-page paper is the culmination of work that began at the State Board of Education planning session held in August 2011 in which Board members discussed the need to shift the conversation about public education in North Carolina.

Want to attend the inspiring naturalization ceremony and help new citizens register to vote? Volunteers needed on Fridays!

The League of Women Voters of Wake County has asked ODC Leaguers to assist them in voter registration of new citizens at the naturalization ceremony held every Friday at 10 am and a second one at 2 pm. The USCIS facility is on the edge of the Wake-Durham County lines off of Miami Blvd. at 301 Roycroft Drive, Durham, NC 27703. Packages with voter registration forms are provided by USCIS. Volunteers assist new citizens in completing the forms and collecting them. Betty Ellerbee from LWV-Wake will have a Wake Leaguer assist in the afternoon session to collect the forms and return them to the NC Board of Elections in Raleigh within the 7-day period as required by law.

Please respond by email to Brenda Rogers at Brenda.hyde2@gmail.com or by telephone at 919-968-0833.

Information about the USCIS Office

The LWVODC Membership Directory is for member use ONLY.

You will need to have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to access the online version of the Membership Directory. If you do not have this software, it is a free download at http://www.adobe.com.

The Membership Directory, which includes membership sorted by counties at the end of it, is password protected. If you forget the password, e-mail membership (Membership@lwvodc.org) and request the password.

Membership Directory. Last updated February 13, 2013.

Printing Directions
You can print the membership directory as it appears when you open it by selecting File, then Print. Or, you can print two pages on one page by selecting File, Print, Page Scaling. Then choose multiple pages, use 2 as the default, and then select OK. Reminder: the next time you print with Adobe you will need to redo that setting back to one page per page.

The League of Women Voters is a non partisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government. It works to increase understanding of major public issues and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

The Non Partisan Policy is reviewed and endorsed or revised at the beginning of each League year and subsequently published in the VOTER.

The League of Women Voters of Orange, Durham and Chatham Counties Bylaws provide the framework in which the League operates its non-partisan citizen education and action organization. The By-Laws

- define the purposes and policies of the League and membership requirements,
- identify the duties and responsibilities of its administrative team and how they are to be elected, and
- describe the requirements and processes for the meetings, financial administration, programs and the annual meeting of the LWVODC.

• Membership Handbook

• League of Women Voters Education Fund Clearinghouse contains studies and research conducted by League members. Visitors may download and print the documents. League members may submit documents for this site

• LWV Guide for Candidate Forums:FACE to FACE
- Face to Face: A Guide to Candidate Debates answers all the questions about debate sponsorship in detail.
• LWVODC Candidates Forum Agreement: Rules and Format, updated Sept. 2012
• Publicity/Media Contacts, updated Sept. 2012
• Sample Press Release, updated Sept. 2012
• Candidates Forum Sample Materials: Invitation letter to candidate, Follow up letter to candidate, Forum flyer
• Sample Candidate Letters and Candidate Questions from 2009 Chapel Hill Voters' Guide
• General instructions for LWVUS Program planning: LWVUS Program Planning Overview
  

• LWVODC Brochure
• LWV Logo

• LWV Join Now The logo can only be used on official LWV documentations.

• LWV banner, posters, PR cards, Events Notebook, and other related materials for voter service events or league programs can be obtained by e-mailing: Cynthia_Wertz@embarqmail.com

• LWVODC sound system and microphone. Contact Cynthia_Wertz@embarqmail.com if you need a sound system for your League meeting

You will need to have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to access archived pdf files. If you do not have this software, it is a free download at http://www.adobe.com.

LWVODC Past Presidents and Management Teams

Annual Meeting Reports/Workbooks/Minutes

- 2012-2013 Annual Meeting Minutes

- 2011 Annual Meeting via E-mail and via Website. The Website version also includes the minutes of the 2011 online Annual Meeting.

- 2010 Annual Meeting Report

- 2008-2009 Annual Meeting Workbook Cover
- 2008-2009 Annual Meeting Workbook

- 2007-2008 Annual Meeting Workbook Cover
- 2007-2008 Annual Meeting Workbook

- 2006-2007 Annual Meeting Workbook Cover
- 2006-2007 Annual Meeting Workbook

- Pictures from the 2007 Annual Meeting

League Positions
- Positions archived 05/2010

List of Items Archived at the UNC Wilson Library, Manuscripts Department, SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

- LWV OF CHAPEL HILL CARRBORO RECORDS: Initial Inventory Organized by Roslyn Holdzkom, April 1995

- LWVODC Information and Materials Inventory (1989 - 2009)