NOTE: ALL ITEMS PASSED AT CONVENTION AS PRESENTED.
SEE BELOW FOR INDIVIDUAL PROPOSALS
WELCOME TO LWVNCA'S VIRTUAL 2022 ANNUAL CONVENTION!
May 7, 2022, 9:30 AM ~ 1:00 PM
Check-in 9:30 to 10:00 AM; Meeting begins 10:00AM
Convention Flyer with Registration Link
2022 CONVENTION WORKBOOK IS READY-Click here to view or download
See the LWV of Howard County's Annual Report HERE. (submitted after the Workbook was published).
List of Resources (at bottom of page)
It is that time again. The 2022 LWVNCA Annual Convention will again be held virtually by Zoom on Saturday, May 7. At the 2022 Convention, we will be approving a Budget for FY22-23, Electing Officers and Board members, and refining our program. According to LWVNCA Bylaws, the date for notifying Leagues of items for consideration is 30 days before Convention, so watch for updates by April 7. The complete Convention Workbook will be made available electronically later in April. Items for consideration and approval are listed below.
Convention will start at 10:00 AM with Keynote Speaker Ayo Atterberry, LWVUS Chief Strategy Officer [ view bio here] with panelists from the three jurisdictions (DC, MD & VA) who will discuss the latest developments in voting rights and voting laws in the U.S. and the region.
Delegate registration will end 5PM, May 6. Remember to select "delegate" on your registration if you have been appointed as a delegate from your League. Delegate count by League is listed in chart below. Membership and delegate numbers have been sent to local Leagues as follows:
League Membership & Delegate Numbers by League are:
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Proposed Agenda/Order of Business
LWVNCA Annual Convention, Saturday, May 7, 2022
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Proposed Order of Business
Click here to view as stand-alone document
Virtual Meeting call to Order Joyce Starks, President
10:00 – 10:45 Welcome & Introductions Joyce Starks, LWVNCA President
• Keynote Speaker Ayo Atterberry, LWVUS Chief Strategy Officer
• Presidents from LWVDC (Kathy Chiron), LWVMD (Nancy Soreng), LWV-VA (Deb Wake) will serve as Panelists
Topic: The latest developments in voting rights and voting laws in the U.S. and in the Region; followed by Q & A.
Moderated by President Joyce Starks
Roll Call of Member Leagues Substitute Secretary, Kathy Matusiak
Credentials Report Credentials Committee, Bill Thomas & Sherry Zachry
Adoption of Order of Business President Joyce Starks
Adoption of Convention Rules Parliamentarian, Sherry Zachry
Minutes of 2021 Convention- previously approved by the LWVNCA Board
Nominating Committee Report & Election of
Directions to the Board
Adjournment
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Proposed Rules of Convention
Proposed Rules of the 2022 LWVNCA Convention
1. Proceedings will be guided by the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, unless the LWVNCA bylaws prescribe otherwise. (Article X)
2. Voting privileges are limited to delegates from member Leagues (local and state) in good standing and LWVNCA Board members. (Article VII, Section 2)
b. The LWVNCA board may make an exception in the case of proven hardship.”
c. To conform to this bylaw, representatives from Leagues not paid in full will not have the privilege of the floor, the right to vote, or the right to make motions. PMP will be accepted any time before the opening plenary session to enable Leagues to have delegates with full voting privilege.
b. After you vote please lower the raise hand icon.
B. The following proposed rules are subject to approval by a majority vote of the Convention. Delegates may elect to amend these proposals or introduce others.
1. Floor privileges
b. At in person meetings, a member wishing to address the Convention shall stand (as they are able). Zoom meetings: Members will use the Zoom “raise hand feature “to request recognition. The chair will do her best to recognize people in order. When recognized by the chair, a member shall state her/his name and member-League affiliation.
c. Discussion will be limited to two minutes per speaker unless otherwise specified.
2. Motions. Only delegates and LWVNCA Board members can make motions. All motions of substance shall be entered in the Chat Box. At in person meetings, motion forms are available at the registration table.
3. When you are not speaking or casting a voice vote, please mute your phone or computer.
4. Minutes. The Secretary will draft the Convention minutes, clear them with a reading committee appointed at the convention and submit the resulting version to the LWVNCA Board for approval.
5. Directions to the Board. Directions should be sent to the president in advance of the meeting at JoyceStarks [at] aol.com. At the meeting, they can be submitted by writing them in the Chat Box.
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Proposed Budget for FY22-23 with accompanying Statement
View or download Proposed Budget
LWVNCA BUDGET COMMITTEE REPORT FOR PROPOSED LWVNCA FY2022-2023 BUDGET
The LWVNCA FY 2022-2023 Proposed Budget shows total expected funding and expenditures of $7,250 as compared to $9,650 in FY2021-2022. The LWVNCA will hold per-member-payment (PMP) steady at $1.10 per primary member and $0.55 for additional household members. The Budget Committee projects $1,568 in PMP income. This is a decrease of $220 from last year’s PMP, reflecting a small drop in membership from February 2021 to February 2022, which is understandable in the second year of a pandemic.
Last year the Budget Committee assumed that we would be able to resume live events by the Fall. This did not occur but we do believe that this year will be the change and we can resume live events. Therefore, we have included funds to support the Presidents’ Luncheon in the Fall and the Annual Convention in May 2023. All those events require a registration fee or other payment, and total event revenue of $2,480 is included in income. Total expenses for the three events are estimated at $3,250, so we will be drawing on our reserves for approximately $770. We also assumed that the LWVUS would hold an in-person Council in June of 2023 and included $500 to send a representative (typically the President or Co-Presidents) to that meeting.
We included a fundraiser event that would bring in an estimated $1,000 in revenue. The Board has discussed various events to make this come about. This fundraiser will help to cover the loss of expected income from the Capital Steps that closed down during the pandemic.
We also will carry over $400 from this year’s budget for the Madeleine Naumann Award, which will now be presented in 2023. We draw some $1,993 from reserves to balance revenues and expenditures, approximately the amount we saved this year by cancelling some events and making others virtual.
The LWVNCA Board expresses its thanks to the FY2022-2023 Budget Committee: Kathy Matusiak, chair, and members Joyce Starks. William Thomas, Treasurer, was the Ex Officio member.
Statement from the Budget Committee Chair, Kathy Matusiak
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Nominating Committee Report for 2022
The Nominating Committee presents the following Slate of Nominees for LWVNCA Officers and Directors to be elected at the May 7, 2022 Annual Convention.
Nominees for LWVNCA Officers and Directors, 2022 – 2024
Recommendations from the Nominating Committee:
The Board should consider changing their meeting day from Friday to another weekday and meeting in late afternoon or evening. This change would help increase the pool of potential LWVNCA nominees to include members, who are unable to meet during work hours.
Respectfully submitted,
View or download Nominating Committee Report HERE
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LWVNCA 2021-23 Program Update (approval not needed)
REPORT FROM 2021-2022 PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Program Committee - Kathy Matusiak, Edna Miller, Sarah Matthews
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Current LWVNCA Officers and Board of Directors
Vice President – Kathy Matusiak (LWVAR)
Erni Bridges (LWVFA)
Kathy Chiron (LWVDC)
Carole Conors (LWVHC)
Edna Miller (LWVMC)
Kathy McGuire, Chair (LWVMC)
Geraldine Whitley (LWVDC)
Sherry Zachry (LWVFA)
Webmaster (Off-board): Sherry Zachry
LWVNCAWebmaster [at] gmail.com
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RESOURCES
Proposed Order of Business (stand-alone file)
Proposed LWVNCA Budget for FY2023-24
LWVNCA BYLAWS, As Amended May 1, 2021
LINK TO LWVNCA POSITIONS, Readopted May 1, 2021
Contact Webmaster (LWVNCAWebmaster [at] gmail.com) with questions.