Committees

Committees

Voter Services: Nannette Hobson, nannette.hobson [at] gmail.com, Lauri Gross, LauriGrossOhio [at] gmail.comLauriGrossOhio [at] gmail.com (
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    • During election season:
      • Help with candidate forums
      • Help create the Voters’ Guides
      • Encourage members to post GO VOTE yard signs
    • When it’s not election season:
      • Help register people to vote at community events
      • Help register people to vote at local high schools and/or colleges
      • Present the League’s “Why Your Vote Matters” presentation or other info to community groups, as needed
    • All year: Serve as LWVFC liaison to County Board of Elections

Treasurer: Sue Kunkel, sckunkel [at] gmail.com 
We have a Treasurer but if any new LWVFC members are interested in learning about the Treasurer job, they are welcome to help the Treasurer track, manage and report on the League’s finances 

Website, FB, Other social media: Kate Jones, axelkjz [at] msn.com

    • Keep an eye on the League’s Facebook page and website
    • Suggest info that we should include there
    • Work with LWVFC president on all this stuff
    • Optional: Start a LWVFC Instagram or Twitter account, and posted board-approved updated info on these accounts

Community events: Patti Connor, connor.patti [at] gmail.com

    • Keep an eye on community events through local newspapers, social media, websites of local government and community groups, etc.
    • Notify LWVFC board of opportunities for the League to get involved - such as having an info table at First Saturday events, register voters, make presentations about the importance of voting, etc.
    • Help develop and manage system for tracking events and volunteers who will work at the events
    • Help recruit members to represent LWVFC at community events - hand out League info, inform people about the Voters’ Guide, help them register to vote, etc.

Membership: Jill Griffith, jillcohengriffith [at] comcast.net

    • Help update new-member orientation materials
    • Help provide new members with welcome/orientation materials
    • Help plan periodic new-member events to acquaint new members with League activities and opportunities to get involved
    • Help ensure LWVFC is fully utilizing membership tools from LWVUS

Secretary: Rosanne Roe, lwvoffc [at] gmail.com

    • Take minutes of board meetings
    • Seek president input for edits to minutes
    • Distribute and post final minutes
    • Note: we have a secretary but new members are welcome to be a fill-in if our secretary is unavailable, and also to shadow current secretary to learn the job

Newsletter: Lauri Gross, LauriGrossOhio [at] gmail.com

    • Keep informed of League activities by attending board meetings, or at least reading board meeting minutes, and reading the League website and social media accounts
    • Help receive input from board members about items that should be included in the newsletter.
    • Help write, distribute and post the newsletter.

Ethics Committee: Mary Beth Coker, outgoing chair, Hazmatlady [at] gmail.com">Hazmatlady [at] gmail.com

    • Serve as the League’s liaison to the Fredreick County Ethics Board.
    • A member of the LWVFC board has served as the Chair of the Nominating Committee of the Frederick County Ethics Commission since 2017. The Nominating Committee for the Frederick County Ethics Commission includes community leaders from Hood College, the Rotary Club of Frederick, the faith community and more. The Frederick County Ethics Commission administers the County's Ethics Ordinance by encouraging and enforcing compliance by Frederick County officials and employees. The duties of the Ethics Commission include making determinations on alleged violations of the Ordinance, granting or denying exceptions to the Ordinance, giving advisory opinions on application of the Ordinance, and recommending Ordinance changes to the County Governing Body.

Publicity: Lauri Gross, LauriGrossOhio [at] gmail.com

    • Help League PR person brainstorm for stories to send to the FNP and other local news outlets
    • Assist League PR person in maintaining, building and updating the League press list - radio, TV, print, social media
    • Help distribute League news to local press
    • Help field inquiries from local press

High-school/college liaison: Mike Bunitsky, mgbunitsky [at] icloud.com">mgbunitsky [at] icloud.com
Help to stay in contact with League contacts at high schools and colleges about opportunities to work together at voter-registration and other events 

Polling-place evaluators: Sarah Matthews, sarahfkm00 [at] gmail.com">sarahfkm00 [at] gmail.com
Help work with the County Board of Elections to sign up LWVFC members to serve as polling-place evaluators

Legislative breakfast: Linda Norris Waldt, lindanorriswaldt [at] gmail.com">lindanorriswaldt [at] gmail.com, Ellen West, ellen.west42 [at] gmail.com">ellen.west42 [at] gmail.com
Help plan this annual event that provides an opportunity for members of the public to meet and talk with elected officials who represent Frederick County in the Maryland General Assembly.

Grant writing: Ellen West, ellen.west42 [at] gmail.com, Sarah Matthews, sarahfkm00 [at] gmail.com">sarahfkm00 [at] gmail.com
Help our grant writers identify and pursue grant money for various LWVFC endeavors, such as the Voters’ Guide and hiring ASL interpreters at candidate forums.

Sign up to help in any of these areas by emailing those above.