Location
Please mail your registration form to Fran Holt, 54 Wax Myrtle Ct., Hilton Head Island, SC 29926, with payment by check; OR send by email (scanned as pdf or photographed) to franholthhbl [at] gmail.com, with payment made through PayPal on lwvsc.org. (A local league may send in several together, one for each registrant, with one check or PayPal payment.)
For overnight accommodations, call Town and Country Inn and Suites, 843-571-1000, for a reservation. Ask for the LWV special rate of $189 ($215.46 with tax). Call right away. Rooms at the special rate are only being held until April 2.
Registration is due by April 17, 2019. A $25 late fee will be assessed on registrations received after April 17.
Registration Fee is $165 (includes facility rental, light breakfasts, all-day coffee service, lunch, banquet, snacks, all • service charges, plenary sessions, presentations, workshops, AV equipment, printed materials, other incidentals).
Guest(s) for Saturday banquet ONLY –- $80 each.
Preliminary Agenda
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2019
8:00 AM — Registration, light breakfast
9:00 AM — Opening Plenary Session — Welcome Adoption of Rules and Agenda Appointment of Parliamentarian, Secretary, and Credentials Chair Credentials Report Introduction of LWVSC Board and Catherine Cotten, LWVUS Board Roll Call of local leagues
9 :30 — Address by Jennifer Bremer, Statewide Coordinator for Fair Elections, LWVNC, on the redistricting issues in North Carolina
10:00 —Response from LWVSC and Questions
10:20 — Break
10:30 — Treasurer’s Report Proposed Budget for 2019-2020
Proposed Slate of 2019-2020 Board and Nominating Committee
Proposed Changes to the Bylaws
Proposed Program of Action and Study
Proposed Concurrence re Open Primaries
11:15 — Legislative Update
11:45 — LUNCH
Remarks from Catherine Cotten, LWVUS Board
Presentation of Membership Growth Awards
Recognition of new MAL and Local League (Aiken, Beaufort)
1:00 — Breakout sessions* A
2:00 — Breakout sessions* B
3:00 — Response to Proposed Program of Study and Action and Proposed Concurrence re Open Primaries
4:15 — Announcements, Adjournment for the Day
6:15 — Cash Reception
7:00 — BANQUET
Address by Anton Gunn, Chief Diversity Officer and Executive Director of Community Health Innovation for the Medical University of South Carolina
9:00 — Caucuses, if desired
SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2019
7:30 AM — Coffee, Light Breakfast, Registration
8:00 AM — Convention Reconvenes
Announcements
Final Credentials Report
Adoption of Changes to the Bylaws
Adoption of Program of Study and Action for 2019-2021
9:00 — Address by Carlton Washington, Executive Director, S.C. State Employees Association, on supporting public employees
9:30 — Response from LWVSC and Questions
9:50 — Break
10:00 — Adoption of Concurrence on Open Primaries
Election of Officers, Directors, and Nominating Committee
Adoption of 2019-2020 Budget
Guidance By Local Leagues to LWVSC Board
10:45 — Address by Judge Richard Gergel, DIstrict Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of S.C., and author of Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodward and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring
11:45 — Closing Plenary Session
Announcement of prizes for the “Show Off Your League” displays
Remarks by Incoming Co-Presidents
12:30 - Adjournment
Book signing by Judge Richard Gergel
*Breakout Sessions Each registrant chooses two of six topics on her/his registration form:
1. Diversity/Inclusion (how to make diversity and inclusion work in the nonprofit environment)
2. Healthcare (healthcare and the law; in many situations the question arises: who decides — medical professionals & their patients or our lawmakers?)
3. Status of Women/ERA (where are we now and where do we go from here?)
4. Dark Money (consider the source: how can we find out who is trying to influence our votes?)
5. Environment (exploring the public health consequences of climate change)
6. Education (focusing on two parts of the problem: funding and testing/accountability)
