January 15, 2025

Dear Members,

Let’s look forward, then backward.

Looking forward, the national League is surging ahead with making joining and renewing memberships more uniform and more modern. While preserving paper forms, most folks will join or renew on their phones or computers. The new system is called ChapterSpot. In the next several weeks you should receive an invitation from the national League to log into ChapterSpot. That doesn’t necessarily mean your membership dues need to be paid, it just means you can connect with the system that will send you a reminder when you need to renew. A team has been learning the new system and how to assist you. We think it will be better for you and will be less administration for our worker bees. Thank you for signing in to ChapterSpot and helping with the transition.

Looking backward, in 2025 we already have more people who have been League members for 50 years! That qualifies them as Lifetime Members. Karen Seabury interviews each person and writes up their story. Watch for it in The Voter each month. Fifty years of working toward a more perfect democracy takes tenacity! Read all about it, starting now. Rosalie Bandyopadhyay’s story is below.

On another note, Lobby Days, when individuals and groups go to Tallahassee to learn about the legislative process and speak with legislators, is on March 11-12. The League helps cover attendees' costs. If you are interested, please contact Janice.

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