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Register for Annual Business Meeting
Saturday, June 15, 2019
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
Los Altos - Mountain View Area
Come Celebrate Another Successful Year. Board Elections. Give directions to the Board for the coming year.
Michaels at Shoreline
2960 N. Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View
(past Shoreline Amphitheater near the Golf Course)
(650) 962-1014
9:45 a.m. Sign-In
10:00 a.m. Call to Order
10-11:45 a.m. Annual Business Meeting
Noon: Salad Luncheon $30
12:45-1:45 p.m. Program
Special Guest Speaker
Santa Clara County Supervisior Joe Simitian, District 5
!!IMPORTANT!!
To attend you must register, pre-pay for lunch:
https://www.lwvlamv.org/league-news/annual-meeting-june-15/
and download Annual Meeting Kit:
https://www.lwvlamv.org/wp-content/files/2019/annualmeetingkit.pdf
Or email Carol Kuiper rkuiper@earthlink.net
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Request for a Social Media Volunteer July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020
Social Media Volunteer: Increase awareness of the League of Women Voters of Los Altos-Mountain View by posting regularly to the League’s 500+ followers on Facebook and Twitter.
- Post 1-2 times per week on Facebook and Twitter (more during election season)
- Add League-sponsored events to the League’s Facebook calendar
- Follow and re-post content from the state and national Leagues
- Expand LWVLAMV’s social media presence as time and interest allow
Experience using social media for an organization is a plus, but not required. If you use social media in your personal life - you can be trained to use it effectively for the League! This position requires 1-2/hours per week, but hours are flexible and can easily be done from home.
Contact Sue Graham, sgraham@batnet.com
EVENTS
Understanding the Basics LASD and BCS: Fact-Based Forum on Los Altos School District/Bullis Charter School Positions
- Tuesday, June 4, 7-8 pm
- Los Altos Main Library, Orchard Room
- No registration necessary
This forum is organized by the Los Altos Women's Caucus and hopes to provide a neutral fact-based framework for discussion of the ongoing issues between the Los Altos School District and Bullis Charter School. Robin Abrams and Curtis Cole will present basic information. Joan Barram is moderator.
Senator Scott Wiener Talks About Housing
- Fri, June 7, 6pm – 8pm
- Lucie Stern Community Center
- 1305 Middlefield Rd #1, Palo Alto, CA 94301
- No registration necessary
Join us for a conversation about regional housing policy including, but definitely not limited to, SB50. Palo Alto Forward, SV@Home and Housing Leadership Council are pleased to invite you to hear Senator Wiener (D-San Francisco), best known for authoring SB50, but the Senator has enacted a number of housing reform bills into law over the past few sessions. The open conversation includes the housing crisis, what steps the state is taking to address it, and what the impact might be on peninsula communities.
Upcoming and Ongoing Meetings
Housing Committee Meeting
Our chapter's Housing Committee regular meeting is the second Thursday of the month. The committee works locally in Mountain View and Los Altos to promote more Below Market Rate units and other city zoning and commercial development policies that increase affordable housing.
Board Meeting
- Tuesday, June 18, 7:00 pm -9:00 pm
- First Republic Bank, 400 South San Antonio Road, Los Altos; Enter on Lyell Street
- The Board meets monthly and members are welcome to join us.
- Contact for more information: sgraham@batnet.com
Voter Services Meeting
- Thursday, June 27, 3-5 pm
- Location TBD. Members will receive information or contact Claudia Hevel heveldoty@gmail.com
LWV MVLA Voter Services committee registers new voters at citizenship ceremonies twice a year; registers and pre-registers high and community college students; and will provide voter education services for the 2020 presidential election cycle.
Book Club
- NOTE: next meeting: Saturday, July 27, 2019, 2 pm
- Meet at the home of Marge Bruno
- We are reading The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers our Future by Joseph E. Stiglitz.
- All are welcome. For location and questions contact Marie Young marieyoung120@gmail.com
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