April 2006
President Edith Sanderson 802-985-3980
Membership Gail Feitelberg 802-985-3656
Voter Editor Barbara Bowen 802-985-9754
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
April 19 Evening "Redistricting and Gerrymandering: Innovative Solutions.
"Redistricting + Terry Bouricius, Speaker
Fletcher Free Library, Burlington 7:00 p.m.
April 26 Voter Registration + Lund Center Special Event
April 27 Board Meeting Home of Mabel Buttolph 9:30 a.m.
May 10-11 Quad State Council, Portland, Maine + Information in Green Mountain Citizen
May 17 Annual Meeting + Mark your Calendar! Additional information further on in Voter
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Dear Leaguers,
On March 8, t the Ethan Allen Club, we had a very helpful, informative session for our General Meeting. It was led by Paula Cope, of COPE & Associates, a major leader in management consulting. "Encouraging Grassroots Leadership" was the theme. Paula spoke of "the duty to act for the good of others, with boards requiring a mix of three elements-wisdom, wealth, and workers. She listed qualifications of effective leaders and asked us to decide which leadership style best suited each of us. Ms. Cope talked of the knowledge of the organization you need before you decide if your abilities are a match. She then suggested ways to grow into a leadership role. It was a marvelously thoughtful and useful evening.
Saturday evening, March 4, the League volunteered at Vermont Public Television to answer telephones during their pledge period. Vermont Public Radio did a great deal better than they expected: approximately $14,000 in pledges. We want to thank our hardworking participants: Barbara Bowen, Jean Hopkins, Sue Golden, Gail Feitelberg, Marge Gaskins, Beal Hyde, Ethel and Bill Scheule, Sonya Schuyler, and Edith Sanderson. The evening was fun, the food was good, callers delighted pledging towards their favorite program, and hopefully we will be able to assist the station in June.
April 19 at 7:00 p.m., at the Fletcher Free Library, Terry Bouricious will give a presentation about "Redistricting and Gerrymandering: Innovative Solutions." He is leading a Vermont League Study Group about this issue. Most recently, he designed Burlington's IRV Voter Education effort.
With elections in November, we of the Champlain Valley League are being asked to register as always, including Burlington High School and the Lund Center.
Come join us and help. Yours, Edith Sanderson, President
APRIL 19, 2006 PROGRAM: TERRY BOURICIUS, SPEAKER
Terry Bouricius works as an Elections consultant (most recently designing Burlington's IRV voter education effort). He is also a Senior Policy Analyst for the nonprofit organization FairVote: the Center for Voting and Democracy, focusing on instant runoff voting. Prior to his current work, he was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1991 to 2001.
Terry was one of the prime drafters of Vermont's campaign finance reform law. Elected on the Progressive Party ticket, he was one of only a handful of third-party state representatives in the U. S. Prior to his election to the Vermont House, he served ten years on the Burlington City Council, where he was elected Council President for one term. He was recently on the state board of the League of Women Voters of Vermont. Terry is an expert parliamentarian, with a degree in political science from Middlebury College.
As a side interest Terry is also a swing dance teacher.
ANNUAL MEETING
On Wednesday evening, May 17th, we will gather at the home of Mabel Buttolph for our Annual Meeting. There is important business to be conducted, but this is also a time for good food and socializing. We will have a Salad Potluck Dinner, and guests are cordially invited. See full details in next month's Voter.
Please save the following information and bring it to the Annual Meeting:
Report of the Nominating Committee
Report of the Budget Committee
Suggested Program for 2006-2007
Minutes of the 2005 Annual Meeting
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