July 2008
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LWVCT BOARD REPORT July 23, 2008 CALENDAR 2008-2009
July 2008 7/22 absentee ballots become available for primaries.
August 2008 8/7 deadline for mail-in registration 8/11 deadline for in person registration 8/12 Primary election (Hamden office closed)
September 2008 9/2 LWVCT/EF Board meeting, Hamden. 9/5 SIR Committee meeting, Hamden 9/9 Presidents’ and Program Chairs’ Dinner, Graduate Club, New Haven 9/10 Minor party candidates must file with SOTS. 9/24 LWV 4th Cong. Dist. candidates’ debate, Norwalk Community College
October 2008 10/1 2d quarter PMP becomes due 10/3 absentee ballots become available for general election. 10/5 LWV 4th Cong. Dist. candidates’ debate, Clune Performing Arts Ctr., Wilton HS 10/11 LWV 5th Cong. Dist. candidates’ debate, CCSU 10/13 Office closed for Columbus Day 10/14 LWVCT/EF Board meeting, Hamden. 10/21 deadline for mail-in registration. 10/24 Capitol Steps fundraiser, Klein Auditorium, Bridgeport 10/28 deadline for in-person registration.
November 2008 11/4 Election Day 11/18 LWVCT/EF Board meeting, Hamden.
December 2008 There will be no LWVCT Board meeting in December. 12/6 Fall Conference, Old Judiciary Room, Capitol Building, Hartford
January 2009 1/13 LWVCT/EF Board meeting, Hamden. 1/7 Legislature opens long session.
April 2009 4/17 LWV Bridgeport Area theater night: “Moonlight and Magnolias” 4/23 SIR, Quinnipiac University Announcements: Capitol Steps Performance
The LWVCT Ed Fund has ordered a limited number of tickets for a Capitol Steps fundraiser at the Klein Auditorium in Bridgeport on Friday, October 24th, at 8:00 p.m.. Orchestra seats! Originally a group of Senate staffers, for more than 25 years the Capitol Steps have performed, recorded dozens of albums and appeared on “Good Morning America,” “Today,” “20/20,” “Entertainment Tonight,” “Nightline,” CNN's “Inside Politics,” and dozens of times on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” They’re the perfect antidote to politics as usual . . .
Moderator Training?
If any League members would like to update their debate moderator skills, please contact the Hamden office at lwvct@lwvct.org. If there’s enough interest, we’ll organize a moderators’ workshop in early September.
Money Matters Tax Returns
Please make sure that you have filed your League’s 990-N form on line. They’re due between July 1 and November 15. If you have any questions, call the LWVCT office in Hamden (203-288-7996) or check the IRS website, www.irs.gov.
A Way to Get More Donations
To make it easier for local Leagues to get contributions, the LWVUS makes its education fund available to all Leagues through their Education Fund (LWVEF). To take advantage of this service, your League will have to contact the LWVUS to establish an account (for the proper procedure, see our Local League Reference Book called “Finances”), but once you have done that, all you have to do is tell potential donors to make their checks out to LWVEF and hand or mail them to you. Your treasurer can then bundle them together and forward them to the LWVUS with one of their standard deposit slips (again, see “Finances” for a copy).
You can use your LWVEF funds for voter service, voter education, and/or up to half of your annual LWVUS PMP. And your donors can write the whole thing off.
Voter Service “Stop, Look & Listen” revisited Pat Donovan: pad44@sbcglobal.net, 860-567-5689
The League has been offered an opportunity to partner with the Secretary of the State in an outreach program designed to familiarize voters with the optical scan voting Machines.
These demonstrations are offered in both English and Spanish and can be held during the day or evening. The Leagues will pick time place and target audience (seniors, students, service organizations, unions, Latinos) and provide PR. The SOTS’s office will provide speaker, scanner, handouts and some publicity. There is no minimum attendance size.
Lucian Pawlak, from the Secretary of State’s office, will schedule as many dates as possible (at least one in each of the state’s congressional districts). He will contact local registrars encouraging them to participate. Depending upon local cooperation more sessions could be scheduled. Dates are available during August and September.
It is important that we pick our dates and get on the calendar as soon as possible. Please let me know if you wish to participate.
Voter Registration A reminder: Now would be a good time to contact your PTA if you would like to register new voters or voters with changed addresses at back-to-school nights, which many towns schedule in early September.
Please Join Us For Our Presidents’ and Program Chairs’ Dinner Thursday, September 9, 2008 6:15 p.m. Graduate Club, 155 Elm Street, New Haven $30 each
For League Presidents, Co-Presidents and Program Directors/Chairs (or other interested board members)
Please join your fellow local league leaders and State Board members for an informal evening of discussion, networking and exchange of information. The new versions of our Local League Reference Series will be available.
6:15 –dinner and networking Dinner choices: chicken marsala, broiled filet of sole almandine, vegetable lasagna
7:00 – welcome from LWVCT President Jara Burnett and choice of workshop: Tips For Running a Successful League, led by Jara Burnett Program Participation for Your League, led by Nancy Bassett 9:00– adjourn
Driving directions will be sent out by e-mail. Parking is available in Lot 51 off Temple Street at the rear of the building. For additional information, please call (203) 288-7996.
Please detach this slip and return it, with check, to LWVCTEF, 1890 Dixwell Avenue, Suite 203, Hamden, CT 06514-3183, by September 2. Your check is your reservation.
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