Convention Materials and Presentations

Thanks to everyone who helped make Convention 2015 a great success! Below you can find resources including PowerPoint slides and handouts from the workshops and speakers, as well as slides from each plenary session and a list of award winners.

Convention Workbook

LWVC Services for Local Leagues

• Facebook pages for LWVC, and for the Education Fund (as CAvotes.org)
• Flickr page with photos: please email eleslie[at]lwvc.org if you have photos we can share online! Use them on your Web site, in your newsletter, and for other materials.

Workshop Materials (more content will be added as received from the presenters)

• “The Future of Voter Service in California” presentation
  • Presentation
  • Workshop Agenda
  • 2013-2014 Voter Service Projects
  • Quality Partnerships handout
  • Stakeholder Assessment handout
  • Example Action Plan Template
  • Blank Action Plan Template
• “Communications: Messages that Move”
  • Decision Making presentation
  • Framing Your Message presentation
    • Reframe Your Message worksheet
  • Personalities presentation
    • Personalities handout
  • Storytelling presentation
  • Problem-Opportunity worksheet
• “League 101 (or ‘Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the League But Were Afraid to Ask’)” – Forthcoming
• “Analyzing Local Legislation”
  • Presentation
• “Democracy in Dialogue: Leading Our Communities Through Civil Civic Engagement”
  • Presentation 
  • Handouts
• “Building a More ‘Leaderful’ League”
  • Presentation with notes
  • Presentation without notes

Plenary Slides

• May 15, Friday Morning Plenary Session
• May 15, Friday Afternoon Plenary Session
• May 16, Saturday Morning Plenary Session
• May 16, Saturday Afternoon Plenary Session
• May 17, Sunday Morning Plenary Session

Speaker Presentations

• Lisa García Bedolla, UC Berkeley presentation
• Carolyn Lukensmeyer, National Institute on Civil Discourse presentation
• Michael Vu, San Diego County Registrar of Voters

Awards

• The Yellow Rose Awards for Program were presented to:
  • LWV Sacramento County for its work on opposing Ballot Measure L for Strong Mayor System in Sacramento City.
  • LWV Palo Alto and LWV South San Mateo County for a join effort towards New Voices for Youth, a youth engagement project.
• Voter Service Awards were given to LWV Diablo Valley, LWV Oakland, LWV Fremont, Newark, Union City, LWV Pasadena Area, and a Voter Service Cornerstone Award was presented to Sandra Wolber.
• The outstanding Web Site awards were given to LWV Los Angeles, LWV Placer County, and LWV Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville. Read our hot topics and suggestions for making your site better.

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all the Leagues that submitted applications.

Follow #LWVC2015 on Facebook and Twitter for highlights!

Do you have a room at the Westin?

Have you made your hotel reservations yet? The deadline to make a reservation under the LWVC room block rate is Friday, April 14. But don’t wait until then– there are a few rooms left, so make your reservations before we sell out!

Looking for a room mate? The “comments” section on the blog is a great way to communicate with other Convention attendees about your needs! Go to the Lodging Info Page and make your request in the comment section. You might get a fast response!

Deadline to register for the Border Tour is May 1!

As of today, LWV San Diego has opened up the border tour and you do not need to be fully registered for Convention in order to attend.

The border tour is no longer a registration option on the LWVC online registration form. If you are still interested, please contact Beryl Flom at edflom@sbcglobal.net.

Don’t wait too long– there is still limited space on the tour buses, and the final deadline to sign up is May 1!

The Convention Workbook is Now Available

The final workbook is now available for download on the convention blog at https://lwvc.wordpress.com/2015-workbook/. It contains the proposed budget, nominating committee report, program and bylaw amendments, and the proposed convention rules.

Registered yet? Last day to register with early-bird rates is today! Don’t forget to include the add-on events when you sign up!

Nominees for the 2015-2017 term

The 2013-2015 LWVC Nominating Committee is pleased to present the Nominees for LWVC Officers and Members of the Board of Directors and Nominating Committee Members for 2015-2017, for consideration by the Delegates to LWVC Convention 2015 this May in San Diego.   This slate of leaders reflects representation from all areas of California, from the far north in Redding, to the far south in San Diego.

Your Nominating Committee invites you to meet the Nominees at a special “Meet & Greet” session on Saturday morning, May 16, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

The 2013-2015 Nominating Committee extends thanks to the membership for the opportunity to present this outstanding slate of individuals for the 2015-2017 term.

Caroline de Llamas, Chair
Charolette “Lottie” Fox
Ann Havlik
Kathy Souza
Ellen Wheeler

To Request and Recognize!

Forms are now available to request a caucus room or a marketplace table!

Nominate a League or League member for an award in any of the following categories:

Yellow Rose Award – The Yellow Rose Award will be presented to local Leagues for action and/or community education at a local level. We know that all local Leagues work hard—so tell us about what you did! We encourage every League to tell us about your successes in advocating on LWV positions and/or educating your community. You may submit multiple nominations, but please use a separate form for each.

Voter Service Award – We’re looking for outstanding examples of non-partisan voter service efforts in California. Having just wrapped up another election cycle in 2014, Leagues around the state have plenty of breakthroughs and shining examples to celebrate! Think about nominating your own League, a team of volunteers, or a non-partisan community based organization that had great impact with diverse populations or tried a new approach, or garnered exceptional visibility to reach more voters.

Best Web Site Award – A nomination form is not needed to be awarded for Best Web Site. Just make sure your League’s Web site is in tip-top shape from now until the start of Convention!