In This Message - Annual Meeting and so much more...

Annual Meeting

Despite cold weather and a late venue change, the League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland held an energetic and informative Annual Meeting on May 31. Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne was our keynote speaker. Here are some of the highlights:

* We elected new board members and approved a new dues structure mandated by LWVUS.

* New board members are: Dawn Ellis, co-president; Valerie Gamertsfelder, vice-president; Janice Foster, membership; Nadia Zaiem,chapter liaison.

* Topics such as fair elections, voter services, membership changes, and future advocacy issues were discussed.

Members asked questions and made suggestions to the board. Some of these included: have a planning/strategy meeting to communicate better and achieve our goals, and to engage members more effectively; hire a part time employee to help handle administrative duties; let anyone on the Outreach team know if your chapter wants to tell the rest of LWVGC what your chapter has accomplished; call out for volunteers to help with Vote411 and County Council observers.

You can see the full video of Annual Meeting here.

Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne - priorities and progress

It was a privilege to hear Chris Ronayne's insights, experiences, and goals at Annual Meeting. His governing philosophy for Cuyahoga County is based on creating a Healthy community, founded on the pillars of creating and fostering a healthy economy, climate, government, and fiscal standing. He gave an example of how the county is meeting these goals by telling the story of two children, ages fourteen and six years, who were dropped off at the Jane Edna Hunter Social Services Center two weeks apart, because they had no where else to go. The fourteen year old was taken from an emergency room and dropped off at the center - with no provisions for where she would sleep. A bed was arranged, but the same thing happened two weeks later - with the six year old. At that point plans were made to create a safe, monitored temporary housing campus. The Centers' H.O.P.E. Campus, a 58 unit facility with on site nurses and support services, was created and is now operating on Lorain Ave.

Ronayne's entire address can be watched here: here

Shout out to League of Women Voters of Geauga County

The League of Women Voters of Geauga is hosting a fundraiser, Democracy by Design, on Saturday, June 14, at the Fairmount Center for the Arts. This inaugural art sale benefit event will feature original works by local artists and artisans. Tickets are required. For more information, please visit the website here.

Remember to donate to LWVGC

The new dues system does not allow members to make a donation to LWVGC when they renew or start a membership. Instead, you can click on this link and donate here: LWV Greater Cleveland Advocacy & Legislative Actions Fund, or here:

LWV Greater Cleveland Education Fund. All donations are used to support democracy in Greater Cleveland. Thank you!

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