Dear League Members,
The newly elected 2010-2011 local Board held a retreat on Saturday, June 5th. It was a great opportunity to get to know each other better (minus a couple of board members who were unable to attend) and to do some planning for the year. The agenda included reviewing the responsibilities of being a Board member, discussing local guidelines and policies to ensure they were updated and relevant for the coming year, and identifying our goals for the year. The five hours we had scheduled for the meeting flew by quickly and we found, as often happens, that our agenda had been overly ambitious. We walked away from the retreat with a number of follow up actions that are needed - but confirmed our focus for the year: 1) organizing voter education activities in the summer and fall; and 2) providing educational forums and discussion opportunities around planned growth, including issues related to annexation and local government transparency and openness. We hope to finalize our tentative calendar during our July Board meeting - so that we can communicate key dates and more specific activities to our membership. Stay tuned for more details in the next month or so.
Best Regards, Teena Ballard Keiser
