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Board and Commission Training

Monday, February 25, 2008
Northfield City Hospital Conference Room 6:00 p.m.
Present: Roger Knutson, attorney, presiding; 26 city staff, council, board and commission members
The group received a packet of information, which included statutory and local policies for conducting the city’s business. Knutson began the meeting by explaining that as creatures of the state, local governments have [...]

Vote in Primary Dec. 18 & Election Jan. 3 !

If you are heading out of town for the holidays or Winter Break, don’t forget to bring along your right to vote!
Absentee Voter Instructions:
Residents of State Senate District 25 who plan to be out of town on the date of the upcoming Special Primary Election (Tuesday, December 18) and/or the Special Election (Thursday, January [...]

In lieu of the Catalyst

Monthly Updates from the LWV Northfield/Cannon Falls Board
President Kathy Tezla will provide the membership with a monthly mini-report that is an executive summary of the Board’s activities. The report will be posted on our “Blog” page, and will be filed under the Categories “For Members” and “Minutes”as well as this Category, “The Catalyst”. Membership will [...]

Membership form

* League of Women Voters
of Northfield, Cannon Falls Area Unit
Membership Form:
Date:_________________
Name:________________________________ Phone:_____________________________
Email:_____________________________________________________________________
Address:__________________________________________________________________
Membership Level: ____ Pay as you can, $10-$40/year
____Individual, $53/year
____Household, $75/year
Make check payable: LWV Northfield and mail to Barbara Wilson 1118 St. Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057. Thank you!!

Gule Gule from Turkiye!

28 September 2006
Dear LWV and friends,
My name is Ishanaa Rambachan and I am a junior political science and economics major at St. Olaf. I joined the Northfield League after attending the annual Leaders of Today and Tomorrow conference my freshman year.
This semester, I am enrolled in the Term in the Middle East, a five-month introduction [...]

4th Monday - ARTS PLAN ‘06

The Northfield League of Women Voters (LWV) will continue its “4th Monday” public meeting series with a discussion of the proposed Arts Plan ‘06. Committee members will present information about this city council funded proposal, and also hope to gather public input.
Arts’Plan ‘06 is an exploration of the benefits to the community of further developing [...]

ACTION ALERT: Monday is National Call-In Day to Renew the Voting Rights Act

Now is a critical time for civil rights in our nation: Congress is poised to reauthorize the landmark Voting Rights Act (VRA). Leaders in the House have indicated that they intend to hold a vote on the bill to reauthorize the VRA, H.R. 9, the week of June 19. This bill must pass as drafted [...]

Environmental Quality & Picnic, May 25

From our friend Hilary at CRWP:
Policy and Picnic! What a Combo!
The public is invited to hear about gains for environmental quality achieved during the 2006 Minnesota Legislative session. Steve Morse, Executive Director of Minnesota Environmental Partnership (MEP), will address the topic and answer questions from 4-5:30 p.m., Thursday, May 25th, at the Northfield Public [...]

LWVUS Unveils Openness in Government Project

The League of Women Voters ( LWV ) has launched “Openness in Government: Looking for the Sunshine,” a project to broaden public awareness about the issues involved in, and the threats related to, accountability and transparency in government.
“Finding out how the government is serving the public has always been somewhat difficult, and in a post-9/11 [...]