LWVNM Board, April 30 2022
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW MEXICO
BOARD MEETING MINUTES
APRIL 30, 2022
6739 ACADEMY ROAD NE, SUITE 124
ALBUQUERQUE, NM (also VIA ZOOM)
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT
Hannah Burling, President
Kathy Brook, First Vice President/LWVSNM Co-President/Program
Barbara Calef, Second Vice President and LWVLA Co-President
Dick Mason, Action Chair
Rebecca Chaiken, Secretary
Suzanne Ronneau, Treasurer
Judy Williams, Past President/Voter Services
Meredith Machen, Education/Immigration/Special Projects
Akkana Peck, Webmaster and Action Vice Chair
Karen Douglas, LWVCNM Co-President and Spent Nuclear Fuel
Donna Sandoval, LWVCNM Co-President
Eileen VanWie, LWVSNM Co-President
Becky Shankland, LWVLA Co-President
Susan Haase, Membership and Events
Janet Blair, Communications
Renny Ashleman, Voting and Elections
Jody Larson, Archivist
Rebecca Álvarez, JEDI
CALL TO ORDER
Hannah called the meeting to order directly following the 2022 LWVNM Council at 2:35 p.m.
A quorum was established.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA and APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Meredith moved that the agenda be approved, and Renny seconded this motion. All voted in favor.
Renny moved to approve the March 5, 2022, board meeting minutes and Meredith seconded this motion. All voted in favor.
LWVUS CONVENTION
The 2022 LWVUS Convention will be held June 23 to June 26 at the Denver Sheraton Downtown in Denver, Colorado. It will be a hybrid event, subject to available technology. For those non-delegates who wish to participate, the cost appears to be $300. Non-delegates will not be allowed to vote.
The number of delegates per League is determined by the number of members in each League. The following table represents the total number of delegates per League.
| Membership | Number of Delegates | New Mexico Leagues | Number of Delegates |
| Up to 49 | 1 + 1 | SNM | 3 |
| 50 to 99 | 1 + 2 | SFC | 3 |
| 100 to 149 | 1 + 3 | LA | 3 |
| 150 and up | 1 + 4 | CNM | 4 |
| LWVNM | 3 |
A League may assign a delegate to another League or the state League.
LWVNM has already selected Hannah, Kathy, and Meredith to be its delegates. LA has selected Barbara, Felicia Orth, and Rosmarie Frederickson as its delegates. The remaining Leagues have not yet selected delegates.
PROPOSED CALENDAR 2022-2023
The following dates and locations were selected for League board meetings through to the Convention in 2023. Each meeting will be a hybrid event, subject to available technology. Each event will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
|
Date |
Location |
|
July 16, 2022 |
Albuquerque |
|
September 24, 2022 |
Los Alamos |
|
November 19, 2022 |
Socorro |
|
January 21, 2023 |
Albuquerque |
|
March 4, 2023 |
Santa Fe |
The Convention is ordinarily held the last weekend in April during odd years. Dick moved that the 2023 Convention be held on April 29, 2023, and concluded on April 30, 2023. Meredith seconded this motion, and all voted in favor.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, INITIATIVES, AND OTHER BUSINESS
The calendar of events, including La Palabra deadlines, is reflected in the following table.
|
Event |
Date |
|
La Palabra deadline |
July 23, 2022 |
|
La Palabra deadline |
October 1, 2022 |
|
La Palabra deadline |
December 8, 2022 |
|
La Palabra deadline |
March 11, 2023 |
|
Advocacy Workshop |
January 7, 2023 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. |
|
LWVNM Legislative Prep |
January 12, 2023 6:30 p.m. Via Zoom |
|
LWVNM Legislative Reception |
February 15, 2023 |
|
League Day at the Legislature |
February 16, 2023 |
Barbara moved that the LWVNM support, at the LWVUS Convention, a national Resolution in support of nonpartisan election administration. Meredith seconded this motion, and all voted in favor. Dick offered to draft this Resolution to include an ethics vow for Secretaries of State.
Eileen asked those participating in the subcommittee revising the California Position on Criminal Justice to provide her with possible meeting dates.
Dick reported that the tax subcommittee will be put out on Action.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:17 p.m.
Written by Rebecca Chaiken (May 4, 2022)
Edited by Barbara Calef (May 5, 2022)