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LWVWV Council Agenda, May 16, 2026, 10:00 am

Updated 4/29/2026, 5/5/2026, 5/8/2026m 5/11/2026

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10:00 am

Call to Order

Agenda Changes/Additions

Lyn Widmyer


Roll call of Local Leagues

Teresa Koon


Membership report

Teresa Koon

Judy Ball

10:30 am

Presentations/Discussion/Updates



Overview of Key Activities of Past Year 

  • LLAW:  2026 Legislative Session & what comes next

Judy Ball


  • VOTE411 Program

Autumn Summers


Communications/Outreach Efforts

Lyn Widmyer


  • The Voter Newsletter 

Teresa Koon


  • Website/tech

Jonathan Rosenbaum


Discussion & Passage of the Budget for 2026-2027

Teresa Koon


Amicus Curiae in support of WV Board of Education:

  • Governance of public education

  • Governor’s Executive Order trying to overrule vaccine statute

Judy Ball

Noon

Break


12:15 pm- 12:45 pm

New Business



LWVUS



  • LWVUS updates re meetings/communication



  • LWVUS National Convention:

    • Update on Proposed LWVWV workshop

    • Direction from membership to delegates attending national convention



Nominating Committee

  • Need new board member


1:00 pm

Portfolio Reports



  • Education

Shirley Rosenbaum


Local League Reports:



✳️ Huntington Area



✳️ Jefferson County

  • Hosted Candidate Forum for Board of Education candidates.  All seven came.  Over 50 people attended.

  • Led 50 attendees on A Walk about Nothing, Charles Town, to the new early voting location where Nikki Painter, chief elections deputy,  gave an overview of the voting  process.

  • Donated 200 flyers about key election dates and voting information at request of City of Charles Town; handouts for new residents

  • Had a booth at opening day of the Charles Town Farmers Market.  More than 250 votes cast for favorite social media (Facebook and Instagram tied)

  • Joined Delta Sigma Theta in registering new citizens at the Naturalization ceremony in Martinsburg. 

  • Registered voters at local libraries, the VA Center and any location where we were invited (THANK YOU, Becky Phipps!)

  • Topic on Annual Meeting on May 27:   Expanding our League beyond Jefferson County to include Berkeley and Morgan Counties.



✳️ Morgantown-Monongalia County


2:00 pm

ADJOURN