Calendar of Events, 2013

List of regularly scheduled events appears at the bottom of the page

	MAY 2013	Violence Prevention, Gun Control


2, Thu, 5:30p	LWVCNM Board Meeting	Sutin, Thayer, & Browne, 6565 Americas Parkway NE
4, Sat	Annual Meeting	MCM Elegante Hotel, 2020 Menaul NE All members are welcome and encouraged to attend LWVCNM's Annual Meeting. Registration starts at 9am, the business meeting at 9:30, and brunch will begin at 11:00. See your April Voter for all the details. You will want to bring a hardcopy of your April Voter to the meeting. Members will be able to weigh in on the League's local positions, changes to the Bylaws, question the proposed budget, and elect the next slate of Board members. Brunch Speaker: Police Chief Ray Schultz on Reducing Gun Violence. Chief Schultz has been police chief since 2005 when he was appointed by Mayor Martin Chavez. He has announced that he will retire in July. Reservations are required. Telephone your reservations to the League office at 884-8441 or email lunch@lwvcnm.org* by 10am, May 1.*
4, Sat	LWVCNM Board	Immediately following the Annual Meeting brunch, the newly elected Board will hold a brief meeting

5, Sun	Deadline for June Voter

18-19, Sat-Sun	LWVNM Convention	The League's State Convention will be held in Las Cruces, hosted by LWV GLC. A full schedule has been planned, to include proposed changes to the League's positions, bylaws, and program, and presentation of the draft 2013-2015 budget. Former Governor Garrey Carruthers will speak at the Saturday banquet, while Sen. Martin Heinrich's Las Cruces representative, Jake Rollow, will address Immigration Reform at the opening Saturday luncheon. All the details can be found in the Spring 2013 La Palabra. For more information, see also the Convention page. Each local League will send delegates, but any member may attend as an observer.
19, Sun	LWVNM Board Meeting	immediately following Convention

	JUNE & beyond 2013	Events and Topics will be decided at Calendar Planning Join in! We need your ideas!
6, Sat, 10am	Calendar Planning	Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe St NE

Regularly-Scheduled Meetings and Events
Unit Meetings

Luncheon Unit	Second Thursday, 11:45am MCM Eleganté Hotel, 2020 Menaul NE	Marilyn Morgan
Evening Unit	Second Tuesday, 6pm Erna Fergusson Library at 3700 San Mateo NE, Community Room	Jan Bray
NE Heights Unit	Fourth Monday, 10:00am La Vida Llena Retirement Community at 10501 Lagrima de Oro Rd NE	Ida Humphries
Annual Events
Calendar Planning	Early June: Topics are decided and speaker suggested for the coming year (July-April)
Program Planning	December to early January: League positions (local and state) are reviewed; studies to extend or modify these positions are suggested; areas of focus for lobbying efforts are established. Not to be confused with "Calendar Planning"!
Lobbying Workshop	December: Responsibility generally alternates between LWV CNM and LWV SFC. A full morning of presentations by elected representatives, lobbyists, and League members on how to lobby, regulation and responsibilities of registered lobbyists, where to get the most up to date information on bills, committees, and elected officials.
League Day at the Legislature	February: Arranged by the State League (LWVNM), League Day is when members gather in Santa Fe to learn about selected topics, visit the Roundhouse, and deliver League position papers to their representatives.
Theater Party	February-March: To celebrate the League's Feb 14 birthday and raise funds for the Operating Fund, a block of tickets to a local play or musical are obtained and sold to members and their guests. A party follows the performance.
League Convocations
Annual Meeting	Early May every year: All LWVCNM members are invited to elect a new slate of officers, vote on the next year's budget, make changes to bylaws and positions ("program"), approve new studies, hear reports from committee chairs, and register their directions to the new board.
State Convention	Mid-May in odd years: Delegates are selected from the local Leagues based on their total membership, although all members are welcome to attend as non-voting observers. Delegates will elect a new slate of officers, vote on the next year's budget, make changes to bylaws, policies and positions ("program"), approve new studies, hear reports from committee chairs, and register their directions to the new board. A silent auction of items contributed by attendees is held to raise funds for the LWVNM operating fund.
State Council	Mid-May in even years: Two delegates are selected from each of the local Leagues, although all members are welcome to attend as non-voting observers. Council offers a "mid-course correction" between Conventions. Delegates will vote on modifications to the next year's budget, make changes to bylaws, policies and positions ("program"), approve new studies, hear reports from committee chairs, and register their directions to the board.
National Convention	June in even years: like State Convention but much, much more so. Along with the plenary sessions, numerous workshops, tutorials, and impromptu get-togethers occur from early morning to late night. Delegates nationwide are selected from their State and Local leagues in numbers proportional to League membership.
National Council	June in odd years: like State Council, only much more so. Two delegates are selected from each State.