It was good to see so many familiar faces and new faces at our Annual Membership meeting. We started with a fun getting-to-know-you activity and ended with voting on our local programs and a new slate of Steering Committee members. Thank you to Jessica Ryan (Voter Service) and David Shanabrook (Treasurer) for serving the LWVA. We hope they don't have too much trouble finding things to do with their new free time.

Dear Members and Friends,

It is time to step up and volunteer! Hope to see all of you at one or more of the upcoming events. The steering committee needs YOU to represent us. Please RSVP and feel free to contact the organizer for more information. We have dozens of new members and we are hoping to you will help us show up.

Members, I hope to see you at the Annual Meeting. We will be voting on our program, a few revisions to the bylaws, and our wonderful new Steering Committee slate, plus taking time to get to know each other and thinking together about the year to come.

Do you like to take minutes? The Steering Committee is looking for someone to volunteer to take the minutes of the June 10th Annual Meeting. Please contact me if you are willing and able. A template is provided.

I want to get a special shout out to our Budget Committee - Kathy Campbell, Alisa Brewer, and Katie Naughton with David Shanabrook and myself from the Steering Committee - for going through next year's budget, line by line, in preparation for the Annual Meeting. And also congratulations and many thanks to the Nominating Committee - Kathy Woods Masalski, Trish Farrington, Ann Kieser, and myself - for finding a strong slate for this coming year. Both the budget and the slate will be sent to membership in a few weeks via email.

Be sure to read about the Book Sale volunteer opportunities. The sale raises the funds we use for the year, and then some. It is an excellent way to get to know other League members.