League of Women Voters, 83rd Annual Meeting Notification, April 2003

MEMO TO: LWVDC Members
FROM: Nominating Committee: Elinor Hart, Chair, Johnetta Kelly, Leona Rumsey,

Sue Whitman, Reggie Yancey.
SUBJECT: 2003-2004 Nomination Slate
DATE: March 21, 2002

The slate of nominations for officers, board members, and nominating committee members, with accompanying biographic information, is provided below for your approval at the 83rd Annual business meeting to be held on Thursday, April 24, 2003.

PRESIDENT: Frances Cook Gemmill came to Washington from Western Arkansas in 1944 and worked in the Pentagon for the Department of Defense until the War ended, then found employment with the International Monetary Fund in its early years. She attended George Washington University where she completed a BA, then an MA in Psychology in 1958. While attending GWU, she moved from the IMF to work for the CIA in 1952. She married Robert F. Gemmill of the Federal Reserve Board staff in 1958; moved from Virginia to DC and they were soon joined in the house on Albemarle Street by son John and daughter Elizabeth.

Sheila Keeny introduced her to the League in 1966. Frances was drawn into League activities, and served as Chairman of the Cleveland Park Unit, member, later Chairman of the Education Committee then Board member and 2nd Vice President in 1973, in time to participate in League work for the Home Rule Bill. Later she served on the Board of the National Capital Area League, a term as Treasurer, and a term as newsletter editor (a one-page insert for your VOTER in those days.) She returned as Membership Chair for a two-year term in 1988, and served as Office Manager in the early 90s. Currently she serves as an appointed Director on the Board and Co-Editor of the DC VOTER. She has served on the Vestry of St. Albans Episcopal Church 1986-89, currently enjoys ringing in St. Albans Bell Choir. Music, reading, and watching grandsons Jake (11) and Max (8) play soccer are her chief hobbies.

1st VICE PRESIDENT: Naomi Glass joined the DC League of Women Voters in the late 1960s and has served in numerous capacities, including President; she is currently completing a term as Second Vice President. She served as President of the National Capital Area League of Women Voters and is currently on the Board as Program Director. She retired from the DC tax department in 1991 and is still vitally interested in DC government affairs. Her current interests outside the League and her family include the Institute for Learning in Retirement and travel, when time permits.

2nd VICE PRESIDENT: Madlyn Calbert joined the League in the 1980s and has served as Director, Co-Chair Upper 16th Street Unit, and League Coordinator of White House Volunteers during the 1990s. An AARP Volunteer, she was Health Advocacy Service Coordinator and later a Women's Initiative Spokesperson. Presently, she is a member of the Advisory Council, Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, recently receiving the Association's Mary McCleod-Bethune Service Award.

SECRETARY: Kenneth Nesper, Jr. joined the LWVDC in 1998 and currently serves in the position of recording secretary on the Board of Directors. He has lived in the Brookland section of Washington for 15 years and in the metropolitan area for 30 years. The U. S. Postal Service employs Ken as an information technology planner. He holds masters degrees in Foreign Policy and Public Administration. He currently serves as associate chair of his church's governing council and has served as chair of the finance committee, council on ministries, and board of trustees as well as recording secretary of the administrative board. Other volunteer experience includes Bread for the World, Brookland and Neighbors, Families United of Brookland, and the B&O Railroad Museum. He is married to Chris Matthews.

DIRECTOR: Barbara Luchs has acted as Co-chair of the DC Voter Mailing Committee since 1999, helping to organize the monthly mailing of the Voter. She has also served on the DC League's Transportation, Recreation, Government Representative, Public Affairs, and Education committees. Previously, she worked for over 30 years for the DC Public Schools Widening Horizons Career Orientation Program, the Neighborhood Planning Councils for Children and Youth, the Mayor's Committee on Food, Nutrition and Health, the Recreation Advisory Committee, and as an elected ANC Commissioner. She was a coordinator for CAPCOM, Inc., a telecommunications and Sign Language Interpreter service for deaf people for over 15 years. She presently serves as Librarian to the National Conservatory for Dramatic Arts and helps organize the public service announcements at the National Public Radio Station WAMU.

DIRECTOR: Grace Malakoff joined the League of Women Voters in Little Rock, AR. in 1958. She was DCLWV President 1988-91 and serves both the National Capital Area League and on the DC Board dealing with transportation, with prior work on committees on housing and planning, education, and environment. She attended public schools, including two years at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota; and received an M.A. in political science from the University of Chicago, with later courses in computer programming and systems. She has worked as university instructor in state and local government and, in Washington, in social science survey research, a study of brainwashing, social indicators, police statistics, energy conservation, as administrator and "computerizer" of a database installation, and as a columnist for the American Association of University Women.

A resident of the Adams Morgan community since 1960, she has been president of PTA, active in home rule pursuits, chairperson and treasurer of ten-member Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1C during the Reed-Cooke rezoning, and on planning and zoning committees of the Kalorama Citizens Association in an area designated an historic district. She and her husband, Robert, have three adult children and four grandchildren.

DIRECTOR: Kathy Schmidt has been an active member of the Upper 16th Street unit for the last eleven years. She served for four years as secretary of the LWVDC Board. She was part of the education committee for six years, for four of which she served as chair. Kathy is a graduate of DePauw University. Her MLS degree is from Southern Connecticut State College. She also holds a 6th year certificate in education from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. She is currently appointed to the DC Board where she holds the portfolio on Congressional Representation in Congress. She also is the League's liaison to DC Vote.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE, CHAIR: Christine Matthews Christine Matthews does library consulting and has done library and volunteer work with a number of organizations including Bread for the World, the DC Alliance for the Mentally III, and the Foundry UMC Peace with Justice Mission. She works with neighborhood groups and coordinates block parties. She worked as part time office manager for LWVDC (1996-99). Raised in Michigan, she obtained her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Western Michigan University. She and her husband Ken Nesper have lived in Northeast DC for fifteen years.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE MEMBER: Joan Ronder Domike has been a member of LWV for over 50 years. Until recently her principal professional activity has included: Senior Trial Attorney, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D.C. Beginning in 1970, she served as an attorney in the Office of the Chief Counsel, IRS. From 1970 until fall, 1976, she worked in the headquarters office in Washington D.C. From 1976 through 1980, she was assigned to the IRS District Counsel Office in New York City, trying cases before the U.S. Tax Court. After returning to Washington in 1981, she worked as trial attorney in the Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division (and its predecessors). Joan retired June 1, 2002 at which time she was awarded the Treasury Department Gallatin Award.

Joan's educational background includes: Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C., 1967-1970, granted JD degree, June 1970. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1947-49, granted MS degree, Cancer Biology and Physiological Chemistry. Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1943-1947, B.A. degree, pre-medical major.

She has been active in the League of Women Voters in many varied positions, currently she is co-chair of the Evening Unit. Other outside interests include: American Civil Liberties Union Chair; Children's Rights Task Force, River Road Unitarian Church, Bethesda MD. Joan is married to Arthur L. Domike. They have children and six grandchildren.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE MEMBER: Mary S. Rodgers joined the League in 1989 upon retirement from the DC Board of Elections after 20 years of employment. It was during this time that the League and its mission were invaluable to the electoral process in the District of Columbia. Mary is a Native Washingtonian. She attended elementary and middle schools in D.C. Public Schools. She attended high school and college in Massachusetts.

Mary has been a member of the LWVDC Chevy Chase Unit, now Chevy Chase/Ingleside and have served as membership chair of that unit for many years. She is the mother of three and grandmother of three.

MEMO TO: LWVDC Members
FROM: Board of Directors, E. Patricia Hallman, President
SUBJECT: Recommended Program Plan for 2003-2004
DATE: March 21, 2002

Regarding program for the next biennium, the Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia recommends that all our current positions be retained and that an update of our positions on Congressional voting rights for the District of Columbia be undertaken, with particular attention given to the various options for attaining representation. Non-recommended as new study items are: Rent Stabilization and Social Services Safety Net.

It was also recommended that the National Capital Area League of Women Voters study Homeland Security.

The following Bylaw Amendment was submitted by League member Joan Domike and is presented by the Board to the membership with a recommendation for approval. A vote will be taken on April 24, 2003 of the membership present to approve or disapprove this amendment.

Proposal from Joan Domike: I believe the Board of Directors of LWVDC should have flexibility to arrive at a decision by use of correspondence, i.e., postal mail, e-mail and facsimile communication. This flexibility already exists in the Education Fund Trust Agreement. I propose that the following amendment be put to the membership for approval at the next annual meeting:

Article IV. Section 5 of the By-laws on LWVDC Board meetings should be revised to read (new matter in bold italics):

"There shall be not fewer than four regular meetings of the Board of Directors annually. The president may call special meetings of the Board of Directors and shall call a special meeting upon written request of four members of the Board. Such call may be by postal mail, e-mail, and/or facsimile communication. Additionally, the president or any two members of the Board may submit any question in writing (postal mail, e-mail and/or facsimile communication) to each member of the Board of Directors. Each Director shall then vote Yes or No on the said question and transmit that vote promptly to the requesting party(s), shall transmit a signed copy of her/his vote to the office, and, if using e-mail, shall transmit a copy of the reply to all other directors. An affirmative or negative answer by a majority of all the Directors shall constitute effective action in the premises by the Board of Directors, to the same effect as if such action had been taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors duly called and at which a quorum was present."

EXPENSES	BUDGET 2002-2003		ACTUALS Apr 02 through Feb 03		DRAFT BUDGET 2003-2004
1000 DC VOTER	3,000		1,844		2,315
1001 Printing						910
1002 Masthead/Back Page						550
1003 Postage						330
1004 One-Time Postage Cost						525
1100 Shared Office Expenses	44,300		33,357		44,845
1101 Equipment Maintenance		1,000		314		300
1102 Telephone/Communication Serv.		1,400		1,142		1,400
1103 Insurance		700		690		700
1104 Rent		12,300		11,393		12,845
1105 Staff Wages/Taxes (SS, unemp)		26,000		17,513		26,200
1106 Char. Fee & property tax		100		0		100
1107 Supplies/Copying/Stationary		1,000		720		1,500
1108 Postage		700		909		1,000
1109 Computer Maint & Supplies		1,100		396		800
1200 Other Office Expenses	1,320		1,108		800
1201 Financial Services		1,220		1,108		500
1202 Capital Equipment		100		0		300
1300 Board Admin. Committees	1,000		590		1,150
1301 President		100		0		100
1302 Admin Services		700		22		100
1303 Membership		100		568		700
1304 Organizational Dues		100		0		250
1400 Fund Raising	5,500		2,028		6,400
1401 Finance Drive		200		557		1,000
1402 Benefits		3,000		50		4,000
1404 Private Elections		1,000		202		600
1405 Bed & Breakfast		600		276		300
1407 Other		700		1,141		500
1500 League Meetings	6,220		7,313		5,600
1501 LWVUS Convention/Council		2,400		3,432		1,550
1502 NCA Convention		120		125		150
1503 LWVDC Annual Meeting		1,900		2,316		2,100
1505 Fall Luncheon		1,800		1,440		1,800
1600 Financial Support for LWV	3,700		5,942		3,700
1601 LWVUS Member Payment		3,500		5,743		3,500
1602 NCA Dues		200		199		200
1700 Committee Expenses	1,300		316		1,788
1701 Printing/Copying Inserts to VOTER						1,588
1702 Other						200
1800 Contingency	100		170		200
EXPENSES TOTAL	66,440		52,668		66,798

EXPENSES	BUDGET 2002-2003		ACTUALS Apr 02 through Feb 03		DRAFT BUDGET 2003-2004
100 Dues (inc. rebate from Nat'l)	12,000		9,512		11,000
200 Contributions	6,500		4,539		5,800
201 Finance Drive - members		3,500		2,611		3,000
202 Finance Drive - nonmembers		0		50		500
203 Other - members		2,500		1,758		2,000
204 Other - nonmembers		500		120		300
300 Development	23,590		13,128		23,600
301 Benefits		9,090		398		10,000
302 Private Elections		7,500		10,214		7,000
303 Bed & Breakfast		1,000		480		600
304 Bequests		5,000		0		5,000
306 Other		1,000		2,036		1,000
400 Meetings	3,700		2,824		3,900
403 Annual Meeting		1,900		1,346		2,100
404 Fall Luncheon		1,800		1,478		1,800
500 Publications	0		0		0
700 From Ed. Fund	17,100		9,316		17,353
701 Office Expenses (35%)		15,500		8,345		15,696
702 Finance Drive (50%)		100		119		500
703 VOTER (50%)		1,500		852		1,158
800 Invest. Income Reptd.	3,450		6,472		5,050
801 Income Reported				1,472		2,500
802 From Reserves				5,000		2,550
900 Miscellaneous Receipts	100				100
INCOME TOTAL	66,440		45,791		66,803

Latest Reported Asset Values (w/Income) (Through January 2003)
	First Union (Wachovia)
		Money Market	9,940
		Checking	13,112
	Morgan Stanley ICS (Funds Solution)
		Money Market	9,069
		Mutual Funds	56,667
TOTAL			88,788

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