Order of Business
8:30 a.m. REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST in Atrium
9:30 a.m. OPENING in Grand Ballroom
CALL TO ORDER & WELCOME
Carole Neal and Marge Ahrens, Co-Presidents
WELCOME
Judy Moler, President, League of Women Voters of Topeka-Shawnee County
Patrick Woods, President of the Board, Topeka Public Schools District 501
INTRODUCTIONS
Convention Chair and President of the LWV Topeka-Shawnee County Judy Moler
LWV of Kansas Board
Cille King, Voters Services and 1st Vice President
Melissa Carlson, Communications and 2nd Vice President
Betty Wyckoff, Secretary
Anita Kaiser, Treasurer
Ellen Miller, Membership
Martha Pint, Membership/Leadership Development
Alan Cowles, Legislative Liaison
Teresa Briggs, Legislative Liaison and Website Coordination
Gwen Elliott, Education Study Chair
Jari Marietta, Development Chair
Nominating Committee
Ann Zimmerman, Chair
Cathy Hoy
Jurina Watts
Betty Wyckoff
Local League Presidents
Johnson County
Lawrence-Douglas County
Emporia-Lyon County
Salina-Saline County
Great Bend-Barton County
Leavenworth-Leavenworth County
Wichita-Metro
Manhattan-Riley County
Topeka-Shawnee County
Members at Large (MALs)
Legislative Observers/Committee
Special Guests: Kim Lauth, LWVUS Liaison to LWVK and Kent Lauth
10:00 a.m. RECOGNITION AWARD
BUSINESS SESSION I: ORGANIZATION OF CONVENTION
APPOINTMENT OF GRACE WILSON, LWVTSC, PARLIAMENTARIAN
ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONVENTION COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
CREDENTIALS REPORT AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM: BETTY WYCKOFF
ADOPTION OF CONVENTION RULES
CALL FOR ACTION RESOLUTIONS
REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF ORDER OF BUSINESS
10:15-10:30 a.m. BREAK in Atrium
10:30 a.m. SPEAKER in Grand Ballroom:
Bob Eye, “The Freeze and Thaw Cycle of Voting Rights in Kansas”
11:15-12:00 BUSINESS SESSION II
ROLL CALL OF LOCAL LEAGUES, Betty Wyckoff, Secretary
TREASURER’S REPORT, Anita Kaiser, Treasurer
PRESENTATION OF PROPOSED 2017-18 BUDGETS, Anita Kaiser
ENDOWMENT FUND REPORT, Royceann Mathers, Chair
PRESENTATION OF RECOMMENDED 2017-2018 WATER CONCURRENCE STUDY
PRESENTATION AND ACTION on 2015-2017 UPDATE: THE FINANCING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN KANSAS
NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT (AND ANY NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR)
12:00 p.m. LUNCH & SPEAKER in Alcoves 1-4
Kim Lauth, “Growing the League in Engagement and Influence”
1:00 p.m. SPEAKER in Grand Ballroom
Superintendent of Topeka Schools Tiffany Anderson, Ph.D.
“Creating an Environment of Success for Children in Challenges”
2:00 p.m. BUSINESS SESSION III
CREDENTIALS REPORT, Betty Wyckoff (5 minutes)
CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF THE 2017-2018 BUDGET (10 minutes)
CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF PROPOSED STUDY (15 minutes)
2:30 p.m. BREAK
2:45 p.m. CO-PRESIDENTS REPORT
Carole Neal and Marge Ahrens, “Organize, Educate, Litigate, Advocate”
3:40 p.m. FINAL BUSINESS SESSION IV
CREDENTIALS REPORT
ADOPTION OF ACTION RESOLUTIONS
REPORT OF ELECTIONS COMMITTEE / ELECTION
RECOGNITION OF CONVENTION COMMITTEES
PRESENTATION OF NEW LWVK BOARD/PRESIDENTS
DIRECTIONS TO THE BOARD
ANNOUNCEMENTS
4:30 p.m. ADJOURNMENT
