January Units: Program Planning
January 16 - 21

Karen Sherman, Program
Hope your holiday season was joyous and you are all ready for a new year filled with interesting and thought provoking ideas.  Program this current year is filled with new studies and updates which keeps our members engaged and active.  To continue this for the year ahead, we need yourinput this month at unit meetings when we do program planning for both our local and national Leagues.
At January units we will discuss retaining, dropping, updating, restudying, or taking action on our local (LWVCC) positions and on our regional positions (which we hold with LWV of East Multnomah County and the Portland League). 
LWVUS is no longer asking local leagues to adopt existing program, although convention delegates will continue to do so.  Local and state Leagues and ILO’s have the option to propose one new study, or one review and update, or one concurrence or to make no recommendation.
When proposing new studies, please consider the following:

• Issues that are important to you, have a wide appeal, and would attract new members.
• Will the study lead to a solid position upon which to take action?
• Is there the volunteer time and financial resources to complete a successful study?

Currently we have only one local study underway so additional ideas are very welcome!
Please bring this Clackson with the grids on pages 4 and 5 to your unit.  Presenters will have copies of local and national positions.  A summary of LWVUS positions is available online at www.lwv.org and a summary of LWVCC positions is available at www.lwvclackamas.org – click on Issues and then on Positions. 

Unit Meeting Schedule:

Monday, January 16, 5:30 PM:  Come for soup!   Soup supper will be served at 5:30, followed by a program planning presentation and discussion at 6:00 pm.  Soup, bread, and wine will be provided for $5.00.  Place:  Nancy Murray’s 2220 Hillside Drive, Lake Oswego.  PLEASE (as in must) reserve a place with Nancy by Friday, January 13 (503-635-6456 or n.murray.01@hotmail.com).  Unit Leader: Betty Barber 503-675-0594.
Wednesday, January 18, 3:00 PM:  Unit at Mary’s Woods.  Unit Leader: Jean Hoffman 503-697-0833.
Thursday, January 19, 9:15 AM:  Unit at Sylvia Smith’s home.  Unit Leaders: Sherry Finnigan 503-636-5468 or Belinda Wilson 503-636-9339..
Friday, January 20, 10:00 AM:  Unit at Willamette View, 12705 SE River Road, Portland in the Jefferson Room in the Plaza Building (the old Health building).  Parking on each side of the building.  Unit Leaders: June Routson 503-786-3856 or Nancy Pratt 503-652-6530.