The Kentucky Voter
Summer 2009
Presidents’ Message
Nita Smith and I have begun our new term during a very exciting time for the League of Women Voters. We have just returned from participating in the first Virtual National LWV Council meeting. Instead of going to Washington to vote on the budget, and to listen to plans for advocacy, we attended via our computers at KET (Kentucky Educational Television). We used the KET large screen and speaker phone to attend the meeting. We were able to vote and give our input by typing in our responses and votes on the computer. Members of the KY State Board, as well members of the Lexington, Madison County, and former Paris Leagues also attended the meeting. Although we missed interacting with members from other Leagues, we understand that participating this way was a true money-saver.
Our representatives from National are attending the Health Care Reform debates and are watching closely all legislation that might emanate from them. They are also lobbying for full representation for the citizens of Washington. Other priorities for LWVUS are the National Popular Vote, Global Climate Change, and Membership Recruitment. (go to the LWVUS website: www.lwv.org for more information on National league priorities and advocacy.)
Besides attending the National Council meeting on Saturday, June 13, we also had the first
meeting of the new Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters of Kentucky.
The members of the board discussed our plans for the year and the areas of the program for which we have special interest and for which we will be responsible. (see below).
Our plan is to inform all of the members of the League of upcoming events and legislative “calls to action” where we will ask you to get in touch with your own legislator to inform him/her of our position on a piece of legislation.
Board of Directors
President-Nita Smith- phone no. 859-272-5827 email Nitavotes@aol.com
Area of interest – holding candidate forums, especially for US Senate candidates
Co-president -Terry Naydan- phone no. 859-971-7227 email Terrynaydan@aol.com
Area of interest – Restoring former felon’s voting rights and Kentucky Voter
1st Vice President – Cindy Heine phone no. 859-272-3500 email Cindy.Heine@insightbb.com
Area of interest – Education legislation and public relations
2nd Vice President- Tammy Fagley – phone no. 859-543-0416 email taf1969@netscape.com
Area of interest – Liaison/chair of the State Study on proposed energy efficiencies for the state
3rd Vice President – Cecile Schubert –phone no. 859-623-5832 email cecilel@roadrunner.com
Area of interest – Judicial ethics and health initiatives
Secretary – Carolyn Quisenberry – phone no. 502-417-4480 email csq0409@yahoo.com
Treasurer- Steve Senft – phone no. 859-273-3324 email s.senft@insightbb.com
Director- Richard Heine – phone no. 859-272-3500 email rcheine@insightbb.com
Area of interest – Health Care Reform
Director -Carolyn Self – phone no. 270-886-8703 email bcself@newwavecomm.net
Area of interest – Member recruitment
Off Board Members
Nominating Committee
Elizabeth Crowe – phone no. 859-985-0641 email Elizabeth@cwwg.org
Fran Arnold email- phone no. email franarnold@kvnet.org
League of Women Voters of Kentucky
Suburban Park, Building D, Suite 103
1009 Twilight Trail
Frankfort, KY 40601
Email: lwvky@kvnet.org
Web: www.lwvky.org
Mission:
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan, political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.
