LWVGE Committees

Annual Meeting Committee: Assists Membership Director and Local Arrangements in planning Annual Meeting. Sends invitations, obtains volunteers for event, provides theme/table decorations. Collaborates with Presidents to obtain Speaker(s).

Awards Committee: Assists Membership Director in the collecting of annual award nominations, winners’ selection, biographical sketches of recipients and assists with Awards presentation at the Annual Meeting.

Archives: Collects minutes, publications, photos and other materials and organizes for future access by the League.

Book Club: Selects subject matters related to League issues. Organizes meeting during which members and the community meet to discuss the book’s relevance. A few books are selected each year.

Budget Committee: Responsibilities as described in Article IX, Section 3 of the Bylaws. Bylaws Committee: Responsibilities as described in Article XI, Section 1 of the Bylaws.

Charlotte Swett Walter Democracy Challenge Award: Prepare applications for junior/senior students at Glenbard South and Glenbard West in collaboration with staff and teachers for a “Democracy Challenge Award” to be presented to the winning recipient of each high school at LWVGE Annual Meeting.

Financial Review: Responsibilities as described in Article IX, Section 4 of the Bylaws.

Fundraising: Coordinates local business advertising for the annual Membership Handbook. Supports fundraising efforts for events as determined by the Board

Mental Health: Monitors mental health legislation, DuPage County Taskforce/Public Advocacy Group and new DuPage County Mental Health Board managed by Milton Township.

10 Mock Elections: Works with DuPage County Clerk and coordinates volunteers to administer a mock election in District 87 High Schools. Mock elections are held during presidential election years, unless otherwise decided by the Board. Supervised by Directors of Voter Services.

Nominating Committee: Responsibilities as described in Article VII, Section 1 of the Bylaws.

Observer Corp: Trained by the LWVIL. Provides reports to the Board through Directors. School District Observers provide reports to the Director of Education and Government Observers provide reports to the Director of Local Government.

Proofreaders for the Voter: Assigned to one or more publications for review of materials throughout the year. Supervised by the Director of the Voter.

Voter Registration: Supervises voter registrars; organizes voter registration events. Recruit registrars and works with the county to recertify registrars. Supervised by Voter Services.