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The League of Women Voters of Edina (LWVE), a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. The League has approximately 100 men and women members and is part of the State and National League of Women Voters. The League of Women Voters of Edina has had an active role in Edina since the 1954.

APRIL UNIT MEETING: BIKE EDINA TASK FORCE AND ROUNDTABLE HEADLINES

THURSDAY, APRIL10, 9:15am
Alice Hulbert, League member, former city council member, and member of the Bike Edina Task
Force will speak at the Thursday, April 10 unit meeting only on City of Edina Comprehensive
Bicycle Transportation Plan, status of the Bike Edina Task Force, and efforts being made to
further recreational and commuter biking in the city. The Comprehensive Bicycle Transportation
Plan can be downloaded from the City's website at: www.ci.edina.mn.us/traffic/L5_BikeTaskForce.htm.
Email: webmaster@lwvedina.org for information on this event.

SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 9:45am, Edina City Hall
Ever sit & read the morning paper & a topic catches your eye in such a way that you wonder what your League friends would have to say about that? Well, this month is an opportunity to discover just that! Saturday’s unit meeting on April 12 will be a Roundtable discussion on the Headlines of the day. Please bring one headline from the news that morning that you are most impassioned about, either a local or national issue, and we will all have a chance to give full voice to it. The discussions will be facilitated by our program co-chair. Knowing you Leaguers, it promises to be a most lively morning of learning from each other.

THE 53RD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF EDINA

Thursday, May 1, 2008, Good Samaritan Church, 5730 Grove Street
6:30 Social
7:00 Speaker: Cathy Cella, Edina Board of Education member and fellow Leaguer, will share her experience as a candidate running for local election and her first months on the Edina School Board.
7:30 Call Annual Meeting to Order
8:30 Adjourn and Dessert
Cost: $5
RSVP by April 25 to webmaster@lwvedina.org

Observer Reports

The LWVE Observer Reports from the most recent City Council, City of Edina Boards and Commissions and School Board Meetings can be found in our October newsletter

Meetings information

Edina Board of Education: meetings are held at 7:00 pm on the second and fourth Mondays of each month in Room 349 of the Edina Community Center.These meetings are aired on Channel 14 at 9 pm Wednesdays and 10 am on Sundays.A videotape of the most recent meetings can be checked out at the Edina Community Library as well as the Edina Community Center first floor office. Archived videotapes are available through Disctrict Media Services in the Community Center

Edina City Council: meetings are held at 7:00 pm on the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Edina City Hall. These meetings are aired on Channel 16 for Time Warner Cable subscribers four times at 10 am and 7 pm on Thursdays, 3 pm on Saturdays, and 7 pm on Mondays. A meeting DVD is available for check-out at both the Edina Community Library and the City Hall front desk

Planning Commission: meetings are held at 7:00 pm the Wednesday prior to the first City Council meeting of the month. These meetings are aired four times a week for two weeks after the meeting at 10 am and 7 pm on Fridays, 3 pm on Sundays, and 7 pm on Tuesdays.

Youth Sport Task Force: meetings are aired for two weeks when time is available on the cable schedule.

Voter Information

Election 2008 is near! Register to vote by using the quick and easy tool at www.lwv.org/RegisterToVote.
Voter information available at Vote411.org.

WHO CAN VOTE

You can vote if, at the time of an election, you are:

18 years of age or older,

a citizen of the United States and

a resident of Minnesota for at least 20 days.

If you moved since the last time you voted, even if just within Edina, you must re-register. You may NOT vote if you:

have been convicted of a felony and your civil rights have not been restored,

are under guardianship, or

have been found by a court to legally incompetent.

HOW TO REGISTER TO VOTE

Voter Registration Card: If it is at least 20 days before the election, you can register to vote by filling out a Voter Registration Card. You can get a Voter Registration Card at:

Edina City Hall,

either of the two county libraries in Edina

on-line at the Secretary of State's web page

On Election Day: If it is less than 20 days before the election, you should wait and register to vote at your polling place on election day. To register on election day, you must present proof that you reside in the precinct in which you are voting. Information at the Secretary of State's web page.

ABSENTEE BALLOTS

You can vote by absentee ballot if on election day you are:

away from your precinct
ill or disabled
prevented from going to the polling place by a religious holiday or belief
an election judge in another precinct
Get an Absentee Ballot Application from the Edina City Clerk or print out the application from the Secretary of State Website.

Our Calendar

Wednesday, April 2nd: 7:00 pm Board Meeting, Mayor's Conference Room, Edina CIty Hall

Thursday, April 10: 9:15 am Thursday Unit Meeting. Home of Janet Cardle, 952-922-2728.

Saturday, April 12: 9:45 am Saturday Unit Meeting. Edina City Hall Community Room, 4801 W 50th St.

Tuesday, April 15: Newsletter deadline. E-mail Pattiann Nordgren partiann@aol.com

Thursday, May 1st : 6:30 pm. Annual Meeting, Goog Samaritan Church, 5730 Grove Street

Greetings! We invite you to join the League of Women Voters of Edina.

These days we are bombarded with information. Advertisement masquerade as news articles. Internet information may be reliable or bogus. Understanding government procedures and knowing what questions to ask can be challenging. As citizens of the world, it is increasingly difficult to identity which messages are credible, and how to find balanced information on a public issue. That's where the League of Women Voters of Edina (LWVE) can help.

LWVE is respected for providing 50 years of honest, balanced, nonpartisan information and opportunities for Edina. Last year LWVE:

Hosted two state and one local candidate forums.
Provided public forums on the federal Patriot Act, the future of electronic voting in Minnesota, and renewable energy.
Addressed current issues at our monthly meetings, such as traffic management and development plans in our city, government finance, national security and local environmental quality.
Gave Edina High School students voter registration and absentee voting information.
Offered voter registration assistance at Edina Park Plaza and Edina Library.
Completed a local study on renewable energy that has received national attention.
Participated in a metro-wide voter help line.
Informed our members and community of current pending legislation and opportunities for timely citizen actions.

This coming year in addition to hosting a school board candidate forum, assisting with voter registration and our other ongoing services, we will hold a public forum on "Educating all of our children: Student Support Services in the Edina Public Schools," discuss the effects of recent immigration trends in Minnesota and Edina, identify ways to work for appropriate renewable energy solutions for our public buildings, and participate in the national League of Women Voters Convention, which will be held in Minneapolis in June 2006.

We now look forward to the next fifty years and rely on our members to fulfill our twin purposes of education and advocacy. Your membership will help build a stronger community for all of us. Won't you join us?

To join the League of Women Voters of Edina send $45 dues to:

Suzanne Kerwin
5238 Hollywood Road
Edina, MN 55436

Newsletters

Our monthly newsletter is the Edina Leaguer.

Recent Issues:

Our Studies

The 2006 LWVE Study on the City of Edina Advisory Boards and Commissions can be downloaded here. Please note that applications to Appointment are available from the City of the Edina website.

The 2005 LWVE Study on Renewable Energy can be downloaded here.

LWVE

The League of Women Voters of Edina