THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Last month I told you some of the things our board and committees have been
doing over the summer. Things didn’t slow down in August. We monitored
getting the General Plan Update (affectionately or frustratingly—depending
on your point of view—known as GPU4, it being the fourth update) out
to the libraries for public viewing. We’ve continued monitoring the on-going
discussions of the proposed campaign finance reform ordinance in Pacific Grove,
the civic center in Monterey, the County’s Butterfly Village proposal,
and the selling of Bay View in Seaside.
As I write this, we haven’t had our August Board meeting. However, at
that time we plan to review our Nonpartisan Policy, which you can find in your
Handbook. Our policies require that we review it every year, but this year
it becomes particularly important, as it is an election year. Our members are
political and very interested in elections by definition, and several of our
board members expect to be involved in local campaigns this fall. We’ll
be talking about how to do that without exposing the League to charges of partisanship.
This is a good time to remind you that all meetings of the Board and of the
various committees are open to all League members. The Handbook tells you when
the Board and our various committees regularly meet. The Voter also gives you
meeting dates. You’re welcome to attend any and all. It would be good
to check with the chair, however, in case a meeting date or time gets changed.
And it is the chair’s prerogative to limit discussion from non-members,
depending on the agenda limitations of any given meeting and the matters being
discussed.
We’re off to a great new League year with our September meeting. Hope
to see you there.
—
Marilyn Maxner, President
