Just some activities our Board and Members have been involved in:
Board of Directors Annual Retreat
Monday, July 11, 2022
We met on a beautiful July day to plan, discuss, revise the activities for the coming year. Not all Board members could make it but we did have 6 of us, including our newest Board member Lea Brooks! A very productive and satisfying day! Get ready to celebrate our League's 20th Anniversary!
President Pat Jamison and Jinny Guy.
Lea Brooks, new Board Member!
Jinny Guy keeping us all on track!
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Juneteenth Day, Centreville, Maryland
June 12, 2022
May 2022
LWVQAC Annual Meeting
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
For the first time in two years, our League was able to hold our Annual Meeting in person at Prospect Bay Country Club, Grasonville, Maryland. With 36 members and friends attending, the meeting was led by President Pat Jamison, starting with a business meeting, then a delicious dinner served by the attentive and friendly staff at Prospect Bay Country Club. After dinner Dr. Jamison introduced our special speaker, Mr. John Lewis, Head of the Gunston School, Centreville, Maryland. Mr. Lewis' subject was 'Educating and Engaging a New Generation of Voters'.
Click here to read the article that was published in the Record Observer on May 20th, written by Luke Parker, reporter. Mr. Lewis certainly left us all with a positive feeling of optimism for the future of our country, but also with a real challenge to engage our young voters in League activities! Thank you, John Lewis, for a rousing, encouraging presentation!
Welcoming Table Dr. Jamison, President Mr. Lewis, Gunston School Main Address
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LWVQAC at Kent Island Day
Saturday, May 21, 2022
A sunny, hot Saturday at the Kent Island Day annual celebration! Many fun events, tables, music, food, and organizations were represented for the many families and individuals attending. Our League had a table with information about the League of Women Voters, events including candidate forums that are scheduled, voter registration and change of address or party forms, and just interesting conversations about the League of Women Voters' role in the political process. A popular item was the pocket size copy of the U.S. Constitution that visitors can take with them! Our volunteers included Board members Pat Sommers, Liz Hammond, Gina Crook (and her lovely daughter Giana), Barbara Sharkey, and members Carolyn Moorshead and Steve Sharkey. Following are some pictures of the day:
September 2021
Voter Registration committee working on setting up supplies for the 3 voter registration tables that will be used on Voter Registration Day, September 28 at both Queen Anne County High Schools and Chesapeake College.
Voter Registration Day at Chesapeake College
September 28, 2021
July 13, 2021
Spending some time organizing our Queen Anne's County League records back to our beginning in 2003! Lucky we have had some very organized leaders but now we need to purge duplicates, consolidate, and store for our history!
Barbara Sharkey, Jinny Guy, Liz Hammond, and Mary Campbell.
Pat Jamison, chair of this committee, is taking the picture. Location is Pat Jamison's home.
Board Retreat June 14, 2021
Happy to be able to meet together again, all fully Covid19 vaccinated, the newly elected LWVQAC Board of Directors met on a beautiful morning to set the agenda for the coming year, enjoy each others company, and have a delicious lunch prepared by all. All but 3 of the 12 newly elected Directors were able to attend and through the leadership of President Dr. Patricia Jamison, with Pat Sommers assisting at the chartboard, a full year of activities was agreed upon. Standing committees were filled, timelines were established, and duties assigned. A copy of the full minutes will be posted as soon as they are available. Minutes from the Board Retreat June 14, 2021.
Missing from the picture are Patricia Jamison (photographer) and Pat Sommers (partial view) and Julie Ranelli. Not able to attend were Board Members Loralyn Andersen-Petrie, Courtney Leigh, and Liz Hammond.
Board Retreat June 23, 2020
The LWVQAC newly elected Board of Directors spent a productive morning on Tuesday, June 23, holding a retreat to discuss goals and events for the coming year. Out in the open, socially distanced and wearing masks when needed, 8 of our Board members set up committees, discussed how to proceed amid the Coronavirus safety restrictions, and enjoyed the ability to discuss current issues openly and in person.
The Minutes of the meeting will be posted as soon as they are available.
Liz Hammond (Vice President), Pat Jamison (President), Barbara Sharkey (Treasurer), Carolyn Moorshead, Loralynn Andersen-Petrie (Secretary), Jinny Guy, Pat Sommers, Mary Campbell
Missing: Joyce Woodford, Courtney Leigh, Theresa Morgan, Gina Crook
June 10. 2020
Farewell Lunch for Kay Dermody, Founding Member of LWVQAC
Crab Deck, Kent Island
Carolyn, Barbara, Liz, Joyce, Kay, Pat said a sad farewell to Kay Dermody, a LWVQAC Founding Member at a lunch at the Crab Deck, Kent Island on Wednesday, June 10, 2020.
Appropriately masked and safely served by the Crab Deck staff, we bid farewell to Kay as she moves to Massachusetts to be near her family.
May 20, 2020
Planning our Board's annual retreat for June, 2020.
Socially distanced, properly masked.
Barbara, Lorie, Pat
Barbara, Lorie, Liz
March 3, 2020
Meeting with Chesapeake College contacts to plan Birthday Celebration for 19th Amendment. Barbara Sharkey (LWVQAC), Corinna Crenshaw (President, Voters Objectively Trying to Educate and Register Students - VOTERS), Mark Berry (Director of Student Engagement and Development Chesapeake College), Pat Jamison (President LWVQAC). Missing (taking the picture!) is Loralyn Anderson-Petrie (LWVQAC Board).