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CfER Annual Meeting on May 30

05/30/2009 - 1:30pm
05/30/2009 - 4:30pm

Californians for Electoral Reform Annual General Membership Meeting

Saturday, May 30th 2009, 1:30pm to 4:30pm

Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento
2425 Sierra Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95825
(For directions, visit uuss.org/Home/Contact and scroll down to the map.)


AGENDA

Welcome/introductions

Keynote Address
The Future of Electoral Reform in California
Mark Paul, Senior Scholar, New America Foundation
Micah Weinberg, Senior Research Fellow, New America Foundation

Our keynote speakers are the co-authors of Remapping a Nation without States (2008),
an important proposal for implementing proportional representation in California.
As a journalist, Mark Paul covered California politics for the Oakland Tribune and the Sacramento Bee.
An expert on health policy as well as political reform, Micah Weinberg is President of Weinberg Civic Strategies.

Presentation of the 2009 Wilma Rule Memorial Awards

Legislation Report

Election of Board of Directors

Workshop
The relationship between instant runoff voting and the Condorcet principle
Steve Sosnick, Professor Emeritus, U. C. Davis

Announcement of Election Results

Retreat Announcement & Closing

NOTE: a social gagthering with light refreshments will be held
at the same location following the Annual General Meeting.
RSVP to Paula Lee at Paula Lee's email address

 
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