2024 League November news Hello Members, Please remember to vote today if you haven’t already. Exercise your right and make your voice heard. We are working on our website and updating the information there, but meanwhile, here’s what’s happening with your League. We had a serious discussion about the future of the League in Melrose […]

LWV of Melrose Meeting Minutes Time: Oct 29, 2024 07:30 PM Eastern Time Place:Zoom Meeting Attendees: Susan Baron, Heather Doyle, Julie DeLillo, Mary Landergan, Karen Smolens, Maureen Elia, Gail Infurna, Janine Vanuti, Joyce Zeiner, Anne DeSouza Ward Review of August 2024 meeting minutes Meeting minutes reviewed and unanimously approved. Congratulations to Mary- Catherine Mahoney, a […]

June 2023: At our Annual Meeting, we voted to maintain our Non-Partisanship Policy as is, and approved the 2024 Budget as proposed. As our fiscal year is the calendar year, the proposed budget reflects anticipated income and expenses for the remainder of 2023, and a proposed budget for 2024. August 2023: We sponsored a table […]

League of Women Voters of Melrose Annual Meeting was held on July 9, 2024 as a virtual meeting via Zoom. Call to Order Review and Adopt Nonpartisan policy (annual requirement) Read and approved the Nonpartisan policy.  Unanimously adopted. Review and Adopt updated DEI language required by LWVUS After reading and discussion, approved unanimously. Report of […]

At our Annual Meeting, we voted to maintain our Non-Partisanship Policy as is, and approved the 2022-2023 Budget as proposed. As our fiscal year is the calendar year (since June 2021), the Budget is approved in June for the coming year, despite not having completed the current year. Consequently, the proposed budget that was approved […]

League of Women Voters of Melrose: Annual Meeting was held on June 13, 2023 at the conference room of Eastern Bank, Main Street, Melrose. 6 pm Meeting with Mayor: We spent the first 45 minutes of Annual Meeting talking with the Mayor about the state of the City and his thoughts on the challenges for […]

The Annual Meeting was held virtually on June 13, 2022.  For a full report of the meeting, please see the Annual Meeting Minutes under POSTS. The Steering Committee met in September and October 2022 and is working on promulgating information for voters in anticipation of the elections this year.  We shared with Melrose High School […]

League of Women Voters of Melrose Annual Meeting Date/Time: June 13,2022 7:00 pm Location: Zoom Attendees: Susan Baron, June Cuttino, Heather Doyle, Maureen Elia, Sister Stephanie Hayman, Gail Infurna, Mary Beth Margolis, Gayle Peterson, Anne DeSouza-Ward, Joyce Zeiner Call to Order Review and Adopt Nonpartisan policy (annual requirement) Anne read our Nonpartisan policy Motion to […]

Rank Choice Voting Presentation Keith Lovett joined out November 15th Steering Committee Meeting to discuss Rank Choice Voting (RCV). Keith presented a compelling argument to move to RCV since this would allow people to vote for candidates they truly support; not just candidates they think have a better chance at election. This supports a LWVMA […]

Greetings, It’s been a busy fall for the League as we navigate the usual fall activities and election season in a changed world. We had our usual booth at the Victorian Fair and we registered some voters and spoke with a lot of folks about election season and local issues. It was a pleasure to […]

June 2020: At our Annual Meeting June 19, 2020, we voted to maintain our Non-Partisanship Policy as is, and approved the 2020-2021 Budget as proposed. It was noted that we have a deficit of income vs. expenses and will need to draw down our small bank account unless we receive more sponsorships. September/October/November 2020: Victorian […]

League of Women Voters of Melrose Call to Order A quorum of 10 attended the remote meeting via zoom. Review and Adopt Nonpartisan policy (annual requirement) Anne DeSouza Ward read non-partisan policy Motion to adapt, seconded; unanimous vote for adoption Report of the Year’s Activities Anne Read the Report of the Steering committee (see separate […]

Greetings from the Steering Committee! It’s almost a full year since we have been able to hold meetings and have League activities in person and we look forward to resuming group events before another year passes. We do hope you and your families have been safe and well and continue to be in these difficult […]

Are you voting by mail this year?   If so, you can drop your ballot in a mailbox, free of charge. You can drop it off at City Hall.  Or you can drop it off in Melrose’s official Ballot Drop Box. This new ballot drop box can be found in the Post Office alley off of […]

The Steering Committee held its annual planning meeting in September 2020 and is planning to focus on assisting with voter registration and voter information for this election season.  If we are able to start in-person meetings in the spring, we will try to reschedule our Mary Livermore event at the library and hold our usual […]

Below is information about the Forum, from our flyer: Rep. Katherine Clark (Democrat) & Caroline Colarusso (Republican) Tuesday, October 13th at 7:30 pm Viewing Options: Zoom Webinar Live:  TinyURL.com/5thCongForum Live Broadcast:  Belmont Ch 8 (Comcast) or Ch 28 (Verizon) Livestream:  BelmontMedia.org/watch/govtv Shared with Cable Access Stations across the District Recordings available on demand:  BelmontMedia.org and […]

June 2019:  At our Annual Meeting June 12, 2019, we voted to maintain our Non-Partisanship Policy as is, and approved the 2019-2020 Budget as proposed.  All six of the incumbent members of the Steering Committee agreed to run for another 2 year term, and Susan Baron was nominated as a 7th member of the committee.  […]

The meeting was held remotely via “ZOOM” and called to order at approximately  7:15 pm. Call to Order Review and Adoption of Nonpartisan policy (annual requirement) Report of the Year’s Activities (Steering Committee) (See separate report posted) Report of the Treasurer Proposed Budget – reviewed and approved. Noted that we are having income expense deficits […]

Greetings from your Steering Committee.  We hope you are well and enjoying this weirdly mild winter. The League is working on voter registration efforts in anticipation of the general election in the fall this year.  In March we are collaborating with two high school seniors to sponsor two days of a registration drive at the […]

Greetings members!  We hope you are keeping warm these days. Your league is happy to report that we were the top fund-raising team at the Candlelight Vigil and Walk for the Melrose Alliance Against Violence last month.  What a great tribute to all the League members that have had a hand in establishing and supporting this organization, […]

Month-by-month description of activities at LWV-Melrose Chapter.

Non-Partisanship Policy reviewed and adopted, Report of the Steering Committee, Guest speaker Lori Timmerman, and more…

It was wonderful to be part of the gathering that Susan Baron hosted on February 10, and celebrate the League’s history and mission in Melrose after 70 years. Thank you again, Susan, for your generosity and hospitality as host. It was helpful for us to get together and discuss League activities and goals in light […]

The League of Women Voters of Melrose is being recognized by the City of Melrose on the occasion of its 70th anniversary. The Board of Aldermen will present the League with a Resolution honoring the organization and its achievements at its meeting on Monday, December 3, 2018 at 7:45 pm. All current and former League […]

June 2017: At our Annual Meeting June 14, 2017, we voted to maintain our Non-Partisanship Policy as is, approved the 2017-2018 Budget and elected the present 7-person Steering Committee to a two-year term. August 2017: We co-sponsored and participated in “Melrose Stands Together Against Hate,” a peaceful community vigil held against bigotry and hate in […]