June 2-4, 2023 | In-person Event | Orlando, FL | Registration Required

Schedule of Events

Location: The Doubletree By Hilton Downtown Orlando

Friday, June 2, 2023

8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

• Registration  – Location: Prefunction Area – 3rd Floor
• LWVFL Marketplace – Location: Brevard Meeting Room – 3rd Floor 

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM  – Caucuses (Simultaneous)

• Reproductive Rights
  • Location: Volusia –  3rd Floor
    • Speakers: Amy Weintraub, Progress Florida and Ginger Mundy, LWVFL Action Team Leader
    • Speakers will train on how to fill out the abortion petition.  Local Leagues can pick up abortion petition packets at the registration table!

• Gun Safety
  • Location: Hillsborough – 3rd Floor
    • Speaker: Cathy Swerdlow, LWVFL Action Team Leader
• National Popular Vote
  • Location: Pinellas – 3rd Floor
    • Speaker: Kathleen Crampton, Floridians for National Popular Vote

10:00 – 11:00 AM  – Workshops (Simultaneous)

• Bylaws
  • Location: Volusia – 3rd Floor
    • Speakers: Debbie Chandler, Pat Drago, Mark Songer, and Charlotte Nycklemoe
• DEI: Accessible Meetings and equipment and Describing Yourself
  • Location: Hillsborough – 3rd Floor
    • Speakers: Marilyn Baldwin, Karolyn Campbell, and Tashara Kooper
• Targeting Young Adults: Young Adult Steering Committee
  • Location: Pinellas – 3rd Floor
    • Speakers: Kay Hoveskeland, Kathy Sheerin, and Kylie Smith
    • Moderated by Felecia Jett

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Workshops (Simultaneous)

• Advocacy Role Play
  • Location: Volusia – 3rd Floor
    • Speaker: Jennifer Adams
• Candidate Events: Virtual or In-Person?
  • Location: Hillsborough – 3rd Floor
    • Speaker: Monica Elliott
• How To Be Non-Partisan in a Political Environment
  • Location: Pinellas – 3rd Floor
    • Speaker: Pat Drago and Debbie Chandler

12:15 – 1:15 PM – Lunch (featuring a guided conversation on book bans and banned books to communities) – Location: Manatee Ballroom – 2nd Floor

1:30 PM – 4:45 PM – Plenary Session I – Location: Sumter/Seminole – 3rd Floor

• Welcome and Call of Plenary Session 1 to Order
• Color Guard and Pledge of Allegiance 
• Introduction of current LWVFL Board of Directors
• Credentials Report
• Adoption of 2023 Agenda
• Adoption of Rules of Convention
• Approval of Convention 2021 Minutes
• Local League Roll Call (Part 1)
• Introduction of Parliamentarian
• President’s Address: State of the State
• Greetings from LWVUS Liaison to Florida
• Bylaws Committee Report
• 2023-2024 LWVFL Budget Committee Report
• Break (Approximately 3:00 PM -3:15 PM)
• Credentials Check
• Nomination Process and Nominating Committee Report
• Proposed 2023 – 2025 Program Presentation
• Recommended
• Non-Recommended 
• Presentation of Action Committee Process
• Announcements
• Adjourn Plenary Session I 

4:45 PM -5:45 PM – Location: Sumter/Seminole – 3rd Floor

• Action Team Meetings with members

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Location: Manatee Ballroom – 2nd Floor

• Cocktails and Conversation

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM – Location: Manatee Ballroom –  2nd Floor

• Gala Dinner

Saturday, June 3, 2023

6:30 AM – 7:30 AM – Location: Summerlin/Princeton – 3rd Floor

• Breakfast

6:30 AM – 7:30 AM – Location: Osceola – 3rd Floor

• Local President’s Breakfast

7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

• Registration – Location: 3rd Floor Prefunction
• LWVFL Marketplace – Location:  Brevard – 3rd Floor

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM  – Workshops

• Returning Citizens
  • Location: Volusia – 3rd Floor
    • Speakers: Kelly Williams and Debbie Chandler

• Collier County Leadership Program
  • Location: Hillsborough – 3rd Floor
    • Speakers: Diana Walsh, Pat Plummer, Diane Preston Moore
• Litigation Update
  • Location: Pinellas – 3rd Floor
    • Speaker: Monica Elliott

9:00 AM – Deadline to File Action Motions

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM  – Workshops

• Budget
  • Location: Anderson/Delaney – 3rd Floor
    • Speakers: Budget Committee Members
• League 101
  • Location: Hillsborough –  3rd Floor
    • Speaker: Felecia Jett
  • LWVFL At Work: Implementing LWVFL’s Education Program
    • Location: Location: Volusia – 3rd Floor
      • Speaker: Jill Lewis-Spector
  • Six Steps to Developing An Effective Social Media Strategy
    • Location: Pinellas – 3rd Floor
      • Speakers: Maribel Balbin, Melissa Hunsberger, Susan Windmiller

9:30 AM -9:45 AM – Break

9:45 AM – 12:15 PM – Plenary Session II Location:  Anderson/Delaney – 3rd Floor

Plenary Session II

• Call to Order
• Report on Plenary
• Credentials Report
• Local League Roll Call (Part 2)
• 2023 – 2025 Non-Recommended Program Discussion and Vote
• 2023-2025 Recommended Program Discussion and Vote
• Announcements

12:15 PM- Adjourn Plenary Session 2

12:15 PM – 1:15 PM – Young Adult Innovator Panel Lunch with Grab & Go Lunch – Location: Summerlin/Princeton – 3rd Floor

1:15 PM -1:30 PM – Break

1:30 PM – Plenary Session III – Location:  Anderson/Delaney – 3rd Floor

• Call to Order
• Report from Plenary Session 2
• Credentials Report
• Discussion & Adoption of Bylaws
• Break (Approximately 3:00 PM -3:15 PM)
• Discussion & Adoption of the LWVFL Budget
• Discussion & Adoption of the LWVFL Education Fund Budget
• Action Motions Report
• Election of 2023 – 2025 Slate of Officers & Directors
• Installation of 2023 – 2025 Slate of Officers & Directors
• Passing of the Gavel + Presidential Addresses
• Directions to State Board, Convention Delegates
• Unfinished Business and Announcements
• Adjournment Plenary 3

Sunday, June 4, 2023

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, – LWVFL Board Meeting (newly elected BOD) – Location: Executive Office – 3rd Floor

• Open to all members

Recommended 2023-2025 Program

State League’s Board of Directors are tasked with weighing various recommendations from local Leagues and deciding which issues to recommend for a State Program. (NOTE: A revised recommended/on-recommended document has been uploaded on May 22 due to previously released requested submittal changes )

• Click here to access the 2023-2025 recommended and non-recommended items for the proposed State Program

 Recommended 2023-2024 Budgets

The Bylaws Committee has recommended that a change in fiscal year be adopted to a new year beginning on July 1, 2023. If this change is approved at Convention, then different budget periods will be required.

The Budget Committee has submitted two budget packets to Convention delegates, this report with no change in fiscal year and a second packet with the three-month and twelve-month budgets.

• Click here to access all 2023-24 budget documents.

LWVFL extends a special thanks to the Budget Committee which was made up of , Mark Songer, Monica Elliott, Denise Elliot, and Denise McLaughlin.

Recommended Changes to LWVFL Bylaws

The League of Women Voters of Florida’s bylaws may be amended at Convention by a two-thirds vote of the delegates.

A Bylaws Committee has formally proposed changes to the bylaws, which were subsequently approved and recommended for adoption by the Board of Directors.

• Click here to access the report produced by the aforementioned Bylaws Committee that reflect  the suggested bylaws amendments
• Click here to access the recommended changes to Bylaws (with changes tracked/visualized).

All changes to these bylaws for the League of Women Voters of Florida, Inc. are also proposed for adoption for the League of Women Voters of Florida Education Fund.

LWVFL extends a special thanks to the Bylaws Committee which was made up of Pat Drago, Mark Songer, Charlotte Nycklemoe and Debra (Debbie) Chandler.

2023 Nominating Committee’s Proposed 2023-25 Board Slate

Executive Board

• Co-President: Cecile M. Scoon, Esq.
• Co-President: Debra (Debbie) Chandler, Esq.
• 1st Vice President: Anna Alvarez Boyd, ACC
• 2nd Vice President: Jill Lewis-Spector, Ed.D.
• Secretary: Monica Elliott, JD
• Treasurer: Theresa Thomas

Elected Directors

• Natalie Alatriste
• Jessica Gomez
• Felecia Jett, Ph.D.
• Patricia Plummer, Ph.D.
• Kelly Williams, Esq.

Nominating Committee

• Chair: Maribel Balbin
• Ginger Mundy
• Diana Walsh

Click here to access brief, League-centric biographies for each of these proposed candidates (includes local League, previous League service, and personal career highlights).

LWVFL extends a special thanks to our 2021-2023 Nominating Committee which was made up of Joanne Lynch Aye (Chair), Sara Rich, Adrienne Kaltman, Jennifer Adams, and Dr. Jill Lewis-Spector.