A 360 Degree View for 365 Days

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" A 360 Degree View for 365 Days"
League of Women Voters
Holistic Planning Intentionally Building your
League Throughout the Whole Year!
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Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is
deciding how you will go about achieving it and
staying with that plan.

• Tom Landry

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What is an annual calendar?
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What Does 360 Degree League Building Mean?

• Consciously planning
• Visibility
• Membership
• Fundraising
• into ALL of our issue
• forums, debates,
• voters guides and
• advocacy work!

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Why 365 Days a Year?
The Public thinks the LWV goes away after
elections . We know better! And we want them to
know were active throughout the YEAR!
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Why Bother?
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It helps boards to
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It helps boards to
FOCUS!
Priority Issues Done in a 360 Degree way
(visibility, membership and money) A Strong
League!
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AND Importantly..

• Printing the calendar in your VOTER is
  advertising!

• Encourages members to put League events on their
  own personal calendars

• Illustrates the variety of ways they can be
  active!

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Creating A Calendar

• When does your Board create the calendar?

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At the Planning Meeting Your Board Members

• Determine their goals for the year
• Decide on strategies
• Agree on events and activities
• Decide what job will be required
• Assign to board or off-board members
• Develop the calendar

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What is included in the calendar?
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Local League meetings
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State League and LWVUS Meetings
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Voter Service Information
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Special League Events
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When and where is it published?
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When and where is it published?

• In your Leagues Voter (or
• newsletter)

• On your Leagues Website

• Shared on your lists via email

• Public Calendar sections in local media calendar
  areas

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Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.

• Ben Stein

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Administrative Calendar

• Detailed Calendar
• Important administrative deadlines
• Includes event listed for the general membership
• Due dates for consensus
• Due dates for program planning reports
• Newsletter articles
• Membership reports
• PMP payments
• Bylaws committee report
• Budget committee reports
• Nominating committee reports

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• MAY
• Annual Meeting
• State Convention (May or June)

• JUNE
• State or LWVUS Convention
• Fill remaining board positions
• Board orientation/retreat
• Review nonpartisanship policy
• Appoint board members to new nominating committee

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Sample Administrative Calendar

• JULY
• Board calendar planning meeting
• Summer social event
• First quarter PMP due
• Audit/Review financial records

• AUGUST
• Plan fall kick-off event, new member campaign and
  voters service activities
• Recruit committees
• Membership
• Action
• Study
• Voters service
• Fundraising

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• SEPTEMBER
• Fall kick-off event
• Study committee(s) underway
• Voters service work underway
• State League fall workshops

• OCTOBER
• Candidates debates
• New member orientation meeting
• Second quarter PMP due
• Plan fundraising event

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• NOVEMBER
• Election day
• Follow up on membership renewals
• Year end membership recruitment
• Plan for holiday party

• DECEMBER
• Holiday Party
• Begin planning for annual meeting
• Nominating committee is working

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• JANUARY
• Update membership roster by January 31 for
  state/LWVUS count
• Appoint budget, bylaws committees
• State or LWVUS program planning meeting
• Third quarter PMP due

• FEBRUARY
• Local program planning meeting
• Board approves program planning results for
  state/LWVUS
• Primary election voters service events
• Fundraising event

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• MARCH
• Primary election
• Board determines recommendations for annual
  meeting
• Annual meeting kit preparations

• APRIL
• Fourth quarter PMP due
• Recommended program, budget, bylaws and
  nominating committees reports sent to members
  (annual meeting kit)

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Remember Planning Your Calendar AND

• Consciously planning
• Visibility
• Membership
• Fundraising
• into ALL of our issue
• forums, debates,
• voters guides and
• advocacy work!

Strong Leagues!!!
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Quotes!

• Eleanor Roosevelt It takes as much energy to
  wish as it does to plan.
• Edmund BurkeYou can never plan the future by the
  past.
• Benjamin Franklin By failing to prepare, you are
  preparing to fail.
• Alan LakeinPlanning is bringing the future into
  the present so that you can do something about it
  now.

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Just remember to have fun!