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Show PRESIDENT'S LETTER "Where shall I begin, please your majesty?" he asked. "Begin at the beginning," the king said, grave ly, "and goo~ 'til you co~ to the end: then stop. " ' (White Rabbit to the King of Hearts) Well, here I a~ at the beginning of my term. The beginning, Annual Meeting, has taken pl, ce. The end seer.1s a long way away. But, as I begin this long journey, I am pleased to find that I have been provi ded with the~ best equipme~t for compl eting it: a marvelous Board, an excit ing Progr am, a~d one or two chanen_gcs to keep us all on our toes. ·. ,. ,' The Board this yetr is made up of a good combinatio n of experienced and new members. The majo rity. of U:~m work outside the home y even get paid !-and the varie ty of inter ests [,nd backg rounds is impressiv--man e. looking forward to working with this wonderful group of wome l am reall y n! The local Program adopted at Annual Mee~ing was purposely limit ed to two studies to avoid burdening our finances and woma n-pow er. But what timel y and excitin~ studi es they are! One will be a ._ o f capit al improvement needs and financing withi n Salt Lake County, the study other will be a study of academic standards__ in 1oca 1 secoridary education. . Stephanie\ Loker, the Planning and Zonin ri and Shawna Jackson, the E~ucation Chair are both forming committees gto Chai begin work on these studi es th_is sur.iiner • . Please contac't. them (Stephanie - 359-1 Shawna - 266-3359) or the League offic e if you would 6}5 (h), 535-7955 (w); 'like to work on eithe r study . . I would especially like to urge members who have never worked on "a_ study to· consider: parti cipat ing~· You do not need to be aft _~xpert to .·he.] p1;wlth a study --but it is .grea ' :, - t way to become ..?,ne: •• _ : '.· • • And Hhat ijre the cha 11 enges? . They aren I t new, but they are -just as :, chall en~in g as ever! The firs.t ., is membershfp. This i'nclu des not only ga·in ing new members, but retaining those· we•. -have" Our goal is ;to ··1,n creas e our tota l membership by 1C% this year- -and you can help by intro ducin g on~ or two Jrien ds to the League this Fall, ,.,,, • ' ·,.,-,; .. , Th·e ·second c.hal1enge, as ah'.;;i ys, is f ·inance. In addit ion to ·a $2.00 _ • i·ncrease in dL•es to (.;OV2r ::he co st of Per Member Payments (PMP) to the State . . a-n.d Nati•on.al- Leag~~s, hU: are also p~anning to .apply for more grartts to· pay for ouf ~ttidies and Voter Service attiv it ies. • Although Lea9ue m~atin gs cease o•;er the suom'-:r, Leagu e work- conti nues · in prep arati on for the Fall. 1,·· t11,1 nk tt:ts ye,:? \iill be an inter estin g one in League. In the meantime, I hope ·yo¾ a 11 have a wond erful summer,! ; ... • ··. =============================================================================== The Salt Lake VGTER Summer/83 'P .\'· ., r ,. ! , |
