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The State League pays monthly for a Pro Zoom account, which lets us host meetings of up to 100 participants with no limit on meeting time. State Zoom account is available on a first come, first served basis. Default meeting time is one hour - please contact us at lwvor@lwvor.org if you need more time.

Tracking League Priorities and Community Impact LWVOR has produced a Volunteer Data Collection Form for Leagues to enter their event activities, volunteer hours, and other information as part of the LWVUS Annual League Survey. We received feedback from several people that the provided data tracking spreadsheet is complicated to use so we offer our new form as an alternative. At the end of the calendar year, all data will be shared with local Leagues and LWVUS. Note: If your League is already tracking data and you have a system that works for you, there is no need to complete this form. Also, we would happily provide a copy of this form for your League to use if you prefer. Report The True Value Of Contributions To Our Communities And For Grant Funding Volunteer hours can translate into an exact value* that can help meet matching requirements or give funders an idea of what the League could do with more resources. *Important to show how effective the organization is in achieving its mission. Illustrate A More Complete Picture Of Volunteer Impact Tracking will answer key questions for donors: Why should they donate to your organization over others? Track volunteer time to understand, internally, where volunteers are making the most impact. Data-based evidence on which program or activity volunteers are most effective can steer better decisions for where to invest more time, training and investment. Recognize And Retain Incredible Volunteers Some volunteers just like to know how much of a difference their time makes. Recognizing volunteer efforts highlighting certain involvement milestones or making it easy to define their contribution to an individual or team accomplishment is always appreciated. These gestures help build closer teams and communities and increase retention, a common challenge for nonprofits. We hope the form simplifies the process of collecting your event and program details, so we can all better understand League priorities and community impact. Questions about the form or want to email your results to us directly? Contact us at lwvor@lwvor.org.

Spring raced right on by in my garden, along with nearly half of the year! The seeds of change are now planted there and with the League of Women Voters of Oregon (LWVOR). Our Council business meeting, held in Salem this year, was attended by delegates from every local League with only one of our smaller Units not represented. Council is where we conduct League business that our bylaws require decisions by a majority of representatives of our entire LWVOR membership. We had a quorum and the requisite votes to pass a remarkable budget, select new board members and officers, and to review and refresh our Strategic Plan goals and objectives. We were motivated by an academic review of the dire nature of these political times and had our hopes rekindled by hearing the aspirations of our youth. The 2026 -2027 budget draws on our reserves like at no other time in this leagues history. If reserves are held for a rainy day, currently it's pouring. The membership spoke and we have united and risen to the challenges arrayed against democracy. We reviewed the eight LWVOR 2025 - 2030 Strategic Plan objectives to get a sense of our progress since September of last year and what the outcomes of our work are shaping up to be. We addressed branding, voter service, youth advocacy, Oregon Mock Student Elections, fiduciary responsibility, strategic alliances and yes, civil discourse and burnout. Our working groups are identifying how we address those needs within the framework of our Leagues positions and principles and grow them into the fabric of our everyday work with our new budget and Board. Dr. William Smaldone, a PhD in history at Willamette University is a double Fulbright scholar and world expert in German and European history. He provided a detailed comparative analysis between the societal, cultural, political, economic, technical and industrial aspects of 1939 Germany and 2026 Washington DC. Chilling to say the least, but motivating just the same. Evan Tucker, a league member from Lane County and member of the LWVOR Board, gave a rousing presentation about his experience as an early member of LWVOR’s Youth Council and why that engagement matters for youth. Georgia Livny of Portland spoke of her life’s goal of becoming a public health physician. It is outstanding and uplifting to hear such a clear, compassionate and informed voice of reason and care come from one as young as 17 years old. She spoke of how her tenure with the Youth Council shaped and informed her academic and social pursuits. Georgia is most definitely one of us and some of you have rubbed off on her. In our youth I see the promise of the future, here and now. Our devoted Action Committee, headed by Jean Pierce, produced an outstanding video that summarizes the myriad issues members advocate from our held positions in the Oregon legislature and with the public at large. This is a great introduction to the people and their dedication to the Action Committees work. Please show it to your leagues or the general public as a recruitment tool for league or Action Committee membership. Action is always looking for both experts and generalists familiar with specific natural resource, societal, political, academic or cultural arenas of our work. Want to learn what it means to be a lobbyist, how to give legislative testimony or present research findings to decision makers? Then our Action Committee can provide you that training and use your enthusiasm and help. The largest LWVOR budget in history was passed for 2026 -2027. Starting in July, LWVOR is authorized to invest $393,000 in fiscal year 2026-27 from revenues and over $160,000 of our three quarters of a million in savings. With that budget, we will retain our one permanent full-time staff and have four contract employees for a total of 3 full time equivalents. A doubling of historical staff resources! It’s essentially a lot more help to address the ongoing achievement of LWVOR strategic objectives and to support the work of our local leagues and units. Abigail Hertzler will continue as our expert Administrative Director and Lindsay LaPlante will continue on as ½ time contractor focusing specifically on Membership and VOTE411. Our newest contractor, Andrea Capere, will help implement our Communications and Marketing portfolio objectives under the guidance of first Vice President and Communications Chair, Barbara Klein. Over the summer our Human Resources Committee, headed by Barbara Keirnes-Young, will add two more half - time specialists. A new Development Coordinator will address fiduciary responsibility and help share best practices for fundraising with our fifteen local leagues while developing relationships with the philanthropic communities aligned with our mission. A new Youth Outreach Coordinator will help us grow our reach into the ranks of youth motivated to shape their own and societies collective futures. Together, these new staff will sustain our growth in membership, maintain our fiduciary responsibility, and help us develop the strategic alliances called for now to defend democracy and empower voters. To cap off the Council weekend, the membership elected and appointed six Board members. Our very dedicated Nominations Committee, led by Annie Goldner of the Deschutes League, brought us a slate of excellent candidates. Three Board members terms were renewed and three brand new Board Members joined us. I, Mark Kendall was elected President of the League after having served six months as Interim. Jean Pierce, our 2nd Vice President, was re-elected to another two-year term to continue her leadership of our Action Committee. After having served as a Youth Council member of the Board, Evan Tucker was selected to serve another two years on the Board. Justin Ludwig of Lane County League was Board appointed in April. Jodi Gill of the Corvallis League was elected and Lin Mallardi from the Deschutes League was elected to the position of Treasurer to follow in the footsteps of our dedicated outgoing treasurer, Kermit Yensen. Take a look at the Council Workbook for details of these new members qualifications. We are in good hands. ________ Is it Council or Convention this year you ask? Well, it depends on whether you’re talking LWVUS or LWVOR. The LWVUS Convention is coming right up in Columbus, Ohio, June 25 -28th . If any Oregon local Leagues or Units will not have delegates representing them at the national LWVUS Convention, please let the LWVOR office know if you haven't already. We may have colleagues in attendance as observers that can carry your proxy. We want our voices heard! There are a number of workshops required of delegates in advance of the LWVUS Convention. Registration is now closed for in person LWVUS Convention Attendance. However, you can register for these pre-convention educational workshops regardless of your Convention registration status. You need to register and can attend them in real-time on ZOOM in person or view them at a later time but only if you registered for them in advance. Do register and participate, these are designed to improve your participation and effectiveness engaging your colleagues from across the nation, and they’re required of delegates. These are excellent workshops if you plan to attend Convention virtually as an observer or even in future years. Those workshops include: Monday, June 1 at 2pm PT 2026 Convention Rules and Parliamentary Procedure​ Wednesday, June 3 at 2pm PT 2026 Convention Bylaws Q&A​ Monday, June 8 at 12pm PT 2026 Convention: Debate and Voting for Virtual Delegates Tuesday, June 9 at 3pm PT Your Future Leadership: Meet the 2026–2028 LWVUS Slate of Nominees Wednesday, June 10 at 1pm PT Resolutions Committee Office Hours​​ Monday, June 15 at 12pm PT 2026 Convention: Budget Information Pre-Convention Webinar​ Tuesday, June 16 at 2pm PT 2026 Convention: Debate and Voting for In-Person Delegates Ongoing league governance requires planning, attention to detail and process, time- commitment, and effective organization. Our local, state and national leagues Council and Convention events are our vehicles to just and effective governance. Thank you for all your dedicated service. In League, Mark Kendall LWVOR President

Jean Pierce, Action Chair Occasionally I am asked why the League engages in advocacy. Right from the start - when the League was first created, women were demanding the ability to vote in order to make their voices heard about issues important to them. At that time, the issues included child welfare, education, the home and high prices, women in gainful occupations, public health and morals, and independent citizenship for married women. LWVOR Action Committee members hold portfolios for the issues they address. They attend committee meetings, track legislation, and write legislative reports. In addition, they draft and present testimony supporting or opposing legislation based on positions approved by the League membership and published in LWVOR’s Issues for Action and LWVUS’s Impact on Issues. Currently, there are 25 active members of the committee but more are needed! Please contact advocacy@lwvor.org to learn how you can help make the League’s voice heard on issues important to you. Be sure to watch the video summarizing League work during the 2026 legislative session and describing our needs for volunteers.

Join the LWVOR Youth Council to advocate for issues you care about! Register voters, work in the legislature, learn how nonprofit organizations operate and more! / Youth / Youth Council / Support Youth Council and receive a League Pride button! About Youth Council Interested in voting rights, public policy, and politics? The League of Women Voters of Oregon is excited to support young Oregonians. Join our Youth Council to build power for yourself and your community! Youth Council opportunities include: participating in or leading civic engagement events , educating peers on voting , engaging in nonpartisan advocacy , gaining practical skills in community organizing , and more. If you are 16 years or older you may apply for LWVOR Youth Council. If you know an eligible youth or student age 16+ with an interest in civic engagement, you may nominate them. Despite our name, we're n ot just for women! We welcome all genders . 💜 Join Youth Council Register your interest in the form below and we'll get back to you soon! Become a Member What's In It For You Membership at three levels! Includes LWV of the US, LWV of Oregon, and your local League Opportunities for participation as a national and state convention delegate or observer Participatory civic engagement and education Community service hours with Certificates of Recognition More About Youth Council Watch recordings of past events and workshops to see Youth Council in action! Social Media How To: "X", TikTok and Canva for Videos Youth Advocacy Chair Nivi Giani Social Media How To: Instagram, Threads, and Canva Youth Media Director Lucy Robb DEIJ Workshop For League Members Youth Council DEIJ Team Deenie Bulyalert and Mila Sloan Donate to Youth Council Donate Your donation empowers youth voices and defends democracy. Team Meet the Youth Council Team Have questions? Reach out to our Youth Council leaders at youthpresident@lwvor.org or our Youth Council Mentors (members of the LWVOR Board) at youthoutreach@lwvor.org . Youth Council President LILY YAO (she/her) Lily attends South Eugene High School where she is actively involved in student government, competes in Speech and Debate, and plays varsity tennis and club Ultimate. Read More youthpresident@lwvor.org Youth Council Vice-President SHERIDAN SCHILLING (she/her) Sheridan is currently attending Winston Churchill High School, where she serves as an active member of student government in her elected position as Secretary. Read More youthcrew@lwvor.org Youth Council Policy Director NICOLE REKSOPURO (she/her) Nicole Reksopuro attends Adrienne C. Nelson High School and has a passion for social justice. Nicole was chosen out of 1,060 students to be a part of her school district’s youth equity committee. Read More youthcrew@lwvor.org Youth Advocacy Co Director EVA WEISS (she/her) youthadvocacy@lwvor.org Youth Advocacy Co Director NABILA KHAN (she/her) youthadvocacy@lwvor.org Legislative Comms Co Director/Policy AARNA SHAH (she/her) youthcommunications@lwvor.org Youth Events Co-Chair HAI NGUYEN (he/him) We warmly welcome Hai Nguyen, currently a student at Clackamas High School with plans to continue in Global Studies or Political Science at University of Oregon and ultimately Law School. Read More youtheventschair@lwvor.org YC Climate Team Coordinator ABBY RENNER (she/her) youthoutreach@lwvor.org Youth Events Co-Chair KYRA AGUON (she/her) youtheventschair@lwvor.org Youth Media Director KARISHMA CHIDAMBARAM (she/her) youthmedia@lwvor.org DEIJ Youth Chair LAASYA KANAMATHA (she/her) youthoutreach@lwvor.org Youth Vote Strategist OLIVIA HAN (she/her) Olivia is a junior at Sunset High School in Beaverton, Oregon. Read More youthoutreach@lwvor.org Book a Youth Speaker Invite a Youth Council member to speak at your meeting or event! Book a Speaker

The League of Women Voters of Oregon seeks to empower voters to understand governmental issues and to participate in the political process. STAY INFORMED! Sign up for all League communications and newsletters here! Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy. Youth Civic Engagement Join the League Legislative Reports Read Our Studies Latest News League Promotional Items For Sale League Updates Updated Volunteer Data Collection Form! We need you on the LWVOR Action Committee! Voter Newsletter Read More LWV Urges Congress to Exercise Its Authority Read the Letter To become a member, join one of 15 local Leagues and Units in Oregon. Learn more about join ing Oregon's Sanctuary Law: Know Your Rights Learn more Attend An Event See Events Check out upcoming public events happening around the state. Events are hosted by LWVOR and other Oregon Leagues.

Join the League of Women Voters of Oregon. Become a member to build power in your community. / Join / Become A Member / Become A Member Join 1 of 15 local Leagues or State Units! LWV of Oregon has members throughout the state with 15 local Leagues or State Units. Most Leagues offer free or discounted membership for students. Join the League in your area! Find Your Local League Register or Renew at the State Level Members who don't reside near a local League can join at the state level as a Member-At-State (MAS)! If you've already joined at this level and are looking to renew, you can use the same registration form linked below or download our printable registration form . Join or Renew Now! Find Your Local League "I fully support this organization with my efforts and funding- studies of current issues, Voter registration and education, volunteers doing legislative advocacy, something for everyone. Help us!" Rebecca Gladstone, LWV of Lane Co.