League of Women Voters of Hawaii Goals and Objectives
- Increase public participation in government
- Increase voter registration and turnout
- Distribute voter registration forms with drivers’ licenses
- Expand “get-out-the-vote” campaigns: PSAs, Poster contests for high school students with prizes
- Investigate ways to increase voter awareness & knowledge of important issues
- Support and study government behavior and process
- Use technology to bring government to the public
- Eliminate need for password on web site
- Put community calendar on web site
- Put testimony on web site
- Increase number of hyperlinks on web site
- Support initiative and referendum at the state level
- Increase cooperation with other organizations with similar goals (Media Council, Sierra Club, etc.)
- Increase use of national and local education funds, other grants
- Increase League Membership
- Recruit newly retired – work with company counseling
- Contact new arrivals – LWV welcome wagon
- Be visible!
- Work on magnet issues
- Be known as relevant and effective
- Present testimony
- Write letters to the editor, op-ed pieces
- Create junior arm of League
- Reach students through speakers on issues; invite them to participate in action
- Have active Membership Chairs in each League
- Increase diversity, e.g. recruit men, different age groups
- Plan for Future Leadership
- Develop succession plans for each League
- Make sure each committee has at least three members
- Make sure there is a dedicated chair for any new study
From 2006 Council
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April 2010
