We’re back! After adjusting to life during a pandemic that severely hampered our face-to-face communications, we were back this year talking to voters at farmer’s markets, schools, stores, and
even vaccination clinics. We even registered a few voters on paper forms.
As we head into the 2022 Virginia General Assembly session, we hope you will join in with members from other local Leagues in Virginia at our Women’s Legislative Roundtables (WLRT) each Wednesday morning during the session. This year the WLRT will be hybrid, offering both an in-person opportunity or an online option. We in the Richmond Metro League are just a short Uber ride away from the SunTrust Building in downtown Richmond where the in-person weekly meetings will be held.
Meanwhile your board has been busy executing a member engagement survey that helped us gauge your interests and let you ‘check the box’ for committees, interest groups, and studies.
We initiated regular new-member orientations to help members, new and old, navigate through the broad and sometimes complex League. We have begun the process of chartering all our committees and have formed a small team to update our bylaws to comply with the latest state and LWV-US guidance. A Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) team is being formed to educate and advocate locally. Most committees have found that meeting on Zoom is convenient and time-saving.
The July surge limited our return to in-person meetings; but vaccines, boosters, and better understanding of COVID have set the stage for venturing out. We look forward to seeing you in-
person at our Advocacy Program meeting in January (see article on Program Planning) and at beautiful Agecroft Hall for our Annual Meeting in May.
--- Jane Newell