 LWV ABC's Annual Meeting will take place on Monday, April 12. We will open the Zoom room at 6 and begin at 6:30 with a visit from Anoka County Commissioner Scott Schulte. All the documents and links you will need to participate in this meeting can be found in this blog, as well as under "Board Agendas" on the LWV ABC Member's Only page. It will be a good meeting ending promptly by 8:30. Attendance by our members is important, as this is where we will begin the process of setting our goals for the next year. See you at the Annual Meeting! LWV ABC President Gretchen Sabel 6pm Gather, sign in, social, welcome 6:30 Scott Schulte, Chair of Anoka County Board of Commissioners, remarks and discussion 7:00 President's Report – Gretchen Sabel - file follows
7:30 Treasurer Report - Wes Volkenant - file follows 7:35 Present budget for 2021-22 and vote – Geri Nelson - file follows
7:40 Membership Dues policy change and vote - Pat Kennedy Proposed Membership Dues Policy 2021 Individual Membership Dues shall be $60 per year. Additional family members residing in the same household shall pay $30 per year in dues. Dues for students enrolled either full-time or part-time in school shall be $10 per year. Flexible Membership Dues will be available to everyone to choose what they can pay, from $5 to $55. LWV ABC will supplement a Flexible Dues Membership payment in order to pay the per member payment (PMP) to LWVUS and LWVMN. The Flexible Dues Membership option will replace the previous scholarship program offered by LWV ABC. 7:45 Nominations Committee report and vote on slate - Mary Jo Truchon Nominating Committee Report Mary Jo Truchon, Chair, Submitted April 2, 2021 Candidates for Board Positions – Two year terms All incumbents have agreed to run for re-election President- Gretchen Sabel Secretary- Arlene Gillett Membership- Patricia Kennedy Candidates for Nominating Committee (Off- Board Positions- One year terms) Nominating Committee Chair- Mary Jo Truchon Nominating Committee Member- Glenda Meixell 7:50 Affirm local positions; introduce plan for local action agenda – Gretchen Sabel - file follows 
8:00 Affirm local Non-partisan policy – Geri Nelson - Click this link for Non-partisan policy 8:10 Proposed bylaws changes and vote – Pat Kennedy - See following "Summary of Changes" and "Proposed Bylaw Changes", Current bylaws are at this link.
8:20 Present Zilla Way Award to this year's outstanding local League member – Gretchen Sabel Click this link for a list of our valued past awardees 8:25 Wrap up and farewell, next steps (including State Convention in June) – Gretchen Sabel 8:30 End of meeting Full Committee Reports follow; these will be summarized by Gretchen Sabel in the President's Report.
NOTICE - MARCH 9 MEETING POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS. IT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED ONE WEEK LATER - MARCH 16. 6pm social, 6:30 program starts. Updated link at the end of this post.  March 8 and March 16, 6pm - Zoom Who’s ready for spring? We ALL are, right? LWV ABC has a two-part program planned for March. On Monday, March 8, we’ll look at pollinator gardens as an alternative for those bits of lawn that get maintained but not used. LWV ABC’s Linda Rodgers and Gretchen Sabel will share their successes at developing native plant gardens, and Laurie Schneider from the Pollinator Friendly Alliance will join us for discussion. We will light your interest in pollinators and talk about ideas for using bits of land for native plants. No matter where you live, you can build pollinator habitat in a space near you. On Tuesday, March 16, we will have Emily Johnson from the Anoka Conservation District with information on grants and programs to help build pollinator habitat. Pollinator habitat is part of the work that ACD does, and will be discussed in context of the new Comprehensive Plan that ACD has just completed. ACD’s work is much broader than pollinators, and has promise to green our county. Here's the Zoom link. We will begin with social/connecting time at 6 and programs starting at 6:30. ACD Comprehensive Plan and Grants for Pollinator HabitatTime: Mar 16, 2021 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: https://qctv-org.zoom.us/j/87495357136?pwd=c3dPamVWWWRqTGlOOEg3STdSSTFjdz09 Phone Connection: 312.626.6799 Meeting ID: 874 9535 7136 Passcode: 378029 The program will be recorded and available for later viewing, too. See you on the Zoom! Go back to the LWV ABC website here. Here's a list of useful links that Laurie Schneider shared on March 8:
Links for League of Women Voters – March, 2021 Talk on Backyard Habitat HOW TO GUIDES ON HABITAT AND GARDENING Pollinator Friendly Alliance: pollinator lawn, plant lists. . https://www.pollinatorfriendly.org/habitat Plant suppliers and habitat services https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59fcf40ab1ffb6ee9911ad2a/t/5f9707fc2bdce055be16adb6/1603733501983/habitat_plants_services.pdf Videos and Webinars https://www.pollinatorfriendly.org/videos-and-talks Lawns to legumes habitat guide & cost share program https://bwsr.state.mn.us/l2l University of Minnesota: biodiverse backyard, gardens, biocontrols, plant lists, videos . . . https://ncipmhort.cfans.umn.edu/ Xerces Society: pollinator conservation and habitat resources https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides How to install a pollinator lawn https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59fcf40ab1ffb6ee9911ad2a/t/5e21375a44b0d30f4c846b37/1579235214664/2020+pollinator+lawn+bulletin.pdf PLANT, TREE, SHRUB AND GRASSES LISTS Heather Holm, biologist/author, pollinator-plant guides: https://www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com Xerces plant list: https://xerces.org/publications/plant-lists Audubon plant database by zip code: https://www.audubon.org/native-plants Wild Ones St. Croix Savanna Resources: https://stcroixoaksavanna.wildones.org Plant, trees and shrubs for pollinators lists: https://www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com Minnesota wildflowers database by LCCMR: https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info Missouri Botanical Garden https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/plantfinder/plantfindersearch.aspx Native grasses list and book https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden-news/native-grasses-book-now-available-free-online
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