September 2006 - Monthly Meeting & Info for October

The League of Women Voters in Hong Kong met Tuesday, Sept. 12. 2006 at the home of U.S. Consul General and Mrs. James Cunningham.

Susan Wallace, President, introduced Mr.Cunningham , our speaker.
A question and answer session followed Mr. Cunningham’s talk.

The League Board was introduced to the group.
President – Susan Wallace
Vice President – Beth Hall
Secretary – Michelle Todd
Treasurer – Adrienne Urbanec
Special Events – Debra Joyce
Voter Registration – Anita Chopra

Michelle Todd is moving back to the States. The president asked for a volunteer to take over the position of secretary.

Nancy Ryback, Treasurer, is collecting the yearly dues.

Vickie Mirgel volunteered to help Beth with Voter Registration at the AmericanWomen’s Association Kick off Coffee on September 14.

Amy Van Laak has agreed to keep our blog up to date. The blog address is http://lwvhk.blogspot.com/ .Beth Hall, Vice President, reported on the League summer events: Xandra Kayden, National League liaison to Hong Kong, was in the city in August. In the absence of the president, Beth arranged a luncheon on August 18 for Xandra with League members. Traveling with Xandra was Bill Schneider, CNN Senior Political Analyst, who also spoke to the luncheon group.

The boxes for “Election Central” have been moved from storage at HKIS to storage at the ASIAN TIGERS storage facility. ASIAN TIGERS will store the boxes for 2 years at no charge to the League. Thanks to the American Chamber of Commerce for their help with this.

Beth also announced that the National League now has 71,092 members. She also announced that as of the summer League convention in Minneapolis – non U.S. residents are now allowed to hold Board positions.

The next meeting will be October 10 at the home of Robin Ernest. The speaker will be Professor Kaye Chon, Chair Professor Hotel and Tourism Management School – Hong Kong Polytech University. Photos from this meeting can be found here (click on September 2006 Monthly Meeting).

League of Women Voters August 16th Luncheon

An August luncheon was planned at the Helena May Club when we were informed of two special guests that would be visiting from the US.

It was a pleasure to meet Xandra Kayden, League Board Liaison to Hong Kong and Bill Schneider, CNN Senior Political Analyst. Those in attendance had the opportunity to learn more about the League of Women Voters and learn about political activity from Bill Schneider.

Xandra Kayden
Statement: The LWV is a culture as well as an institution. The former binds itself into our values; the latter is a critical vehicle for addressing the nation and the world. Changing either is difficult, but finding the balance between adaptation and steadfastness is the work of all of us who lead our Leagues. We can, if we do it together. Photos of the attendees can be found here (click on August 2006 Luncheon Meeting).