After the March -- What Next?

Mid-Atlantic Regional Elections Conference

Saturday, May 15th, 2004

Tai Sophia Institute (click here for directions from the north, e.g., NJ)
7750 Montpelier Rd
Columbia, Maryland 20723

Conference fee: $35 (sliding scale)

Agenda:

9:00 - 10:00
9:00 - 4:30
9:00 - 4:30

Complimentary Breakfast

Registration

Credentialing (will not be open during voting)

9:30 - 10:30

Plenary I
Adopt Rules
Adopt Agenda
Adopt Election Rules
Nominations Committee Report
Candidate Speeches, Q & A

10:30 - 11:00
10:30 - 11:00

Break

Maryland NOW Conference Rules and Agenda, Report of Nominations Committee

11:00 - 12:00

Workshop I - "Regime Change at Home: Changing the Map in 2004" Regional discussion of key issues such as DNC overview of voter turnout strategy, keeping candidates honest on NOW issues, Etc.

12:00 - 1:30

Voting (Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, National Board
Members and MD NOW Officers)

12:30 - 1:30

Buffet Lunch followed by Key Note Address
Olga Vives, NOW National Action Vice-President - "The Real State of the Union – A Feminist Perspective"

1:30 - 2:00

Break

2:00 - 3:00

Workshop II - "Mobilizing Feminists" Panel discussion by grassroots organizers, with a focus on college and young feminist voter turnout)

3:00 - 4:00

State Breakout Sessions

Maryland NOW Business Meeting

4:00 - 5:00

Plenary II
Announce Election Results
Resolutions
Recognize Outgoing Board Members
Adjourn

7:00 - 11:00

Conference Celebration (cocktail reception)
11212 Empire Lane
N Bethesda, Maryland 20852

301-984-5831

Sister chapters, states, and organizations are invited to staff information and/or merchandise tables. Table fee: $35 (includes conference fee for one person)

For information on carpooling availability, please contact Duchy Trachtenberg (Montgomery County NOW) at duchy@comcast.net or 301-984-5831.

Click here for hotel information.

For more hotel information and to volunteer to help with registration and credentialing, please contact Barbara Hays (Takoma Park NOW) at BLHays@aol.com or 301-593-2759.

There is not a Metro stop close by.

Marie Laberge chairs the Nominating Committee. These candidates are known to be running:
Latifa Lyles, Dutchy Tractenburg, Elizabeth Volz, Kathy Miller, Stephanie Orteleva, and Bear Atwood. Others may be nominated from the floor at the conference.