Sustainability Committee/Book Club's Proposed/Board-approved Program of Work for 2025-2026
1. Organize and execute the Sustainability Book Club. Books selected for review by the Committee will focus on issues related to voting.
2. Create and publish in October of each year a Fact Book of facts suggested that have been discovered during book review sessions. All items to be published must be approved in advance by the LWVSC Board of Directors.
3. Create and conduct in October each year a public debate focusing on issues related to voting. The debate procedure and issues presented must be approved in advance by the LWVSC Board of Directors.
4. Proposed annual schedule:
a. Beginning in January of each year, the Committee/Book Club will read selected book(s) for two months, with a book review session to be scheduled during the last week of the second month. Book review sessions will be conducted each year via Zoom or in person in February, April, June, August, and October. Specific dates/times to be determined by the Committee.
b. The Committee’s Fact Books will be published in October of each year prior to the debates. Specific dates/times to be determined by the Committee.
c. The Committee’s public debates will be conducted in October each year. Specific dates/times to be determined by the Committee.
d. In December of each year, the Committee will select the book(s) to be read the following January/February. Specific dates/times to be determined by the Committee.
e. The Committee will meet each year as needed to organize and execute the Program of Work. Specific dates/times to be determined by the Committee.
5. Proposed budget: Committee members will secure--with prior Board approval--any funding needed to conduct the Program of Work for the 2025-2026 calendar years and will not be requesting monies from the LWVSC annual budget.