What:    The 70th State Convention of the League of Women Voters of California

When:   Saturday, June 21 – Sunday, June 22, 2025. The general sessions on those days begin at 9:00 AM and are scheduled to end at 4:00 PM. Workshops and special events are scheduled from Tuesday, June 17 through Friday, June 20, 2025.

Where:  Virtual teleconference meetings, using Zoom.

Who:     Attendance at Convention is open to everyone; we encourage all members to attend and are eager for the public to come learn about the League. We ask that you extend invitations to your friends and contacts.

Why:     LWVC meets every other year to conduct business as outlined by the bylaws.  See below for specifics.  But just as important, the purpose of Convention is to inspire and empower Californians to increase their active and informed participation in civic life. Come meet passionate people from across the state who are making democracy work!

Read about the schedule, workshops, special activities, and more on our site: https://lwvc.org/convention. This site is updated as plans take shape, so please check this site frequently.

Registration

Registration is now open! Please visit https://lwvc.org/conv25-schedule-registration/ to register and view the schedule.

Registration rate for delegates is $75 per person. This gives you participation and voting access during the general sessions and access to workshops and other events throughout the week.

Nonvoting attendees are welcome to observe the general sessions, and participate in workshops and other events at a flat-fee registration rate of $30 per person.

Prepare your League for Convention

Here are some things you and your League can do now to prepare for Convention:

1. Your board will need to select who will attend as delegates. Please read further down this email about how many delegates your League is entitled to, based upon your January 31, 2025 membership count.
    
2. Consider signing up to be a Regional Gathering host! We encourage convention attendees to gather in-person when they can. To that end, we need you, our local League leaders, to host meet-ups for other members in your geographic area. These can be watch parties, lunches, walks in the park, dinners, cocktail hours, etc. Get creative and get together!
    
3. As part of our 2025 LWVC Convention, we plan to inspire delegates and observers with messages from League members across the state and we need your participation! Put on your creative caps and film a 30-second (or less!) video of your League friends, your League board members, or just yourself answering one or more of the following questions:
   1. What inspires you to do the League work you do?
   2. What excites you about the League work you do?
   3. What excites you about 2026?
   4. What does “strengthening democracy” mean to you?
   5. What piece of advice or quote lifts you up and gives you the strength / motivation to keep fighting for what’s right?

Please keep videos under 30 seconds. Please film in landscape – if using a smartphone, turn it horizontal before recording. Send videos by June 8th to convention@lwvc.org. Please add the video as an attachment.

Business of Convention

This is the first call to Convention 2025 as required by the LWVC bylaws, Article IX, Section 8. The LWVC Bylaws govern the composition and business of the convention. Our bylaws direct us (See Article IX, Sec. 5) to:

• Elect officers, directors, and members of the nominating committee for the 2025-2027 biennium (Article IX, Sec. 5)
• Adopt a budget for the 2025-2027 fiscal years (Article VIII, Sec. 2)
• Adopt program for 2025-2027 (Article XI)
• Adopt amendments to the bylaws as needed (Article XII)

Voting Delegates

Attending as a voting delegate is an exciting honor and a responsibility. If you are interested in attending as a voting delegate, speak with your local League or Inter-League Organization (ILO) board immediately.

Voting delegates to the convention are detailed in Article IX, Sections 2 and 4:

• Each local League and ILO is entitled to send its president, or an alternate in the event the president is unable to attend. The president of a member-at-large unit may attend as a nonvoting member.
• In addition, each local League is entitled to delegates in proportion to its membership numbers as reported in the LWVUS database on January 31, 2025.
• Members-Around-the-State (MAS) Unit members may attend as nonvoting members.

NOTE: Only local Leagues that have paid their per member payment (PMP), or received an exemption because of proven hardship, are entitled to voting representation at the convention.

How Many Delegates?

Article IX, Section 4. Representation. The local Leagues shall be entitled to delegates in proportion to their membership as of the record date of the year of the biennial convention in accordance with Article IX, Section 9. Each local League shall be entitled to at least one delegate in addition to the local League president as provided in Article IX, Section 2(b). When local League membership reaches 51 voting members, the local League shall be entitled to one additional delegate.  Thereafter, one additional delegate shall be authorized for each additional 50 members.

• 50 or fewer Local League or Associate Local League Members (inclusive): 1 delegate member
• 51-100 Local League or Associate Local League Members (inclusive): 2 delegate members
• 101-150 Local League or Associate Local League Members (inclusive): 3 delegate members
• 151-200 Local League or Associate Local League Members (inclusive): 4 delegate members
• 201-250 Local League or Associate Local League Members (inclusive): 5 delegate members
• 251-300 Local League or Associate Local League Members (inclusive): 6 delegate members
• 301-350 Local League or Associate Local League Members (inclusive): 7 delegate members
• 351-400 Local League or Associate Local League Members (inclusive): 8 delegate members
• 401-450 Local League or Associate Local League Members (inclusive): 9 delegate members

To aid your League in determining the number of delegates please consult our Delegate tracking spreadsheet.

See you at convention!

Chris Carson
President, League of Women Voters of California

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