[LocalLeagueBulletinEditors] November eUpdate

[Joyce Hickling]

League of Women Voters of the
Cooperstown Area

UPDATE
   November 2009



Hello LWVCA League Member! This e-bulletin is generated for you

Editor:  Joyce Hickling jhh330 at earthlink.net

President: Ellen Tillapaugh
  kuchtill at verizon.net


Future Meetings
November 18, 2009
MOSA or no MOSA? 7 pm @ the Presbyterian Chapel. See article at the  
right.
January 20, 2010
Program planning for our national and local League. Go to www.lwv.org  
 > Members Section > National Program Planning 2010 - 12 to join the  
Program Planning Discussion List Serve.





















The future of solid waste management in Otsego County

On Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. at the Presbyterian  
Church Chapel on Pioneer Street in Cooperstown, we will be sponsoring  
an open meeting to inform the public about recommendations from Hans  
Arnold, of Gerhardt, LLC, for pulling out of the Montgomery, Otsego,  
Schoharie Authority (MOSA). The Otsego County Board retained Arnold  
to research options, and Arnold presented the report on options on  
March 13, 2009 (see your April eUpdate). The final draft report on  
Arnold's recommendations was presented to the board on September 2,  
2009.
Since the final draft, there have been many meetings of the county's  
Solid Waste and Environmental Concerns Committee with Terry Bliss,  
the county's Solid Waste Management Director to fine-tune a  
resolution to be presented to the full board.
On November 18th, Sam Dubben, chairman of the Solid Waste and  
Environmental Concerns Committee, will moderate our public meeting.  
Dubben will begin by updating everyone on the progress to date and  
take questions from the audience. Also invited to the public meeting  
are experts on this topic: Terry Bliss and the three MOSA board  
members from Otsego County, Martha Clarvoe of Hartwick, Ed Wesnofske  
of Oneonta and David Parker of Worcester, who may field questions.
This may be the public's only chance to speak to these experts, so  
please copy and paste this article and send it to everyone you know  
who may be interested.
Climate Change
One of the national League's 2009 priorities for legislative action  
is Climate Change. The McClatchy Newspapers this weekend asks, "Will  
US go empty-handed to world climate talks?"

"Many nations are watching to see whether the Senate will make  
progress on a climate and energy bill that would spell out the U.S.  
national emissions-reductions plan. Wtihout an offer of such cuts  
from the largest source of emissions that are already in the  
atmosphere, there won't be a global deal at the talks in Copenhagen,  
Denmark in December." .

Get more information on the national League's efforts at www.lwv.org.  
You will find links on the homepage, and contact our New York State  
Senators: Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand.

Dues are due!
Please remember that we lose $2.00 on every member's dues, due to the  
per-member payments local Leagues collect and transfer to our state  
and national Leagues to pay for our memberships. Clear as mud?

You hold memberships in the LWV Cooperstown Area, LWV New York State,  
and LWV United States. Our Cooperstown League sends $29.20 per  
individual member to the LWVUS, and $18 to the LWVNYS. So you see  
that we make $47.20 in payments on a $45 individual dues payment. We  
want to keep a League membership as affordable as possible, so we use  
fundraisers to supplement our local activities.

We send out letters to prospective donors annually, and in the past  
we have sponsored community breakfasts at the Cooperstown Fire  
Department, sold homemade pies and frozen casseroles at the Farmer's  
market, and in days of yore, put on bake sales. Fundraising is a lot  
of time and work, so we ask that you round up your membership dues as  
much as possible.

The strength of belonging to a tri-level political organization is  
hard to value, but those who were able to attend the fall luncheon  
with our state League Legislative Director, Barbara Bartoletti and  
state League Election Specialist would call it invaluable!

Please make your check out today to LWV Cooperstown Area for $45 for  
an individual membership, and $65 for a household membership (on your  
Memo line, please mark it as Individual or Household). Send them to  
LWV Cooperstown Area, PO Box 426, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Full or  
partial scholarships are available.

  Thank you!
Our sincere thanks to all who helped us cover Candidates Nights this  
fall. In District 10 covering the towns of Burlington, Edmeston,  
Exeter and Plainfield, Joyce Hickling was moderator and timekeeper.

In the Town of Hartwick, there was standing room only! Maureen Murray  
was moderator and Nancy Potter timekeeper. In the Town of Otsego,  
Pamela Washburn was moderator and Jean Dewey timekeeper.

As president, I would really like to thank and acknowledge the  
efforts of these League members. Moderating a Candidates Night can  
sometimes be a difficult task. Feelings and tempers can be strong on  
the local level and moderators are often called upon to remind  
candidates and audience members that the forum is desighned to  
discuss issues and that peronal comments/attacks will not be  
tolerated. Great job, moderators.
- Ellen Tillapaugh President


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