Resources for Local Leagues

League Services Director:  Jara Burnett

The League Services Director is Jara Burnett (leagueservices@lwvct.org).  Jara has held League leadership positions on the local, state, and national levels and was LWVCT president 2005-2010. She advises and assists local Leagues and MALs with League practices and procedures. 

Resources for Local Leagues

  • Free Publicity: You can publicize any local League activity that would be of interest to others around the state by sending your flier/write-up to the LWVCT office.  It can be e-mailed to every local League Board member in the State Board Report (deadline is the second Tuesday of each month except July and August) or in separate e-mail notices, or mailed in the LWVCT VOTER (sent out twice per year).  All submissions are subject to editing, and the LWVCT president has final approval of all printed materials and communications.
  • Study/Concurrence Assistance: The LWVCT keeps a list of volunteers who can help your League get speakers and materials for any study, concurrence, or consensus that the LWVCT or LWVUS is asking you to participate in; and if your League is planning on a local study the LWVCT can direct you to members of the PI Team or to other Leagues for guidance if you would like.
  • Political Action Assistance: the LWVCT Public Issues Team often has prepared position statements that you can use in preparing testimony before government committees, letters to the editor of your local paper, etc.  These are usually available from the Hamden office or on the LWVCT website.
  • Liability Insurance: Your League’s liability insurance will be renewed automatically each June.  Coverage is $2,000,000 per incident with a cap of $4,000,000 per year.  The $12 cost is billed with your League’s first PMP payment.
  • D&O Insurance: Your League has the option of buying Directors’ and Officers’ “Errors and Omissions” insurance from the same agency the LWVCT uses at below-market rates.  The cost, currently $400 per year, is billed directly to your League.
  • State Board Report:  LWVCT provides an e-mailed State Board Report to all members of all local League Boards approximately three days after each State Board meeting.  If you are not on the internet, the LWVCT will provide one hard copy of the Board Report per League to you.
  • Publications:  You can order, via mail, fax, or e-mail, any State League publication through the LWVCT office.  Orders can be billed to or pre-paid by your treasurer.  If a League member will be in Hamden, call and arrange for pre-packaged pick up; other orders will be mailed.
  • Other Free State Mailings or E-Mailings: Presidents also receive a set of Local League handbooks, LWVCT League Directory, a copy of all study kits (as published), and notification of new sales items and publications from LWVCT.  All League members receive the CT Voter  newsletter.
  • Website: the LWVCT website, www.lwvct.org, has sections on advocacy/public issues, membership, and a main page for each local League.  It is a source for copies of LWVCT publications and current voter information.
  • Electronic Voters’ Guides: During election season in even-numbered years, the LWVCT posts candidate information on the LWVCT website.  In odd-numbered years we will help local Leagues publish such guides on their web pages on our site.
  • Membership Assistance: The LWVCT prints membership envelopes that every League can use, and sells them to local Leagues at cost.  The office staff can furnish you with copies of your membership list by mail or e-mail, and provides telephone and on-line assistance with membership questions and problems.
  • Tax Status: The LWVCT maintains an IRS “group exemption” that covers all of Connecticut’s local Leagues.  The state office staff updates the list and files the required reports with the IRS every year to maintain your League’s 501(c)(4) status.  The state office will also provide help and information, as requested, regarding your League’s annual 990-N IRS filing.

Convention and Council

Board Reports
The state Board emails its reports to local League Board members ten times a year. Links to recent Board reports appear below. 


“How to” Series

Free publications, except for shipping & handling
 
For cost + shipping and handling
  • Connecticut Battle Flags of the Civil War

Helpful References 

League Store

League logo items
  • League dues envelopes
  • Notecards with envelopes
  • LWV lapel buttons, large
  • Round stickers, large & small
  • Bookmarks, e.g., Bill of Rights
  • Visors

Non-logo items
  • Flag sets with stands, desk size
  • Signs “Democracy Is Not a Spectator Sport”
  • Signs for debate timekeepers
  • "Vote on Tuesday" signs with stands

Coming soon
Intra-League Information in a password protected location containing sample letters, best practices, informal opinions about speakers and venues.

Inquiries?
Contact the LWVCT Administrator, at lwvct@lwvct.org.