The Inflation Reduction Act and Savings for Homeowners
John Smillie will discuss the Inflation Reduction Act and the provisions that make it a powerful bill for fighting climate change, with a special focus on the tax credits and rebates available to homeowners for electrifying their own lives.John Smillie lives mostly in Crawfordsville, Indiana, where over the past several years he has served as a Congressional Liaison for his local chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby, as well as the chair of the Climate Team for this local LWV chapter. He has been enjoying his time in Western New York over the past year, where they came with their young son for his wife's academic sabbatical. He's made significant progress electrifying his own home in Indiana, and has been featured in Canary Media for his philanthropic work on bringing solar to local nonprofits, and in Bloomberg for being an "energy nerd".
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LWV-RMA Annual Meeting
Members will gather and:
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Bestow the annual Making Democracy Work Award (winner to be announced soon)
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Bestow the Carrie Chapman Catt Award to a League member (winner to be announced soon)
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Recognize members with the “You Make Us Proud” Award
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Elect officers and board members for the next year
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Discuss and approve our budget for the next year
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Receive reports from all of our committees on the past year’s work
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Hear from President Barbara Grosh on where we are and where we’re going
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Enjoy delicious appetizers and drinks while we meet up with old friends and make new ones
Materials for the meeting (proposed slate of the Board of Directors, proposed budget, awardees) will be available for download in the members-only section of the website by May 6. An email will be sent when they are available. You will need to be logged in to access them.
The meeting will be held at The Lutheran Incarnate Word Church, 597 East Avenue, Rochester, NY from 5:00 P.M.- 7:00 P.M. There is a $10 fee for this event. A registration link will be sent by email along with the link to the materials.
What if We Used Final Five Voting in New York?
In recent years several states have been experimenting with some innovations in voting systems combining use of nonpartisan primaries with ranked choice voting in the general election. Both California and Washington have been doing it for a while and Alaska first tried it in 2022. In 2023 LWVNYS commissioned a committee to study whether we should support it's use in New York. To support the work of the state study committee, the Rochester League commissioned a study of what the effect would be in New York.
In brief, it would have a big effect, eliminating a lot of primaries. That would mean that most important electoral contests would occur in November, which would probably mean more voters would participate. It would also enfranchise both the large number of unaffiliated voters and voters whose party isn't holding a primary when it's time to winnow down the field. You can read the report here.
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