
	WASHINGTON STATE V O T E R

Spring 2001 Vol. 41 No 4	The League of Women Voters of Washington 4710 University Ave #214, Seattle, WA 98105 *Tel: 206-622-8961 (outside toll area* 1-800-419-2596) FAX: 206-622-4908 email: lwvwa@lwvwa.org**	Elizabeth Pierini, President Judy Golberg, Editor Steve Johnson, WEB Layout

Water Rights	Rolling on the river	Energy
Foreign Trade	LWVWA 2001 Convention	Transportation
Agriculture	June 22-24, 2001 Richland, Washington	Human Element

Election of officers, directors and nominating committee, program selection, Bylaw amendments, budget, panel discussions, workshops and more! This is your opportunity to participate in the future of our organization.

2001 Convention will be held in Richland June 22-24 at The Shilo Inn (on the Columbia River). The first plenary session will convene at 1 p.m. on Friday, June 22.

Something has been added this year's lunch prior to opening session! This meal is part of the registration fee and will eliminate driving into town, trying to find a restaurant to grab a bite to eat, get checked in and be on time at the first session.

Please note the added feature of an optional bus/boat tour on Thursday. Information can be found on the back cover. This tour is open to everyone - including guests.

Bylaws guide our organization. Article VIII. Convention delegates are chosen by the members of local Leagues and MAL units shall be the president of each local League or an alternate in the event that the president is unable to attend; one delegate for each recognized ILO within the state of Washington; and the members of the state board.

Each local League and MAL unit shall be entitled to voting representation in the convention as follows: one delegate for its first 15 voting members and one delegate for every 25 additional voting members or major fraction thereof. The official membership count shall be determined by state office records of voting members as of January 1 of the year in which the convention is held.

Article VIII. Powers. The convention shall adopt program; elect officers and directors, the chair and two members of the nominating committee; adopt a budget for the ensuing two years; and transact such other business as may properly come before it.

Article XIV. Bylaws may be amended at any convention by a two-thirds vote provided that the proposed amendment was submitted to the state board or proposed by the board.

See related Article on Page 15. More to come in the official Call to Convention to be mailed in April.

League of Women Voters of Washington

Board of Directors

Officers

Elizabeth Pierini, President, Seattle

Jean Wells, 1^st Vice President, Spokane Area

Elizabeth Davis, 2^nd Vice President,

South Whidbey Island

Betsy Greene, Secretary, Lake Washington East

Myra Howrey, Treasurer, Kitsap County

Directors

Catherine Ahl, Kitsap County

Trudy Brown, Seattle

Kathy Brown Pearson, Lake Washington East

Lucy Copass, Seattle

Joyce Dennison, Yakima County

Judy Golberg, Benton/Franklin Counties

Judy Hedden, Snohomish County

Tanis Marsh, Snohomish County

Pat Matteson, Seattle

Peggy Saari, Seattle

Nominating Committee

Miriam Helgeland, Chair, King County South

Mary Coltrane, Seattle

Joyce Dennison, Board of Directors

Alice Stolz, Spokane Area

Trudy Brown, Board of Directors

Staff

Claudia Downing, Administrative Director

Sherry Appleton, Lobbyist

Nancy Roadcap Allan, Citizens Jury® Project Manager

Sylviann Frankus, Washington Voter

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy. Any person of voting age, male or female, may become a League member.

The Washington State VOTER is published quarterly by the League of Women Voters of Washington, 4710 University Way N.E., Suite #214, Seattle, WA 98105. Yearly subscription $10.00. Members of the League of Women Voters of Washington subscribe through their annual dues. Any citizen, 18 or older, may join the League of Women Voters. Call 206-622-8961 for a local League in your area. Send address changes to the League of Women Voters of Washington, 4710 University Way N.E., Suite #214, Seattle, WA 98105.

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The State We're In is now online on our web page, http://www.lwvwa.org and click on the link to The State We're In

Summer VOTER Deadline

July 13, 2001

Board Splinters for March 2001

Recommend for consideration by Convention delegates and as recommended by local Leagues, updates of the Government Positions on the Initiative Process and Campaign Finances.
LWVWA voted to join Washington Environmental Council as intervenor in defending DOE's master program guideline rules implementing SMA. *
Approved Forestry Study, Part II and Election Methods Study consensus statements. *
Approved addition to Legislative Priorities list regarding Global Warming. *

* (See articles in this edition)

President's

Column

Dilemmas, Pondering the Future and Last Words

CONSIDERATIONS FROM THE RETREAT

At the January 28 State Board’s retreat we discussed some suggestions from the Institute for Global Ethics. We are currently partnering with this group. The Institute envisions a world where shared moral values shape relationships, determine decisions, and guide actions for every individual, institution, and nation.

We discussed the IGE theory that there exist four universal dilemmas. These are classic problems, not necessarily issues of "good vs. bad". They are:

#1. The individual vs. the community

#2. Short term benefits vs. long term benefits

#3. Truth, facts vs. Loyalty

#4. Compassion, mercy vs. justice

Another topic developed by the IGE is: "Is there a common ground of shared values in this world?" The results of many workshops given by the IGE include these five values: fairness, honesty, respect, responsibility, and compassion. These are the values upon which the Project for Campaign Conduct is built.

PONDERING THE FUTURE OF THE LWV

Also during the retreat we discussed the future of the League. We listed some potential challenges or hazards and also considered remedies and solutions.

Challenges to:

#1. changing attitudes toward government

#2. similar organizations/communicators, duplicated activities

#3. high employment among members

#4. aging of active members, a need to recruit new members and retain them

#5. too many different kinds of activities

Answers to challenges above, listed by number:

#1. create more time for action, improve public perception and trust, let the public know what LWV is

#2. join forces with other and similar organizations on projects

#3. develop flexible programs for members short of volunteer time

#4. use more advertising for membership, gain more visibility in print media, recruit the newly retired, increase more age diversity in membership, buy ads in AARP publications, "hook" new members, have tasks for new members, answer the question "What's in it for me?", emphasize training and make it valuable.

MEMBERS AT HOME

Tanis Marsh is at home taking care of her family. Joan Vermilion also is caring for her family and is recovering well from recent surgery. Both would like to hear from you. Please drop a note or call if you can.

LAST WORDS

This will be my last column to you. I have tried to make each column different and tried to include parts of my philosophical ideas as well.

I have enjoyed being your president and working with you. I have particularly enjoyed our conversations and discussions. The March Board meeting was especially interesting with its many complexities and decisions to be reached. Every issue was given a thorough airing before a vote, and compromise was often the end result. Compromise and civil discussion are the products of clear minds and cool heads. Congratulations to you all, for your continuing good work.

Congratulations to Judy Hedden, our nominee for State President, and to the newly nominated officers and directors to the State Board. Judy, if you enjoy half as much as I have being our president, you will have a great adventure.

Thank you for a wonderful four years! Liz

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Liz Pierini, President

Ph: 206-622-8961, Fax: 206-622-4908Email:

lwvwa@lwvwa.org

Online Voter Service in 2001

Washington Voter

www.washingtonvoter.org

By Lucy Copass, LWVWA Board Member

We refer to the odd-numbered year 2001 as an "off-year," in terms of elections. What a misnomer! True, we won't be electing a president or a senator or even a new state legislature this year. But in Washington, we use the off-year elections to choose among candidates for an incredible line-up of local offices. These commonly include positions on city councils, county councils, school boards and boards of commissioners of special purpose districts. The off-year ballot may also feature propositions for special levies or bond issues.

Actions of local governing bodies can have a big impact on peoples' lives. Voters need to know who's running and what they stand for. However, the traditional media have become increasingly nationalized and increasingly cost-conscious. Few have the resources or the interest to cover local elections in depth. The League's voter service website, by contrast, can point the voter to a large quantity of useful information about local candidates and local issues.

Voter service chairs and other local League leaders: we hope you will work with us to make the LWVWA's Washington Voter website a rich resource for voters in your community. As the election season progresses, and you produce or distribute materials relating to candidates, ballot issues, voting procedures and other items of interest to voters in your area, please remember to send an electronic copy to Washington Voter webmaster Sylviann Frankus (vote@pugetsoundwa.net).

Considerable time and talent goes into keeping our Washington Voter website up-to-date and attractive. Corporate and foundation grants from Microsoft, Weyerhaeuser, the Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust and other sponsors have helped defray direct expenses. The more help we have, the more content-filled our website becomes and the better able we are to publicize it effectively.

Please let us know if you can assist with any of the items on our current "to-do" list.

a) find an experienced programmer who would work pro bono to develop new features for the website

b) design and/or produce attractive publicity materials

c) refine and implement our marketing plan

d) assist Sylviann with technical aspects of website management (converting files to html, uploading, etc.)

e) organize and update the calendar of election-related events throughout the election season

f) raise funds: write grant proposals, identify potential corporate sponsors

Contact person: Online Voter Service Chair Lucy Copass (lucyco@speakeasy.org; 206-232-7687))

It is useful now and then for us to remember who we are. This statement is from the LWVUS publication "Empowering the Community":

The League is a multi-issue organization. We take the broad view of issues, not the narrow, single-issue approach. The League focuses on the general areas of government, international relations, social policy and natural resources. When developing positions for action and when deciding what action to take, the League makes decisions based on all of our positions that relate to a specific issue.

League Joins In Amicus Brief : Dept. Of Ecology V. Asarco

By Elizabeth Davis, Chair, Natural Resource Committee and 2^nd Vice President, LWVWA

The League of Women Voters of Washington has joined with 19 other groups in the filing of an amicus brief to uphold the key provisions of the state's Model Toxics Control Act. (This was done by a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors at its January 2001 Board meeting.)

The case involves property in Everett, which Asarco owned and on which it operated a smelter during the early years of the 20th century. Asarco filed suit against the Department of Ecology seeking relief from cleanup responsibilities it anticipated Ecology would order it to do. The Superior Court judge agreed that Asarco would have to clean up the 44 acres where the smelter was located which were contaminated with lead and arsenic deposits. The judge also ruled that Asarco did not have to clean up the 640 acres adjoining the smelter site that were also contaminated with lead and arsenic deposits. Ecology has appealed to the State Supreme Court, and the amicus brief is being filed in support of Ecology's position and upholding the provisions of MTCA. The following two paragraphs are part of the Motion for leave to file the brief and were written by Betty Tabbutt [member Thurston County LWV, current off-Board portfolio chair for Nuclear Waste] explaining the League's involvement with MTCA.

"The League's involvement in Washington's Model Toxics Control Act started several years before Initiative 97 was passed by the voters. The League unsuccessfully lobbied the Legislature for bills that would require the cleanup of contaminated sites that would not be addressed by the federal 'Superfund'. Finally, seeing that the Legislature would not act, a coalition of citizen groups was formed to run a statewide initiative; the League representative [Nancy Pearson] was the Co-Chair of the campaign, and local League members across the state collected signatures and worked for passage. The underlying premise of the Initiative was 'strict, joint and several liability' by the responsible parties to the contamination. The campaign theme was 'polluter pays'. This was well understood by the voters who overwhelmingly approved the Initiative."

"The success of our state's Model Toxics Control Act can be attributed, in large part, to that premise of 'strict, joint and several liability'. The major change in the behavior of the generators of toxic waste has been the careful handling of their waste streams knowing, as they do, the financial responsibility they bear if they are required to perform cleanups in the future. It is imperative that strict financial responsibility remains in place."

Joining League in the amicus brief are Washington Environmental Council, Washington State Labor Council, Washington Toxics Council, Washington Public Interest Research Group, Church Council of Greater Seattle, Construction and General Laborers' Union (2 locals), Audubon Society (3 chapters), American Association of University Women of Washington, National Council of Jewish Union-Washington Council, Service Employees International Union-Washington Council, The Mountaineers, Save a Valuable Environment, Friends of the Earth, Waste Action Project, Heart of America Northwest, Legal Advocates for Washington. This coalition was brought together primarily by contacting those groups that had been so involved in working for the successful passage of Initiative 97 in 1988.

For further information contact Elizabeth Davis, (elizabet@whidbey.com).

Action ... Action ... Action ...

It is not too late to send your donations to LWVWA for Action. Please send to: The League of Women Voters of Washington, 4710 University Avenue NE, #214, Seattle, WA 98105.

LOCAL LEAGUE VOTER SERVICE ACTIVITIES

ELECTION 2000

By Judy A Hedden, LWVWA Voter Service Chair

Nine local Leagues responded to my follow-up survey (down from 15 last year - perhaps it would be best to do this survey periodically rather than once a year). The simplified versions of the initiatives are very popular "This is the best publication done." And in a local newspaper, "because of the LWV, voters had no reason to say they didn't understand the initiatives".

Local Leagues who reported described a fantastic range of voter service activities in their communities, including over 40 forums featuring candidates and issues. Television continues to be an important tool, especially in the Leagues outside of the Seattle metropolitan area. Some League forums are aired many times during election season. Yakima County reports that they worked with YCTV, West Valley High School, West Valley Education Association, WEA Mid-State to help students research issues and produce a one hour and 47 minute tape of students interviewing the seven 14^th State Legislative District candidates. The tape was broadcast twice a day, every other day for eight days through November 6.

Several Leagues mentioned providing online information through Washington Voter, DNet, or SnoVote. Kittitas Valley made special arrangements to visit all high school senior social studies classes and talk about voting and register new voters. Leagues spoke many times on the initiatives and on voting (no firm numbers to report but I would estimate at least 10 per League). Grays Harbor chose to place their emphasis on presentations on the initiatives. A few negatives were mentioned: the late dismissal of Congress forced cancellation of some forums (Snohomish County tried a phone hook-up with the incumbent which was well received) and a fear that we will not continue to use published materials as much as online materials.

Kitsap League of Women Voters Invites You

Please join the Kitsap League of Women Voters at its Annual Fundraiser Dinner to hear Mark Trahant, MSNBC columnist speak on THE ROLE OF THE PRESS IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY Friday, April 20 at Olympic Lodge, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton. No-host bar opens at 6pm, dinner served at 7pm, speaker at 7:30pm. Cost: $30 per person, includes entree, salad, dessert and tip.

Make your reservations by sending a check made out to The League of Women Voters of Kitsap, c/o Luella Wells, 11510 Chatham Place, Bainbridge Island WA 98110. Please include your telephone contact and choice of menus: Filet of Salmon, Chicken Florentine, or Vegetarian Pasta.

Reservations by April 10, please. Questions? Need Directions? Call Luella Wells at 206-780-3348.

Washington Voters Seek Clean, Positive Campaigns

by Elizabeth Pierini, President, League of Women Voters of Washington and Wayne Saucier, Program Associate, Public Policy, Institute for Global Ethics

It should come as no surprise that, following last year's post-election lawsuit and recount frenzy, voters are more dissatisfied with the political process than ever.

And while much of that dissatisfaction stems from the seeming lack of preparation that marked the vote tabulation process, much of it is also attributable to the unfair and negative attack-oriented campaign tactics that voters perceive as becoming more and more prevalent.

Since 1998, the League of Women Voters of Washington Education Fund has partnered with the Institute for Global Ethics on the Project on Campaign Conduct, an effort to re-inject civility into contemporary politics by encouraging candidates to sign codes of campaign conduct. As has become an annual part of the Project, the Institute recently commissioned a bipartisan poll* probing the feelings of voters across the state about our nation's political process.

Conducted by the polling firms Lake Snell Perry & Associates and Deardourff/The Media Company in mid-November, the poll revealed a deepening mistrust of politics and politicians. As was expected, in the wake of harsh campaigns across the country and an ongoing and sometimes-caustic recount battle, a majority of Washington voters indicated that they are cynical about politicians, are tired of negative campaigns filled with personal attacks, and desire more information on the issues, record, and accomplishments of their candidates.

The survey also demonstrated support for codes of campaign conduct as a way to bring candidates back into the mainstream of ethics and values. Two-thirds of voters said they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who signed and followed a code (67%) and would be more likely to vote in an election where candidates had signed a code (64%). The survey also found that more than six in ten voters (63%) would feel more favorably towards a candidate in their congressional district who signed a code of conduct.

These numbers should send clear signals to state parties and candidates: voters want a return to campaigns waged on the issues, they're tired of negative and personal rhetoric, and they have confidence in codes of conduct as a way of returning ethics and integrity to the political realm.

The survey also identified several trends regarding negative campaign tactics since 1998, including a large amount of voters who believe that negative campaigns are on the rise, damage democracy, and are generally unethical.

According to the survey:

88 % agree that negative campaigning is unethical (60% strongly agree);
85% believe that negative campaigning is undermining democracy;
81% believe it makes people less likely to vote;
53% believe that politicians make unfair personal attacks; and
62% say politicians deliberately twist the truth and 61% believe they will say or do anything to get elected.

Most important, however, is the time-series data the survey offered. Combined with data gathered in 1998, the November poll demonstrates a growing concern with, and antipathy for, attack-style campaigning:

Proportion of voters that strongly agree that negative campaigning is damaging democracy:

1998 37% 2000 52%

Voters who believe negative campaigning is unethical:
1998 43% 2000 60%

Voters who have a strong sense that negative campaigning produces unethical leaders:

1998 28% 2000 40%

Percentage of voters who think all candidates lie:

1998 8% 2000 20%

Undeniably, voters are getting more fed up with each passing campaign filled with negative, attack-oriented rhetoric, and that they're more certain of its harmful effects on the health and vitality of our democracy.

Equally undeniable is the fact that a fed-up voter is less likely to actively pay attention to political campaigns, and ultimately less likely to feel compelled to vote at all. And the closeness of last year's Washington Senate race, not to mention the presidential campaign, clearly demonstrates the importance of each and every vote.

Candidates, their consultants, and parties alike would do well to take notice. Voters are fed up. But, more importantly, with a solid majority claiming campaign conduct would affect how they vote, they're about ready to put their money where their mouths are.

*The telephone survey of 500 adults who said they voted in the 2000 presidential election was conducted from November 16-27, 2000 and has a sampling error of +/- 4.4%. More information about the poll and the Project on Campaign Conduct is available at www.campaignconduct.org.

Consensus Statements

Approved by the LWVWA Board at its March 9, 2001 meeting are the following:

International Visitor Programme: U.S. Election Observation

The picture below was sent by Maria L. Nobleza, Vice President of Parti Maju Sabah, Malaysia with the following note:

"On behalf of the Sabah Progressive Party (a member of the governing national coalition, Barisan Nasional), I wish to refer to the kind invitation of the United States government to visit your country and to the League of Women Voters of Washington, for hosting one of the programme visits.

It was a great honour for me to be present to observe and to share the experiences and it was indeed a great learning experience too! I also wish to record our thanks and appreciation to you who spared no efforts to ensure that my visit was fully utilized! I also thank you once again for the assistance extended to me to contact your Canadian counterparts, but unfortunately, I was unable to meet with them eventually, in view of their own national elections ongoing then. I did, however, enjoy reading your feature article on your organisation which you faxed to me in Vancouver!

I am enclosing a copy of our Sahab State Tourism Calendar of Activities and Calendar 2001 with compliments from the Sabah Tourism Promotion Corporation, Malaysia. We hope that this information could provide you with more information of our State of Sabah, and to also encourage as many of your fellow Americans to venture to come and visit us and enjoy a unique experience. After all, I am quite sure that Mike Burnett's production of the CBS series of 'Survivor' last year and the immense response from the television viewers of the said series will bear strong and unmistakable testimony! Please do keep in touch with us should any one of you wish to venture to visit us and enjoy the same experience! A photo of our meeting is enclosed for your record.

We also hope that with this new avenue of communication, we may be able to continue to maintain regular contacts with each other.

We thank you once again, and we wish you and the members of your office best wishes for the eventful new year in the new millennium!"

Pictured from left to right: Claudia Downing, LWVWA Administrative Director, Liz Pierini, LWVWA President, Ms. Maria L. Nobleza, Sabah Progressive Party, Malaysia, and Mr. Ashley Surin, Partner, Surin and Co. (Advocates and Solicitors), Malaysia.

Clean Water Investment Act

By Denise D. Smith, Water Resources Co-chair

On Saturday March 17^th Forward Washington kicked off the Clean Water Investment Act signature gathering campaign. This initiative, I-769, was filed as a citizen's initiative February 7^th. Dan Silver, formally deputy director at Department of Ecology, founder of Forward Washington and author of the initiative met with the LWVWA Natural Resources Umbrella Committee, as well as representatives of the Government Umbrella Committee, in February to discuss the initiative and answer League members' questions. The NR committee recommended the Board endorse this initiative. Board members are in the process of considering this recommendation now.

This initiative has considerable merit and is consistent with many League positions on water resources. It is a reasonable and thoughtful solution to some of the most significant obstacles hampering legislative action on water issues. It is a solution that can help to unite urban and rural communities to address common goals. It is a citizen's investment in future water supplies just as those made 100 years ago in cities and agricultural districts across this state.

The Initiative calls for the authorization of $1billion over eight years through state bonds to help; fund construction projects aimed at delivering safe drinking water; construction projects aimed at treating sewage and stormwater, and conserving and re-using water to reduce waste; fund construction projects that enable irrigation districts to reduce their water usage and curb the discharge of sediments, pesticides, and fertilizers to the states waters; buy easements of agricultural land along rivers and creeks to protect fish habitat and keep pollution from entering the water; purchase water rights to restore stream flows.

The source of revenue to repay the bonds is a temporary increase in the sales tax by one-tenth of one percent (1¢ for every $10 spent) until the bonds are retired. Although the Natural Resources Committee understands the regressive nature of sales tax the issue was whether there was any more politically viable funding source at this time.

The Water Resource Portfolio chairs and the Natural Resource Umbrella Committee urge you to review this Initiative yourselves and consider becoming involved now as individuals in the signature gathering campaign. The Initiative can be viewed at http://www.forwardwashington.org (no longer online).

Dan Silver can be contacted at: Forward Washington

421 S Capitol Way

Olympia, WA 98501

360-943-7131

We think in generalities, but we live in details.

Alfred North Whitehead

The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly.

G.K. Chesterton

LWVWA INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE PREPARING FOR TRADE UPDATE

By Carol Goldenberg, Off Board, International Relations Resource

Following the decision to update the League's United Nations and Trade positions at the national convention last summer League members across the state of Washington formed an International Relations Committee to study trade and globalization issues. Forty-six Leaguers are communicating through e-mail and U.S. Post, sharing their ideas and minutes and reports from monthly meetings held at the Seattle League office. Elizabeth Davis, a member of the LWV South Whidbey Island and second vice-president of LWVWA, was tapped by LWVUS to serve on the National Task Force. Elizabeth's participation provides a direct link between our committee and the Task Force. Networking across the state and nation widens and deepens our awareness of the complexity of globalization and its effects.

THE CONCURRENCE PROCESS INVOLVES EVERY LEAGUE MEMBER.

Questionnaires in the NATIONAL VOTER provide all League members an important opportunity to help shape our trade position. The first of these questionnaires appears in the March/April VOTER on page 7. Please respond by mail or on line as indicated. The Task force will utilize the responses in the concurrence statement that will go to each League member. In the meantime local Leagues are encouraged to mount educational programs appropriate to their communities. If you have internet access you can join an online discussion of international trade issues. In the Members Only area of the League's website (www.lwv.org) click on Online Grassroots Network (www.lwv.org/forms/join_alert_mem.html) and pick the International Trade Listserv.

The LWVWA International Relations Committee meets on the first Monday of each month at 12:00 noon in the Seattle League office (July and August excepted). Current efforts evolve from the work of LWV Seattle published in the Washington State VOTER in Fall 1999 just prior to the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Seattle. Last September the state committee began its work with a close examination of the trade position of LWVUS adopted in 1973. Jean Moehring, LWV Kitsap County, initiated a project identifying what is left out of the current position in light of changes since 1973. This ongoing effort is posted on the Listserv for input from League members across the country. Paper copies are also available. Barbara Guptill, co-president LWV Seattle, prepared a summary of WTO structure and rules. Guest speakers have included: Pat Davis, LWV Seattle who is a port commissioner and President of the Washington Council for International Trade; David Korten, author of "When Corporations Rule the World"; Debra Glassman, University of Washington School of Business; Jan Piercy, U.S. Representative to the World Bank; and three Chinese diplomats who will play important roles in China's adaptation to WTO policies. In March Barrie Austin, LWV Lake Washington East, spoke to the committee about the economic underpinnings of trade. Barrie participated in the Advisory Committee for the Tokyo Round and the Uruguay Round of GATT and NAFTA when he was Director of Government Affairs and Chief Engineer for the Boeing Company. Barrie, who has taught business classes in China, Germany and at City University in Seattle, is willing to make his presentation to other Leagues in the state.

In upcoming meetings the committee is scheduled to hear presentations on natural resources and the WTO on April 2, international treaties and the WTO on May 7, labor issues and the WTO on June 4, impact of globalization on developing countries on September 10, and intellectual property on October 2. Members can join the committee even if they cannot attend meetings. Send your e-mail address to Carol Goldenberg at samgo@u.washington.edu or mailing address to 6558 Parkpoint Way N.E. Seattle, WA 98115.

Every League member in the state is invited to join the committee in suggesting an updated trade position for the consideration of the National Task Force. The existing position can be found in any issue of the LWVUS Impact on Issues: A Leader's Guide to National Program published after 1973 or on LWVUS website (www.lwv.org). Look for trade position. Please send suggestions to Elizabeth Davis in the state League office.

The Nominating Committee Report

LWVWA Officers and Directors for the Years 2001-2003

President Judy Hedden LWV/Snohomish County

First Vice President Jean Wells LWV/Spokane Area

Second Vice President Elizabeth Davis LWV/South Whidbey Island

Secretary Betsy Greene LWV/Lake Washington East

Treasurer Myra Howrey LWV/Kitsap County

Directors Catherine Ahl from LWV/Kitsap County; Lucy Copass, Carol Goldenberg, Pat Matteson and Peggy Saari from LWV/Seattle; Joyce Dennison from LWV/Yakima County; and Wilma Dlouhy from LWV/Kittitas Valley.

The Nominating Committee for 2001-2003 will be chaired by Alice Stolz, LWV/Spokane Area.

Congratulations to you all!

Action Donors

As of 3/19/01

Catherine Ahl

N. Sue Alden

Marleen Alhadeff

Henrietta Alsdorf

Doris Ayyoub

Charles & Nancy Bagley

Della Black

Elisabeth Bondy

Jean Boughner

Barbara Boyd

Kay Chelemedos

Patricia Clark

Anne Conkle

Lucy Copass

Becky Cox

Lois Curtis

Dorothy Davis

Jo Dawson

Amy Derzai

Vicky Downs

Susan Eidenschink

Marilyn Erickson

Mary Fite Black

Lilllian Gibbs

Sally Goodwin, MD

Sue Gosline

Nancy Green

Karol Kay Griffin

Marjorie Grubbs

Eileen Haas

Eleanor Hadley

Elieen Hambly

Miriam Helgeland

Robert Hemphill

Marian Herzer

Sylvia Hjelmeland

Dorothea Jones

Sara Jane Kayser

Kay Kern

Beret Kischner

Olivia Kissin

Maxine Krull

Jean Kyle

Norna Lee Labbe

Ethel Leach

Pat Lein

Lorene Lewis

Sally Mackey

Mary Ellen Madison

Ruth McCloskey

Margaret Michaud

Jane Miles

Janice Miller

Mae Mitchell

Kay Morrison

Mary Murphy

Phyllis Nagel

Ruth Nelson

Jean Paulin

Alice Peterson

Vennessa Pustek

Delores Randall

Dorothy Jane Raney

Perry & Lola Reams

Helen Robertson

Susan Sanders

Ruth Schroeder

Marion Sebastian

Luana Sever

Kathleen Sommers

Florence Stenhouse

Jane Stokes

Alice Stolz

Trudy Sundberg

Dorothy Swanson

Kathleen Sweeny Easter

Elisabeth Tuttle

Mildred Warnaca

R.A. & G.Z. Wijsman

Vivian Winston

Arthur Wolcott

Jane Young

LWVWA Citizens Jury Project

By Judy Hedden, LWVWA Board Member

Board Splinters for March 2001

Addition to Priorities for 2001 Legislative Session

Global Climate Change

Online Voter Service in 2001

LOCAL LEAGUE VOTER SERVICE ACTIVITIES

Consensus Statements