LWVTN Council Meeting

May 1 – 2, 2010

Club Hotel Nashville, TN

2435 Atrium Way

(for information go to clubhotelnashville.com)

Agenda

Saturday, May 1

1:00 Welcome

Introductions

Business Meeting

1:30 Session 1

Custody Issues in Tennessee

Panel discussion—Lisa Primm, Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services; Linda O’Neal, TN Council on Children & Youth; Dan Hogan, advocate for fathers

2:30 Break

2:45 Session 2

Membership workshop—conducted by Elisabeth McNamara, incoming president of LWVUS

4:15 Break

4:30 Session 3

Legislative Update—Stewart Clifton, lobbyist for LWVTN

6:00 Reception—wine and cheese

7:00 Dinner—Ellendale Restaurant

Sunday

8/:30 Breakfast in hotel

Sit with counterparts—presidents, treasurers, Voter service chairs—if possible, in order to exchange ideas and share experiences

9:30 Business meeting

Adoption of budget

Discussion of program ideas and needs for next year

Judicial Diversity

10:00 Session 4

Open vs. Closed Primary Elections in Tennessee

Speaker: Professor John Geer, Professor of Political Science,

Vanderbilt University

11:00 Adjourn

Gubernatorial Debate

1:00

Information to be supplied at the Council Meeting.