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[grvnc] Board Meeting and Park Name Instant Runoff Voting results

Grass Roots Venice Neighborhood Council Announcement
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To all stakeholders:  If your last name starts with
either a "D" or an "N," then please keep an eye out
this week for a letter from GRVNC!  

View the letter you are receiving:  
http://grvnc.org/NewSite/Commitees%20Folder/Elections2004/StakeHolderLetter.htm

The elections committee chair is seeking to empanel
a "citizen jury" type of elections committee and so 
the letters D and N were randomly picked.  If your
last name starts with either of these letters, you
are being asked to volunteer on the elections
committee.

Since choosing people randomly is designed to get a
wide cross section of opinion and diversity, it is
important that you attend the Elections Committee 
Meeting at the Venice Library on Saturday, March 13
at 2:00 PM to learn about how you can contribute 
to a great election this June.  There you will be
given information about what will be expected of the
committee and then you can accept or decline to 
volunteer.  I know it will be another beautiful day:
do I need to bring food to get you to come?

Also, be sure to check out the information on
http://grvnc.org about "Citezen's Deliberative
Councils" in the "Toolbox" section.

Thanks,
Tom


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1. Board Meeting

2. Boardwalk Committee Meeting

3. Election Committee Meeting

4. Business Tax Advisory Meeting

5. Community Literacy Fair, Walgrove Elementary

6. Venice Library Park Name Election Results


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Board Meeting
7:00 PM Thursday 
Vera Davis Center
610 California Ave

All stakeholders are welcome !

AGENDA:
http://grvnc.org/NewSite/Board%20Folder/AgendaBoard2004/Agenda_Board_11mar04.htm



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MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Boardwalk Committee

Tuesday, March 9, 2004
7:00 PM ? 9:00 PM
Oakwood Recreation Center, 
767 California Ave., Venice
(corner of 7th Avenue)

Venice stakeholder participation is encouraged!

AGENDA:
http://grvnc.org/NewSite/Commitees%20Folder/Boardwalk/2004/Boardwalk_Agenda_09mar04.htm


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2004 GRVNC Election Committee Meeting

Venice Library Community Room
501 S Venice Blvd
Venice

This is your election process...

Volunteer check in starts at 1:45PM.

AGENDA:
http://grvnc.org/NewSite/Commitees%20Folder/Elections2004/elections_agenda_13mar04.htm



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The City of Los Angeles Business Tax Advisory 
Committee (BTAC) is planning a series of 
community meetings concerning business 
tax reform, as described by the attached flyer 
in PDF format.

On their behalf and at their request, this flyer is 
herewith being sent to the e-mail distribution list 
of the Neighborhood Empowerment Department.


FLYER:
http://grvnc.org/NewSite/Archive/BTAC_template3.pdf



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Community Literacy Fair

Walgrove Avenue School, 1630 Walgrove, M.V.
March 13, 2004 from 10am-2pm
Community Literacy Fair    
Walgrove School:  310-391-7104
 
Fun for the family.  Special guest Jamie Lee Curtis 
will sign her children's books from 12-12:45.  
School Board member Marlene Canter and Principal 
Yuri Hayashi will be available from 11am-11:45 to 
discuss all the improvements at the school 
and answer your questions re local education.  

Poet Laureate Stan Lefcourt, author of 
"Color Me Equal", will read from his works. 
Activities include the Scholastic Book Fair sale, 
workshops by Walgrove teachers 
and STAR after-school program, live animals, 
eco station, play with Broadway Gymnastic coaches, 
Colonial times re-enactment, Wonder of Reading staff. 

Celebrate the World of Reading with us.


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Venice Library Park Name Election

Instant Runoff Voting is a simple voting method that 
ensures the winner has majority support and eliminates

the effect of spoiler candidates.  Selecting a winning

candidate also is faster and less expensive, since a 
separate runoff election does not nee to be held.  

In summary, had a normal "most votes wins" election
been held, "Sonny Zorro Park" would have been selcted
becasue it registered the most (22%) support, even
though it was not a majority.  However, because we
used IRV, "Peace Park" is the winner with 56% support,
a majority.

And voters who liked all the other names better than
either "Sonny Zorro" or "Peace Park" still got a
chance to choose between them even though their first
choice had to leave the race.  That means no choice on
the ballot "spoiled" any of the others.

This is a great way to vote!


RESULTS:
http://grvnc.org/NewSite/Commitees%20Folder/Elections2004/ParkNameIrvResults.htm



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