In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Helen talk about:
* Growing up with the League
* The League as an outgrowth of the Suffrage movement
* What counts as non-partisan policy
* The struggle of managing and motivating volunteers
* How fundraising is harder when people are already 'donating' their time
* What an executive director does vs a president in the LWVO
* The tendency to move to fill a vacuum
* Breaking the cycle of doing this important work via the unpaid labor of women
* Developing the organizational habit of offering help and then stepping back to wait for community guidance on what that help looks like
* What to look for in an executive director for the LWV
* Maintaining consistency and project work across many volunteer terms
* The role of local government observers in the League
* What it means to be "somewhat ornery" :)
* Creating the leadership you want to see via tenacity and patience
* The struggle of appreciating some people's volunteerism :)
You can find Helen on LinkedIn and on Twitter as @helenhutch :)
Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3