The public is invited to the 48th Annual Meeting of the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island, and North Fork, which takes place on Sunday, May 18, at 2 PM at the East Hampton Library.
Guest speaker is Emily Mastaler, the new Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, who will speak at the beginning of the meeting, about the hospital and also its new Emergency Services Building in East Hampton. She will be introduced by Valerie King, PhD., of East Hampton, chair of the League’s Health Committee.
The talk will be followed by the business portion of the Annual Meeting, conducted by the League’s Presidential team of Estelle Gellman, Arlene Hinkemeyer, Terry Wildrick, and Susan Wilson, which includes adoption of the League budget for 2025-26, the election of officers and directors, and adoption of local program.
Also on the agenda are refreshments and the presentation of two annual awards—the LWV Betty Desch Student Leadership Award of a $2,000 scholarship to a graduating senior from a local high school, and the Carrie Chapman Catt Award to a League member for distinguished service. Catt was the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, who had worked tirelessly nationwide to win women the vote. In 1920, just before the 19th Amendment was passed, NAWSA voted to change its name to the National League of Women Voters.
Reservations for the Annual Meeting are being taken on the League phone at 631-324-4637 and by the library at 631-324-0222, ext. 3.