V.I.D. General Meeting, August 13, 2009

The V.I.D. General Meeting on August 13, 2009 will be held at the LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street, btw. 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue at 7:30 pm.  The agenda will be:

•  A discussion on how best to influence the current healthcare battle. 
• Candidates running for  the New York Civil Court, 3rd District in the  upcoming   Sept. Primaries.  The club’s endorsement vote will follow after the candidates presentations.

Update on General Membership Meeting, July 9, 2009

Douglas Kellner, Commissioner of N.Y.S. Board of Elections will be joining the guest speakers at the General Membership meeting, July 9, 2009, at St. Marks Church as announced previously. Instead of the two scheduled speakers, Mark Crispin Miller and Andi Novick we will have a 3-person panel discussion on the pros and cons of keeping the old lever voting machines for New York City.

General Membership Meeting, July 9, 2009

The July General Membership meeting will be held Thurs, July 9th, 7:30 p.m., at St. Marks Church on the Bowery, 10th Street and 2nd Ave., in the Main Sanctuary.
Speakers will be Mark Crispin Miller, Professor of Media Studies at N.Y.U. and Andi Novick, attorney who is the driving force behind the effort to allow New York to keep its lever voting machines. The topic is: “The threat to voting in New York – and what to do about it.”

Endorsement Meeting, Thursday, May 14, 2009

V.I.D. Endorsement meeting on May 14, 7:30 to 9 P.M. at St. Luke In the Fields School, 487 Hudson St. (betw Christopher and Grove Sts.). The following New York City offices and candidates will be on the agenda:

New York City Mayor
Tony Avella

William Thompson
New York City Comptroller
Melinda Katz

John Liu

David Weprin

David Yassky
Manhattan D.A.
Richard Aborn

Leslie Crocker Snyder

Cy Vance
Public Advocate
Bill de Blaisio

Eric Gioia

Mark Green

Norman Siegel
City Council Dist#1
Margaret Chin

Alan Gerson

Peter Gleason
City Council Dist#3
Maria Passanante Derr

Yetta Kurland

Christine Quinn

V.I.D. General Membership Meeting, Thursday, January 15, 2009

7:30 pm at Greenwich House, 27 Barrow Street (just east of 7th Ave.)
VID members in good standing will be eligible to vote for the positions of treasurer, corresponding and recording secretaries, and executive committee members during this meeting.