Featured Speaker
Caprice Young
CEO California Charter
Schools Association

Date: Monday, October 15, 2007
Time: 6:45 PM - 8:30PM
Place:Galpin Ford - 2nd Floor meeting
Room,15555 Roscoe Blvd. [at the 405]
Parking: Free parking in the Galpin Lot on the West side of Orion
Please do not park in the customer service areas.
Agenda
6:45PM- 7:30PM Valley VOTE
Introductions
Reports by Valley VOTE Committees
Housing Vic Viereck
LAWA Denny Schneider
Land Use Pauline Tallent
Financial Richard Bort
Neighborhood Councils Polly Ward
Membership Richard Leyner

7:30PM - 8:00 PM Caprice Young

Caprice Young is the CEO of the California Charter Schools Association, California's charter school membership association, which works to increase student achievement by strengthening and expanding public charter schools throughout California. Caprice has a strong track record in education reform, serving from 1999-2003 as a member and President of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education. Her professional experience includes: Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations for the Anderson School at UCLA; Strategy Consulting Group Manager of IBM's West Coast e-Business Innovations Design Center; and, Assistant Deputy Mayor for the City of Los Angeles. Caprice earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University and an MPA from USC. She lives in the San Fernando Valley with her husband and three young daughters.
Caprice will bring us up to date on the challenges facing charter schools in California with emphasis on the Los Angeles region.

8.00pm to 8:30PM Bart Reed

Bart Reed is the Executive Director of The Transit Coalition; a San Fernando Valley based nonprofit dealing with transportation policy, planning and land use issues. In this capacity, he is a nationwide advocate for effective transportation systems and solutions.

Bart will discuss Metrolink MAX , a campaign of The Transit Coalition that calls for Metrolink trains running every 30 minutes between Chatsworth and Laguna Niguel, including late nights and weekends. San Bernardino and Antelope Valley Lines would also receive substantial service increases under the proposal. MetrolinkMAX would yield massive improvements in the public transportation.

Questions from the audience will follow each speaker's remarks. The public and press are invited to the meeting.
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The next regular Valley VOTE meeting will be on Monday, November 19 ,2007.

However, Valley VOTE is having an Event this Saturday, October 13,2007 and you are invited.


A Special Evening with Valley VOTE

Please join us for a private Valley VOTE Event with your local legislators, constituents, and members.

When: October 13,2007
5:30pm - 8:00 PM
Buffet dinner will be served

Where: The home of Barbara &Richard Leyner
17312 Dearborn Street
Northridge,Ca 91325

Cost: $35 Individual
$60 Couple

Please RSVP to Richard Leyner at 818 905-2400 ASAP.
Mail checks payable to Valley VOTE to the above address.
We appreciate and need your financial support. Thanks

Valley VOTE Mission Statement
Valley VOTE, a diverse coalition of San Fernando Valley residents, business people, educators, community activists, and organizations, is committed to exploring and fostering the implementation of programs that empower the people of the San Fernando Valley and the City of Los Angeles, to improve local governance, education and public participation on policy matters.

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