I'm real excited about the progress our two bills are making in the Legislature, but there are articles elsewhere in this newsletter about that, and I'm limited to 500 words, so I'll stick to internal business and let others tell you about our bills.

We had a very successful Annual General Meeting on May 19th.  Berkeley City Councilmember Kriss Worthington gave a very informative keynote address. We also gave out five Wilma Rule awards.  The recipients were:

• Assembly Member Gene Mullin, for authoring, with Assembly Member Mark Leno, AB 1294, that would allow all cities and counties the same right to use Choice Voting that charter cities and charter counties have.

• Assembly Member Mark Leno, for authoring, with Assembly Member Gene Mullin, AB 1294, that would allow all cities and counties the same right to use Choice Voting that charter cities and charter counties have.

• The Davis City Council, for showing leadership and being responsive to the voters of the City of Davis by placing Measure L on the November 2006 ballot so that the voters could advise whether the City of Davis should consider adopting choice voting as the system to elect City Council members.

• The Voters of the City of Davis, for approving Measure L in the November 2006 election, and in so doing advising the City Council that the City of Davis should consider adopting choice voting as the system to elect City Council members.

• CfER Board Member Rob Dickinson, for his intense efforts in finding authors for AB 1294, organizing a huge list of organizational supporters, coordinating their testimony at the April 17th hearing, and doing a fantastic job himself in his own testimony for AB 1294, all of which resulted in its successful passage out of the Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee.