Committees


Email committee chairs at indivisiblelincolnsquare@gmail.com

Elections Committee

The Indivisible Lincoln Square (ILS) Elections Committee primarily works to help local Northside residents get involved in upcoming campaigns that are most likely to make a difference in electing progressive candidates. Committee meetings are used to share a variety of sources of information to help ILS members discern where and how an investment of their time and energy can have the most impact. Strategies include:

  • Coordinating with community district coalitions and candidates’ campaigns by facilitating transportation for canvassing.

  • Setting up phone banking sessions.

  • Postcard writing for voter turnout.

Chair: Kevin Limbeck

Social Media Committee

Explore ways to better utilize social media to boost events, attract new members, etc.

Chair: Rachel Yap

Weekly Update

Research and prepare the Weekly Update newsletter.

The Weekly update welcomes your input and ideas. If there is a topic you want us to cover, or if a news item gets you riled up and you think ILS should do something about it, let us know at indivisible.lincoln.square@gmail.com.

Chair: Bill Sellers.

Call to Action

Biweekly newsletter highlighting the most important issues and actions facing our community.

Chair: Sally Schulze

Environmental Committee

Formulate and prioritize ongoing projects, research collaborations, communications, and actions on recycling, water quality, environmental justice, permitting and zoning, alternative energy, composting, making green choices . . . and much more.

Chair: Jill Sellers.

Membership Committee

The Indivisible Lincoln Square (ILS) Membership Committee is charged with attracting and retaining ILS members by:

  • Discussing how best to promote our own goals and support the mission of ILS.

  • Producing materials we identify as useful to ILS: for example, new member letter, ILS talking points (elevator pitch), surveys, emails about monthly meeting and special event emails.

  • Developing surveys to find out what issues participants feel are most pressing and what activities they want to engage in.

  • Informing participants at all levels about upcoming meetings and activities.

  • Using a variety of communications media to remind, prompt, and inform.

  • Connecting personally with new attendees at meetings.

Chair: Bill Sellers.

Steering Committee

The Indivisible Lincoln Square (ILS) Steering Committee provides administrative oversight to ILS by:

  • Coordinating the activities of the other ILS committees, for example:

  • by facilitating appropriate access of a committee to member email addresses (which are maintained by the Membership Committee),

  • by deciding when to bring a policy proposal from a committee to the general membership for a vote,

  • by approving the posting on the ILS website of committee work products

  • Setting the overall priorities of ILS, specifically

  • by formally approving, at Steering Committee meetings, proposals for initiatives and activities that come before the Committee,

  • by formally approving, at Steering Committee meetings, initiatives and activities proposed by Steering Committee members, along with appointing the lead person(s) for undertaking those initiatives and activities.

Aligning initiatives with the ILS mission and priorities in accordance with the Operating Model for Initiatives.

  • Setting the agenda of general membership meetings.

  • Serving as liaison with Indivisible Chicago and other Indivisible and progressive groups.

Currently, any active ILS member may attend Steering Committee meetings but only voting members may vote in Steering Committee meetings.

Meets once per month.

Convener: Nelson Armour (9/6/2023); Treasurer: Jill Sellers (9/6/2023); Secretary: Bill Sellers (9/6/2023).

Administration

Help schedule & set up for meetings, prepare and post meeting agendas and minutes, help publicize ILS events, help with other administrative tasks.

Chair: Jessica Droeger.