Is there any particular reason we don’t hear about the meetings until they’re like a week away (in the case of this upcoming MEC meeting) or after bidding has closed for the local stuff?

I’ve managed to make a single LEC meeting because I happened to have that day off- all the others I’ve been working. Hard to “just get involved” when I can’t even attempt to bid the days off. Same with this upcoming MEC meeting. Would be nice to have some kind of idea who was running to replace MH and who I could at least attempt to persuade my reps to vote for.

Am I just missing some portal or newsletter or something?