Tuesday, March 9, 2010 Evergreen Democratic Club
• Meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 11:30 am at Angelo's Restaurant, 601 SW 153rd St., Burien. Lunch is $12 and includes salad, beverage and tip.
• Program - TBD
• Contact - Stephen Lamphear or 206.439.7362
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 34th District Monthly Meeting
• Monthly meeting, 6:30PM Social, 7:00PM Business meeting - the Hall at Fauntleroy, 9131 California Avenue S.W, West Seattle
• Agenda: See Meeting Agenda page for more details.
Sunday, March 14, 2010 34th LD Caucus
• Mount View Elementary School 10811 12th Ave SW, in White Center, starting at 1:00 PM.
• Wondering what happened to the Precinct Caucuses? The Washington State Democrats voted to eliminate the 2010 Precinct Caucuses because of the cost and lack of
attendance in past years. Precinct Caucuses in presidential election years, when votes are cast for presidential preference, have been very well attended, as they
certainly will be in 2012, but the off-year precinct caucuses have not.
• So this year, we will bypass the Precinct and go directly to the Legislative District Caucus.
Channeling our resources into one Caucus should make for a more energetic 34th Legislative District Caucus. The main business of the off-year Precinct Caucuses is to
elect delegates to the King County Convention and to the Legislative District Caucus where delegates to the State Convention are elected.
• At the District Caucus, you do not
need to be a delegate at the precinct level to be elected as delegate to the State Convention, but in previous years only delegates could vote. The only real difference this
year is that any Democrat registered to vote in the 34th District may vote at the caucus as well as be elected a delegate. If you are unable to attend the caucus,
you may not vote, but you may be considered for election as delegate to the Washington State Convention by signing a statement saying that you are registered
to vote in the 34th District, you are a Democrat and willing to be known as a Democrat, and that they are willing to serve if elected. This statement must be
received by the District Chair, Tim Nuse, before the caucus begins on March 14.
• The number of delegates each district is allotted is based
on the turnout for Democrats in the 2008 election. The 34th District is allotted 35 delegates and 18 alternates. These will be divided equally among men and women. The
35th delegate will be the person of either sex who has more votes. In addition to electing delegates, platform items and resolutions will be collected. These will be
consolidated with resolutions and platform items from other districts by the Resolutions and Platform Committees and voted on at both the King County
Convention and the Washington State Convention.
• The King County Convention will be held on Saturday, April 10 at 10:00 a.m. at the Aerospace Machinists Hall,
9125 15th Pl S. The State Convention will be held in Vancouver, Washington on June 26. The State Convention will be held on Saturday, June 26 in Vancouver, Washington.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 34th District Executive Board Meeting
• 7:00 PM - all members welcome, location: Puget Ridge Co-Housing, 7020 - 18th Ave. S. W. For directions, see their website.
• Call or e-mail the webmaster for details or directions
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 King County Democratic Central Committee
• Location: Renton Carpenters Hall, 231 Burnett Avenue North in Renton, 7:00 PM.
• See also www.kcdems.org;
• Contact: Susan Sheary 206-622-9157
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Drinking Liberally - Talking Politics
• 7:00 PM, Mick Kelly's Irish Pub - 435 SW 152nd Street, Burien
• Sign up at drinkingliberally.org
• Host: Joe Fitzgibbon - burien@drinkingliberally.org
• An informal, inclusive Democratic drinking club. Raise your spirits while you raise your glass, and share ideas while you share a pitcher. Drinking Liberally gives like-minded, left-leaning individuals a place to talk politics. You don't need to be a policy expert and this isn't a book club - just come and learn from peers, trade jokes, vent frustration and hang out in an environment where it's not taboo to talk politics.
• Bars are democratic spaces - you talk to strangers, you share booths, you feel the bond of common ground. Bring democratic discourse to your local democratic space - build Democracy one drink at a time.
Thursday, March 25, 2010 West Seattle Democratic Women
• Discussion Group meets at 10:30 A.M. Registration begins @ 11:15 A.M. and Luncheon/Meeting
begins at 11:30 PM. Cost: $12 for Members; $15 for Non-Members. Please contact WSDW
by noon Wednesday, February 24th via (206) 935-3216 or wsdwomen@yahoo.com to insure a seat at the Thursday meeting.
• Program: Seattle City Council Member Sally Bagshaw, and Tim Nuse, 34th Democratic District Chair will discuss and take questions about the current relationship between the 34th and WSDW
• Contact WSDW by 10:00 AM on Wednesday, February 24that (206) 935-3216 or wsdwomen@yahoo.com to insure a seat at the Thursday meeting. WSDW'S "non perishable" food goods drive continues. Please bring your items or grocery receipts from the Morgan Street Thriftway and the etropolitan
Market to benefit the West Seattle Food Bank to the meeting.
Friday-Saturday, June 25-26, 2010 Washington State Democratic Party Convention
• Vancouver, Washington. Details to be posted on the Washington State Party website here.
Tuesday, TBD, 2010 34th Legislative Action Committee
• Next meeting 7:00 PM, Uptown Espresso on California & Edmunds (one block south of the California Junction). This is an exciting time to get involved in State & local legislative issues. We hope you will join us. .
• See also the LA Committee page here.
• Greg Doss, Legislative Action Chair, 206-755-6385, e-mail Greg here.
Thursday, February 18, 2010 Outreach Committee Meeting
• The next outreach committee meeting will be 7:00 PM, Thursday February 18, 7PM At Mick Kellys. The address is 435 SW 152nd in Burien.
Our agenda will be to determine what we want to achieve from each event and how do we do it. See list of events on the Outreach Committee web page. So think about it and bring your ideas.
Item 2 will be to come up with a list of organizations we want to try to help and deterimine how we can do it.
• The Outreach Committee page is here - on that page are the Committee's Goals, a list of community organizations in the 34th, and meeting minutes.
• The Outreach Committee plans voter registration drives, information and voter registration tables at festivals and other events, and local community activities, such as neighborhood cleanups.
TBD, 2009 Newsletter Mailing Party
• The newsletter mailing party will be on Saturday, TBD at 11:00 a.m. Call Lois Elenich at 932-6088 or Jackie Dupras
if you can help. It's easy work, giving you plenty of time to discuss the day's news.
TBD, 2009 Vashon Democrats
• The Vashon Democratic Club meeting TBD
• Contact Roger Fulton Publicity Coordinator, Vashon Democratic Club, 206-463-0079
TBD, June, 2009 King County Legislative Action Committee
• Program: The next Legislative Action Committee Meeting
• More information is on the King County LAC page here.
To be determined
TBD, 2009 By-Laws Committee
• Meets at Brian Earl's house, 9336 46th Ave SW, phone is 206-935-3731 or e-mail Brian here.
• See also the By-Laws Committee page.
TBD, 2009 Membership Committee
• Meets at 4 PM, Sunday March 15. Once again the meeting will be at the Salvadorian Bakery, 1719 S.W. Roxbury Street in White Center
• After sifting through the input from our initial Committee meeting and our E-board working group, Jeff Upthegrove has developed a set of proposed 2009 projects for the Membership Committee (download them here). Bear in mind these are just proposals. Anyone interested in attending the meeting on the 15th should please review these ideas and be prepared to make suggestions for additions, subtractions or alterations. Others are welcome and encouraged to email their input. See also Membership Committee page on this website.
• Contact Chair Jeff Upthegove via e-mail or at 206-617-5174.
TBD, 2009 34th District Leadership Development Team
• Working to improve the leadership of the 34th District Democrats - this meeting will finalize the proposed new organization structure and rules for the Executive Board, based upon input from many sources. All 34th District members are welcome to attend.
• Meeting at Elliot Bay Brewery on Monday 10/20 starting at 6:30 to 8:30 pm to finalize the rules for standing committees as approved by the E-Board for passing onto to the By-Laws and Rules Committee, to discuss our role for the upcoming reorganization, and consider any further action items that we might want to take up as a committee.
• Meeting minutes and the proposed Rules document are on the leadership development committee page.
• Contact Steve Karbowski via email or at 935-9207.
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