The 5th CD will hold their annual Convention at Libby Montana's Bar and Grill in Mequon Libby Montana
5616 W Donges Bay Rd, Mequon, WI 53092 US Website (262) 242-2232 http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Mequon&state=WI&cat=Libby+Montana&country=US&latitude=43.236401&longitude=-87.984398&geocode=CITY Registration and Lunch will start at 1:00 p.m. The Convention will start at 2:00 p.m. 
Only currently paid members of the Democratic Party, as verified by the State Party HQ, can be Delegates to the Convention. Guests are allowed, but not allowed to vote. If there aren't enough Delegate positions available, you can ask to be an Alternate and can be raised to Delegate level, by your County Chair in the event that your Delegate does not attend. The County Party officers are responsible for putting together the lists of Delegates and Alternates who will attend the CD Convention and the State Convention. The State determines the quota (total number of delegates) you are allowed to have. In Counties that are part of multiple CD's, County officers will need to sort out the delegates from their counties according to the CD they belong to, in the lists that they send to both the State HQ and the CD Chairs. The cut off date for sending the county lists of Delegates and Alternates to the State and the CD Chair, is 21 days prior to the convention. Anyone wanting to be a Delegate at either Convention should contact their County Chair or other appointed official to make sure that they are properly listed on the official list being sent to the State Party HQ. Double check with the State HQ BEFORE the deadline to make sure that you are properly listed ON THE LIST, in case you need to make any corrections. Total Delegate Quotas from Each County in the 5th CD are as follows: Jefferson County 4 Milwaukee County 54 Ozaukee County 22 Washington County 29 Waukesha County 80 The cut off dates for paid memberships to be in to the State Party HQ is fourteen days prior to the CD Convention, for you to be a valid Delegate. DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. Get your memberships in NOW. It takes up to three months for a credit card payment to be validated to the State Pary and updated on their data base, and up to two months for a check payment. If you are going to wait until the last minute, you will need to DRIVE your membership, with a cash payment, to the State Party HQ, 14 days prior to the Convention, and make sure you get there before 5:00 p.m. If you payment is not VALIDATED, even if you made your payment by the cut off date, you can still be refused a seat as a Delegate. Since this is a Midterm election year, we expect to have a large number of candidates speaking at the Convention. We will also be voting on any edits or approvals of the Party Platform, which will then go on to the State Convention for final approval by all of the gathered delegates. 60% of the votes of the delegates on the floor are required for any proposed amendments from the Convention floor. (In the case of CD Conventions, these would only be recommended amendments to be submitted for approval by the entire delegate body at the State Convention, which would then require 60% of the total number of delegates on the floor to pass.) Resolutions will also be considered. A maximum of ten resolutions from each county, which have received the most votes at a county party meeting, will be reviewed, edited as necessary and a total of ten resolutions out of all of them will be submitted to the Platform and Resolutions Committee for final approvals at the State Convention. A maximum of ten resolutions from each county must be provided to me (via email at the address at the end of this posting), by a County Officer, a minimum of ten days prior to the Convention. Click on the Platforms and Resolutions link on the left margin of this page to get information on how to write Resolutions, and get an idea of what Platforms and Resolutions have looked like in the past. We will also be voting for a Platform and Resolutions Committee Representative (voting) 3 year term, and a Platform and Resolutions Committee Alternate (non-voting) 1 year term. Anyone interested in being elected to those positions should contact me in advance, or have someone move and second your candidacy at the meeting. Two individuals will be appointed to two State Convention Committees (1 person to each committee). The committees are the Credentials Committee and the Rules Committee. It is helpful to have some background and experience in party policies and the Constitution and Bylaws regarding party functions, but it is also helpful for those who are interested in getting a better understanding of how things work. Let me know if you are interested. Contact me at: Chair5thcddpw@gmail.com If anyone is interested in being a guest speaker at the event (Democratic Candidates or Party Officers and Elected Officials), please contact me at the above email address. |