SD60 DFL

Wednesday, January 18
Fuller Park, 48th & Grand Ave S
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

AGENDA
We will prepare for 2012 caucuses and conventions at the meeting so it is very important for precinct chairs and co-chairs to attend. We will also learn about redistricting.

The SD 60 Central Committee will meet on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at Bryant Square Park from 7:00 to 8:45. The park is located at 31st and Bryant Avenue South. It is wheel chair accessible. If you have any accessibility needs, please contact Anne Hoops at 612-823-0278.

We have attached the minutes from the September meeting. Please note that there are several openings on the State Central Committee.

Draft Agenda:

1.) Opening Business

a.) Call to Order/Welcome/Introduction

b.) Adoption of Agenda

2.) Reports

a.) Chair

b.) Associate Chair

c.) Treasurer

d.) Secretary

e.) Affirmative Action Officer

f.) Directors with Reports

3.) Election of State central committee members (openings 1 alternate male and 3 female)

4.) Fundraising Discussion for 2011 and 2012

a.) Fall Event Idea-Dessert Storm: Cupcake Accomplished (To be held the Tuesday that is 52 weeks before the 2012 elections.

Please note the location change. The park is located at 31st and Bryant Ave. So. We have to be out of the room by 8:45.

Want to talk politics with Congressman Keith Ellison?

Join us next Monday, August 15 from 5:30-7:30pm at Dunn Bros Coffee, located at the corner of 34th and Hennepin Avenue South, Minneapolis. We'll talk about the recent debt ceiling debate, what we can do to elect a pro-job majority in Congress, and much more.

Click here to RSVP.

If you have any questions, please call Keith's office at (612) 522-4416 or email julia@keithellison.org.

We hope to see you next Monday!

6:30 p.m. at Painter Park

Agenda
1.) Opening Business
a.) Call to Order/Welcome/Introduction
b.) Adoption of Agenda
c. ) Meeting Process—two minutes per report, 1 minute for discussions
2.) Reports
a.) Chair
b.) Associate Chair
c.) Treasurer
d.) Secretary
e.) Affirmative Action Officer
f.) Directors with Reports
3.)
Fundraising Discussion for 2011 and 2012
a.) Fall Event Idea—Dessert Storm: Cupcake Accomplished (To be held the Tuesday that is 52 weeks
before the 2012 elections.
b.) Fundraising for an SD 60 Organizer
c.) Other Ideas
4.) Calendar for 2012—Planning activities for 2012 Caucuses and Convention
5.) Shutdown Update and Actions—What we can and should do
6.) Election of a Treasurer
7.) Other Business
8.) Adjournment

Candidates, elected officials and others will be given two minutes of speaking time as the agenda allows
and at the discretion of the chair.

This Wednesday, April 27th, please join:

Rep. Jeff Hayden, House DFL Assistant Minority Leader
Rep. Jean Wagenius, DFL Lead, Environment Committee
Rep. Frank Hornstein, DFL Lead, Transportation Policy and Finance Committee
Rep. Bobby Joe Champion
Rep. Marion Greene

For an important community briefing on the state of the budget and an overview of Republican proposals to solve Minnesota’s $5 billion budget deficit. Here are the details:

WHAT: Community Budget Briefing
WHEN: Wednesday, April 27th, 6 PM to 8 PM
WHERE: Sabathani Community Center, 310 E. 38th St, #200

With Republicans offering the same backwards-looking policies of the past, it is critically important that you have accurate information about Minnesota’s budget situation. We hope you can join us on Wednesday!

For more information contact Will at will@dflhouse.com.

With the appointment of Rep. Tony Sertich to the Iron Range Resources Board, there is now an open seat in House District 05B.

Your help is needed to turn out Democrats for a highly contested primary, and again for the special election. Those dates:

Tues, Feb 1 (the primary)
Tues, Feb 15 (the election)

Callers are needed every day at DFL Headquarters, 255 Plato Blvd, in St. Paul. Daily shifts at 10am-2pm and 4pm-8pm.

Can you help? Email zackfarley@gmail.com to sign up.

We work together, we win together.

Please come help celebrate our victories with friends and neighbors and prepare for the year ahead.

Representative Frank Hornstein, Representative Marion Greene and Senator Scott Dibble invite you to the biennial first day of the legislative session party featuring:

Jeff Blodgett, Executive Director of Wellstone Action, and special guest, Governor Mark Dayton*

Refreshments and hors d'oeuvres provided.

Please RSVP by January 2nd to senatedistrict60team@gmail.com

*invited

Sen. Dibble, Rep. Hornstein, & Rep. Greene

At the home of Tom Braun and Felicity Britton (downtown Linden Hills, above Wild Rumpus bookstore)
2720 West 43rd Street
Minneapolis, MN

SD60 is taking December off. We will reconvene to plan for 2011 and 2012 in January. Notifications will go to Central Committee members in late December.

DFL Senate District 60
along with
Mark Dayton
Senator Amy Klobuchar
Senator Al Franken
and womenwinning

invite you to
A Roast and Toast of
Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher

Tuesday, December 14, 2010
6:00 - 8:30pm

At the Metropolitan Club at Target Field
Downtown Minneapolis

RSVP online

or contact Jaime Tincher, 651.357.4359

Sen. Klobuchar and Sen. Franken are appearing at this event only as featured speakers. Sen. Klobuchar and Sen. Franken are not asking for funds or donations.

Here's a challenge: According to Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, Duluth typically has about 90% voter turnout. Minneapolis? Only 60%! We can't let Duluth beat us!

Every single day, at nearly every hour of the day, the DFL has ample opportunities for you to help us get out the vote on November 2, to ensure election day victory for Mark Dayton, Senator Scott Dibble, Representative Frank Hornstein, Marion Greene, and the rest of the DFL ticket.

Click "Calendar" to the left to see the schedule and locations for all of our GOTV events.

Let's go!

Wednesday, October 20
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Painter Park, 34th & Lyndale

Wednesday, 7:00 PM, September 15, 2010
Painter Park 34th and Lyndale

Our SD60-endorsed candidates need your help! Can you host a lawn sign or two this fall?
Send an email to the addresses below, and a sign will either be delivered to you or you'll get information about pick up locations.

Scott Dibble for Senator: volunteersfordibble@gmail.com
Marion Greene for House, 60A: info@mariongreene.org (or fill out this online form: http://www.mariongreene.org/volunteer)
Frank Hornstein for House, 60B: FHornstein@msn.com (or fill out this online form: http://frankhornstein.org/getinvolved/index.htm)

Please include the following info:
Your name
Your address

We cannot leave lawn signs at apartment buildings. And if you rent, please clear this with your landlord.
After the election, please leave your sign in the yard; campaign volunteers will pick them up for reuse within a week of Election Day.

Thank you for your support of SD60 DFL and our endorsed candidates!