Join Us For Our December Meeting!
Join us for our December Holiday Meeting where we will be doing all sorts of fun things!
DATE: Thursday, December 7th 2017
TIME: 6:30 PM
LOCATION: Givens Community Center
1026 Sidney Ave
Port Orchard, WA 98366
We’ll be voting for a new Pierce Vice Chair, Secretary, and State Committeeman (elected/appointed PCOs are the only ones eligible to vote per our bylaws, if you have NOT received our PCO call for this meeting, please click here.
We will be hearing from Marty Bishop (longtime 26th LD Democrats member) about the latest efforts of 350.org to transition to sustainable energy and also the next efforts to pass a gas tax in Washington state. Here are some sites she recommends to check out before the meeting
https://gofossilfree.org/usa/
https://jobscleanenergywa.com/
Last but not least, we will be hearing from one of our favorite organizers with Washdems, Kali Lasher-Sommers about Rise and Organize/organizing for 2018. (If you are a PCO and do not have/know your credentials for access to Votebuilder, email to our PCO coordinator Don Bartley at don.bartley52@gmail.com)
Come enjoy some holiday snacks and pizza and learn about things we’re doing toward our goal of 3 D’s for 2018! See you there, and as always, if you have additional questions or need more information, send email to 26thdemocrats@gmail.com.
Call to November 2017 Meeting
The focus of this month’s meeting will be “Get Out The Vote”, and we request that our members bring their phones with them and help make some calls with us!
We’ll also hear from our endorsed candidate campaigns on any last minute volunteer opportunities, There will be brief reports from our Executive Board and we’ll finish out with upcoming events and information.
Come and join us for fun on Thursday November 2, 2017 at Givens Community Center, 1026 Sidney Avenue, Port Orchard 98366. Our meeting comes to order at 7 PM, but please come early for our dinner/social at 6:30 PM.
The agenda for this meeting is still in the making. It will be posted as soon as it is completed. Our secretary Dan Ransom recently resigned as he is moving out of the area (We wish you great luck Dan and thank you so much for your service!) and so we are looking for a new Secretary. Elections for this position will take place during our December meeting.
For more information or if you’d like to be added to our agenda, please contact Johanna Baxter, Kitsap Vice Chair at hannie@joesdiner.com.
September 2017 Meeting: LOCATION CHANGE
The 26th LD Democrats will hold our September monthly meeting on Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 7 PM at the Key Peninsula Civic Center, 17010 S Vaughn Rd KP N, Vaughn 98394 (Whitmore Room). Social/Dinner begins at 6:30 PM with the meeting called to order at 7 PM. This month’s meeting includes various speakers, and we’ll be finishing up our endorsements/approvals for the November general election. If you’d like to help with our social/dinner, please send email to 26thdemocrats@gmail.com. For more information, please contact our chair John Kelly at johnpatkelly@aol.com.
Here’s the link to our September meeting agenda : agenda.
LD26 Democrats Community Picnic, Sunday Aug. 20
Come celebrate our Summer and freedom. Meet your neighbors, eat some great food,
and some good discussion on the state of our union. Enjoy swimming, volleyball and softball (work off some of those picnic goodies!).
Valuable Political Memorabilia at General Meeting July 6
View and participate in an auction for these valuable political memorabilia at our next LD26 General Membership meeting on Thursday, July 6, 6:30 p.m.
George Robison presents these items from his personal collection: