April Membership Meeting
Date: Thursday, April 2, 2015
Time: Our social begins at 6:30 PM with our meeting called to order at 7 PM.
Location: Givens Community Center (1026 Sidney Rd, Port Orchard, 98366)
Our presentation this month will be a discussion on taxes and fees collected and where the money goes. Kitsap County Auditor Dolores Gilmore will speak as well as other elected officials. We will also hear updates on our Gig Harbor Democrats, Key Peninsula Democrats, and upcoming information for SK/Bremerton Democrats. Please join us as we have an excellent evening planned.
**If interested in donating towards the refreshments table for our social, please contact John Barelli.
Mark your calendars for the upcoming Gig Harbor Paddlers Cup & Expo on April 11-12 at Skansie Brothers Park in Gig Harbor, WA. Our organization is one of the sponsors. Please come and support young athletes and a great community event with us.
26th LD Democrats Out and About!
The 26th LD Democrats have been participating in events and meetings around the Sound.
Our March meeting will be held on Thursday March 5, 2015 at Givens Community Center (1026 Sidney Rd, Port Orchard 98366–Kitsap Room). We have a social that starts at 6:30 PM with our meeting called to order at 7 PM. Check out our March newsletter here.
**Per the newsletter, it may appear that we have a KPN Democrats meeting TONIGHT. The next meeting is tenatively scheduled for Monday, March 23rd. Please stay tuned for updates to this meeting and also our next meeting of the GH Democrats. Our inaugural meeting of the SK/Bremerton Democrats is still in planning stages.
Our February Membership Meeting
Please join us as we hear from 26th LD Democrats member Todd Iverson for our February 2015 membership meeting. Todd will be speaking about the port shutdown and the impact it has had locally.
Our meeting will take place on Thursday February 5th at Givens Community Center (Kitsap Room), 1026 Sidney Road, Port Orchard 98366. Our social begins at 6:30 PM with our meeting called to order at 7 PM. For additional information or questions, please contact our chair, George Robison.
Find our February 26th LD Democrats newsletter here. **UPDATE: In our February newsletter, we erronously reported that the the WSDCC Grassroots Forum & Crabfeed was on Saturday, February 16th. The correct date is Monday, February 16th, 2015.
Happy New Year! January 2015 Membership Meeting Information
Our January membership meeting will feature discussion with Larry Seaquist
on the results of the 2014 election. We’ll be sharing ideas and thoughts for upcoming elections in 2015-16. We hope you can join us for this important conversation!
For January our membership meeting will take place on the second Thursday (January 8th, 2015) at the Givens Community Center (Kitsap Room), 1026 Sidney Rd, Port Orchard, 98366.
Our social begins at 6:30 PM with our meeting called to order at 7 PM. For additional information or questions please contact our vice-chair Jacquelyn Williams.

We’re looking for a few members to bring snacks for our social! If you wish to bring something, please contact John Barelli. Thank you so much in advance for your help.
With the partnership of many of our 26th LD Democrats, we have an official mailing list! For more information or to join the discussion, please visit here.
Committees are being formed today for many different functions within the 26th LD Democrats. If you haven’t had an opportunity to sign up the list will be available during our January meeting. For additional information or questions, please contact George Robison, chair.
Our New 26th LD Democrats Executive Board & December News
During our December Re-Organization meeting, the 26th LD Democrats voted in a new Executive Board. Congratulations to our new officers listed below!
Chair of the 26th LD Democrats George Robison
Kitsap Vice-Chair Jacquelyn Williams
Pierce Vice-Chair Adison Richards
Secretary Tony Otto
Treasurer Kathleen Tei
State Committeewoman River Curtis-Stanley
State Committeeman Don Bartley
Executive Board At Large
Bobbette Olson
Charles Curtis-Stanley
Ed Robison
Pierce County Democrats Central Committee
Executive Board Members*
John Barelli
Parliamentarian* Dave Peterson
Webmaster* Johanna Baxter
*not a voting member
Did you miss our December Newsletter? Please view the 26th LD Democrats newsletter here.
Our January meeting of the 26th LD Democrats will be held on January 8th at 7 p.m. at the Givens Community Center (Kitsap Room), 1026 Sidney Road, Port Orchard 98366. For the remainder of the year meetings will return to the first Thursday of each month.

