This Saturday, June 28th, the Obama campaign invites everyone to a Minnesota Organizational Meeting in St. Paul, where they will begin organizing for the general election.

Minnesota Organizational Meeting
Macalester College Chapel
Saturday, June 28th
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

There will also be a neighborhood canvass afterwards.

Please sign up for the meeting here.

Please join Eric this Saturday (6/28) morning at his house, 1993 Lincoln Avenue, for the next communications group meeting. The meeting will last no more than an hour. Please RSVP to ac@sd64dfl.org so he has an idea who to expect. Also let Eric know if you actually are interested in further communications committee participation whether or not the Saturday 10am meeting works for you.

The Data Management group meets Tuesday, June 24th at 8 pm at Kat’s house, 570 Laurel Ave Apt. #1. Please rsvp to secretary@sd64dfl.org if you can attend. Agenda includes Project ID data entry, caucus data entry, and ongoing tasks.

Sonja writes:

We have our next meeting scheduled for Monday, June 23 at J&S Bean Factory (1518 Randolph Ave) from 7:30-8:30. Please send me an email to let me know if you will be attending so I can reserve enough space for us. If you are unable to make it, please let me know if you have a particular event that you would like to assist in planning so that I can set up our event subcommittees.

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We meet next Wednesday (6/18) at 7pm at Macalester (Room 350 of the Olin-Rice Building). The agenda will include election of additional Directors to SD64 Exec. Committee, discussion of summer activities, and special visit from Represenative Erin Murphy. (More details re: agenda will be released soon). Precinct leaders, we really hope you can come. Everyone is welcome!

Agenda below the fold.
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Join SD64DFL, CD4 DFL, and the other senate districts in St. Paul for a joint door knock reaching out to voters who don’t traditionally vote and registering new voters. We will kick off a summer of campaigning in St. Paul, and hear from local DFL elected officials before heading into the neighborhood to doorknock!

Meet at the Lake Phalen Regional Park picnic shelter, 1530 Phalen Dr, Saint Paul, MN 55106 from Noon to 3pm. Please send an email to rsvp@sd64dfl.org if they plan to attend.

There are 15-20 precincts within the City of St. Paul that have average voter turnout levels below 50%, which is well below the CD4-wide average of almost 70%. If we can focus our energies on identifying, registering, and engaging new voters in these underperforming areas, there is the potential to increase voter turnout by as much at 10,000 votes (if not more). In 2006, Mike Hatch only lost by 20,000 votes, so an additional 10-15,000 votes form St. Paul in 2008 can help ensure re-election not only for our local candidates, but also work to help our statewide candidates.

With the passage of a major transportation bill, increased funding for education, the Central Corridor, and major strides in health care reform, DFLers have much to celebrate. Join Rep. Erin Murphy, Rep. Michael Paymar, Sen. Dick Cohen, and your fellow SD64ers in celebrating the end of a successful legislative session and the beginning of a new era of progressive politics in Minnesota and nationwide.

Suggested Contribution: $25 or whatever you can!

For more information contact Sonja Larson at bling@sd64dfl.org.

TJ writes:

The next Affirmative Action Committee meeting will be held at 7:00 PM June 2nd at 1550 Hague Avenue in St Paul. The committee has been holding meetings every two weeks so far, and I assume the next meeting will be June 16th at 7:00 PM with a location to be determined.