SD64 concluded its biannual district convention on March 7th. Our volunteers did a magnificent job of making Central High School an inviting venue for this event. Thank you to everyone on all our convention committees who did so much work to pull this off. Bravo!

Some of the results from our convention on March 7th. 557 delegates attended the caucus and sent 26 delegates on to the state convention. For every delegate to the state convention we sent two to the county convention. Here’s how our state delegates were allocated.

The convention had 69 (!) subcaucuses, so this is a simplified depiction of the results. Be gentle! Everyone had great patience with the subcaucusing process.

If you have any feedback you’d like to share about the convention, please add your comments to this post. Just click the headline and look at the bottom of the page. Thanks!

The Credentials Committee will be meeting on Thursday, 2/18, at 7pm at Kat’s house, 570 Laurel Ave #1.

The Arrangements Committee will be meeting on Saturday, 2/13, at 3pm at Macalester College in Old Main.

The Nominations Committee is holding three nominee screening sessions. Those wishing to be interview should check the Nominations Committee web page for contacts and the application.

Saturday, 2/20, 11am-1pm and Wednesday, 2/24, 7-9pm
Macalester College
Olin Rice Science Building, Room 170

Monday, 3/1, 6:30-8:30pm
Macalester College
Olin Rice Science Building, Room 270

If you are on one of the convention planning committees, please join us this Saturday, 6 February, at 10am for your first meeting.

Rules and Credentials, will be at SEIU Healthcare Minnesota (345 Randolph Ave. Suite 100). To find this office, go to the intersection of Shepard Road and Randolph Ave. Follow Randolph Ave off Shepard Rd down towards the river. After you pass the old power plant, on your left with be a turn for James Ave and a building sign that includes SEIU Healthcare Minnesota. Turn left, but then immediately turn right into the parking lot behind the sign. Drive straight down to the end of the parking lot for SEIU Healthcare Minnesota.

Resolutions, Arrangements, and the Nominations will be at Macalester College (1600 Grand Ave. Old Main Hall). Old Main is at the heart of the Macalester Campus, our committees will be meeting in Rooms 001, 002, and 003 on the ground floor.

What possibly be more fun than your precinct caucus? Entering data from all caucus attendees, of course! Especially this year. Instead of asking you to do this at home alone, we are inviting everyone who can help with data entry to join us on Saturday, 6 February, for a Data Party. We’re taking over SEIU Healthcare offices for an afternoon so we can blow through the whole data entry in one day. Pizza and drinks will be provided. All we need is you! If you have a wifi capable laptop, please bring that as well.

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The Senate District 64 Convention will be held on Sunday, 7 March 2010. Doors will open at 11am, a Ramsey County Commissioner convention will begin at Noon, and the SD64 convention will convene at 12:30. The convention will be held at Central High School. The Official Call is now available.

The MYDFL Convention, taking place in Minneapolis on January 23, needs volunteers. If you can help these outstanding young DFLers, please see details from Aaron below the fold. Read the rest of this entry »

Hear from the John Choi, David Pinto, and David Schultz, who are seeking DFL-endorsement for Ramsey County Attorney. This debate is sponsored by SD 64 DFL and CD4 DFL.

Tuesday, January 19 from 7 to 8:30pm
United Auto Workers Union Hall (UAW)
2191 Ford Parkway

If you are convening or co-convening, we need you to attend Precinct Caucus Convenor Training on January 28. If you have not been signed up to convener/co-convene, but want to help on caucus night you are also welcome to attend. Please note, even if you have helped convene your precinct caucus in the past, the registration process has been revised and we really need to share the new process with you, so please join us.

7pm Thursday, 1/28
Hillcrest Recreation Center, Activity Room

The Hillcrest Recreation Center is in the same building as the Highland Park Branch Library, at 1978 Ford Parkway.

The training will take one hour, with an optional session afterwards about the “walking subcaucus” process for those who need brushing up.

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