The next meeting of the Johnson County Democrats will held at the Grant Wood AEA Building at 200 Holiday Rd. at 7 PM on February 2.
Take 1st Ave in Coralville (Hayden Fry Blvd) over I-80 to the turnabout to Holiday Rd. The Grant Wood AEA is next to the Lensing Oak Hill Funeral Home; parking is in front and in the back with a stairway to the back entrance.
Platform & Committee of Committees (plans county Convention March 10) meeting at SE Jr High Library 9 AM.
The Platform and Committee of Committees (plans County Convention March 10) will meet at 9 AM at SE Jr High Library
The Central Committee will meet Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 at Campaign Offices, 321 Market.
The Tentative Agenda is:
1.) Election of Treasurer
2.) 2012 Caucus – review
3.) Liability insurance – update
4.) Quality Care storage unit lease has expired – discussion
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Below are two items: caucus locations and abbreviated caucus agenda
CAUCUS LOCATIONS:
NOTE THAT THESE ARE GENERALLY NOT SAME AS CAUCUS LOCATIONS FOR 2008,
MANY OF PRECINCTS WILL MEET AT A COMMON “CLUSTER” LOCATION.
| # | Cluster location | Precinct | Delegates | (Temp) Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solon Middle School | Bill Hanes | ||
| Solon Middle School | Big Grove | 3 | Bob Huber | |
| Cedar | 1 | Paul Deaton(?) | ||
| Graham | 1 | Paul Deaton(?) | ||
| Newport | 5 | Terry Dahms | ||
| Solon | 3 | Pat Ikan | ||
| 2 | North Liberty Comm. Ctr. | Joe Nehring | ||
| North Liberty Comm. Ctr. | North Liberty 1 | 10 | Molly Rossiter | |
| North Liberty 2 | 7 | Joe Nehring | ||
| Madison | 1 | |||
| Monroe | 1 | Karen Woltman | ||
| Jefferson East | 3 | |||
| Jefferson West | 3 | |||
| 3 | Coralville Ctr. Perf. Arts | Melanie Gross | ||
| Coralville Ctr. Perf. Arts | Coralville 1 | 4 | Caroline Dvorsky | |
| Coralville 2 | 6 | Dave/Lynette Jacoby | ||
| Coralville 3 | 2 | Liz Etchells | ||
| Coralville 4 | 4 | Kathy Stahmer | ||
| Coralville 5 | 5 | Tom Larkin | ||
| Coralville 6 | 8 | Vicki Siefers | ||
| Penn | 5 | Rosanne Cook | ||
| 4 | Clear Creek/Amana JH Lib. | Pat Hughes | ||
| Clear Creek/Amana JH Lib. | Clear Creek | 1 | ||
| Hardin | 1 | |||
| Oxford | 2 | Pat Hughes | ||
| Tiffin | 3 | |||
| Union | 1 | Steve Miller | ||
| 5 | Hills Elementary | Kent Fuller | ||
| Hills Elementary | Liberty | 2 | Kent Fuller | |
| Pleasant Valley | 1 | Kent/Gretchen Fuller | ||
| Sharon | 1 | Steve Groenewold(?) | ||
| Washington | 1 | |||
| West Lucas | 2 | Valorie Kemp | ||
| Fremont | 2 | |||
| Lincoln | 1 | John Schneider | ||
| 6 | City High School | Tom Carsner | ||
| City High School | Iowa City 4 | 6 | Raj/Ravi Patel | |
| Iowa City 5 | 5 | Kimberly Staniforth | ||
| Iowa City 16 | 7 | Loren Brumm/Mike Evinis | ||
| Iowa City 17 | 7 | Nancy Porter | ||
| Iowa City 19 | 6 | Dan Tallon | ||
| Iowa City 20 | 5 | Helen Burford | ||
| Iowa City 21 | 5 | Kiran Patel | ||
| Iowa City 22 | 6 | Newman Abuissa | ||
| Iowa City 23 | 5 | Jae Jae Spoon | ||
| Iowa City 24 | 7 | Tom Carsner | ||
| Iowa City 25 | 6 | Doug Dorando | ||
| 7 | Southeast Junior High | Karen Disbrow | ||
| Southeast Junior High | Iowa City 6 | 5 | Johnie McMahon | |
| Iowa City 10 | 4 | John Deeth | ||
| Iowa City 11 | 4 | Joe Van Zant | ||
| Iowa City 12 | 6 | |||
| Iowa City 14 | 6 | J P Claussen | ||
| Iowa City 15 | 4 | Karen Disbrow | ||
| Iowa City 18 | 6 | Sarah Swisher | ||
| Scott | 3 | Patti Fields | ||
| 8 | West High School | Peter Hansen | ||
| 8 | West High School | Iowa City 1 | 4 | Peter Hansen |
| Iowa City 2 | 4 | Pauline Taylor | ||
| Iowa City 3 | 5 | Mary Vasey | ||
| Iowa City 7 | 3 | Sylvea Holis | ||
| Iowa City 8 | 6 | Mark Nolte | ||
| Iowa City 9 | 5 | Judy Pfohl | ||
| Iowa City 13 | 3 | John/Liz Stratton | ||
| University Heights | 2 | Sue Bruell | ||
| Total: | 225 |
BRIEF CAUCUS AGENDA:
The first part is the pre-caucus program. The second part is the break-out by precincts and which begins after the pre-caucus program is complete. Depending on the number of speakers, the whole evening should last about one (1) hour.
6:30pm Doors open and registration begins. All speakers should also sign in, indicating their intent to speak. This includes the local surrogate and local OFA volunteer. Since there are two(2) speakers for President Obama, we will allow two speakers for Uncommitted.
7:00pm Caucus called to order by the temporary chair. The temporary chair will ask for a motion to elect the temporary chair the permanent chair. The permanent chair will ask for a motion to elect a Secretary.
The chair will make any necessary announcements.
Before 7:15pm, but after the above, a local surrogate will introduce President Obama with appropriate remarks.Promptly at 7:15pm President Obama will address caucus attendees via a live video feed or conference call.
Following the President’s comments, a local OFA volunteer will give a request for volunteers, including the completion of a sign-up card in an OFA handout. If there are any Uncommitted speakers who wish to speak, they will be allowed to do so at this time. These speakers are allowed the same amount of time as President Obama.
Any candidate(s) for Federal office will be allowed to speak. Any candidate(s) for State, County, or Local office will be allowed to speak.
This completes the pre-caucus program.
The caucus by precinct begins.
The chair will direct attendees to their appropriate precinct caucus location. This may be a separate room or segregated areas in the pre-caucus program room.
The precinct chairs will conduct the business of the Democratic party, including election of delegates to the County Convention, Central Committee members(2), and Committee on Committees/Platform(6). Each precinct has a number of delegates to select that varies by precinct. The members/delegates complete the forms indicating their role and contact information
The precinct caucus is a great way to get involved in grassroots activities with the Iowa Democratic Party. All Iowa Democrats are encouraged to attend.
Please call Terry Dahms, Chair at (319)338-5919 if you have a question.
You may also look up your caucus location by using either one of these web sites:
www.thecaucuses.com
https://ww1.johnson-county.com/Voter/PrecinctLookup/
Caucus Chair Training.
It will be on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 1:00pm. We will meet at the campaign offices, 321 Market.
For more info on Precincts still needing a temporary Chair, contact John Deeth, 319-530-6669 or jdeeth@mchsi.com
Canvassing, phoning, food, money all are areas that YOU can help with. Headquarters: 1375 7th Ave., Marion, IA. Phone # 319-899-0628. Mail contributions to Mathis for Senate, 1725 MacKenzie Dr., Robins, IA 52411.
Websites: www.keepthemajority.com or www.mathis4statesenate.com
Date: Saturday, October 8, 2011
Time: 4-7 p.m.
Location: Johnson County Fairgrounds, Building C, Iowa City
Cost: $25 per adult, $15 per senior or student
Menu: Local barbequed pork, side dishes and homemade desserts
Come attend the annual Johnson County Democrats Fall Barbeque! Sponsorship levels are $100 (Precinct Captain), $250 (Press Secretary) and $500 (Campaign Manager).
For more information, to volunteer or become an early sponsor, please contact Liz Etchells, Fundraising Chair, at 319-541-9672 or Elizabeth.Etchells@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you there!
The Johnson County Democrats Central Committee Meeting will be Thursday, Sept, 1, 2011 at 7 PM, in the back of the board room at the Iowa City Community School District Administration Building.
Bring your friends to help stuff envelopes to mail out.
See You There !!
The Johnson County Democrats Central Committee Meeting will be Thursday, Sept 1, 2011 at 7 PM, in the back of the board room at the Iowa City Community School District Administration Building.
Bring your friends to help stuff envelopes for large mailing.
See You There !!!