[ACDP-Announce] Albemarle Democrats April News Clips

Tue Apr 1 06:48:46 EDT 2008

April 1, 
2008

To:       Albemarle County 
Democrats

From:  Shirley Copeland, 
Corresponding Secretary
           Albemarle County Democratic Committee 

MESSAGE FROM FRED HUDSON, Chair, Albemarle County Democratic Committee:  We have a very exciting month ahead of us and I am hopeful that many of you would like to participate in the process of electing our National Convention delegates.  We start that activity almost immediately.  The very first step in the selection process of National Convention delegates will occur on Monday, April 21st.   On that date, Albemarle County 
Democratic Party will hold its caucus.  The details are below, and every one of you is certainly encouraged to attend.   

The caucus will elect those of you who would like to attend the 5th District Democratic Convention in Lovingston in Nelson County on May 17th and the State Convention in Hampton on June 14.  A prefiling form is required to declare you interest in being elected to attend the two conventions.  There is a voluntary fee to submit your form of $25.00 which is payable to the Albemarle County Democratic Committee but the proceeds are split between the State Party, the local party and the 5th District to help offset the expenses of the caucuses or conventions.  
The Prefiling form is available on the Albemarle County Democratic Committee website (www.albemarledems.org).   At the home page, just click on caucus, and then when the page changes, just click on Applications.   Print the application, fill it out, and send it to the Albemarle County Democratic Committee, P.O. Box 5698 , Charlottesville , VA 22905 , and hopefully, attach your check.  The filing deadline is 5 PM on April 16, so please do not put off the filing of the form.  You can fax it to me at 434 964 1292, but if you have trouble with that, just call me at 973 8584 and we will try to fix whatever is the problem.   

Albemarle County has been allotted 34 Delegates and 17 Alternates to the 5th Convention and the State Convention.  Of the 34 Delegates, 23 will represent Obama and 11 will represent Clinton .  Of the Alternates, 12 will represent Obama and 5 will represent Clinton .  All those prefiling are eligible to be elected to join the delegation.  There are plenty of opportunities to engage in the process and I hope you will sign up quickly.  
Tom Perriello will be with us also.   
He will have some fine words for us as we prepare to select no only our Presidential candidate but also our 5th Congressional District Democratic Candidate.  Tom is a very exciting and different candidate.   I know you will want to meet him and get to know about his candidacy.  
Not everyone wants to be a delegate to the 5th Convention or the Sate Convention, but you can come to the caucus on Monday, April 21st and participate also.   You do not need to file anything prior to the caucus to attend, just come.  The caucus will be at the Albemarle County Office Building at 1600 5th Street , Room A, Charlottesville.   Registration will begin at 6:30 PM and the Caucus doors will close promptly at 7:30. Please arrive early, as once the doors close, no one can be admitted, and we want all who wish to participate to be able to do so.  We will have a Caucus Declaration Form that we require at registration that asks you to agree with certain points. . . like you are a Democrat and a registered voter.  
Nothing I am sure any of you would struggle with so please come out participate.  It will be a very exciting evening.  

At the Fifth District Convention, on May 17th, the actual voting for Delegates to attend the National Convention will begin.   The 5th District has a total of four Delegates and one Alternate.  As a result of the voting during the primary, the convention will elect 3 delegates pledged to Senator Obama (1 Male and two Females) and 1 delegate pledged to Senator Clinton (1 Male).   The Alternate will be pledged to Senator Obama (1Male).  The breakdown resulted from the picking of names out of a hat, which was performed by the State Party.  While some may not agree with the split of delegates and alternates, the number of delegates is fixed by the results of the primary vote and the gender determination is done by lot.  I assure you that every effort has been take to have the results as fair as possible.  
The State Convention delegates are the same as those attending the 5th Convention so you will have a lot of party activity if you are selected as an attendee of the 5th Convention.  
The State Convention will be held in Hampton on June 14, but more information will be forthcoming on that soon.   Being involved in both of the conventions is a very exciting experience, and one that you will not want to miss.  It starts with the Albemarle Caucus on April 21.  PLEASE COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE.  This is the essence of our democracy. . . where private citizens come together to decide who will represent them to select their national leadership.  There is no better way to participate in government than this!  
 Please come out and let your voice be heard.  It will be an exciting night, I assure you.  I hope to see many of you at the caucus on April 21.  It is participation at its best!
Fred

CALENDAR OF 
EVENTS

APRIL

April 
7.  Albemarle County Democratic Steering Committee Meeting (5:30 - 7:30 p.m.) at the Albemarle County Office Building, 1600 5th Street, Charlottesville, Room A.  Public is invited.  

April 
16 - Last date to prefile to be elected at the Albemarle County Democratic Caucus on April 21st  to join the delegation from Albemarle County to attend the 5th Congressional District Democratic Convention on May 17th in Lovingston, Nelson County and the Democratic Party's State Convention in Hampton on June 14.  The opportunity to prefile must be completed by 5 PM.  

April 
19 - 9:30 a.m. Monthly Albemarle/Charlottesville Democratic Breakfast.  At JABA, 674 Hillsdale Drive, behind Fashion Square Mall.  The event is free.  A light breakfast is served.  A review of the recent legislative session with Senator Creigh Deeds and Delegate David Toscano.

April 
21 - Albemarle Democratic caucus at 7:30 p.m. in Room A of the 
5th Street Albemarle County Office Building.  Registration 
will begin at 6:30 PM.   Pre-filing begins April 1 and concludes April 16.  Filing fee is $25 and may be obtained online at the ACDC web-site, or from Fred Hudson. Applications must be received by Fred Hudson by 5:00 p.m. on April 16.  You can mail your Application to Albemarle County Democratic Party, P.O. Box 5698, Charlottesville, VA 22905, or fax to 434 964 1292.  Thirty-four delegates and 17 alternates will be chosen at the caucus and will attend the 5th district convention in Lovingston on May 17 as well as the State Convention in Hampton on June 14. 

MAY

May 17 -  Fifth District Democratic Convention, Nelson County Middle School Auditorium, Lovingston, VA. Registration will begin at 10 AM, and the convention will convene promptly at 11 AM.  

JUNE

June  
14 - State Democratic Convention. Hampton, VA. 
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AM:   Listen to the Albemarle Political Corner that focuses on local issues that affect the lives of each of us.    WVAX, 1450 (AM).  

Check out the web site at http://www.albemarledems.org/ for the latest news, events and additional information on candidates 
and the future events.  It really is a great site! You can change your 
e-mail contact information for the announcements and news clips at this site. 

OFFICE 
LOCATION
The Democratic Office at 223 W. Main is moving, and we will be announcing a new location as soon as it is available.   The phone number is 296-1865, which is still available for you, but please feel free to contact me at fredwhudson at yahoo.com or Cheryl Oliver at caodem at embarqmail.com. 

OFFICERS
Fred Hudson, Chair, Albemarle County Democratic Committee    fredwhudson at yahoo.com
Cynthia Neff, Vice Chair, Administration                                        
caodem at embarqmail.com
John Wertman, Vice Chair, Community                                         jwertman at aag.org
Fred Copeland, Vice -Chair, 
Outreach                                           FLcopela at aol.com
Shirley Copeland, Corresponding Secretary                                  DEMOCRATSNEWS at aol.com
Mary Rice, 
Treasurer                                                                      
ricebooks at mindspring.com
Nicole Sherman, Chair, Finance Committee                                  softhardwear at yahoo.com
Valerie L' Herrou, Recording Secretary                                            wolfh at earthlink.net
Paul "Kip" Newland, Vice-Chair, Special Projects                         kipandjean at embarqmail.com
Cindy Janechild, Vice-Chair, Women's Issues                                  cjanechi at cstone.net
Haike Giragosian, Vice-Chair, Outreach for Young Professionals     hmg5w at virginia.edu

DISTRICT CHAIRS
Doris Lackey, District Chair, 
Rivanna                                                 dorislackey at earthlink.net
Cheryl Oliver,  District Chair, Scottsville                                           caodem at embarqmail.com 
Jean Wyant, Whitehall                                                                      jeanb82hd at comcast.net
Nick Lang, District Chair, Jack 
Jouett                                    doolang at comcast.net
Madison Cummings, District Chair, 
Samuel Miller                            patcummings at ntelos.net
Larry Banner, District Chair, Rio                                                       larry at c-ville.com 

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