MONTHLY UPDATE - VOLUME 4 ISSUE 01 - Jan 21, 2008
Washington County Democrats Central Committee Meeting
Social Time: 6:30 PM • Meeting: 7:00 PM
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue
Administration Building
20665 SW Blanton Aloha, Oregon 97007
Featured Speaker
Rob Drake – Mayor of Beaverton
Richard Burke -Tualatin Valley Water District Commissioner
Lenny Dee - Onward Oregon
(How we can work together to help Beaverton take action
to comply with a climate change agreement)
Special Election
Female alternate for the 1st CD delegation
(Map) (Roberts Rules of Order)
Click the attachements below for the minutes and agenda (revised).
Trimet: Accessable via Trimet Bus Lines 57 and 88
Keep our Washington County Skies Blue
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We have a chance to pick up at least one open house seat in Washington County (HD26) while waging critical battles to keep existing seats in HD29, HD30 and HD35. Not to mention the chance of a lifetime to defeat Gordon Smith (and have two Democratic Senators!), plus important statewide office seats to retain. And of course, the U.S. Presidency at stake!
We need your help to offset the off-election year attrition in our membership that occurred last year and the rent increase that came with signing the new 3-year lease. Think about who you know who should be a member and pass along their contact information to Karen Packer at finance@washcodems.org. We really appreciate your past contributions to the Washington County Democrats and hope we can count on your continued support.
On to Victory in 2008!
VAN Training Program for HDLs, Precinct Leaders and others
On Sunday Jan 27th our friends from the DPO will be conducting training for the two VAN databases, Vote Builder and My Campaign, from 1PM~3PM at the Washco Dems office in Beaverton.
All Training Committee, IT Committee, Office Staff, House District Leaders and interested Precinct Leaders are strongly encouraged to attend this training.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008 |
Join fellow Democrats, as we watch the Primary Elections Returns come in from over 20 states around the country! Live Music. Free Beer, Wine, and Hors D'ourves.
There will be a raffle for amazing prizes!
Don't miss this opportunity to root for your candidate and have a great time!
Glimpse What’s Inside!
Click on a title to jump to the story below.
We welcome your story ideas and are very interested in your letters and opinions. We also need articles for our quarterly Grassroots newsletter (150 words approx). Email us at webmaster@washcodems.org.
Check our contacts page for a list of our officers and committee chairs. Please remember to vote, Click here to register to vote.
WashCo Dems Update
News
All PCPs need to file for election
Precinct Committee Person Online Filing Form
Candidates may fill out the form online and submit it directly from the Washington County website from Feb 1st thru March 11th, to be listed on the May 2008 Ballot in Washington County.
Candidates may also print the form and mail or deliver it to the Washington County Elections office on Murray Blvd in Beaverton (next to Washco Sherriff's office across from KMART.)
All appointed and previously elected PCPs should file beginning Feb 1st.
Only ELECTECD PCPs are eligable to vote in the County Democratic Party Reorganization meeting, where we choose all our officers and address specific policy issues per the Party Bylaws.
Candidates need three votes from within their Precinct in the May Primary to be elected - be sure to vote for yourself, and get at least two freinds or neighbors to vote for you as well, and encourage others to run as well!
Interested persons and candidates should also download and read the Washington County Candidate's Manual to learn the rules and obligations of filing and serving. This handbook is also available as an attachment below.
Good luck to all our great PCPs, and encourage your friends to run too!
http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/forms/sel105.pdf
Attention PCPs! Upcoming Precinct Committee Person Training Events!
Beaverton signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement -
the first step to becoming a Cool City.
By doing so, Beaverton agreed to comply with the Kyoto accord.
Our goal is to develop active citizen participation in encouraging and
eventually enabling Beaverton to take concrete steps to achieve the Cool
Cities benchmarks. We have talked with the Nike sustainability committee
who will be working with us on this project, and St Andrew Lutheran
church has interest as well. If you have interest in being part of a
citizens group that works to get Beaverton going email
lenny@onwardoregon.org
From our Precinct Leaders...
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Washington County Peak Oil
http://www.washingtoncountypeakoil.org/Did you know the world is running out of oil? What are the solutions?
What are we going to do about it? How can we prepare? Are our political
leaders living up to the challenge? Find out what you can do from this
local group of activists! This group meets twice monthly and has great
people to network with.
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Action Alert
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If you have any events to add please send them to:
webmaster@washcodems.org
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Grassroots Calendar
Check the main page of the website for a list of upcoming events.
Upcoming events
- 01-22 - Peak Oil Book Club
- 01-23 - Washington County Peace Vigil
- 01-23 - Washington County Democrats Central Committee Meeting
- 01-25 - Yamhill County - Election 2008 Kickoff Dinner
- 01-27 - VAN Training Program for HDLs, Precinct Leaders and others
- 01-27 - Tualatin Riverkeepers Annual Meeting
- 01-28 - WCPAF: Hormones in Milk
- 01-30 - Washington County Peace Vigil
- 01-30 - PCP 101 Training
- 01-31 - Oregon Center for Public Policy - 2008 Federal Budget Breifing
If you have any events to add please send them to:
webmaster@washcodems.org
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Contact your Legislators
Contact your Legislators via their webforms:
- Sen Wyden's webform
- Sen Smith's webform
- Rep David Wu's webform
- Webform for your State Representative/Senator
- Webform for sending Letter to the Editor (via Oregon Food Bank)
If you dont know who your legislator is, just click this link , enter your address and it will show you all your federal and state representatives! <!--nd li-->
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VISIT OUR NEW WEB SITE
Check our website for the latest updates.
Website Update
Videos on our website!!
New Video - 14 new videos to see just in January!
http://www.washcodems.org/videos
Rebooting Democracy Recap, in depth videos
from the Bus Project's Rebooting Democracy.
Democratic Attorney General Debates
Democratic Secretary of State Debates
Former Oregon Secretary of State Norma Paulus
Thom Hartmann
Gov. John Kitzhaber
Fusion Voting, Same Day Registration, Open Primary
Policy Speeches and much more!
Washington County Peak Oil - MC Electric Vehicles, a company right here
in Beaverton gives insight into the electric vehicle industry.
Mark Welyczko (Vel-ich'-ko) - A Candidate for US Congress in Oregon's
First Congressional district. See the interview!
There is always something new on:
http://www.washcodems.org/videos
Political Poll and Blog Entries
Please take the bi-weekly Washco Dems Political Poll, and post comment about why you voted the way you did. When you signup on the website you can also post your own blog entries on the site. "Let your voice be heard!"
Precinct Leader List updated on the website
You need to signup for an account on the website to access the PCP pages. We will be updating it each month in order to keep it up to date with the new PCPs. There is also an excel spreadsheet version that can be downloaded from the site.
Finally! An easy way to find your Precinct number!
Here is simple way to determine a voter's Precinct Number:
http://washims.co.washington.or.us/gis/intermap/
Go to the site, enter a residential address and sift thru the listed info, about midway you'll find the Election Precinct for that address. Happy hunting!
Google Mapping my precinct
You can use Google Maps to get a birds-eye view of your precinct, you can save your custom maps, complete with outlines and overlays you can create yourself. So here is the map of Precinct 417.»
Precinct maps are also available through the following link: http://www.co.washington.or.us/cgi/electhom/repdist.pl
Feature of the Month
Tribute Contributions:
You can now make a donation in memory of or in honor of someone special with a Tribute / Memorial Donation to the Washington County Democratic Party. A handwritten note acknowledging your donation (amount will not be disclosed) will be sent. Just click onto the Contribute Tab on the top of the web site and go to donate for a printable form or to donate with a credit card.
Local Groups
- The Oregon Center for Public Policy
- Our Oregon Coalition (state budget group)
- Citizens for Oregon's Future (state budget group)
- Oregon Bus Project
- NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon
- Oregon AFL-CIO
- Oregon League Of Women Voters
- Onward Oregon
- Democracy for Oregon
- Blog for Oregon
- Blue Oregon
- Oregon Center for Christian Values
- Planned Parenthood - Columbia/Willamette
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Washington County Headquarters
12250 SW Broadway Ave.
Beaverton, Oregon
503 626 7018
Regular Hours:
Tues, Wed, Thurs 12:00 to 5:00 pm and Sat 10:00 to 2:00 pm.
Help Support our office!
Click here to join the Blue Horizon fund
Volunteer Opportunities
Please join us by filling out our online volunteer form. Or fill out the paper form and send it to us. We highly value our volunteers and recognize special contributions each month.
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