County Chair Caucus Timeline
Information from Sarah Noris (IDP)

        

1.  County Convention Size and Site - Due November 30, 2001

        

  County Conventions will be held on March 16, 2002. Please reserve a site as soon as possible to avoid encountering serious problems in securing a suitable location.

        

  There are some traditional tides to follow in securing a convention site. Use a facility that will accommodate the entire delegation plus 30%- 50% and have additional rooms/space for the convention committees to meet. Also, it is very important that the site is handicap accessible.

        

  Determining your county convention size is a fairly-simple process. Choose a

Convention size large enough to represent those attending in each precinct, but small enough so that ~ suitable location can be found. Also, try to balance having enough delegate slots to include everyone who would like to be involved and not so many delegate slots that you will have trouble finding candidates to fill them.

        

2.  County Central Committee - Due November 30, 2001

        

  All County Central Committee precinct vacancies need to be filled. The earlier you begin to flit these vacancies, the more prepared and well trained precinct leaders you will have for the caucuses. Please send in a current central committee list upon receipt of this letter and continue to send updates as you fill vacant positions on your central committee and assign temporary precinct chairs.

        

3.  County Affirmative Action Committee - Due November 30, 2001

         

  Please submit the names of your county’s affirmative action committee members. The responsibility of the affirmative action committee is to see that all groups and/or individuals that have traditionally been underrepresented in our party are contacted and invited to participate.

        

4.  Precinct Caucus Locations - Due by December 15, 2001

        

  Precinct Caucuses will be held on February 11, 2002. I understand the difficulty in confirming locations for counties that are considerably affected by representing. However, please arrange tentative locations in order to meet the December 15 deadline. Attached you will find the state laws and party rules regarding appropriate caucus locations.

        

5.  RSVPs for Caucus Training - January 1,2002

        

  Following the success of last year, precinct packets will be distributed at the caucus trainings. If you have not RSVPed for a caucus training by January 1, 2002, you will not receive your packets at the training.

 

 

*Caucus trainings are tentatively scheduled throughout the month of January. I will distribute a detailed list of times and locations in December.