The midyear conference of the Democratic Party gets underway on July 11th 2009, starting at 9 a.m at the Rock House Restaurant at Port de Plaisance. The conference starts out with election of the Board of the Party, which board will serve for the period 2009-2011.
According to the Party’s constitution, voting for board members takes place by the registered district delegates.
All 10 positions on the board are up for election; these include President, Vice President, Secretary-General, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Deputy Secretary-General and 4 posts of Commissioner (Member) of the Board.
Several persons have already postulated themselves for a position on the new board, and any registered member of the Party can do so as well by contacting any board member or Mrs. S. Kadowski at tel. 542-0154.
The conference continues in the afternoon with presentations by several speakers in the areas of Education, Constitutional Matters, Economy, Justice, Health and Government.
District delegates are reminded to be on time and the general membership is reminded of the afternoon session, which includes the presentations on topics mentioned above.