Cumberland County Democratic Committee Meeting
CCDC meeting: June 23, 2:30 – 5:00 (please note the earlier time slot). Teamsters Hall, 27 Main St., South Portland.
On the agenda: Brief business meeting and reports.
Election of 11 Cumberland County delegates to the Platform Committee. Each candidate will have between 1 and 3 minutes for a speech, depending on the number of candidates running. We are required to try to achieve gender balance on our platform delegation as we are for our delegation to the DSC. Candidates who are interested in running may send a statement (150 word maximum) to Tim Goodwin, (thg0724@gmail.com) with a copy to rhndrcksn@aol.com by 5:00pm, June 14 [I’ll accept them up to the time I publish on Monday – thg]. These statements will be posted on the CCDC website on Monday, June 17. There may also be nominations from the floor, but nominators are asked to ensure their candidates have actually agreed to serve.
Election of one representative to the Democratic State Committee to fill out the term, which expires at the 2020 Convention. Candidates may also send in a statement using the guidelines for the Platform Committee. Nominations will be accepted from the floor at the meeting.
Pete Didisheim, NRCM, and Ben Dudley, NECEC, will be on hand to talk about the proposed transmission line from different perspectives. We will start that panel at 4:00pm and follow with a Q&A. The meeting will end at 5:00.
Just a reminder – our meetings are open to all Democrats. Someone does not have to be a voting committee member to run for one of the open positions; they just can’t vote for themselves.
