Northeast Democratic Club: 2010 CA State Convention Wrap-Up

2010 CA State Convention Wrap-Up

2010 convention was a blast!

Were you among the crowd of nearly 3,000 people rocking the JW Marriott and LA Convention Center?

It was a weekend of firsts:

• First convention packed with organizing training for our grassroots
• First time for including comprehensive county chair training session
• First convention under Chairman John Burton
• First time we had more than 1,000 volunteers sign up
• First “blue carpet premiere”
• First time having only one Saturday general session
• First Saturday night concert (Chico Mann and Los Lobos really got the crowd dancing)
• First time at the brand-spanking new JW Marriott Hotel

We also packed in five committee meetings, 21 caucus meetings, 7 workshops, approximately 20 speeches, 11 hospitality suites, more than 100 new DEM2010 members, dozens of tweets, and one “taco truck throw-down!”

It was definitely a great way to bring our delegates and grassroots together to learn something new, share experiences, and generally get ready for the real work ahead of us: getting Democrats elected in November.

If you missed it, we have posted some of the convention speeches on YouTube, with more to come.

http://www.youtube.com/user/cademorg

Convention photos are also up on the CDP website:

http://www.cadem.org/c.jrLZK2PyHmF/b.5957709/k.777D/2010_State_Convention_Photos/siteapps/tools/PhotoGallery.aspx

2010 Platform
Our 2010 State Platform was adopted, culminating the committee’s months of hard work, with lead chairs Lyn Shaw-Hilfenhaus and Howard Welinsky. The 2010 Platform will be posted on the CDP website early next week.

Primary endorsements
Statewide endorsing balloting and eleven endorsing caucuses were held during convention weekend and positions on the propositions were adopted during general session. Click here for the final endorsement results.

http://www.cadem.org/atf/cf/{BF9D7366-E5A7-41C3-8E3F-E06FB835FCCE}/EndorsementsJune2010_Rev.pdf

Post-Convention questionnaire
Attention convention attendees: we would love to get feedback from you about your convention experience. Click here to fill out our 2010 convention questionnaire and help us make next year’s convention even better.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CADEM2010

Looking forward
Learn to Win grassroots training - we have four weekends scheduled: May 8-9 in Grass Valley (full - closed to additional registrations), May 22-23 in Riverside, June 19-20 in Fresno and July 10-11, in Merced. You must be signed up in advance –please register here for Riverside, Fresno or Merced.

2010 Summer Executive Board
Save the Date: July 16-18 at the Holiday Inn San Jose. The Holiday Inn San Jose is at 1740 N First Street, San Jose 95112. You can reserve rooms at 408-793-3947 or toll free at 866-241.9878. Additional information will be sent late May or early June.

Thanks for all you do!

CDP Team

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