[PenDems (47)] PenDemorandum

PenDemorandum

  B o o o o !!!!  !

Sorry, just kidding: nothing scary here -- unless, of course, we let Republicans run unchallenged!

PenDems To Meet Thursday
Monthly Pennington County Party Meeting, Thursday, October 25th, 6pm, Rapid City Public Library, Helen Hoyt Room (come in, turn right, it's across the hall from the coffee shop!)

Please attend!  We will be electing a few new precinct men/women, hearing an update from the recent State Party meeting, and discussing communications strategy.  See you there!

Student Opportunities in the Legislature

The South Dakota Legislative Research Council is taking applications for both page and intern positions.  For more information, please contact State Senator Tom Katus (D-Rapid City) at tkatus@rushmore.com or 718-0545.

More information:
Page Program—http://legis.state.sd.us/page/
Intern Program—http://legis.state.sd.us/intern/

Nov 3 One Year Out Event

Get plugged into the Democratic Party locally based grass-roots effort!

http://www.democrats.org/a/party/a_50_state_strategy/november_3rd_event/

Many PenDems are holding house parties on Nov 3!
Sign up to attend here:  http://qurl.com/4448t
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[PenDems (46)]

Thank you, one and all, for your wonderful Black Hills welcome to all our guests this last weekend. 

 

The State Central Committee met in Rapid City on Saturday morning.  This is the governing board of the South Dakota State Democratic Party made up of four representatives from each county across the state.  The group heard about the State Partnership Initiative, which is designed to bring our organizing efforts into the 21^st century with technology to match our neighbor-to-neighbor outreach.

 

Oktoberfest was a great success with our elected Democratic speakers Public Utilities Commissioner Steve Kolbeck and State Senator Tom Katus.  A special thanks to Terri and Haven Stuck for hosting us at their barn.  And thanks to our social committee, headed by Suzanne Martley and Erin Van Norman, and the many volunteers who cooked, brought salads and helped with organizing the event.

 

The McGovern Interview was history in the making!  Senator McGovern never fails to spell bind the audience with his story-telling.  His grassroots organizing strategies were never more relevant as we begin our organizing for the 2008 campaign.  (This second of a three part series will be taped and available for future viewing.)

 

Join us at a reception, wishing Lesley Kandaras farewell as she leaves her spot as West River Director for Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin to join her office in Washington, D.C.

 

Friday, October 5^th

4:00 – 6:00 pm

The Turnac Tower

9^th and St. Joe Street

Suite 600

 

Have a great weekend—we’ll see you soon.

 

 

Cheryl K Chapman

Pennington County Democratic Party Chair

909 St. Joseph St., Suite 600

Rapid City, SD  57701

(605) 399-2000

cell   484-0334

 

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[PenDems (45)] We got pictures

  Pendemorandum

We got pictures!

We had a great meeting at the potluck at the Labor Temple last week.

Some of the topics covered:
- State of the State Party from Rick Hauffe, SD Dem Party Exec Director
- Introduction of Jane Murphy, recently brought on as West River Dem organizer!
- The national Neighbor to Neighbor organizing and data-building effort
- The 2011 plan -- if 2% of Democrats in SD could give and average of $11 a month, we could avoid debt, and run strong all the way to 2011 (when redistricting happens--if we have a strong presence in the Legislature then, we can ensure Democrats have a voice in South Dakota in the long term). A solid funding base will mean that any other donations will be more effective in getting Democrats elected.

We have pictures of the event posted on the Pennington County Democratic Party blog. There are also pictures of the Oktoberfest there!!
http://qurl.com/h6gvy

Sen. Johnson here next Tuesday!
Tim will be back in town on Tuesday next week... keep your eyes out for the next PenDemorandum!   http://qurl.com/trr4p

No Friday Forum this week
Stay tuned for the next PenDemorandum for future Friday Forum info.


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