Call to Meeting: March 18th, Convention June 10th, 11th

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PAYD Quarterly Meeting March 18th
The next meeting of the Pennsylvania Young Democrats will be held on
Friday, March 18, 2005 in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Democratic
State Committee Meeting.

Topics:

Treasurers Report

Credentials Report - consideration of charter applications - Somerset
County and others that may be received

Presidents Report

Young Voter Alliance Report from 2004 Campaign

Special guests to be announced

The meeting will be held at 7:00 PM on Friday, March 18, 2005.

This meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn East, 4751 Lindle Road,
Harrisburg, PA. For room reservations, call 717-939-7841. A block of
rooms has been reserved by the PA Democratic Party for $79 per night.
Deadline is Feb 25, 2005.

AMENDMENT TO THE STATE PARTY BYLAWS
The Pennsylvania Young Democrats have submitted an amendment to the
Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee that would amend the bylaws to
provide a permanent voting member to the Pennsylvania Young Democrats.
The proposed amendment reads as follows:

Amendment to Rule Three, Section 2, Paragraph (d) of the State Party Bylaws:

The Pennsylvania Young Democrats appoints a full voting member. Said
appointee shall be elected by members of the Pennsylvania Young
Democrats in a manner consistent with its organization's By-laws. Said
appointee may only grant a proxy to a member of the Pennsylvania Young
Democrats executive committee.

This amendment was submitted and is sponsored by Cliff Wilson of
Delaware County, at the request of Tony Campisi, President,
Pennsylvania Young Democrats, Delaware County.

I urge each of you to speak with your county chairs and state
committee members from your county and encourage them to vote yes on
this amendment. Here are some talking points to share with the state
committee members in your county:

1. PAYD is well organized at the state level and has overcome previous
leadership difficulties.
2. PAYD has encourage and actively organized the formation of chapters
in many counties, insisting that said chapters work fully in
conjunction, and with the express support of, the county chair and
county Democratic Party. We now have organized, officially chartered
chapters in at least 22 counties in the state with chapters under
development in at least 8 additional counties.
3. Young Democrats voted overwhelming for John Kerry in 2004 - by 10
points nationwide, and by 32 points in PA - the largest margin
nationwide for this voter group.

If we want to have a stronger voice in the part in our state, getting
this amendment is a good place to start. Please encourage the state
committee members from your county to vote yes on this amendment. Feel
free to email me ([e-mail]) with your thoughts and those of
the state committee members in your county.

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STATE CONVENTION

The Pennsylvania Young Democrats Biennial State Convention to elect
new state officers will be held on Friday and Saturday, June 10th and
11th at the Wyndham Hotel Harrisburg - location and exact time subject
to change. This is also the state committee weekend and our meetings
and convention will be planned to fit in with state committee
meetings.

Positions to Be Elected:

President

Vice President

National Committeeman

National Committeewoman

Corresponding Secretary

Recording Secretary

Treasurer

Regional Directors

According to the bylaws of the Pennsylvania Young Democrats, the
following rules will apply to this convention:

Official club charters shall be granted by the Executive Committee,
executed by the President and Recording Secretary of said
organization, and renewed biennially at the State Convention by the
same said written application. Such applications shall be submitted
to the President prior to forty-five (45) days before the Biennial
State Convention, and answer on acceptance or rejection of said
application shall be received at least thirty (30) days prior to the
Biennial State Convention.

All affiliated Clubs are required to hold an election of officers each
year or every other year, depending on their individual By-Laws, and
the Secretary of said Club shall submit to the Executive Committee of
the Pennsylvania Young Democrats an up-to-date listing of all county
officers of the County Young Democrats on or before March 14th of each
year, or at such date set by the chair. NOTE: As chair of the
convention I am setting this date at April 11, 2005. ALL CHAPTERS,
REGARDLESS OF WHEN YOUR CHARTER WAS APPROVED, MUST SEND IN A NEW,
UPDATED LIST OF OFFICERS PRIOR TO APRIL 11, 2005. You may email this
information to [e-mail] or mail to Tony Campisi, President,
PA Young Democrats, PO Box 80, Broomall, PA, 19008, or faxed to
610-566-6427.

Each club may send Young Democrats to the Convention/Conference as
delegates. In an event that a County does not have a duly affiliated
Club, the delegates must be approved by the Young Democrats Executive
Committee acting in lieu of a local affiliated Club and said delegates
must have paid the membership fees required. The annual membership
fee of one dollar ($1.00) per member accompanied by a completed
charter application with chartering fee must be submitted at least
forty-five (45) days prior to the date of the Convention/Conference.

More details will be sent regarding the convention, including the
number of delegates each county is entitled to, in the near future.

Tony Campisi
1st Vice Chair, Delaware County Democratic Party
President, Pennsylvania Young Democrats
www.delcodems.com
[e-mail]
[phone]

''We just got crushed in Delaware County. We did worse there than four
years ago. We didn't think that was possible.'
U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., PA Campaign chair for Bush Cheney 2004

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