December 4, 2024 General Meeting Agenda

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7:00–8:40 PM. Doors open at 6:30 PM.
Attend online via Zoom (registration required). There is no physical location for this meeting.

Opening items

  1. Call to order.
  2. Land acknowledgement.
  3. Opening remarks from the chair.
  4. Remarks from elected officials and endorsed candidates.
  5. Quorum report.
  6. Consent agenda [Member vote]
    ○ Approve the previous meeting’s minutes. Link.
    ○ Approve tonight’s agenda.

Presentations

  1. Final election updates [Stacy D.]
  2. Actions to take given the upcoming national political environment:
    • Indivisible: A practical guide to Democracy on teh brink.
    • Delete Twitter accounts, Bluesky and Threads are similarly-purposed alternatives.
    • Read On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder.
    • Read Strongmen by Ruth Ben-Ghiat for an understanding of how such people come to power.
  3. 2025 Legislative Agenda [Ken A.]
    • Carried priorities from last session.
      • Allow even-year elections to be chosen by counties and municipalities.
      • Keep Our Care Act.
      • Unemployment Insurance paid to union members on strike.
      • Fully fund education and amend for simple majorities for school bonds.
      • Increase housing stock and improve tenant protections.
      • More progressive taxation.
    • Please fill out our Google Form or contact Ken at lac.chair@45thdemocrats.org.
      • Join the Legislative Action Committee.
      • Sign-up to receive text messages about actions you can take to help advance legislation.
      • Submit important issues for the committee to consider adding to the agenda.