DPCCC District 5 Director Vacancy ~ Democratic Party of Contra Costa County

DPCCC District 5 Director Vacancy
As announced at the DPCCC’s January 19, 2023, Organizational Meeting, there is a vacancy for the office of District Director for County Supervisorial District 5. Under our Bylaws, this position must be “filled by election of a qualified candidate at a regular meeting no later than sixty (60) days after the official notice of vacancy.”

Election Procedure
This election will be held immediately before the DPCCC’s next Regular Meeting on Thursday, February 16, at 6:30 p.m, via Zoom (the Zoom link is included in the draft meeting agenda). Please sign in by 6:15 p.m. so you can be credentialed for voting. You are entitled to vote in this election If you are registered to vote with Democratic party preference in District 5, paid current dues to DPCCC by January 17, 2023, and have not lost your good standing.The election will follow the substance of the procedures approved for the January 19, 2023, Organizational Meeting. They state:
After the officers have been elected, the executive committee representative from each supervisor district will be chosen by the voting members of that caucus. A convener will be selected by the outgoing District Director to run the district caucus elections. Each District Director on the Executive Committee shall be elected by the members in good standing who reside in that supervisor district. The district representatives will gather in Zoom breakout rooms as a caucus and chose a member to represent them as District Director. After the District Director is selected, the District Director will preside over the selection of DSCC Delegates using the DSCC Delegate Selection Procedure during the remaining caucus period and will report the selection to the Recording Secretaries when the DPCCC meeting reconvenes. The breakout caucus will last no longer than 15 minutes.Anyone may attend and observe the election, but only DPCCC members in good standing in District 5 may vote.

Candidacy
Eligibility to run and serve as District 5 Director is the same as eligibility to vote in this election: DPCCC member (including Associate) in good standing, registered to vote in District 5.

If you wish to run and would like to have a candidate statement emailed to DPCCC members, please email your candidate statement to secretary@contracostadems.com by 8 p.m. on Wednesday, February 8. You may include whatever information you find relevant. The DPCCC Secretary will also post the candidate statements as they arrive at this link.

Nominations of eligible candidates from the floor during the District 5 caucus will be permitted.

Background Information
DPCCC has a Director for each of the five Supervisorial districts (map) in Contra Costa. The Directors gather information, coordinate action, and maintain DPCCC’s relationships with residents, activists, and Democratic candidates and elected officials in their respective districts.

Along with DPCCC‘s officers, the District Directors are elected every two years at our January reorganizational meeting. They are voting members of the Executive Committee, and are Regular Members of the DPCCC by virtue of their District Director positions, even if they were not Regular Members otherwise.

Unlike the officers, the District Directors are elected by the DPCCC members in good standing in their respective districts, including Associate Members, rather than by the Regular Members from across the county.

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