Twin Cities DSA February 2024 General Meeting

THIS PAGE IS STILL A DRAFT

  • Date: Thursday, February 29, 2023
  • Check-in: 5:00pm
  • Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
  • Location: Meeting Room A+B, Merriam Park Library (Google Maps)
  • Draft Meeting Agenda
  • Post-Meeting Social: Black Hart of Saint Paul – 8pm (Google Maps)
  • Check-In

    Check-in starts at 5:00 p.m.

    If you recently joined, please bring the confirmation email you received in case you aren’t yet on our membership list. 

    While our meetings are open to all interested parties, only current dues paying members are able to vote during the meetings. Want to become a member? You may become a dues paying member of DSA before the meeting by visiting dsausa.org/join or by signing up at the meeting. Need to verify the status of your membership? Send us an email.

    Accessibility and Other Details

    Carpool & Transit

    If you need a ride to the meeting or can offer a ride, please click here to sign up for carpooling or to be connected with a rideshare volunteer.

    The library is on Metro Transit Route 21.

    Accommodations

    Childcare will be provided by a member who will be paid for their time.

    We want our meetings to be accessible for all of our members. If there’s anything we can do to help make meetings accessible for you, please click here to let us know.

    Other Questions or Concerns?

    Please reach out to chairs@twincitiesdsa.org with any questions or concerns you may have.

    Special Leadership Election

    The following position will be up for election:

    • Chapter Co-Chair
    • Political Education Committee

    Twin Cities’ co-chairs are part of the elected leadership of the chapter and help guide the chapter, as an organization and a culture. Twin Cities DSA’s co-chairs have a few duties that are set by our bylaws — and some informal duties that have become a part of their work. The formal duties are:

    • Drafting agendas for our general meetings and chairing those meetings.
    • Representing the Chapter to the media, in coalition spaces, or other formations.
    • Scheduling and running meetings of TCDSA’s steering committee, which oversees functioning of the chapter and implements decisions made at the general meetings.

    Almost all of these duties can be delegated, generally in coordination with the steering committee.

    Informal duties include:

    • Helping with operations, including setting up meetings, social media, the chapter newsletter, and formal statements from the chapter. 
    • Recruitment of leadership and guidance to members with questions on how the chapter operates.

    Anyone who wants to run for the Co-Chair position should by submit the Co-Chair Nominations form. We will also take nominations at the December General Meeting.

    • The deadline for nominations is Thursday, February 29th by 11:59pm
    • Any active dues-paying member of TCDSA is eligible to run
    • If we have enough candidates for a competitive election, we will use OpaVote. Voting will begin ???

    Voting & Eligibility

    You can attend regardless of membership status. To vote on leadership, or to run for at-large or delegate, you’ll need to be a member. We will use OpaVote to vote asynchronously if quorum is not met.

    To join or renew your membership, go to dsausa.org/join. To learn how to join or renew without paying member dues, see the dues waiver page here.