VID Elects 2020 Officers; NYS Candidate Endorsements at January 9th Meeting. Full Meeting Minutes Here David Siffert opened the 2020 Officers; NYS Candidate Endorsements meeting with a discussion about how to handle endorsing civil judge candidates in light of the fact that the County’s panel will not report out approved judges until the day after our February meeting. He suggested three options: One, to hold a special meeting on the Tuesday after the regular meeting to address the endorsements. Two, to leave the endorsements to the Executive Committee. And three, to hold an extra long meeting on the normal date, February 13. and […]
Club Meetings
This is the archive of all club meetings held by Village Independent Democrats. These postings also provide links to the full minutes of the meeting
December Membership and Endorsement Meeting
The December Membership and Endorsement Meeting Elected Four VID Officers, Passed on a Presidential Endorsement and Introduced Two Resolutions and Three Letters Full Meeeting Minutes Here District Leader and State Committee Reports Jen Hoppe, in her District Leader report, spoke of trying to form a progressive caucus in the NY Democratic party, and meeting twice to do so. She has proposed meeting again in January to decide how to push a progressive agenda. She is also working with Jumaane’s office to attempt securing paid vacation for NY workers. She also urged members to call Senator Susan Collins at 207 622-8414 and […]
Democratic Primary Endorsements – UPDATE
The election season starts on December 12th, when VID will vote on their Democratic Primary Endorsements for President. It is also the night that the membership will elect VID’s 2020 President and three Vice Presidents. Now would be a good time to sign on or renew your membership, if you haven’t already. Only paid up members will be able to vote. Click here for Candidate and Member rules for Dec. 12th Additional Democratic Primary Endorsements The January 9th Membership Meeting will host candidates for NYS Senate and Assembly as well as State Committeewoman and State Committeeman for the 66th AD. Added […]
November 2019 General Meeting
The November 2019 General Meeting Gave Focus to NY County Committee, Surrogacy Legislation and the Productive Work of VID’s Committees Full Meeting Minutes Here President David Siffert reported that he had met with Keith Wright, who was nice and friendly, but not much concrete got done. Keith said that Ben Yee wanted to activate the County Committee, but seemed hostile to Keith, so walls were built. Keith said he doesn’t do anything without Barry Weinberg’s say-so. David also said he was trying to set up a meeting with Greg Sumas, co-chair of the County Committee, and wondered if he should meet […]