Virginia Young Democrats
2009 State Convention
March 27 - 29
Charlottesville, VA
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Friday, March 27
3:00 pm – Registration Opens
5:00 pm – Credentials (Tavarris Spinks) & Rules (Bree Raum) Committee Meetings
6:00 pm – Council of Presidents' Meeting
7:00 pm – Opening Session (Adopt the Temporary Rules & Credentials Reports)
8:00 pm- Meetings of the Awards (Amy Lewis), Resolutions (Isaac Sarver), and Constitution & Bylaws (Trent Armitage) Convention Committees
Saturday, March 28
8:00 am – Breakfast
9:00 am – General Business Session (Resolutions & Constitutional Amendments)
10:00 am – (Filing Deadline for Candidates)
11:00 am – Election of Officers
12:00 pm – Training Session 1 with Lunch
1:00 pm – Training Session 2
2:00 pm – Regional Caucus Meetings (Simultaneously)
3:00 pm – Womens Caucus & Disability Caucus & Labor Caucus
3:45 pm – Minority Caucus & Environmental Caucus
4:30 pm – GLBT Caucus & Rural Caucus
5:15 pm – Final Business & Closure of General Business Session
Sunday, March 29
9:00 am – 10:30 am – Breakfast Panel
10:30 am – 12:00 pm– Constituency Caucus Meetings (simultaneously)
College Caucus
City/County Caucus
Teen Caucus
Law Dems Caucus
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Lunch with Executive Committee Meeting
Virginia Young Democrats
Convention Administrative Timeline
February 13 - Deadline to appoint Temporary Convention Committee Chairs, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee
February 13 - Deadline for the Rules Comm to report the preliminary temporary rules of Convention to the President
February 27 - Deadline to issue Call to Convention
February 28 - Charter Applications DUE
March 7 - Credentials Committee Meeting in Richmond
March 13 - Deadline for the Credentials Committee to report the preliminary credentials report
