King County Democrats reorganize for 2009-2010 election cycle

Every two years, following the conclusion of federal elections (be they midterm or presidential) the state and local Democratic Party organizations in Washington meet to reorganize and elect new leadership for the next cycle.

(Often, this actually means retaining the existing leadership with a vote of confidence, but regardless of what occurs, it's still a reorganization meeting).

This morning, the King County Democrats are holding the 2009-2010 reorganization meeting in south Seattle. The meeting is underway as I type, although the principal business of electing the Executive Board has been completed.

The elected officers for 2009-2010 are:

• Chair: Susan Sheary (retained)
• 1st Vice Chair, Communications: Chad Lupkes (succeeding Rob Dolin)
• 2nd Vice Chair, Bylaws and Resolutions: Joel Ware (retained)
  
• 3rd Vice Chair, Finance: Rosemary Blackwell (retained)
  
• 4th Vice Chair, Elections: Emily Willoughby (retained)
  
• State Committeeman: Javier Valdez (retained)
  
• State Committeewoman: Ann Martin (succeeding Gurine Nordby)
  
• Treasurer: Andrew Peabody (succeeding Chuck Laney)
  

The appointed officers are:

• Secretary: Kier Matthews
• Legislative Action Committee Co-Chairs: Steve Zemke and Sarajane Siegfriedt
• Sergeant-At-Arms: Ivan Weiss
• Endorsements Chair: Dean Willard
• Parliamentarian: Genessa Stout
• Affirmative Action Chair: Joanne Cisneros
• Recruiting Chair: Dick Gidner
• Training Committee: Bryan Kesterson, Jean Thomas, Sharon Mast
  

We are currently in Good of the Order. Mercifully, this meeting isn't going to be as long as arduous as a rowdy convention, though we did spend some time considering a resolution on tax reform that was ultimately sent to the Platform Committee because several people proposed amendments and there weren't copies of the resolution available for everyone to read.