Update 1: Fill out your official registration information here
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Final Update: thanks to everyone who attended & made the conference a success. We had a larger turnout than about half the other regions, we were the first region to announce, we had representatives from 4 states & from all our ‘07 chartered chapters. BUT there is much much to do still, and we can’t just sit back and wait. This conference was about making sure we have the infrastructure & training we need to do what we need to do for 2007 & 2008. Now we have to go out and do it. Thanks again everyone!
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The Midwest Region will gather together for trainings, socializing, speakers, and to elect their leadership at 2007 MW*YDA Regional Convention: Saturday March 31st, in Omaha, Nebraska.
Participants from across the region will get to Omaha Friday March 30th (or leave very early in the morning on March 31st), in order to attend the 2nd Annual Yellow Dog University Campaign Training hosted by the UNO College Democrats @ the University of Nebraska Omaha.
Yellow Dog U is the official campaign training of MW*YDA, and while not a required part of the Regional Conference, is an event you won’t want to miss. At Yellow Dog U, participants from across the Midwest will test and hone their political skills, participating in mock campaigns and learning hands-on from campaign professionals. YD-U will start at 9am, and conclude at 6pm.
Then, from 6pm until as late as it takes, the MW*YDA will hold its Regional Conference featuring YDA guest-speakers, strategy sessions, and a planning discussion about the Dallas National Convention, and also the election of officers.
Following the Regional Conference, participants will be invited to attend a social-event / festivities, hosted by the Nebraska Young Democrats. Housing options for those planning to stay the night will be available, and for anyone interested in seeing the sites of Omaha, an action packed site-seeing trip is planned for Sunday morning and afternoon!
If you would like more information about the Convention, or would like to discuss housing options, please contact John Owens-Ream, email: director (at) midwestdems.com
If you plan to attend Yellow Dog University, please visit the YD-U website to register and pay your “tuition.”
Why A Regional Conference?
The relevent section of the Charter reads as follows:
SECTION 910 Directors of Regional Caucuses. Directors for each Regional Caucus shall be elected to two (2) year terms at Regional Conferences held between sixty (60) and one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the opening general session of each National Convention and shall serve until their successors are elected. …
SECTION 915 Regional Conferences. Regional Conferences may be called by the Director of the Regional Caucus upon thirty (30) days written notice to all National Committee members who are members of chartered units within that Region, or upon the failure of the Director to do so, by the President of the Young Democrats of America upon twenty-five (25) days written notice.
SECTION 920 Voting at Regional Conferences. Each chartered unit shall cast a vote at Regional Conferences equal to that chartered unit’s total votes cast at convention. This shall include limitations on the final vote totals imposed pursuant to the ratio of votes to delegates present, as indicated in the final report of the Credentials Committee at the previous National Convention. However, no chartered unit, including interim chartered units, shall be allocated less than five (5) votes. This section will not apply, if a Regional Caucus has adopted its own voting procedures within its Regional Bylaws.