2012 Democratic State Convention Agenda

Tentative (subject to change) – updated on 1/24/12

An SDCC room prefix indicates that the event is to take place at the San Diego Convention Center. All other events will take place at the San Diego Bayfront Hilton. 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10
10am – 5pm Platform Committee
Room: Sapphire M
12pm – 11pm Exhibit Hall open
Room: Indigo West Foyer
1pm – 2pm Credentials Committee
Room: Indigo 202B
2pm – 9pm Credentialing/Registration*
Room: Indigo BC
2pm – 3:45pm Workshop: San Diego DCC Presents Expanding Our Turf: The Growth of the GO Team and the impact of Long-Term Precinct Organizing
Room: Indigo 202A
3:15pm – 4:30pm Rules Committee
Room: Indigo 204
4pm – 5:45pm CAUCUSES
-Asian/Pacific Islander
Room: Indigo 202A

-Children’s
-Room: Sapphire I

-Environmental
-Room: Sapphire P

-Labor
-Room: Indigo AE

-LGBT
-Room: Sapphire L

-Native American
-Room: Sapphire D

-Senior
-Room: Sapphire H

-Calif. Democratic Council (CDC)
-Room: Sapphire A

-Federation of DCC members
-Room: Indigo 202B

4pm – 10:00pm California Young Democrats Registration
Room: Cobalt 520
4:30pm – 6pm Workshop: Delegate Selection: Destination Charlotte! (Repeated on Saturday)
Room: Indigo DH
4:30pm – 6pm Workshop: The New MOE (Repeated on Saturday)
Room: Sapphire E
5:30pm Resolutions Committee (State props only)
Room: Indigo 204
6pm – 7:30pm Chair’s Reception with special guest Van Jones
Room: Indigo Terrace & West Foyer 
8pm – 9:45pm CAUCUSES
-African-American
-Room: Sapphire H

-Computer & Internet
-Room: Sapphire I

-Irish-American
-Room Indigo 202B

-Veterans
-Room: Sapphire P

-Women’s
-Room: Indigo DH

-Joint: Arab-American & Rural
-Room: Indigo 204 AB

10pm – midnight HOSPITALITY SUITES
Click here for the Friday Hospitality Suite Schedule (.pdf)
 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11
8am – 9:45am CAUCUSES
-Filipino American
-Room: Indigo 202B
8am – 9:45am Organizational Development Committee
Room: Indigo 202A
8am – 9:45am Panel: “The Right’s Fight Comes to California” How the latest deceptive attempt to silence the voice of working families may impact the progressive movement – and what you can do to stop it.
Room: Indigo DH
9am – 1pm Credentialing/Registration*
Room: Indigo BC
9am – 3pm California Young Democrats Registration
Room: Cobalt 520
10am – 11:30am   General Session
Room: SDCC Hall C 
12pm – 1:30pm      Luncheon with special guest U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein
Room: SDCC 6AB Upper Level 
12pm – 11pm Exhibit Hall open
Room: Indigo West Foyer
1:30pm – 4pm       General Session
Room: SDCC Hall C 
4pm-7pm California Young Democrats General Session
Room: Indigo AE
4:30-6pm Workshop: Delegate Selection: Destination Charlotte (Repeated from Friday)
Room: Indigo DH
4:30-6pm Workshop: The New MOE (Repeated from Friday)
Room: Sapphire E
4:45-6:45pm CDP Endorsing Caucuses (all at the San Diego Convention Center Upper Level)

1st Set (Meeting Starts 5pm)**   2nd Set (Meeting Starts 6pm)**
AD 09 – Room 4                                   AD 56 – Room 5-A
AD 36 – Room 7-B                                 SD 15 – Room 8
AD 47 – Room 9                                    SD 31 -Room 10
AD 50 – Room 5-A                                 CD 08 – Room 7-B
AD 51 – Room 11-B                               CD 26 – Room 11-A
AD 57 – Room 8                                    CD 30 – Room 4
AD 69 – Room 10                                  CD 35 – Room 9
AD 72 – Room 11-A                               CD 52 – Room 11-B        
**Sign-in and balloting starts 15 minutes prior to the posted meeting time. Once the meeting begins and after the candidate speeches, the balloting will be closed prior to the roll call commencing.

5pm Platform amendment deadline
Room: Sapphire M
5pm – 7pm Platform Committee (if necessary)
Room: Sapphire M
6pm – 8pm Dinner with special guest U.S. Senator Al Franken
Room: SDCC Hall C 
8pm – 10pm CAUCUSES
-Business & Professional
-Room: Sapphire I

-Chicano/Latino
-Room: Indigo DH

-Disabilities
-Room: Indigo 202A

-Progressive
-Room: Indigo AE

8pm – 10pm DEM 2012 Concert: Featuring Eli “Paperboy” Reed (Concert free to DEM 2012 members)
Room: SDCC Hall C
10pm – midnight HOSPITALITY SUITES
Click here for Saturday Hospitality Suite schedule (.pdf)
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12
12pm – 11pm Exhibit Hall open
Room: Indigo West Foyer
8am – 10am Pre-Primary Endorsement Review Committee (PERC) (if needed)
Room: SDCC 5A Upper level
8:30am-9:30am Q&A with CDP Controller Hilary Crosby
Room: SDCC 5A Upper Level
9am – 10am Credentialing/Registration*
Room: Indigo BC
10am – 2pm General Session
Room: SDCC Hall C

  • Platform adoption
  • Endorsement ratification
  • Positions on June Propositions

* In order to vote, and have one’s vote counted, at this Convention, a member must have timely paid their dues to This Committee (or had them waived), registered for the meeting, obtained their credential prior to the close of credentialing, and completed and returned to the proper authority any ballot that may be issued.

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