PROPOSED AGENDA
1. Call to order.
2. Reading of the DFL affirmative action
statement.
3. Election of Convention Chair and Secretary.
4. Adoption of the agenda and rules.
5. Voluntary donations to cover costs.
6. Mayor and School Board candidates become
eligible to address convention.
7. Election of Ward party officers.
A. Co-chairs (one of each gender).
B. Assistant co-chairs (one of each gender).
C. Secretary, Treasurer, and Affirmative Action
Officer.
D. City convention committee members (must be
gender balanced).
8. Election of ___ delegates to City convention.
9. Candidates for positions other than School
Board and Mayor are eligible to address the convention.
9. New business.
10. Adjournment.
PROPOSED RULES
General Rules of
Order
1. This convention will abide by the St. Paul
City DFL Party Constitution and bylaws, the 4th Congressional
District Party Constitution and bylaws, and the State DFL Party Constitution
and bylaws. The current edition of Robert’s
Rules of Order, Newly Revised will govern all other matters not stated below.
2. A majority vote of the convention is required
to adopt these rules and agenda. The
debate or amendment of the rules will be limited to a total of five (5) minutes
with two (2) speakers on each side of any question. The Ward Chair is empowered to appoint a Parliamentarian
for the convention.
3. Once these rules have been adopted by the
convention, any changes require the approval of a two-thirds majority of the
convention.
4. The quorum for conducting any business of the
convention is a majority of the registered and voting delegates including
upgraded alternates. The test of a
quorum will be each ballot.
5. To address the convention or Chair, delegates
must first go to the microphone, be recognized by the Convention Chair, and
state their name and precinct.
6. The Convention Chair may not entertain or
accept a motion to adjourn until all convention business is finished.
Seating of
Delegates and Alternates
7. Registration of delegates and alternates to
the Ward convention shall continue until adjournment.
8. Alternates shall be upgraded to delegate
status as openings appear in the rank order established when the credentials
were issued, otherwise by lot.
9. Each precinct chair or designate shall handle
the upgrading of alternates, roll calls, and ballot voting.
Convention Floor
Control
10. Due to limited space, the convention floor
will be limited to credentialed delegates, alternates, convention staff,
candidates seeking endorsement by the St. Paul DFL in the 2009 election cycle, elected
officials currently holding office, candidates seeking endorsement in later
election cycles and their representatives, and the media.
11. The Ward Chair or a designate will provide
each person from the above groups with an identifying badge as proof of
credentials. Only persons with a badge
will be allowed onto the convention floor.
12. The Ward Chair will appoint up to six (6) Sergeant -at-arms, who are not affiliated with any campaign,
to ensure that the auditorium does not exceed the Fire Marshal’s capacity for
occupancy and that only persons with credentials are on the floor.
Campaign Materials
13. All
campaigns must consult with the Ward Chair prior to posting or
handing out any campaign material.
14. Campaigns
will be billed directly from the
15. The Ward
DFL has arranged for tables in the building’s entry for campaigns to use.
Campaigns must share these tables and ensure that they are clean prior to the
end of the convention.
16. Because
it is important that we keep the building’s entry as accessible as possible,
campaigns must wait to use the space/hallway behind the entry to talk with
caucus attendees rather than approaching them as they first enter the
building.
Signs
17. Signs for all campaigns will be limited to those
two feet by four feet or less. The
quantities of signs allowed for campaigns are:
(a) Campaigns for Mayor are allowed to display eight (8)
signs inside and five (5) signs outside the building.
(b) Campaigns for SPPS Board of Education are allowed to
display eight (8) signs inside and five (5) signs outside the building.
(c) Campaigns for any other candidates or ballot
measures are allowed to display three (3) signs inside and three (3) signs
outside
the building.
18. Signs may not be taped or otherwise fixed to
the exterior of the building. Campaign
or issue signs outside the building must be on metal stands (lawn side stands)
and can be placed in the snow and grass only.
19. Absolutely no campaign signs are allowed on
the entry doors.
20. All signs inside must be fixed by blue
painter’s tape and will only be allowed on brick, concrete, glass or tile
surfaces.
21. No stickers of
any kind are permitted in the building.
Literature
22. Precinct
conveners will not hand out any campaign or issue literature. Campaigns
are responsible for handing out their own literature.
23. Campaigns
are responsible for gathering any leftover literature. Ward staff will not collect and return extra
literature for campaigns. Any literature left at the caucus sites will be
recycled when the building closes at 10:00pm on February 3rd.
Speeches
24. Anyone wishing to address the convention must
check-in with the Ward Chair or another person designated by the Ward
Chair.
25. The Convention Chair, at his/her discretion,
may recognize any candidate or office holder.
Elected officials representing any part of the Ward will be given
priority to speak due to the scarcity of time.
Candidates or office holders may speak to the convention for no more
than two (2) minutes.
26. Each Mayoral or School Board candidate shall
have up to a total of five (5) minutes for floor demonstrations, nominating
speeches, and candidate speeches.
Candidate order will be determined on a first come first serve basis.
Voting Rules
27. Only credentialed delegates will be allowed
to vote.
28. The Convention Chair may appoint tellers as
needed to tally votes.
Election to
29. Delegates may request subcaucusing if the
number of delegates seeking election to the City convention is greater than the
number of delegates that the Ward will elect to be seated at the City
convention. If the convention chooses to
subcaucus, this will be done by the walking subcaucus method.
30. Election of City convention delegates and
alternates may be done by voice or paper ballot.
Resolutions
32. Resolutions forwarded on from the precinct
caucus will be passed through the Ward convention and will be prepared for
consideration at the St. Paul DFL convention on March 21st at