Program

6:40 PM meeting opens, online only. Register with Zoom to attend.
Call to order at 7:00 PM. Anticipated business start time of 7:50 PM, end time 8:45 PM.

Presentation

• Happy 250th birthday, America!
  • July 4th – Kirkland 4th of July parade
  • July 9th – Kirkland “salon” informal discussion with Roger Goodman
  • July 25th – Redmond Derby Days booth and parade
  • July 26th – BBQ at Megan’s house from 11am-1pm
  • August 5th – in person general meeting
• Milena Sherman, No Hate in WA State.
• Marco Rossi with WA for Public Banking.
• Updates from elected officials and endorsed candidates.

Business

1. Appoint secretary pro tem.
2. Quorum report.
3. Consent agenda. [Member vote]
   • Adopt tonight’s program.
   • Adopt the June 3 meeting minutes.
4. Endorsements where the Endorsements Committee has finished deliberations. [Member vote]
   • A motion from the floor is may be made regarding endorsement of a position on Initiative IL26-645, concerning a repeal of the newly passed Millionaire’s Tax.
5. Recommend Precinct Committee Officer (PCO) appointments for the 2025-6 biennium. [PCO vote]
   • Reminder of our new process: The PCO point of contact researches applicants. If you have information pertaining to an applicant, please submit it to pcohelp@45thdemocrats.org. We ask applicants in the meeting to affirm that they are a Democrat and, optionally, tell us a little bit about themselves and where their precinct is. The point of contact presents their report, if any. Then we hold the recommendation vote. There is no debate.
   • Status update on previously recommended applications: Margaret Bouniol, John Saeger; Charles Dold; Jim Good.
   • Applicants for consideration: Peter Clift; Cary Gibson.
   • Please apply for appointment of your unrepresented precinct this biennium or adopt a nearby precinct. Also, send a note to pcohelp@45thdemocrats.org so we can help if your application runs into any problems.

Informational reports

1. Chair:
   • Executive board meeting July 27 @ 6:30 PM, online only.
   • Regular general meeting August 5 @ 7:00 PM, in-person and online.
   • Any volunteer to work with Nick for organizing PCOs and Get Out The Vote efforts?
2. Treasurer’s report.
3. Communications committee:
   • Endorsement guide plan for the August election.
4. State committee members’ report:
   • 2026 State Convention [platform, resolutions]

Member announcements

• Open call for news and announcements from our members and affinity groups.
• There will be a judicial candidate forum for the WA Supreme Court elections, Monday, July 20, 2026.
  • Our endorsed candidates Theo Angelis, Ian Birk, and Mike Diaz will be participating.
  • Register for in person attendance or Zoom attendance.

• Washingtonians for Public Banking have arranging a speaking tour for Don Morgan, President and CEO of the Bank of North Dakota, which is the only state owned and operated public bank in the country. During his talk, President Morgan will discuss how the Bank of North Dakota operates, and how we can bring this unique institution to Washington.
  • Tacoma:
    Tuesday, July 21st, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
    First United Method Church of Tacoma
    621 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98402
    with Special Guest: State Senator Yasmin Trudeau
    Register Today
  • Seattle:
    Wednesday, July 22nd, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
    The Metropole Seattle
    423 2nd Ave Ext S, Seattle, WA 98104
    Register Today
  • Bellingham:
    Thursday, July 23rd, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
    The Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship
    1207 Ellsworth Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
    Register Today