Events Calendar

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

DFSC Supports the Following Event

The Great Pumpkin Carving Event of 2008

Who: Scott Olson, Representative John McCoy, Neil Watkins and all of the fine pumpkin carving individuals of the 39th LD


What: The rules are simple…you will have 45 minutes to carve a pumpkin in the best likening of a political figure. The top three pumpkins (and their owners) will be given great prizes and recognized as one of the great pumpkin carvers of 2008


Where: 211 West Hill Street, Monroe


When: October 18th from 12-2pm


Why: To prove yourself as the master of the pumpkin, the king or queen of carving…and to get a free pumpkin.


KINDLY RSVP TO VERONICA AT 425.760.8348


**SUGGESTED DONATION $25**


Peace,
Chad Shue,
Chair, DFSC

Monday, September 29, 2008

DFSC Hosts Green Film Fest at Renewable Energy Fair

On Saturday, October 4th, Democracy for Snohomish County will play host to a Green Film Festival (including a Children's Film Festival) at the 3rd Annual Renewable Energy Fair at the Snohomish County PUD.
The line-up of films follows:


Democracy For Snohomish County

Presents

GREEN FILM FESTIVAL

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Snohomish County PUD Auditorium

2320 California Street – Everett, WA 98290



Opening Video 12:45 - 1:00PM

*The Story of Stuff*

Consumerism (Animated)



Children's Film Festival 1:00-2:00PM

*Green Gorilla*

Children's Short Film


*Love the Earth*

Sesame Street episode teaches about recycling, re-using, and conservation


Feature Video 2:00-3:00PM

**Power of Community**

How Cuba Survived Peak Oil



Earth Cinema Circle Short Films 3:00-4:00PM


*True Cost of Food*

Hidden costs of corporate farming and agriculture (Animated)



*Power Shift*

Moving to Renewable Energy Sources (Narrated by Cameron Diaz)



*Not Just Empty Space*

David Suzuki explains how we are all connected to the earth



Please come to the fair and join us for these entertaining and educational videos.


Peace,
Chad Shue
Chair,
Democracy for Snohomish County

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Democratic Candidate for Washington Secretary of State to be Featured Speaker at June DFSC Meeting


Jason Osgood, Democratic candidate for Secretary of State will be the featured speaker at the June 10th meeting of Democracy for Snohomish County. (7:00PM at Evergreen Branch of the Everett Public Library - 9512 Evergreen Way)


According to Seattle Times political reporter and Blogger, David Postman published on June 2nd:


Dems field secretary of state candidate

Posted by David Postman


"Election reform advocate Jason Osgood says he’ll file today to run as a Democrat against Secretary of State Sam Reed. Osgood, known at washblog as zappini - he also has his own blog -- writes about election issues.

Osgood is 40 and lives in Seattle. He is a computer programmer with a medical records company."


I have met Jason on a couple of occasions and am mostly familiar with him though his writing on Washblog; in particular his passionate work on behalf of voting integrity issues. His run for Secretary of State comes as quite a surprise to many, including the candidate himself. However, again according to Postman,

"Osgood hadn’t planned on running for office. But he thought someone should challenge Reed and run a campaign focused on election integrity. He told that to state Democratic Party Chairman Dwight Pelz and raised the names of a few potential candidates.

At some point, though, someone suggested Osgood run himself. He says the state Democratic Party will support his campaign."


Interestingly, Jason is perhaps most well known for his opposition to all-mail voting. I am looking forward to hearing Jason's complete platform and am happy to have him come to Snohomish County very early in his campaign. I hope you will join us there.


Peace,
Chad Shue
Chair, Democracy for Snohomish County

DFSC Members Work for Human Right Commision in County



Luis Moscoso




Jackie Minchew



Over the past several months, DFSC board members, Luis Moscoso and Jackie Minchew have been working with several other community leaders (with input from the Washington State Human Rights Commission) to develop language for the Snohomish County Council that would lead to an ordinance establishing a county-wide Human Rights Commission. Yesterday the fruits of their labor were presented to the County Council for their review. Their story appeared in the Everett Herald this morning.


Published: Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Snohomish County human rights agency sought
An advocacy group wants the county to create a new commission to protect minority rights

By Jeff Switzer
Herald Writer


"EVERETT -- Bias and bigotry in hiring and housing continues to be a problem for immigrants, minorities and disabled people in Snohomish County.

About 100 complaints citing their unequal treatment reach the state every year.

"We've had 600 complaints in five years that we didn't even know about," said Luis Moscoso, a minority rights advocate with Snohomish County Citizens for Human Rights. "We need to reach out and educate people on human rights issues."

Moscoso and others from the group on Monday asked the County Council to create a local, independent human rights commission with the power to settle disputes and investigate discrimination complaints everywhere in the county.

A grass-roots group spent 10 months writing a proposed county ordinance to create the commission. They used the state Human Rights Commission as their model."
The rest of the article may be found here


Council Chair, Dave Somers has said that the council will look at the language of the proposal but did not set any deadlines for action. If the ordinance were to be enacted it would represent the first regional Human Rights Commission in the state.


We look forward to updates on this story from Jackie and Luis at future DFSC meetings.


Peace,
Chad Shue
Chair, Democracy for Snohomish County

Monday, June 2, 2008

Minchew Challenges "Piecemeal Approach" to Energy Policy


DFSC Vice-Chair and Peak Oil Advocate, Jackie Minchew, submitted the following letter (re-printed here at the request of the author) to the readership of the Everett Herald:

Published: Monday, June 2, 2008

"Since the first of the year, the price of crude oil has risen by more than 30 percent (after a 60 percent increase in 2007.) The question of how best to respond to this precipitous rise in energy costs is not a simple one. We could look for someone to blame, I suppose. (Big Oil? Congress?) There is surely some degree of market manipulation and exploitation taking place. But from an economic system that is driven by the twin demons of fear and greed, while completely lacking a moral compass to guide it, what should we expect?


We could complain of a lack of leadership from our elected officials. There is also a measure of validity to this position. The piecemeal approach that seems to be the norm from City Hall to the halls of Congress holds out little hope for a comprehensive solution to anything, in my opinion.


Or we could do what few might dare: Seek to figure it out for ourselves! We could bring together our best and brightest, as our neighbors in Portland did, and set them to identifying the particular local vulnerabilities presented by the changing energy picture and, for that matter, climate change as well.


For almost two years now, I have been advocating for just that sort of systematic look at both energy and climate vulnerabilities for our own city and region. So far, local policy-makers have shown scant interest. But still I persist. With the Portland example to model on, it seems irresponsible not to try.


Can we agree that a systematic, well-reasoned approach to problem solving is preferable to piecemeal?"


With each passing day, the evidence of Peak Oil is becoming more clear as the car companies spend billions adverstising their latest hybrids and the oil companies become "energy" companies touting the investments into "alternative fuels." It has become widely acknowledged that the rising cost of food is directly attributed to the rise in fuel costs. However, just as with Global Climate Change, there is still much work to do in moving government into action. Jackie (and others in other communities) has started the ball rolling. However, it is time for this movement to grow. It is time to demand that our local governments adopt a more direct roll in addressing our future energy vunerabilities. The Portland model that Jackie refers to is a good place to start.


For more on this and on ways you can help advance this issue, contact Jackie Minchew at:

JWMchew@aol.com


Peace,
Chad Shue
Chair, Democracy for Snohomish County

Monday, May 19, 2008

DFSC to Screen "Power of Community"



On Saturday, July 26th, DFSC will be screening the acclaimed documentary, "Power of Community (How Cuba Survived Peak Oil)"


Join us at Papi's Pizza (1816 Hewitt Ave.) for an evening of (no-host) pizza and beer as we learn about one country's early response to an impending energy crisis.

From the good folks at Community Solutions:


"When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent – people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people during this difficult time. Cubans share how they transitioned from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. It is an unusual look into the Cuban culture during this economic crisis, which they call "The Special Period." The film opens with a short history of Peak Oil, a term for the time in our history when world oil production will reach its all-time peak and begin to decline forever. Cuba, the only country that has faced such a crisis – the massive reduction of fossil fuels – is an example of options and hope."




Please make the most of the evening by coming early to order your food and beverage prior to the start of the movie at 7:00PM.


Peace,
Chad Shue
Chair, Democracy for Snohomish County

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Joe Wilson for Superior Court Judge

At the May 13 General/Business meeting of Democracy for Snohomish County the motion was made and approved (unanimously) to endorse the candidacy of Joe Wilson for Snohomish County Superior Court Judge.


In reviewing the available materials and hearing from members who have had the oppportunity to hear the three candidates for this position speak and field questions it was determined that Joe Wilson's professional and personal history make him the best qualified individual to sit on the bench. While Wilson has numerous endorsements from the political community it is probably most significant that he is endorsed by current Superior Court Judge, Richard Thorpe (the very judge that he would replace due to retirement)


We encourage our membership and friends to contribute whatever time or funds you are able to help Joe Wilson succeed in the Primary and then again in the General Election in November.


Chad Shue
Chair, Democracy for Snohomish County

Friday, May 2, 2008

DFSC Endorses Scott Olson and Fred Walser

In April, DFSC was pleased to endorse the campaigns of Scott Olson



and Fred Walser.



Scott is running to unseat Dan Kristiansen as the State Representative (Pos. 1) and Fred is challenging current State Senator, Val Stevens. This is Olson's 2nd run and the first for Walser. Both men are running on platforms that highlight needed highway safety fixes for both US 2 and SR 522. Considering the failures of the incumbents to produce any effective results in that area (and the many traffic fatalities related to those failures), we believe it is imperative for the citizens of the 39th LD to make a change; and that Scott and Fred would provide real solutions to the issues impacting that district.


Fred brings a lifetime of public service in the area of law enforcement and traffic safety to bear in his race. After serving 28 years with the Washington State Patrol, Fred served as Police Chief for the City of Sultan for the past 11 years. He has also served as Chair of the US 2 Safety Coalition. Fred is also concerned about education reform and told us that he would bring together all interested parties to come up with working solutions for the this urgent issue.


Scott comes to his race as a concerned citizen who has lived and worked in the district for many years. He has owned a small business in the area and keeps in touch with the locals as a bartender in Monroe. His previous electoral experience includes a term on the Sultan City Council. Scott is particularly concerned about education and healthcare.


DFSC is proud to lend our support to these fine candidates and encourage folks both in and out of the 39th LD to lend their support in every way possible.


Chad Shue
Chair, Democracy for Snohomish County

Saturday, April 19, 2008

DFSC March Minutes

Democracy for Snohomish County, PAC (DFSC)

Business/General Meeting Minutes for March 11,2008

Evergreen Branch Library, Everett, Wa.


Called to order at 7:00 PM by Chad Shue, Chair

ATTENDEES: Chad Shue, Debbie Shue, Nancy Sosnove, Cliff Wells, Mary Phlypo, Gary Sell, Melody Dawson, Jeff and Bethany Sutro.


Agenda- Minutes- approved.

Treasurer’s Report: Available Upon Request

Chair’s Report: N/A


Continuing/Unfinished Business:
.
Peace Scholarship - Motion was made and seconded not to continue with 2nd scholarship as planned. DFSC made one $500 scholarship.

Immigration Conversation - Motion was made and seconded to make Luis chair of this committee. Motion was amended and seconded to organize and move forward. Original motion was withdrawn. (Since Luis was not present to accept chair of committee.)

DFSC Movie Night - Update given by Nancy. Venue will be Papi’s Pizza. April 26th; 6:00 PM

Fundraising Opportunities - Suggestion was made to have a book signing/fundraiser for David Sirota. Motion was made and seconded to proceed by verifying David’s schedule. Chad will take this action. No update.

Website/Blog - Motion was made and seconded to make Gary DFSC webmaster. He accepted!

Voter Intent - Nancy will contact Rick Dewitt. RCW needs to change then WAC would have to be changed.

Renewable Energy Fair -( Jackie) No Update.

Peak Oil Task Force -(Jackie)No Update.


New Business:

• Early Look at candidates for possible endorsement 2008. Invite Fred Walser and Scott Olson to speak at next DFSC meeting.(Chad)Motion was made to donate $100 but was postponed to next meeting.

• Bumper Stickers:Motion was made to make another purchase, qty 200. Cliff will purchase and DFSC will re-emburse.


Announcements:

• Next meeting will be April 8 at 7pm, Evergreen Branch Library.

• Rich Semler is running for State Superintendent of schools, see website www.richsemler.com

• Seeds of Compassion Conference with the Dalia Lama April 11-15th. www.seedsofcompassion.com

• Activist calendar at www.scn.org/activism/calendar

• Community Calendar at www.scn.org/calendars


Meeting was adjourned at 8:50pm.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

A Bad Sign for Race Relations in Snohomish

Originally posted Here


Apparently Snohomish City Council members Swede Johnson and Doug Thorndike aren’t able to distinguish between legitimate city business and their personal anti-immigrant biases. According to reports that first appeared in the Snohomish County Tribune on March 3rd and the Everett Herald just this morning, the two elected officials, supposedly in the context of a debate over a proposal for new “gateway signs” intended to welcome visitors to their city, decided to take the opportunity to express their perceptually discriminatory views on immigration.




R.C. "Swede" Johnson




According to Tribune reporter Jessica Sparks,

” A project to build a sign to welcome visitors to the city of Snohomish has stalled, but last month two city officials revived the conversation by e-mailing an antiimmigration joke that suggests Mexicans in the United States are here to take advantage of social programs.”


The “joke”, in fact, was a photo of some suggested signage that might be considered to be Thorndike’s and Johnson’s view of the increase in the numbers of Hispanic to the county and more specifically to the city of Snohomish.




The email was sent to fellow city council members Melody Clemans and Karen Guzak, both proponents of the gateway sign proposal. The proposal is currently on hold and is not a part of the 2008 council agenda. The email contained no text and was sent with the subject heading: “Gateway Signs.”


While Thorndike, who sent the original images to Johnson, has not issued any comment to the media Johnson has defended the email as his attempt to ”to show how powerful an image can be.” Clemans has called the image “racist and bigoted” and was quick to point out the disconnect in the messages being sent.

”I do not understand using such a distasteful and discriminatory message to make a point about the power of signs,” she wrote in an e-mail. “Using inflammatory depictions of immigration issues has no relationship to the issue of a gateway sign for our community.”


According to the article in the Everett Herald there was some discussion of this email at the Snohomish City Council meeting on Tuesday.

” The image is discriminatory, Snohomish resident John First said at a City Council meeting Tuesday where the e-mail was discussed.

"I was embarrassed that it was being circulated by council members," said First, 49. "I was upset to see it because of the message that it implies."

About a dozen people at the meeting commented on the image, most saying it was offensive and inappropriate.”


Also at the Tuesday meeting was Snohomish County Democrats Chair and Snohomish resident, Mark Hintz. Yesterday Mark sent me a copy of the statement that he read to the council on Tuesday (and has sent on as a Press Release as a member of the Diversity Committee of the Snohomish County Democrats.


” The Diversity Committee of the Snohomish County Democratic Central Committee takes a stand against “white privilege” in our county. Recently two Snohomish City council members used the internet in an inappropriate manner and must be held accountable for their actions.


These two members of the council, Council Member Thorndike and Council Member Johnson recently sent an inappropriate email message to another Council Member that was an example of “white privilege”.


“White privilege is the advantages given freely to white people for no other reason than being born with the “right” skin color. If their skin color had not been white, they would not have been making these jokes. This is no way for an American to treat another American.


Mr. Thorndike and Mr. Johnson have left question marks with most people about their decision-making process. If either were my employee, this behavior would not be tolerated. As an elected official
(Ed. Note: Hintz is an elected Fire Commissioner in Snohomish County) I expect a higher standard of leadership than what they displayed.


It is time that this attitude is removed from our society and the respect of all people be truly adopted.”


Johnson and Thorndike were not without their supporters.

” Kirk Williams, 50, of Snoho¬mish said he thought the image similar to political cartoons in newspapers and said it raised a legitimate point of view about U.S. immigration issues.

"It's not that these people don't like Hispanics," Williams said of Johnson and Thorndike. "These men aren't like that."”


I would like to give these men the benefit of the doubt but, when asked by Jessica Sparks at the Snohomish Tribune if these images reflect his personal views of Mexicans, Johnson’s reply was

”My personal views are my personal views.”


While we have presidential candidates being asked to distance themselves from the comments of others, I think it is not unreasonable to ask elected officials to take more responsibility for their own actions and statements. It is absolutely ridicules for anyone in Johnson's position to expect reasonable people to believe that the images he has passed along to his fellow council members has any bearing in the context of a proposal for a sign to WELCOME people to the city (and all of its people) he was elected to represent.


Peace,
Chad Shue
Chair, Demcoracy for Snohomish County

Thursday, March 13, 2008

February, 2008 Meeting Minutes

Democracy for Snohomish County, PAC (DFSC)
Business/General Meeting Minutes for Feb.12,2008
Everett PUD Building, Everett, Wa.


Called to order at 7:02 PM by Chad Shue, Chair

ATTENDEES: Chad Shue, Debbie Shue, Nancy Sosnove, Jackie Minchew, Cliff Wells, Mary Phlypo, Anita Moscoso, Luis Moscoso, Gary Sell, Melody Dawson.


* Agenda- Minutes- approved.

* Treasurer’s Report: On File - Available Upon Request

* Chair’s Report: None


Continuing/Unfinished Business:


* Peace Scholarship-Contributions were taken and Chad will send in next week.

* Immigration Conversation, Feb.2008. More ideas were tossed around for this future event. Possible venues were discussed, such as EHS auditorium, PUD auditorium. April 10,11 there will be a discussion at Everegreen State College.

* DFSC Movie Night-Motion was made and seconded to continue movie night. Nancy will check on venue at Papi’s Pizza place on Hewitt. Movie suggested to show is “Sicko.” Date to be determined.

* Fundraising Opportunities- Suggestion was made to have a book signing/fundraiser for David Sirota. Motion was made and seconded to proceed by verifying David’s schedule. Chad will take this action.

* Website/Blog- (Cliff). No update at this time.


New Business:

* Voter Intent- Nancy will contact Rick Dewitt

* Renewable Energy Fair- Jackie will touch base with Green Everett

* Peak Oil Task Force-Jackie will talk to county council members


Announcements:

* Next meeting will be March 11 at 7pm, Evergreen Branch Library.

* Rich Semler is running for State Superintendent of schools, see website www.richsemler.com

* Seeds of Compassion Conference with the Dalia Lama April 11-15th. www.seedsofcompassion.com

* Activist calendar at www.scn.org/activism/calendar

* Community Calendar at www.scn.org/calendars


Meeting was adjourned at 9:02pm.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Peak Oil in the Everett Herald

Democracy for Snohomish County Vice-chair, Jackie Minchew, has been a tireless advocate on the issue of Peak Oil since he first attended a seminar on the subject in the Fall of 2004. Since then, he has been working to raise the awareness level of all who will listen (and even some who will not) including members of our local and regional governments. In 2006 he took the lead and brought about the first ever Renewable Energy Symposium and Expo in Everett, Washington. The symposium featured elected representatives from the city, county, state and federal levels and was headlined by Julian Darley, Founder and Director of the Post Carbon Institute.


We at Democracy for Snohomish County are very pleased to see that Jackie's voice has been amplified today with an Op-Ed in the pages of the Everett Herald. Parts of that Op-Ed are reprinted here with the express consent (and encouragement) of the author.


Facing reality: Oil supply isn't bottomless

By Jackie Minchew


"Peak oil doesn't fit comfortably into a nutshell. First it is necessary to understand that the industrial revolution was fueled by carbon-based energy: first coal and, later, crude oil and natural gas (fossil fuels.) With the industrial revolution came phenomenal technological advances, some of which contributed to the so-called population explosion. (The population of the planet has more than doubled during this writer's lifetime.) Examples of these technological advances include tractors and other farm implements as well as fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides made from fossil fuels. With increased farm output, it became possible to feed the expanding population.

Also contributing to the population expansion were technological advances in medicine, many tied to fossil fuels, especially pharmaceuticals..."


He continues:

..."In every case, there comes a time when the extraction rate peaks and begins an irreversible decline. So it is for the planet as a whole.

Various forecasts for the timing of the global peak in oil extraction range from now to 40 or 50 years in the future. These are based largely on reported reserves, which are widely believed to be inflated. The German-based Energy Watch Group recently issued a report based on production data, which placed the global peak in 2006 rather than some time in the future. If this is true, then the time to prepare is past and the only remaining option is to decide how to respond. (The Hirsch Report, prepared for the U.S. Energy Department and released in February 2005, called for a crash program beginning 20 years before the peak. Oops!)..."


And he concludes:

"...Fortunately, there are some pretty good people working on practical (if not always palatable) responses to the expected difficulties. Among these are the above-mentioned Richard Heinberg, a brilliant man named Colin Campbell, and my personal hero in the field, Julian Darley, founder and director of the Post Carbon Institute (PCI.) Through its five initiatives (Global Public Media, Relocalization Network, Post Carbon Cities, Oil Depletion Protocol and Energy Farms), PCI is actively seeking and aggressively advocating for well-reasoned responses to the dramatically changing energy environment..."


We applaud Jackie for an excellent explanation of the subject and, just as enthusiastically, applaud the Herald for providing this platform for Jackie to advance this issue.


As mentioned above, Democracy for Snohomish County was proud to bring Julian Darley to Everett in August of 2006. With great thanks to Ed Mays at Pirate TV in Seattle, we are able to offer a DVD of the Darley presentation from that event for a nominal fee for reproduction and shipping cost. If you would like a copy of this important presentation, please send a check (made out to Democracy for Snohomish County) for $5.00 to Democracy for Snohomish County - PO Box 7005 Lynnwood, WA 98046. Please include your mailing address. Allow 2 to 3 weeks for delivery.


Peace,
Chad Shue
Chair, Democracy for Snohomish County

Friday, February 8, 2008

DFSC February Meeting Announcement

DEMOCRACY FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY

GENERAL & BUSINESS MEETING

WHEN: 7:00 P.M., Tuesday February 12, 2008

WHERE: Everett PUD, Room 2A (TC2-A)
2320 California Street, Everett

WHO: All citizens interested in promoting progressive candidates and issues in Snohomish County and Washington State.

WHAT:

· Discuss current status of pending legislation before the Washington State Legislature.

· Implement sponsorship of a Peace Scholarship for a local student

· Discuss continuing plans for “Immigration Conversation” in Snohomish County

· Welcome new ideas and energy for building a progressive movement in Snohomish County

· SHARE YOUR PASSION FOR PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISM WITH FRIENDS! Join the members of DFSC as we work together to build the progressive movement in Snohomish County. Chocolate will be provided to all attendees.

WHY: Democracy for Snohomish County is a progressive, non-affiliated, non-partisan, Political Action Committee. Our purpose is to support and develop progressive candidates for office and to influence public policy issues affecting Snohomish County or the State of Washington. All are welcome to join in. We invite you to contribute your energy and enthusiasm to this purpose.

CONTACT US: dfsc@comcast.net

WEBSITE: dfsc.home.comcast.net

BLOG: dfsc.blogspot.com

Chad Shue, Chair
Democracy for Snohomish County

Thursday, January 24, 2008

January, 2008 Meeting Minutes

Democracy for Snohomish County, PAC (DFSC)
Business/General Meeting Minutes for January 8,2008
Snohomish PUD, 21018 Highway 99



Called to order at 7:10 PM by Chad Shue, Chair

ATTENDEES:
Chad Shue, Jackie Minchew, Jeff Sutro, Debbie Shue, Mary Phlypo, Cliff Wells, Anita Moscoso and Luis Moscoso.


Agenda- Minutes:- approved.

Treasurer’s Report: On File (Available upon request)

Unfinished Business:

Peace Scholarship-Chad will call Jim Eachus and tell him we are ready to donate and get specifics on what needs to happen.

Immigration Conversation More ideas were tossed around for this future event. Luis will provide Chad with a list of possible contacts for this event. Chad will check on some possible venues.

DFSC Movie Night-No update at this time.


New Business:

Legislative Agenda for 2008 “Short Session”-Public Campaign finance-SB5278, HB1551.

Website-Discussion to move website from Comcast to another site that is more user friendly. Cliff will take a look at WordPress.com.

Potential for creating “permanent physical presence” in new bookstore/commoms in Everett- Discussion on possible opportunity to have a space for our meetings and other activities. Dicussed possible ways to make this community presence happen.

LSCC- (Livable Snohomish County Coalition)Does DFSC still want to be a member of this group? Group decided Yes and Chad will relay to Kristen.


Announcements:

• Next meeting will be February 12th at 7pm, location TBD. (Everett PUD)

• Activist calendar at www.scn.org/activism/calendar

• Community Calendar at www.scn.org/calendars


Meeting was adjourned at 9:03pm.

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

December, 2007 Meeting Minutes

Democracy for Snohomish County, PAC (DFSC)
Business/General Meeting Minutes for December 11,2007
PUD Building, Everett, Wa.

Called to order at 7:05 PM by Jeff Sutro, Chair

ATTENDEES:
Chad Shue, Jackie Minchew, Jeff Sutro, Debbie Shue, Mary Phlypo, Cliff Wells, Anita Moscoso and Luis Moscoso.

Agenda was approved.

November Minutes approved.

Treasurer’s Report: On File - Available upon request.

Unfinished Business:


Nominations for 2008 DFSC Officers: Current nominations are as follows:

Chair: Chad Shue
V-Chair- Cliff Wells
V-Chair- Jackie Minchew
Secretary- Debbie Shue
Treasurer- Jeff Sutro
At-large- Nancy Sosnove
At-Large- Luis Moscoso
At-Large- Eric Teegarden

Motion was made to accept new officers as a slate. Motion approved.


Immigration Conversation, Feb.2008. Ideas were tossed around for this future event. Luis will provide Chad with a list of possible contacts for this event.

DFSC Movie Night- tabled until Jan.2008.


New Business:


Announcements:

• Next meeting will be January 8 at 7pm at the south Snohomish PUD, 21018 Highway 99.

• Activist calendar at www.scn.org/activism/calendar

• Community Calendar at www.scn.org/calendars


Meeting was adjourned at 9:05pm.