LCDP General Party Meeting
Monday, June 18th
7:00 to 9:00 P.M.
Cafe Lola
200 Main St. (Powell Place).
La Crosse
Speaker: Judi Moseley, Citizen Action of Wisconsin

Democratic Party of Wisconsin State Convention
June 29th-30th
Hilton City Center
Milwaukee (See details below)

La Crosse County Interstate Fair
July 11th-15th
La Crosse County Fairgrounds
West Salem (See details below)

LCDP Summer Fiesta
Sunday, July 29th
12:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Northside Octoberfest Grounds
La Crosse (See details below)

LCDP Chicken-Q II
Thursday, September 20th
Time and location TBD

The LCDP will have a busy June and July. After the State Convention in Milwaukee on June 29-30, the party will have a table at the Interstate Fair in West Salem from July 11-15. Then the LCDP will host the Summer Fiesta at the Northside Octoberfest grounds on Sunday, July 29th. Please note that there will be no general party meeting in July.

I would ask that as many of you as possible volunteer for these events and for the membership committee -- information on each is contained below in this newsletter.

Volunteers are the lifeblood of a local party. If we want to replicate the success that the Eau Claire and Winnebago County Dems had in 2006, we will need a small army of volunteers. Any small donation of time will help. The work we do to build the party at the local level will not only assist countywide and legislative candidates, but will make organizing the presidential campaign in this area that much easier. John Kerry won La Crosse County with 53% of the vote in 2004. I for one, would like to see the 2008 Democratic nominee take close to 60% of the vote in this county.

Finally, as far as issues building our own strong party infrastructure is the best way to make sure that our concerns are addressed directly by our legislators on both the state and federal level. I hope everyone is having a great start to summer and hope to see many of you at our next meeting and the Summer Fiesta on July 29. Fabio Burgos
Chair
La Crosse County Democratic Party

The LCDP needs volunteers now to for party building and 2008 election preparation. We need a special effort in '08, particularly in the 94th Assembly District.

The membership committee will coordinate this effort. Please contact either:

Vicki Burke at 781-0737 or irelandvicki@aim.c om

Nathan Montgomery at 780-6654 or nmontgo20@aim. com

Hank Zumach at 457-2545 or zumach@mwt.net

INTERSTATE FAIR

The LCDP will be holding its Summer Fiesta on Sunday, July 29th from 12:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. at the Northside Octoberfest Grounds in La Crosse. There will be food (fajitas, brats, etc) drink, music, games, pinatas and a raffle/silent auction. The top raffle prize will be two $60 Milwaukee Bucks tickets -- the drawing will take place at the Fall Dinner on October 27. Please spread the word to as many people as possible.

We need volunteers to assist!!! Please contact Marcia Wine at 783-0172 or mrswineiii@ch arter.net to help.

The 2007 Democratic Party of Wisconsin State Convention will be held on June 29th and 30th in at the Hilton City Center Hotel in Milwaukee. If you are a delegate and have not made hotel reservations, the Hilton can be reached by calling 414-271-7250 or 1-800-445-8667. Convention delegates and guests can reserve hotel rooms under the Democratic Party of Wisconsin's room block. You can find more information by clicking here.

Pre-registration is $20.00 and a downloadable form is available by clicking here. Registration at the door will be $25.00. Please contact Fabio Burgos at 792-0878 or send an email to us here if you have any additional questions.

We also need volunteers to staff an LCDP table at the convention. Please contact Marcia Wine at 783-0172 to sign up.

Please renew your memberships for 2007. If you have not done so, you can find our 2007 membership form at laxdems.com. (Left side of front page).

Our goal is to push party membership over 400 people. Please check our website at laxdems.com, which has a membership form or email laxdems if you cannot come to our future party meetings.

Again, a reminder about the membership rates, effective October 1, 2006, as established by the Democratic Party of Wisconsin:

Students, Senior Citizens: $10.00
General: $25.00
Pairs (two memberships): $35.00
Activist (up to three): $45.00
Family(includes all family members: $75.00
Supporter: $120.00
Friend: $240.00
Patron: $600.00
Investor: $1200.00
Benefactor $2400.00
 

Half of the above membership dues go to the State party, with the exception of the Family membership, where $45.00 of $75.00 goes to the local party. Those who join at the higher levels of membership ($120.00 and above) should remember that only $50.00 of those memberships will stay with the local party.

If your intention is to become a new member or renew your membership with the Democratic Party and you want more of your contribution to go to the Local County Party, I encourage you to join at the single $25 or $75 Family membership level and make additional contributions to the county party directly.