Virginia's 11th Congressional District Democratic Committee https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org Mon, 20 May 2024 00:12:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2022/02/cropped-va11icon-32x32.png Virginia's 11th Congressional District Democratic Committee https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org 32 32 Notice: Appeal Hearing May 29,2024 https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/2024/05/19/notice-appeal-hearing-may-292024/ Mon, 20 May 2024 00:12:30 +0000 https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/?p=2392 […]]]> Under Appellant Filing Article 11 §11.1, two Appellants (included in this email), Lisa C. Merkel and Gregory Brandon, jointly filed an Appeal entitled “11th Congressional Democratic Committee (11th CDDC) in the matter of actions taken by the Chair of the Fairfax County Democratic Committee during the March 26 FCDC General Meeting at Luther Jackson Middle School”. The Appeal was sent by email dated April 2, 2024 to the 11th CD Chair, Manisha Singh. The Chair provided the Appeal to the Appellant Subcommittee.

Under Notice §11.2, the 11th CD Chair provided Notice and copies of the Appeal to the FCDC Chair on April 2, 2024.

Under Hearings §11.3, by email dated April 9, 2024 the chair of FCDC (included in this email) was given ten (10) days written notice to answer the Appeal petition. The FCDC Chair, Appellee, timely  answered the petition on April 19, 2024.

Under Article 8 Section 8.5 Appeals, the 11th District Congressional District (CD) Chair conferred with the Chairs of the 8th and 10th CDs. The Chairs designated that only the 11th CD would hear the appeal. 

Under §8.5 an Appellant Subcommittee to hear the appeal was appointed.

Under §11.3, on May 19, 2024, the 11th CD Chair is giving at least ten (10) days written notice on said hearing to be held on May 29, 2024, 10:30 am. 

At the hearing the Appellant Subcommittee shall determine the validity of the appeal, either upon the petition and answer, or after taking of evidence as in its discretion it may seem fit. Appellants and other interested parties may be represented by counsel in the appellant process. The Hearing will be conducted by teleconference via Zoom with links provided to the parties.

Please see below the rules set by the Appellant Subcommittee for the hearingThe Hearing will be conducted by Zoom.

Parties will be conferenced in by Zoom.

The two sides will have the opportunity to present their cases. Starting with a petitioner.Only the three individual Parties (two petitioners and FCDC chair) will be allowed to speak. The Parties may confer with an attorney, but no attorney or others will speak.

Each side has ten minutes to present.

Each side will have five minutes for rebuttal.

The Appeal subcommittee will subsequently meet and make the determinations on the issues based on the petition, answer and other available information that the subcommittee sees fit.

Hearing will be adjourned after the formal session is completed.

The Appeal subcommittee will meet and make the determinations on the issues based on the petition, answer and other available information that we want to use at our discretion.

Appeal committee will write up the decisions and give notice to the parties within one week.

]]> National Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/2023/08/21/national-hispanic-heritage-month-celebration/ Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:41:00 +0000 https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/?p=1985 Sunday, September 10 from 6 to 8 pm

]]> NOTICE of Two Committee Vacancies – Filing Deadline August 14 https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/2023/07/24/notice-of-two-vacancies/ Mon, 24 Jul 2023 23:40:21 +0000 https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/?p=1970 […]]]>

NOTICE

The 11th Congressional District Democratic Committee will meet to fill two vacancies in the committee for residents of Fairfax County, one male-identifying and one female-identifying, on Monday, August 21, 2023 at 8:00 pm via Zoom. Non-binary persons may run for either seat of their choice.

Persons interested in filling this vacancy may submit their name, and optionally a one-page statement to describe their background and interest in the vacancy, via email to dpress@chung-press.com and heidiknit@yahoo.com before 7:30 pm on Monday, August 14, 2023.

Details

Two members of the 11th Congressional District Democratic Committee have resigned, creating a vacancy of 2 (two) positions on the committee from Fairfax County, one for a person who identifies as a woman, and another for a person who identifies as a man. Non-binary persons may run for either seat of their choice, but may not run for both. This vacancy will be filled as prescribed in Section 6.5 of the Democratic Party of Virginia Party Plan.

Under the authority granted in Section 6.4 of the DPVA Party Plan, the Chair has called a meeting of the Committee on Mon., August 21, 2023 at 8:00 PM to fill the vacancy. This meeting will be held virtually on Zoom.

Members of the 11th Congressional District Democratic Committee from Fairfax County will vote electronically from 1:30 pm – 7:30 pm on same day to make a nomination (considered a recommendation) to the full committee.

If you are interested in the vacancy, please send an email to both dpress@chung-press.com and heidiknit@yahoo.com before 7:30 pm on Monday, August 14, 2023. You may optionally include a one-page statement with your nomination. Nominations must be sent by this deadline to be accepted.

Download the Adopted Rules
]]> 23rd Annual John N. Sturdivant Awards Brunch – April 16th https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/2023/02/20/23rd-annual-john-n-sturdivant-awards-brunch/ Tue, 21 Feb 2023 01:07:20 +0000 https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/?p=1856 Gerry Connolly’s 29th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Fête https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/2023/02/20/gerry-connollys-29th-annual-st-patricks-day-fete/ Tue, 21 Feb 2023 00:02:00 +0000 https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/?p=1895 Join us as we celebrate Diwali 2022 https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/2022/10/25/join-us-as-we-celebrate-diwali-2022/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:18:18 +0000 https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/?p=1888 Saturday, October 29 at 6 pm

]]> Congratulations to our Democratic Nominee for HD35, Holly Seibold! https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/2022/10/25/congratulations-to-our-democratic-nominee-for-hd35-holly-seibold/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:00:52 +0000 https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/?p=1884 Vote for Holly in the January 10, 2023 special election

]]> Result of Reorganization Meeting https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/2022/03/14/additional-members-elected/ Mon, 14 Mar 2022 22:25:00 +0000 https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/?p=1790 […]]]> At the March 14, 2022 meeting, the following additional members were elected to the 11th CDDC in accordance with Section 6.2 of the DPVA Party Plan to serve two-year terms.

General Assembly

Senator Jennifer Boysko, Fairfax County

City-County Representatives
Tom Greeson, City of Fairfax
Maggie Godbold, Fairfax County
Andrew Scalise, Fairfax County

The following officers were elected:

Chair: Bob Haley
Secretary: Heidi Zollo
Treasurer: Chris Ambrose
Vice Chairs: Manisha Singh, Sandra Klassen, Bryan Graham

]]> 11th CDDC Reorganization Meeting – March 14, 2022 – 8 pm https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/2022/03/07/11th-cddc-reorganization-meeting-march-14-2022-8-pm/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:42:00 +0000 https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/?p=1722

Monday, March 14, 2022 - 8 pm

Virtual  meeting to elect new members and leadership of the 11th Congressional District Democratic Committee (NOW VIRTUAL ONLY)

Click here to register for virtual attendance

Location

Zoom

Draft Agenda

  1. CALL TO ORDER – Roll Call
  2. Election of Temporary Chair
  3. Adoption of Rules – Draft Rules
  4. Election of additional Member from the General Assembly
  5. Election of City/County additional members
    – Fairfax City (1 seat)
    – Fairfax County (2 seats)
  6. Election of Officers
  7. Chair’s Report
  8. Emeritus Nomination
  9. Caucus/Committees Representative Assignments
  10. Jurisdiction Reports
  11. Other Business/Announcements/Adjourn
]]> Results of the 2022 11th CD Convention https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/2022/03/06/results-of-the-2022-11th-cd-convention/ Sun, 06 Mar 2022 15:42:55 +0000 https://www.11thdistrictdemocrats.org/?p=1708 […]]]> With over 800 votes cast, the results are below. Congratulations to everyone who won, and thank you to everyone who ran and voted in this process!


Fairfax County
Sandra J. Klassen – F
Bryan Graham – M
Manisha Singh – F
Holly Seibold – F
Jay (Jaisingh) Bhandari – M
Jessica Brown – F
Christine Barchik – F
Christopher Ambrose – M
Robert Haley – M
Carla Bustillos – F
Jerrold Foltz – M
Heidi Zollo – F
Shyamali Hauth – F
Paul Davis – M
Karen Campblin – F
Aaron Yohai – M
Roxana Mejia – F
Daniel Press – M
Todd Cranford – M

Fairfax City
James Gillespie – M

The Resolutions Package was passed, and will move to the Resolutions Committee of the State Central Committee.

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