Name: Local Council Informal Check-In
Start: 2020-05-27T17:00:00-05:00
End: 2020-05-27T18:30:00-05:00

There was no scheduled Local Council meeting this week, but a few members of the council are just checking in on ongoing projects. 

Registration link and password available on slack. 

There was no scheduled Local Council meeting this week, but a few members of the
council are just checking in on ongoing projects. Registration link and password
available on slack.

Each year at our Annual Chapter Convention, New Orleans DSA elects a new round of officers to the Local Council, the highest leadership body in the chapter. The Local Council works to help set, maintain, and carry out the principles, policies, and strategies&nbsp;enumerated within our chapter's&nbsp;<a href="https://dsaneworleans.org/new-orleans-democratic-socialists-of-america-chapter-bylaws/">bylaws</a>&nbsp;and by our chapter's General Membership, and helps manage the chapter's day-to-day affairs between General Meetings. This year's Local Council Elections will be held at the end of June (exact date/period TBA). All dues-paying members in good standing are eligible to vote in this election and may nominate any other member(s) to any of the following eight seats*: <ul><li>Chapter Co-Chairs (2)&nbsp;</li><li>Membership Chair (1)</li><li>Secretary (1)</li><li>Treasurer (1)</li><li>Treasurer Trustee (1)</li><li>At-Large Members (2)</li></ul>To nominate members to the Local Council, please submit your nominations to <a href="mailto:hello@dsaneworleans.org">hello@dsaneworleans.org</a> with the subject line "Officer Nomination(s)" by the end of the day on Saturday, May 30.&nbsp;To learn more about this election, please see the original <a href="https://dsaneworleans.org/nominations-for-2020-local-officers-election-is-open/">Call for Nominations</a> and accompanying <a href="https://dsaneworleans.org/chapter-officer-descriptions/">Chapter Officer Descriptions</a>. *No one may nominate themselves. At least one co-chair and one at-large member must not identify as white, cisgender, and male.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Nomination Deadline for Local Council Elections

The urgent need for a more just health care system has never been more clear than it is this moment. Join our chapter's Health Care Committee for conference-call discussions on how to organize for health justice during this pandemic. Register for the meeting <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ldeCvqzouH9bTUcctFYCNIW7ihGEE7r_k" id="ow486" __is_owner="true">here</a>.&nbsp;