State Party Reorganization Meeting

Yesterday was the first state party reorganization meeting I've been to, and it was an interesting process. Dems do a pretty good job of matching their goals of being diverse, pushing to include various counties and ensuring near gender parity. I noticed that there will always be one more male or female between the chair and all the vice chairs since there are an odd number of them, and the favored gender is that of the chair. There wasn't anything that drove diversity of age or ethnicity other than the hearts of the voters (which worked pretty well, actually).

It seemed a shame that the resolutions came so late in the meeting and with so little chance to review them. It was actually a bit reminiscent of the last few years in Congress, with bills being fast-tracked in such a way that nobody had time to figure out what they said. A first reading process was mentioned to me, and that sounded like a good idea. One does have to wonder, though, since the meetings are quarterly, if some things (like avoiding war in Iran) might be too late to influence in three more months at the next meeting. Not all of the state reps have email, I guess, or that might be a way to pre-work the suggested proposals. I'm also curious to hear from folks who were there if they think there might have been some value to the "friendly" amendments.