North Olympic
Democratic Socialists of America

Good evening friends! Here’s the 2026 May General Meeting recap.

upcoming events:
June 3rd 6-8PM: co-working session: take this opportunity to collaborate on chapter work!
June 6th: tabling at Port Townsend Pride
June 11th: executive committee meeting & general working group (finalizing the draft agenda for the convention and the drafts of the G&P and chapter platform)
June 14th: (pending) tabling at Pride on the Pier
June 17th: Clallam democrats candidate forum
June 25th: (location TBA – Sequim or PT) chapter convention
June 27th: (pending) tabling at Sequim Pride
June 30th: League of Women Voters candidate forum

Action items:
please email city council in support of the family structure non-discrimination ordinance (see https://noroly.chapters.dsausa.org/endorsements/family/ for details): Port Townsend – citycouncil@cityofpt.us; Port angeles – council@cityofpa.us; Sequim – council@sequimwa.gov

The draft goals and priorities document and the draft chapter platform are both priority items for review, as they will be presented at the convention next month. Any assistance with other items on the to-do list is appreciated as well; if you have something you would be interested in doing let us know.

Nominations for elected chapter positions (Co-chair, secretary, Treasurer, Membership Coordinator, SIOC rep, Harassment and Grievance Officer) are open. Members in good standing may nominate any other member in good standing (including themselves) for these positions by emailing norolydsa@gmail.com. Nominations will only be accepted from the floor at the convention if the position has no nominations before the convention. Remote and absentee voting will be available.

meeting recap:

We had 14 attendees including online participants.

we discussed elections that will be held at the chapter convention next month, and determined the time and manner of nominations and voting

For local issues we passed two motions, the first to support Jefferson County proposition 1 – a property tax to directly fund the county parks program – on social media, and the second to endorse the Family Structure non-discrimination Ordinance. We also discussed ensuring that we are listening to and focusing recruitment efforts on local voices, and did a brief overview of the county commissioner elections

For state level issues, we passed two endorsement resolutions: Whole Washington and No Hate in Washington State. We additionally passed an amendment for the statewide convention resolution to fix apportionment for vancouver WA, and we passed a resolution allowing North Olympic DSA to coordinate directly with DSA-endorsed campaigns out of other chapters, and engage in joint messaging where appropriate and useful.

We additionally heard a report on the 22 DSA-related electoral campaigns around the state, and a report on the SIOC policy survey results.

Members who want to help develop the potential 2027 campaigns who are interested in one of these campaigns – Housing, Healthcare, childcare, progressive taxation, or workers rights – are encouraged to join the SIOC policy committee to assist in the development of these policy items at the state level. Any member in good standing is eligible to join the SIOC and assist in this activity.

Lastly we discussed chapter work, and assigned members to certain tasks to ensure that chapter operations can continue smoothly.

Thanks to those of you that attended, and we hope to see everyone soon!