All County Party members welcome though only elected HCC members may vote.

In-person attendance preferred.

Please check back for the agenda and email HCC Secretary Pam Hicks if you need Zoom link: hawaiicounty@hawaiidemocrats.org

All County Party members welcome though only elected HCC members may vote.

In-person attendance preferred.

Please check back for the agenda and email HCC Secretary Gretchen Klungness if you need Zoom link: Gretchen12447@hotmail.com.

This is one of the longest running rallies to support our Democratic Party values, platform and Candidates! All Democratic Candidates in the coming Primary Election invited. Please chec back to confirm times and more details or contact your District Chair. All invited to mass signwaving before the rally begins!

THE PARTY IS HAVING A PARTY!

The Hawaii County Democrats are having A party at the Old Airport Pavilion from 1:00 to 4:00 PM on the 4th of July and everyone is invited.

Come and dance to live music by Retroactive, meet your candidates and local leaders,  free hot dogs and potluck picnic, door prizes. all before the parade and fireworks!

All Democratic candidates in the coming Primary Election are invited to participate to meet with voters! Great conversation and good fun! Please join us.

All County Party members welcome though only elected HCC members may vote.

In-person attendance preferred.

Please check back for the agenda and email HCC Secretary Gretchen Klungness if you need Zoom link: Gretchen12447@hotmail.com

Virtual Meeting.

Delegates and alternates were elected at the March 6, 2024 Biennial Elections and vacancies will be filled at district council meetings on or about april 2. To learn more about how to become a delegate, contact your district chair.

There is a $50 registration fee for the APril 27 Convention that must be pre-paid - no walk in registration.

Each District has the opportunity to award full scholarships to 2 District members. Please reach out to your district chair.

REGISTRATION Now Open!

Delegates and alternates were elected at the March 6 Biennial Elections but there are still vacancies in many districts. Vacancies will be filled at district council meetings on or about April 2, 2024.

For information, contact your district chair or email county chair ponokekela@gmail.com.

convention work will focus on Two committees updating our Platform and adopting Resolutions. we also look forward to hearing from federal, state and county elected leaders, meeting/spending time with Democratic candidates seeking office in the coming elections, and celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Hawai’i Democratic Party revolution in 1954 and our deep ties to and support of labor!

to join a Convention Committee after being elected a County Convention Delegate, please email the committee chair before noon sunday, march 24, 2024:

• Resolutions: Malama Solomon (malama_solomon@yahoo.com)

• Platform: shannon matson (shann.matson@gmail.com)

Calendar of Important Dates Leading Up To

The 2024 Hawai’i County Pre-Convention & Convention:

Sun., March 24, 2024 – noon – Deadline for 2024  County Convention Delegates to request joining either the HI County Resolutions or Platform Committee by email to the chair.  `

Mon., March 25, 2024 – Registration Opens for Hawai’i County Convention – preferably completed online using ActBlue for electronic payment of $50 Registration Fee.  Or may mail check to:  Hawai’i County Democrats, P.O. Box 5282, Hilo, HI 96720.  

Deadline for $50 Registration is midnight, Tuesday, April 16, 2024.  Thereafter, an additional $25 late registration fee applies.  Final deadline to register:  Midnight, Mon., April 22, 2024.  No walk-in registration.  

Each District Council may award two Convention scholarships – please request by emailing your District Chair.  (District Chair contact information: www.HawaiiCountyDemocrats.net/contacts) Scholarships cover breakfast and lunch cost at the County Convention. 

Mon., March 25, 2024 – noon - Deadline for Committee Chairs to inform County Chair, Secretary and Convention Chair of committee memberships.

Tues., March 26, 2024 – midnight – Deadline for Committee Chairs to inform committee members of meeting schedule prior to the Pre-Convention.  Must hold at least one committee meeting before Pre-Convention – in person, hybrid or via Zoom. 

Tues., April 2, 2024 (on or about this date) – District Meetings – In Person, Hybrid or Zoom to fill vacancies and address challenges. 

Tues., April 2, 2024 – midnight – Deadline to submit proposals to the appropriate Committee Chair.   Convention Committee Chairs may ask proposers to revise proposals – informing them of issues/concerns and/or suggesting revisions.  Proposers must return revised one-page document to Committee Chair by Noon, Tues., April 9. SEE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AND TEMPLATE FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS BELOW.

Email draft resolution and/or revision/additions to:

Resolutions: Chair Malama Solomon; Vice Chair Patti Cook

• Malama_Solomon@yahoo.com

• cookshi@aol.com

Platform: Chair Shannon Matson; Vice Chair Corinna Nguyen

• Shann.Matson@gmail.com

• Corinna.nguyen@ilwulocal142.org  

Tues., April 9, 2024 – noon - Deadline to re-submit revised proposals to the Committee Chair.

Wed., April 10, 2024 – midnight – Deadline for Committee Chairs to submit Report to County Chair and Secretary.

Thurs., April 11, 2024 – midnight – Deadline for County Secretary to share out Reports with all Convention Delegates and Alternates for consideration at the Saturday, April 13, 2024 Pre-Convention. 

Saturday, April 13, 2024 – HI County Pre-Convention – Waimea Elementary School Cafeteria.  (Best to park on campus adjacent to the cafeteria, not by library.) 

Doors open 8:15AM.  Meeting begins at 9:30AM.  All HCC members may attend but only registered Convention Delegates may vote.  bring water/flask, lunch, printed documents as needed and/or device. (wifi not guaranteed.) Potluck donations welcome for breakfast/snacks.

Saturday, April 27, 2024 – HI County Convention – Kealakehe Intermediate School Cafeteria.  Doors open at 8:15AM.  Meeting begins at 9:30AM.  $50 Registration before midnight Tuesday, April 16. Additional $25 for late registration until midnight, Monday, April 22.  This is deadline for Registration;  No walk-in registration.  Covers morning beverages, light breakfast and lunch.  Bring water/flask and printed documents as needed/or device.  Wifi not guaranteed.

Rules Re: Registration-Participation Dates and Procedures including Proposal Submissions to Resolutions and Platform Committees

Click here to review Rules.

Please Join Us! 2024 Is A Very Important Election Year!

Will elect District Council officers and directors and County and State Convention DelegateS. CONCURRENTLY, we will HOLD THE PARTY-RUN PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY!

EVERY District Council around the entire state will meet at the same time in their own district for THESE Elections,

The Democratic Party of Hawai‘i invites you to join us. iNDIVIDUALS MUST BE ENROLLED PARTY MEMBERS TO VOTE - BUT RESIDENTS MAY WALK IN, REGISTER TO VOTE ONLINE, ENROLL IN THE PARTY ONLINE AND VOTE!

District Locations:

01 Laupāhoehoe Community Public Charter School cafeteria                               

   35-2065 Old Mamalahoa Hwy,

     Laupāhoehoe, HI 96764

​02 ILWU Hilo Union Hall                              

     100 West Lanikaula Street, Hilo, HI 96820

​03 Kea‘au Community Center             

     16-186 Pili Mua St, Kea‘au, HI 96749

​04 Hawai‘i Academy of Arts and Science           

     15-1397 Homestead Road, Pahoa, HI 96778

​05 Keaau Community Center

     16-186 Pili Mua St, Kea‘au, HI 96749

​HD 5 Satellite - Ocean View Community Center 

     92-8924 Leilani Circle, Ocean View, HI 96737

​HD 5 Satellite -  Rodney Yano Memorial Hall

     82-6145 Mamalahoa Highway, 

     Captain Cook, HI 96704

​06 Kona Outdoor Circle Education Center 

     76-6280 Kuakini Highway,

     Kailua-Kona, HI 96740

​07 West Hawai‘i Civic Center Bldg G

     74-5044 And Keohokalole Highway

     Kailua-Kona, HI 96740

​08 Waimea Elementary School Cafeteria

     67-1225 Mamalahoa Highway

     Kamuela, HI 96743

All District 8 Members Invited.

For the agenda and details, email Vice Chair: MakaiFreitas.dph@gmail.com.

February 16, 2024 (Update on previously posted meeting notice:

Aloha Kakou,

Hawai’i County Democrats District 5 (Portions of Kea‘au and Kurtistown, Mountain View, Glenwood, Fern Forest, Volcano, Pāhala, Punalu‘u, Nā‘ālehu, Wai‘ōhinu, Hawaiian Ocean View and Ho‘okena) will meet virtually at 2PM, Sun., Feb. 18, 2024 to prepare for the very important in-person-only meeting from 6-8PM Wed., March 6, 2024 in 3 D5 locations to conduct the Hawai’i Democratic Party’s Primary Presidential Primary (PPP) and Biennial District Elections. 

All D5 party members are invited to the Feb. 18 virtual meeting and if interested, please email Gretchen12447@hotmail.com for the zoom link.  Must be a party member or enroll please, which can be done quickly online.  Must be registered to vote in Hawai’i County D5. (Email Gretchen if assistance needed w/ voter registration or party enrollment.)

Regarding the PPP: there are currently five candidates that have registered to run for US President in Hawai’i. 

After voting in the PPP on March 6, D5 members will conduct District Council and County and State Convention delegate elections. 

The Feb. 18 meeting is an “all hands on deck” call out since we will need the current District 5 Council Members  to declare their candidacy or make a determined effort to find a replacement candidate. We will also need the help of the current Council to run the PPP and Biennial Election of the District Council.

Also participating in the virtual meeting will be D5 member Diana Van de Car, a long time Party Activist, who will provide a brief overview of her get-out-the-vote efforts for the 2024 Presidential Election and current legislative advocacy for a Hawai’i Constitutional Amendment re: LGBTQIA+ rights. 

Questions?  Please call or email. 

Please share this with family, friends, neighbors, and your D5 network.  Individuals can register to vote and/or update voter registration, and/or enroll in the Democratic Party online and participate in both Sunday’s meeting and the March 6 PPP and Biennial Elections.  This is a very important election year – your voice is needed and welcome! 

MAHALO! 

Lester Michael Klungness, District 5 Chair

Hm 808-968-6789

iPh 808-895-3075

email klungnesm001@hawaii.rr.com

The State Party is holding briefings - the final two for Council officers and members (must pre-register) will be: :

Wednesday, February 21 @ 6PM - https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqcOGgrTkpE9YNhPHIxJTKJDVgDpbaQsa

THURSDAY, February 29 @ 6PM - https://us06web.zoom.us/.../tZIof-uurzIpEtQVRLlT5WTv9pOeA...

If you are unable to ATTEND one of these briefings, THE STATE PARTY HAS recorded the first briefing and you can find it here along with your House District location: https://www.hawaiidemocrats.org/2024biennialelection

All Dist. 8 Party Members invited though only elected Council members may vote. Agenda to focus on preparing for the 2024 Legislature and important Biennial District Elections and (very likely) the Party-Run Presidential Preference Primary on Wed., March 6, 2024, 6-8PM.

An agenda will be shared out prior to meeting.

Questions: Email Chair Malama_Solomon@yahoo.com.

District 8’s Biennial Elections and (very likely) the ppp will be held at Waimea Elementary School Cafeteria, 6-8 pm. Please join us!

ALOHA,

WE WILL BE HOLDING OUR HCC MEETING NEXT SUNDAY, January 28, 2024, FROM 2:00PM TO 4:00PM AT THE West Hawaii Civic Center Meeting Room (Building G) AT 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy IN Kona. THIS WILL BE OUR First REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING FOR 2024.

THIS WILL BE AN IN-PERSON MEETING, BUT THERE IS A ZOOM OPTION FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE UNABLE TO TRAVEL TO Kona.

AS YOU KNOW, ALL HAWAI’I COUNTY PARTY MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND HCC MEETINGS – THEY JUST CANNOT VOTE.  AS ALWAYS,  IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN THE PARTY, PLEASE INVITE THEM BUT PLEASE, IF POSSIBLE, LET ME and PATTI COOK KNOW TO BETTER MANAGE THE MEETING. 

Meeting Information and Documents Can be Found Here.

PLEASE EMAIL ME (GRETCHENHK@HAWAII.RR.COM) FOR ATTACHMENTS AND ZOOM INFORMATION IF NEEDED.

AS ALWAYS, ATTENDANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WE PREPARE FOR ALL THE EVENTS OF 2024, INCLUDING BIENNIAL DISTRICT MEETINGS, COUNTY AND STATE CONVENTIONS, AND THE PARTY-RUN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. This Sunday we will be voting for an Interim County Party Chair and Reviewing aN updated version of our County Bylaws. PLEASE LET Me and PATTI COOK KNOW IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING AND LET US KNOW WHO YOU ARE NAMING AS YOUR PROXY, SO THAT WE CAN BE SURE TO HAVE A QUORUM. KEEP IN MIND THAT the CHAIR CANNOT BE NAMED AS A PROXY. 

PLEASE RSVP BY EMAIL BY FRIDAY, 1/26/24 IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND SO WE KNOW HOW MANY TO SET UP FOR. WE ASK THAT YOU BRING A PRINTED COPY OF THE AGENDA and related documents (especially ramseyer version of proposed revised bylaws), AND  DRINKING WATER FOR YOURSELF. AS ALWAYS, SNACKS TO SHARE ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. 

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL, IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY, NEXT SUNDAY, 1/28/24 AT 2PM AT THE West Hawaii Civic Center Meeting Room (Building G).

GRETCHEN H. KLUNGNESS

HCC SECRETARY

Chaired by Pono Kekela. All county party members are welcome to assist with planning both the Pre-Convention meeting on Sat., April 13, 2024 at Waimea Elementary School Cafeteria, and the County Convention on Sat, April 27, 2024 at Kealakehe Intermediate School Cafeteria.

Info: michael.k.kekela@gmail.com

A fun fundraiser with friends - set to the music of “bODY & SOUL”

A fundraiser for the Hawai’i County Committee - presented by Districts 3-4-5.

here’s a sampling of the tempting silent auction items!

For Questions or to arrange Silent Auction Donations: viviansuet@hotmail.com

Happy New Year!   Gary Saito asked that we share out this meeting invitation.  All HI County party members are invited to participate - feel free to share with others you think may be interested.  

If interested in participating, party members should email Gary at: leoleo1.gs@gmail.com.

Chaired by Pono Kekela. All county party members are welcome to assist with planning both the Pre-Convention meeting on Sat., April 13, 2024 at Waimea Elementary School Cafeteria, and the County Convention on Sat, April 27, 2024 at Kealakehe Intermediate School Cafeteria.

Info: michael.k.kekela@gmail.com

All Dist. 8 Party Members invited though only elected Council members may vote. Agenda to focus on preparing for the 2024 Legislature and busy election year ahead.

An agenda will be shared out prior to meeting.

Questions: Email Chair Malama_Solomon@yahoo.com.

All HCC Party Members welcome. For zoom link, email BarbaraDalton27@icloud.com

Must pre-register to participate:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEucemurzsqGdO_--U071ybHN7dHX8zrzmg