DPO Caucuses

Womxn's Caucus

The mission of the Womxn’s Caucus of the Democratic Party of Oregon is to build and sustain inclusive relationships and networks with Democratic womxn in support of their participation in the political process, creation of a womxn’s political power base, development of public policy affecting womxn, and the election of qualified womxn candidates. The Womxn’s Caucus will endeavor to educate and train womxn in all areas of political participation, from the importance of voting to running for office. We will promote full and equal participation of womxn in government and strongly encourage womxn to seek public office.

A note regarding our recent name change:

At the August 9th, 2020 meeting of the Caucus, the members voted unanimously to change every instance of ‘women’ to ‘womxn’ in our bylaws, with the following reasoning: The etymology of the word ‘woman’ derives from the Old English for ‘wifmon’ or ‘wife of man.’ Using an x to effectively remove the word ‘man’ or ‘men’ from the word is meant to broaden the scope of womanhood to be inclusive of queer, trans and non-binary women, while also pushing back against ingrained societal concepts of women being defined as they exist in relation to men (e.g., as wives, as mothers, etc.). We believe that bigotry in any form is fundamentally incompatible with our goal of gender equality, and that women’s autonomy is non-negotiable. We believe that each of us has a right to exist in the fullness of our humanity and individuality. Our name change is meant to more fully reflect these beliefs.

Womxn’s Caucus Officers

Chair: Lisa Cejka
Treasurer: Kimberly Culbertson
SCC Delegate: Kimberly Culbertson
SCC Alternate: Senator Rachel Armitage

Submitting Nominations

Please use this form to submit nominations for Chair and/or Secretary of either yourself or other members of the DPO Womxn’s Caucus.  (Link form

 

Open Positions include:

  •  Womxn’s Caucus Chair
  •  Womxn’s Caucus Secretary

 Description of caucus officers, length of term, eligibility and description of open caucus positions.

ARTICLE VII: OFFICERS

 Section 1

The officers of the Womxn’s Caucus shall be the Chair, Vice- Chair,

Secretary, and Treasurer.

 Section 2

The term of office for the officers shall be two (2) years. There are

no term limits.

 Section 3

All members of the Womxn’s Caucus qualify for nomination and

election to office in the Womxn’s Caucus. Names of proposed

officers will be placed in nomination from the floor during the

organizational meeting.

 ARTICLE VIII: OFFICERS’ DUTIES

 Section 1

The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Womxn’s Caucus and

the Executive Committee, shall be responsible for preparing the

agenda for all regular meetings, shall represent the Womxn’s

Caucus on the Oregon State Central Committee Executive

Committee, shall appoint Ad Hoc committees as necessary and

shall perform other duties that are pertinent to the office.

Section 3

The Secretary shall maintain the membership and mailing lists,

keep the minutes of all meetings of the Womxn’s Caucus, send

out notices of all meetings, and perform other duties that are

pertinent to the office. The Secretary shall be the custodian of all

documents associated with the office of Secretary of the Womxn’s

Caucus. The Secretary, at the expiration of his/her term, shall

surrender all records and property of the Womxn’s Caucus in

 

 Bylaws: 

 ARTICLE III: QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP  

Any Democrat registered to vote in the State of Oregon who by  signing the Womxn’s Caucus membership list subscribes to the  purposes of the Womxn’s Caucus as described in Article II and  complies with the provisions of these bylaws shall be a member of  the Womxn’s Caucus.  

 

 ARTICLE VII: OFFICERS  

 Section 1  

The officers of the Womxn’s Caucus shall be the Chair, Vice- Chair,  Secretary, and Treasurer.  

 Section 2 

The term of office for the officers shall be two (2) years. There are  no term limits.  

 Section 3  

All members of the Womxn’s Caucus qualify for nomination and  election to office in the Womxn’s Caucus. Names of proposed  officers will be placed in nomination from the floor during the  organizational meeting.  

 

ARTICLE VIII: OFFICERS’ DUTIES

 Section 1

The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Womxn’s Caucus and

the Executive Committee, shall be responsible for preparing the

agenda for all regular meetings, shall represent the Womxn’s

Caucus on the Oregon State Central Committee Executive

Committee, shall appoint Ad Hoc committees as necessary and

shall perform other duties that are pertinent to the office.

 

Section 2

The Vice Chair shall assume the duties of the Chair during any

absence, incapacity, or temporary disability of the Chair and

perform such duties as may be assigned by the Chair.

 

Read our bylaws.

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