Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Gay Democrats Review Impact of GLBT Vote on 2006 Election

Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus Winter Conference Features Gay Winners (Broward County Commissioner Ken Keechl) and Gay-Friendly Winners (Rep.-elect Ron Klein)

Fort Lauderdale – The Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus will hold its winter conference this Saturday, December 2 at the Democratic Vote Center in Fort Lauderdale, after a successful midterm election that featured gay and gay-friendly candidates winning upsets over entrenched Republican incumbents. Entitled Lessons Learned in 2006 – Now On to 2008!, the Caucus’ winter conference will be held in conjunction with the winter board meeting of the National Stonewall Democrats, the GLBT arm of the Democratic National Committee.

The preliminary schedule follows; an update will be released later this week.

Friday, December 1

WHAT: Fundraising cocktail reception benefiting the Florida GLBT Democratic

Caucus and the National Stonewall Democrats

WHEN: Friday, December 1

6:00pm to 7:00pm: VIP reception

7:00pm to 9:00pm: General reception

WHO: VIP reception will feature Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) and Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL)

WHERE: Galleria One DoubleTree Hotel

2670 E. Sunrise Blvd.

Fort Lauderdale

Saturday, December 2

WHAT: Winter conference of the Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus

WHEN: Saturday, December 2

Public program begins with lunch (see below)

WHERE: Democratic Vote Center

1700 N. Andrews Ave.

Fort Lauderdale

WHO: Schedule as follows:

+ 8:00am to 9:00am: Breakfast and registration
+ 9:00am to Noon: Board meetings of the Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus and the National Stonewall Democrats
+ 12:30pm: Lunch featuring Rep.-elect Ron Klein (sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign)
+ 1:30pm: Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne; introduced by Adriane Reesey, openly-gay Community Involvement Specialist at the Department of Law Enforcement
+ 2:00pm: State Rep.-elect Evan Jenne (District 100)
+ 2:15pm: Former Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Dean Trantalis
+ 2:30pm: Broward County Commissioner Ken Keechl
+ 3:15pm: Jo Wyrick, Executive Director, National Stonewall Democrats

INFO: The Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus represents the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities for the Florida Democratic Party. With 15 chapters across the state, the Caucus played a major role in electing Democrats this cycle.