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APPLICATION FOR ENDORSEMENT BY THEFAIRFAX COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE

For

At Large School Board Members – General Election – November 2011

Any individual who is running for this non-partisan elected office (Fairfax County School Board) may request endorsement of

his or her candidacy by the Fairfax County Democratic Committee (FCDC). Any candidate seeking the endorsement of FCDC

must complete this Application and the attached Questionnaire and submit both along with a non-refundable $300 Filing Feeto the FCDC office by 5:00 PM on April 1, 2011. The office address is 2815 Hartland Road, Falls Church VA 22043.

The candidate understands that he or she will be interviewed in person by FCDC and may be requested to provide additional

information. The candidate further understands and agrees that completion and submission of the application and

questionnaire does not guarantee that any endorsement shall be provided and that endorsement is granted at the sole discretion

of FCDC.

The candidate who receives the endorsement of FCDC is eligible to receive the following benefits:

Authorization to include “Endorsed by the Fairfax County Democratic Committee” on campaign materials.

Promotion of campaign events through use of the FCDC Calendar.

Link to the campaign website published on the FCDC website.

Space for phone banking (as available).

Use of FCDC Auto dialer (as available).

Eligibility to receive campaign contributions from FCDC.

Inclusion on the Democratic Sample Ballot on Election Day.

Authorization to establish a VAN Account.

One of the primary functions of the Fairfax County Democratic Committee and the Magisterial District Committees is the

support and election of Democratic candidates to all levels of public office. Therefore, any candidate who does not receive the

endorsement of FCDC WILL NOT be eligible for the above benefits. No FCDC or Magisterial District resources will be used

in the support or promotion of any unendorsed candidate.

NAME: ___________________________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS: ___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

PHONE: _________________________ EMAIL: _______________________________________________

OCCUPATION: _____________________________________EMPLOYER:______________________________________

OFFICE SOUGHT: At Large School Board Member – General Election – November 2011

I certify that I am a Democrat and pledge to support any Democratic nominee or candidate endorsed by the Fairfax County

Democratic Committee in the 2011 General Election. I understand that any action contrary to this pledge may result in a repeal

of the Democratic endorsement.

I hereby request the endorsement of my candidacy by the Fairfax County Democratic Committee. I fully understand that

submission of this application and questionnaire does not constitute endorsement or promise of endorsement by FCDC. Icertify that I have answered the questions truthfully to the best of my knowledge and authorize FCDC or their agents to verify

the information herein contained.

CANDIDATE: FCDC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT:

______________________________ ______________________________Signature Date Signature Date



QUESTIONNAIRE TO BE COMPLETED BY CANDIDATES SEEKING

ENDORSEMENT OF FAIRFAX COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEEFOR

AT LARGE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER

GENERAL ELECTION – November 2011

1. What do you see as the 3 most important issues facing FCPS in the next four years?

2. Briefly highlight your career and volunteer experiences – not necessarily limited toeducation. You may submit a resume.

3. What in your opinion are the most important factors in raising the achievement of underachieving students?

4. The 2011 Budget for Fairfax County Public Schools is larger than the general fund of 5states. How would you go about setting budge priorities?

5. What is your view of the purpose of Public Education?

6. What are your ideas on recruiting, retaining and supporting good teachers in Fairfax

County?

7. What are your key objectives to accomplish if elected?

8. How do you plan on staying connected with students, parents, teachers and the community

at large?

9. Do you currently or have you in the past had children attending Fairfax County PublicSchools?

10. In your opinion, what steps should the School Board take to assure that FCPS graduates are

best prepared to enter the 21st

century workplace?

11. If you are not selected for the FCDC endorsement, will you commit to refrain from filing as

a candidate and to publicly support the FCDC endorsed candidates?

Please return answers to Questionnaire in legible format, along with Application for

Endorsement and non-refundable Filing Fee by April 1, 2011 to:

FCDC - 2815 Hartland Road, Suite 110 - Falls Church VA 22043



RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE SELECTION PROCESSFOR CANDIDATES SEEKING ENDORSMENT BY FCDC

IN THE 2011 ELECTION FORAT LARGE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS

I. APPLICATION AND QUESTIONNAIRE:

A. Candidates seeking the endorsement must complete and return the prescribed

Application for Endorsement, Questionnaire and $300 (non-refundable) Filing Fee

to the FCDC Headquarters office by 5:00 PM on APRIL 1, 2011.

B. No request for endorsement will be considered without completion of these two forms

and payment of fee, except in cases where an individual, being subject to the HATCH

Act, cannot formally request the endorsement. In such cases a group of 5 Members of FCDC (representing 5 different Supervisor Districts) may submit to FCDC by April 1,

2011, the name of a candidate to be considered for endorsement by FCDC.

C.

FCDC will distribute the information contained in the “Application” and Questionnaire”to its membership through whatever means deemed necessary to fully inform the voting

membership about the candidates.

D. FCDC members may attempt collectively or individually to speak with candidates and

may seek to obtain additional information that would be pertinent in determiningeligibility for endorsement by FCDC

II. SELECTION PROCESS:

A. FCDC will interview and vote to endorse at the General Meeting on MAY 24, 2011 at

Falls Church High School. The meeting will begin at 7:30 PM. Falls Church HighSchool is located at

7521 Jaguar Trail, Falls Church VA 22042

B. Upon arrival members will check in and eligibility to vote will be confirmed. Membersmust be present at the time of balloting in order to vote. ONLY FCDC MEMBERS IN

GOOD STANDING WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VOTING.

(This means those members sworn in at or prior to the March 2011 FCDC GeneralMeeting.)

C. The Order of the process will be as follows:

Introduction of each candidate.

Each candidate will address the membership for a period of 2 to 5 minutes. (The

length of time will be determined by the chair and filed candidates will be notified inadvance.)

Questions from FCDC members only will be submitted in writing. They will beplaced in a box, drawn at random, and asked of each candidate. Depending on the

number of candidates participating, the chair will determine the time allowance foreach answer.

Ballots will be distributed to FCDC members in attendance and voting will take placeby secret ballot.



III. RULES FOR BALLOTTING AND VOTING:

A. Ballots will be preprinted in advance with names of all applicants received by April 1,

2011 and those submitted directly to the Task Force who are not in a position to formallyseek the endorsement.

B.

The Chair will appoint a Chief Teller and an Assistant Teller from each DistrictCommittee. The Chief Teller will direct the tallying process. Each candidate may have

one person observe the count.

C. Members will be asked to sit with their District Committees. Magisterial District

chairpersons or their designee will assist in verification of eligible voters when time to

distribute ballots. The Chairs will return the completed ballots to the Tellers.

D. A candidate must receive a vote on a majority of the ballots cast in order to win an

endorsement. For example, if 400 ballots are cast, a candidate must receive votes on 201

ballots in order to receive an endorsement.

E. Members may vote for no more than three candidates. By voting for fewer than three

candidates, a member indicates that he or she does not wish to endorse three candidates.A member may cast a blank ballot as an indication that he or she does not wish to endorse

any candidate. A blank ballot cast by a member will be considered in calculating the

total number of ballots cast.

F. If more than three candidates receive votes on a majority of ballots, the top three vote-

getters receive the endorsement.

G. If fewer than three candidates receive votes on a majority of ballots, those candidates

have received an endorsement. To determine whether a second ballot is necessary,FCDC will consider the total number of votes cast for those who did not receive

endorsement and the number of blank votes cast. If the number of votes cast for

candidates who did not receive an endorsement exceeds the number of blank votes cast, asecond ballot will be used for the remaining endorsement positions.

H. If a second ballot is used, those candidates who received votes on at least 34% of theballots cast in the first balloting will be considered on the second ballot.

.

H. On the second ballot, members may vote for no more candidates than the number of openpositions remaining. By voting for fewer candidates, a member indicates that he or she

does not wish to endorse the full number of candidates. A member may cast a blank

ballot as an indication that he or she does not wish to endorse any candidate. A blank

ballot cast by a member will be considered in calculating the total number of ballots cast.

I. If, on the second ballot, more candidates receive votes on a majority of ballots than there

are remaining open endorsement positions, the top vote-getter(s) receive theendorsement.



J. If fewer candidates receive votes on a majority of ballots than there are remaining open

endorsement positions, those candidates have received an endorsement. FCDC will not

endorse candidates for the remaining position(s).



RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE SELECTION PROCESSFOR CANDIDATES SEEKING ENDORSMENT BY FCDC

IN THE 2011 ELECTION FORDISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS

I. APPLICATION AND QUESTIONNAIRE:

A. Candidates seeking the endorsement must complete and return the prescribed 2011Application for Endorsement, Questionnaire and $200 (non-refundable) Filing Fee to the

FCDC District Chair or designee in the applicable district by 5:00 PM on APRIL 28, 2011.

B. No request for endorsement will be considered without completion of these two forms and

payment of fee, except in cases where an individual, being subject to the HATCH ACT,cannot formally request the endorsement. In such cases a group of 5 Members of the said

District Democratic Committee may submit to the District Chair by April 28, 2011, the name

of a candidate to be considered for endorsement by FCDC.

C. The District Committee will distribute the information contained in the “Application” and

Questionnaire” to its membership through whatever means deemed necessary to fully informthe voting membership about the candidates.

D. FCDC members may attempt collectively or individually to speak with candidates and may

seek to obtain additional information that would be pertinent in determining eligibility forendorsement by FCDC

II. SELECTION PROCESS:

A. Each District Committee will meet to vote to recommend not more than one candidate in theirDistrict for the FCDC Endorsement, all though no recommendation is require. This meeting

can be the regular May District meeting or a special meeting advertised for this purpose.

B. The District Selection Process must be completed by May 20 and the name submitted to theFCDC office.

C. The District Democratic Chair or a designee will present their committee’s recommendationto the full FCDC membership for approval at the May 24 th General Meeting. The final

approval is by the full FCDC Membership and the candidate must receive a majority approval

of that membership.

D. Members must be present at the time of balloting in order to vote at both the District and

County meeting. ONLY FCDC MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING WILL BE ALLOWEDTO PARTICIPATE IN THE VOTING. (This means those members swore in at or prior to theMarch 2011 FCDC General Meeting.)

III. RULES FOR BALLOTTING AND VOTING:

A. Each District Committee will determine its own rules for balloting and or voting.

NOTE: Rules and Procedures will be available on the FCDC Website.



Duties and Responsibilities of the Education Committee

The duties and responsibilities of the Education Committee shall

a) Advance the principles of the Democratic Party and electoral prospect of

Democratic and Democratic-endorsed candidates,

b)

Seek to identify issues concerning education, to study and understand such issues,and to develop reports, recommendations, and/or resolutions on such issues for

submission to the County Committee in accordance with the Bylaws,

c) Develop and maintain communication regarding educational issues with

Democratic and Democratic endorsed elected officials, and

d) Encourage Democratic and Democratic endorsed elected officials to bring issues

to the attention of the committee in order to obtain a broader base of information

from citizens and support for specific issues.

The duties and responsibilities of the Education Committee do not include making

endorsement decisions for School Board. These decisions are reserved for the County

Committee.



FCDC Meeting Minutes – November 23, 2010

The meeting was called to order by the Chair at 7:30 PM.

The Agenda was accepted with no objections.

The Chair recognized Supervisor Penny Gross, Electoral Board Chair Maggi Luca, and Delegate

Eileen Filler‐Corn.

After notice of corrections to the minutes of the September 28, 2010 general meeting, those

minutes were approved.

The Chair congratulated Congressmen Jim Moran and Gerry Connolly on their re‐elections and

praised Jeff Barnett for running a campaign we can all be proud of. He also thanked everyone

who participated in any of the campaigns and noted that in Fairfax County, we Democrats have

won

5

out

of

the

6

races

in

this

calendar

year

–

2010.

Chair’s Report: Rex announced the FCDC Holiday party scheduled for Dec. 19 and the Road to

Richmond Breakfast on the calendar for Jan. 2, 2011. He also announced his appointment of a

Task Force charged with developing a process for the Endorsement of School Board candidates.

Persons appointed are Barbara Caputo, Ruth Miller, Dana Cimino, Jane Myhre and Herb Smith.

This group will report back to the Steering Committee with recommendations.

Treasurer’s Report: The Treasurer’s Report was distributed and Rex pointed out that the

current cash‐on‐hand is $120,861.82. Funds in reserve for the District Committees total

$64,900.20 and

funds

available

for

FCDC

operations

total

$54,107.50.

By‐Laws: Ron Seward, chair of the By‐Laws committee, moved to approve with a 2nd

and final

vote the By‐Law changes which had been proposed and distributed by his committee for

approval. Hearing no discussion the chaired call for a vote and the motion to accept the

proposed By‐Laws was approved by voice vote without objection.

Finance Committee: Barbara Caputo encouraged all members to attend the Holiday Party, an

affordable event at the home of Edward and Nancy Rice on Dec. 19. Bruce gave details of the

Road to Richmond plans. He and Ted Velkoff are chairing the event. It will be Jan. 2 at

Springfield Golf

and

County

Club.

The

ticket

price

is

$40

or

$50

to

also

be

recognized

in

the

program. Rachel Rifkin is coordinating the ads for the program. Dec. 15th

is the deadline for

submitting ads.

Delegate Eileen Filler‐Corn welcomed everyone to her 41st Legislative District (where the

meeting was being held). She pointed out that she serves on the Transportation, and Police



and Public Safety Committees in Richmond and encouraged anyone to contact her about

legislation.

Precinct Operations: Sue Langley, chair of Precinct Operations asked that her heartfelt thanks

be relayed to all Precinct Captains for their excellent work during the campaigns and on

Election Day.

Outreach Committee: Herb Smith announced that FCDC is sponsoring a table at the Urban

League Event on Dec 17th. This is part of the effort to reach out to various communities and

show our support and encourage their involvement with us.

Protect the Vote: Kristin Cabral and Stephen Spitz thanked those volunteers who worked as

inside pool watchers. They felt it essential that at least targeted precincts be covered. They

also thanked those who had filed incident reports. Some of the issues they are concerned with

are as follows:

o Provision ballots not being offered when they should have been.

o Missing Registrations – presumably from Department of Motor Vehicle voter

registrations.

o Election Officers not well trained.

o Broken machines.

o Google number not forwarding at FCDC. o Fax machine not connected at FCDC

They encouraged people to consider signing up for next year’s Election Protection Team.

Maggi Luca, chair of the Fairfax County Election Board, pointed out that there were no machine

failures. All votes on all machines were recorded. She also pointed out that 70% of Fairfax

County voters, when offered the choice, prefer the Electronic Machines.

Kristin then noted concern for the seemingly lack of scanners – barely 1 per precinct. Maggi

explained that fewer scanners than Electronic Machines will always be needed, even if the

county were to use only scanners.

Election Officers: Marc Greldinger said he heard rumors that FCDC could appoint people to

serve as Election Officers. Maggie pointed out the need for people to serve and noted that it

was a service to the Democratic Party to do so. John Farrell made the point that you can go

through the training but can opt out on a given day if you are needed to serve elsewhere.



District Reports:

Braddock: Jan Hedetniemi thanked Antonia and the office volunteers for all their support

during the election. She announced the Braddock Thank You party will be held at Brian’s Grill

on Dec 2nd. They are planning to hold a Precinct Captains Forum in the near future.

Sully: Dana Cimino nominated 3 new members from Sully: Elizabeth Link, Penny Douskalis and

Roy Bucholtz.

Springfield: Ruth Miller announced their holiday party which will be held at the home of Kevin Cook and

she nominated 1 new member – Henry Hank Thomassen.

All nominated members were approved by voice vote without objection.

Mike Burk Kirby was recognized and he announced that he would be seeking to propose a resolution for

a nominating

committee

for

FCDC

officers

at

the

next

County

Committee

meeting.

Local Redistricting: Penny Gross, Mason District Supervisor, offered some information on the process

and timeline the County will employ for its Redistricting process:

o At a December Board meeting the Supervisors will appoint members to an Advisory Committee

for Reapportionment.

o Census data should all be available by mid February.

o The County’s proposal must be completed and forwarded to the Justice Department by April

26th.

o Word should

be

received

back

from

Justice

sometime

in

June.

o Primaries will be held in late August or early September.

o We will retain 9 Supervisor Districts.

o Each District will probably end up with approximately 117,000 people.

o The Reapportionment committee will be a cross section of minorities, Democrats, Republicans,

etc.

o We will need to be “nimble” as there will be little time between primaries and the general

election.

Supporting the Troops in Afghanistan: Bruce encouraged contributions to support our adopted unit in

Afghanistan and

announced

that

5 shipments

have

already

been

mailed.

Congressional Update From the 11th: George Burke gave a brief report on the state of Gerry Connolly’s

health and assured us that he will be in Congress for the Lame Duck Session. He also thanked everyone

and gave everyone credit for the victory. Every effort was needed to achieve the slim victory.

The meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Barbara Caputo



Duties and Responsibilities of the FCDC Personnel Committee

Article VII, section 5 of the FCDC bylaws provides for the establishment of a Personnel

Committee. According to the bylaws, the Personnel Committee shall be appointed by theCounty Chair, and the County Chair, the Treasurer, at least one Regional Vice Chair, and

at least one District Committee Chair, shall be members.

The duties and responsibilities of the Personnel Committee shall include:

Determining the need for FCDC personnel and proposing positions to the SteeringCommittee.

Writing and approving position descriptions.

Recruiting, hiring, evaluating, rewarding, disciplining, and terminating personnel.

Signing employment contracts and setting salaries, bonus parameters, and terms

of employment on behalf of FCDC.

Providing advice and guidance to the FCDC Executive Director and any other

FCDC personnel, including performance feedback as appropriate. Establishing personnel performance goals.

Managing employee benefits.

Developing FCDC personnel policies.

Consulting with other FCDC members and the Executive Director aboutpersonnel matters as needed.

Keeping the Steering Committee appropriately informed of personnel matters.

The Personnel Committee shall bring its hiring and termination decisions to the SteeringCommittee for ratification and obtain Steering Committee approval for personnel

policies.

Personnel Committee meetings may be held in closed session provided that records are

maintained on proceedings and the nature of the meetings are reported to the Steering

Committee as appropriate.

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