[Mpls] RE: Caucii (love that word, wizard) and conventions

[Jane Strauss]

I actually got to caucus this eve, having at the last minute found child 
care to find:

1.  Our ward convention is on a SERIOUS Jewish festival (kind of like 
scheduling it for easter sunday morning) which is also the sabbath....of 
course nobody considered whether this mught serve to exclude folks.   It is 
on Day 7 of Passover, which date is not exactly a secret, and could have 
been checked if folks really chose to abide by the DFL's claimed inclusivity 
standards.

2.  Turnout was dismal.  Our precinct had 42 delegate slots, and only around 
30 folks showed up.

3.  When I asked about child care at conventions there was of course none 
arranged.  See preivous note on inclusivity....how can traditionally 
underrepresented low income single parents participate without somewhere to 
have their kids be cared for?  I find it morally inconsistent for a party 
that lobbies for increased child care etc as policy to not consider it in 
its own events.

4.  I was the only participant who had even brought a resolution to propose 
(about continuation of NRP, of long discussion in this forum), so at least 
we all got home pretty early.

Jane Strauss
Longfellow