In accordance with the regulations of the Louisiana Democratic Party www.lademo.org the first organizational meeting of Parish Executive Committees must be held in the parish courthouse at least 28 days before the organizational meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee, which is  currently scheduled for June 2, 2012.

Thus, OPDEC's organizational meeting must be held on or before May 5, 2012, and written notice of the meeting shall be sent to all members 14 days in advance of the date for which the meeting is called.  It is unlikely that the organizational meeting will be held on the first Thursday of April due to the Easter weekend. 

The election of officers occurs during the first organizational meeting, at the beginning of which a temporary Chairperson is elected to conduct the election of the Chair. The election of Chair is followed by the election of the 1st Vice Chair, which is conducted by the newly-elected Chair.  The 1st Vice Chair must be of the opposite sex of the Chair.  Other offices elected by a majority of those attending and voting are 2nd Vice Chair, 3rd Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Parliamentarian, and Sergeant at Arms.  The Chaplain is an appointed position and the District Chairs are selected in District caucuses.

The results of the March 24th party leadership elections will be certified and commissions will be sent to the members from the Secretary of State.  A formal Investiture will be held, organized by the new Executive Board.

The election of Delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Committee Convention is an entirely different process, and not connected to the organizational meeting of the Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee.  Qualifying forms for the Delegate Selection are due in Baton Rouge before April 12th and the election is held on Saturday May 5th in various locations.                                                     For more information on the Delegate Selection please go to www.lademo.org

Thank you to OPDEC’s 2008-2012 members and leadership:

                        Chairman                  James A. Gray II

                        1^st Vice-Chair            Deborah J. Langhoff

                        2^nd Vice-Chair           Michon Copelin

                        3^rd Vice-Chair            Julius Feltus

                        Secretary                  Lisa Gagliano Dawson            

                        Parliamentarian         Morris Reed

                        Treasurer              Morris Reed Jr

                        Chaplain         Rev. Skip Alexander, appointed by Chair James Gray

In 5 District caucuses, District-level Chairs were:

                        District A        Kimberly Marshall

                        District B        Jay Banks

                        District C        Troy Carter

                        District D        Christian Rhodes

                        District E        Brian Egana

OPDEC Committees

subject to ratification by OPDEC  as of May 15, 2008

Rules and By-Laws Committee – Chair, Dana Henry

Kimberly Marshall, Michael McKenna, Jason Hughes, Maurice Ruffin

 Finance Committee – Chair, Ed McGinnis

Jason Hughes, Arthur Morrell, Jack Sullivan

Political Action Committee – Chair, Lisa Gagliano Dawson

Jason Hughes, Jay Banks, Felicia Kahn

 Special Activities Committee – Chair, Deborah Langhoff

Yolanda Evans, Felicia Kahn, Megan Langhoff

 Resolutions Committee -  Chair, Maurice Ruffin

Carl Haydel, Jason Hughes

 Ad Hoc Committee – Senior Voters – Chair, Julius Feltus

Charmaine Baker-Fox