2009 College Dems of NY Convention to be held at St. Johns in NYC

cross posted on College Dems of NY blog: http://www.collegedemsny.com/blog

After 2 exhausting hours of debate and discussion, the College Democrats of NY (CDNY) executive board voted by a majority vote for the St. Johns College Democrats to host the 2009 CDNY annual convention.

4 Schools had submitted application bids to host the convention included: Binghamton, Albany, and Stony brook, in addition to St. Johns.

With a state federation of 45 chapters, these 4 application bids were from 4 of the strongest chapters in the state, making debate longer and harder as the pros and cons of each school were discussed.

In the end St. Johns won the majority of votes to host the 2009 convention. The decision was largely based on the desire to host the convention downstate in NYC this upcoming year since last year it was held upstate at Cornell University. St. Johns has also consistently been one of the strongest chapters in the College Democrats of NY state federation and this past election season worked extremely hard at mobilizing students to help on state senate campaigns and travel to battleground states for Obama.

The convention is customarily held starting Friday evening through Sunday afternoon. The convention will be held sometime in March or April.

This coming year, an estimated 150-200 students are expected in attendance in the largest convention gathering for CDNY ever. Featured speakers, panels, and discussions will be taking place on the St. Johns campus in Manhattan.

This year we are aiming to have featured speakers like Governor Patterson and Senator Schumer as well as several state senators and Congressmen. Last year Congressman Dan Maffei and Eric Massa spoke at the convention as well as state senate candidate Don Barber.

More details about events and speakers will be coming soon.