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The Isle of Wight Democratic Committee will hold an assembled caucus to select delegates to the 2008 State Convention. The Isle of Wight caucus will select 9 delegates to the State Convention. They are as follows:

3 Clinton delegates
6 Obama delegates
1 Clinton alternate
3 Obama alternates

Call to Caucus:

Whereas, it is the duty of the Isle of Wight Democratic Committee to issue the Call to Caucus for the purpose of electing 9 delegates and 3 alternates to the 4th Congressional District Democratic Convention and the Virginia Democratic State Convention.
Now therefore be it resolved that the Isle of Wight Democratic Committee hereby issues the Call to Caucus to convene an assembled caucus at 12:00 noon, Saturday, April 19, 2008 at the Carrollton Library 14362 New Towne Haven Lane, Carrollton, VA 23314 phone (757) 238-2641 for the sole purpose of electing 15 delegates and 7 alternates to the 12th Congressional District Convention and the Virginia Democratic State Convention, and the following provisions shall govern the convention, to wit:
1. Prefiling: Those wishing their names to be placed on the ballot at the Caucus shall prefile their candidacy by 5:00 p.m. April 12, 2000, with the Isle of Wight Democratic Committee Chair or his/her designee.
2. Voluntary Administrative Fee: There shall be a voluntary administrative fee of twenty-five dollars ($10.00) for each person filing for delegate, payable to the Isle of Wight Democratic Committee. Payment of this fee is completely voluntary. No statement is required in order to waive payment.
3. Conduct the Caucus: The doors to the Caucus will be opened at 12:00 noon. Check-in will occur between 12:00 noon and 12:30pm. The doors to the caucus will be closed at 12:30pm and no further persons will be permitted to enter. Those in line at 12:30pm will be permitted to complete the check-in process and will be permitted to participate.
The Chair of the Isle of Wight Committee, shall be the Temporary Chair of the Caucus and shall appoint a Temporary Secretary and such other Temporary Officers of the Caucus as is deemed appropriate. Until the adoption of the Rules, the order of the Caucus shall be determined by the Chair of the Caucus, subject to the approval of the Caucus participants, Robert’s Rules of Order, and the Virginia Democratic Party Plan.
4. Affirmative Action: It shall be the duty of each local precinct Democratic chair and the members of each local Democratic Committee to take all feasible steps to encourage broad participation in the delegate selection process. Discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, religion, ethnic identity or economic status in the delegate selection process is prohibited. The Isle of Wight Democratic Committee shall make every effort to ensure that the delegation is half-male and half-female.
5. Call Distribution: It shall be the duty of the Isle of Wight Democratic Committee Chair to distribute a copy of the Call to Caucus.