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Democrats Abroad Japan �2025 Annual General Meeting�April 19, 2025

April 9, 2022

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2025 DAJ Annual General Meeting Agenda�

2:00 Meeting starts (confirmation of quorum)

Confirm recording of meeting, Robert Rules, Approve Agenda,

Approve Last Year’s AGM Minutes�

2:10 What is Democrats Abroad & Democrats Abroad Japan?�

2:15 Reports from Leadership�

3:15 Break time�

3:25 DAJ Bylaws Committee�

4:05 DAJ 2025 National Nominations and Election Committee (NEC):

Election Information & Meet the Candidates�

4:45 Q&A�

4:55 Upcoming Events & Ways to Get Involved�

5:00 Adjournment, Group photo�

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Welcome!

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Roberts Rules

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How to Ask Questions

Please try not to interrupt the speaker

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Write **hand up in the chat

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If you are attending the AGM in person, raise your hand

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We will address Q’s after each leadership report (time permitting) and during Q&A section

To enforce rule Say→“Point of Order”

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To request information

Say→“Point of Information”

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Parliamentary law question

Say→“Parliamentary Inquiry

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Agenda review

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2025 DAJ Annual General Meeting Agenda�

2:00 Meeting starts (confirmation of quorum)

Confirm recording of meeting, Robert Rules, Approve Agenda,

Approve Last Year’s AGM Minutes�

2:10 What is Democrats Abroad & Democrats Abroad Japan?�

2:15 Reports from Leadership�

3:15 Break time�

3:25 DAJ Bylaws Committee�

4:05 DAJ 2025 National Nominations and Election Committee (NEC):

Election Information & Meet the Candidates�

4:45 Q&A�

4:55 Upcoming Events & Ways to Get Involved�

5:00 Adjournment, Group photo�

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2024 AGM Minutes

  1. Meeting called to order at 3:18pm on 04/21/2024
  2. Agenda and 2023 AGM minutes approved
  3. Officer Reports, DA Platform Drafting Information, GPP Recap, Special Election Information
  4. Adjournment at 5:13pm on 04/21/2024

Link to full minutes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oRKGCDdlkhTX-EThF8p2AFFlr0cyiuXHd2Es_MbanzU/edit?usp=sharing

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What is Democrats Abroad (DA)?

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Democrats Abroad

Democrats Abroad (DA) is the official Democratic Party arm for millions of Americans living outside the United States and is recognized as a “state party” by the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

Democratic Party Committee Abroad (DPCA) refers to the governing body of Democrats Abroad.

DA has country committees throughout:

    • The Americas (North, Central, and South America)

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    • EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa)

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    • Asia-Pacific (West, Central, South, East, and Southeast Asia)

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And…DA is non-profit and 100% volunteer-run!

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Democrats Abroad Mission

Democrats Abroad provides Americans abroad a Democratic voice in our government and helps elect Democratic candidates by mobilizing the overseas vote.

  • Help Americans abroad vote in U.S. elections.
  • Protect the right to vote for Americans abroad.
  • Work with US government officials and elected representatives to advocate for issues that concern Americans abroad
  • Work with the broader Democratic Party to achieve our goals.
  • Build communities of like-minded Americans around the world.
  • Help elect Democrats in every congressional district in the U.S.

https://www.democratsabroad.org/our_goals

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Current International DA Leadership

  • International Chair: Martha McDeviit-Pugh
  • International Vice Chair: Steve Nardi
  • International Secretary: Karen Frankenstein
  • International Treasurer: Daniela Salvioni
  • International Counsel: Anne Brady
  • Regional Vice Chair for Americas: John Chudy
  • Regional Vice Chair for Asia Pacific: Suma Shamanna
  • Regional Vice Chair for EMEA: Jennifer Rakow-Stepper

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What is Democrats Abroad Japan (DAJ)?

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Democrats Abroad Japan (DAJ)

Democrats Abroad Japan is the Country Committee of DA in Japan, in the Asia-Pacific Region

  • 3 Chapters
    • Kanto; Kansai; Tokai
  • 4 Regions
    • Hokkaido; Northeast Honshu; Southwest Honshu; Kyushu, Shikoku, Okinawa
  • 5 Standing Committees
    • Get Out the Vote (GOTV); Membership/Outreach; Events; Fundraising; Communications/Social Media
  • Ad Hoc Committees
    • Volunteer Management

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DAJ Organizational Structure

  • National Officers
    • Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Counsel
  • Advisory Board
    • National Officers, Chapter Chairs, Committee Chairs, and Members-at-Large
  • Chapter Officers
    • Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer
  • Volunteers and Members

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DPCA Voting Representatives

  • DAJ has 5 DPCA (Democratic Party Committee Abroad) Voting Representatives to represent DAJ during certain DA conventions, meetings, candidate and policy selection

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  • Voting Representatives are
    • National Chair
    • National Vice Chair
    • National Secretary
    • National Treasurer
    • 1 DPCA Voting Representative

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  • 2 Alternate DPCA Voting Representative

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Current DAJ Leadership

  • National Chair: Anna Costello
  • National Vice Chair: Eric Gondree
  • National Secretary: Ryusei Iizuka
  • National Treasurer: Raymond Terhune
  • Counsel: (vacant)
  • DPCA Voting Representative: Sarajean Rossitto
  • DPCA Voting Representative Alternate #1: (vacant)
  • DPCA Voting Representative Alternate #2: James Regent
  • Member-At-Large for Hokkaido: Marshall Klassen
  • Member-At-Large for remaining regions: (vacant)
  • GOTV Committee Chair: Lewis Miesen
  • Volunteer Management Committee Chair: Lewis Miesen
  • Communications Chair: Ryusei Iizuka
  • Membership/Outreach Chair: Ian Dizon
  • Events, Fundraising Committee Chairs (vacant)

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Current DAJ Leadership

Kanto Chapter

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    • Chair: Ryusei Iizuka
    • Vice Chair: (vacant)
    • Secretary: Jessica Awanohara
    • Treasurer: James Regent

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Kansai Chapter

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  • Chair: David Graves
  • Vice Chair: Linda Crawford
  • Secretary: Erinn LaMattery
  • Treasurer: David Johnson

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Tokai Chapter

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  • Chair: Eric Gondree
  • Vice Chair: Frank Blazunas
  • Secretary: (vacant)
  • Treasurer: (vacant)

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2025 DAJ Annual General Meeting Agenda�

2:00 Meeting starts (confirmation of quorum)

Confirm recording of meeting, Robert Rules, Approve Agenda,

Approve Last Year’s AGM Minutes�

2:10 What is Democrats Abroad & Democrats Abroad Japan?�

2:15 Reports from Leadership�

3:15 Break time�

3:25 DAJ Bylaws Committee�

4:05 DAJ 2025 National Nominations and Election Committee (NEC):

Election Information & Meet the Candidates�

4:45 Q&A�

4:55 Upcoming Events & Ways to Get Involved�

5:00 Adjournment, Group photo�

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Reports from Leadership

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National Chair

Executive Committee (ExCom) Reports

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Chair’s Report: Duties

  • Chief executive officer of DAJ
  • Call and establish agenda of meetings
    • ExCom: every 2 weeks
    • Advisory Board: monthly
    • Annual General Meeting: once a year
  • Participate in monthly DA Asia-Pacific Regional meetings
  • Supervise student interns at Temple University Japan Campus
    • Assist with tasks such as social media support, media outreach, research, event support, and GOTV activities
    • Thank you to our fall and spring interns Nate, Jacob, and Doan!

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Chair’s Report

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Serving as Chair has been challenging, but I’m grateful for all the wonderful people I’ve met & volunteered with and for the incredible work of our team.

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Truly, thank you for being here and continuing the fight.

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National Vice Chair

Executive Committee (ExCom) Reports

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Vice Chair’s Report

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NATIONAL TREASURER’S REPORT

  • Advisory board:
  • Remind members of meeting dates, times and responsibilities
    • Contacting VCs of other AP countries: Australia, Korea, Hong Kong, etc.
      • Semi-quarterly AP VC Forum online
  • Chapter development:
    • Help chapters organize and promote events
    • Communicating national information to chapter leadership
  • Phonebanking & direct mailing for upcoming elections
    • Phonebanking training, Developing social media strategy

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National Secretary

Executive Committee (ExCom) Reports

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Secretary’s Report

Every year on February 1st, the Global DA IT team summarizes each Country Committee’s membership data.

Data includes:

    • Grand total of members
    • How many members are missing information (full address and/or phone number)
    • How many members have expired memberships (meaning they haven’t shown activity in at least 4 years)
    • Official member count (not including expired members or members missing information)

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Statistics for DAJ on November 13th, 2024

    • Grand total: 4024 members
    • Expired/Missing information: 1226 members
    • Official membership count: 2798 members (69.5% clean)

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Secretary’s Report

  • Country committees verify as many expired/missing information members as they can
  • DA Japan sent out postal mail (big thank you to Dave B. for organizing that effort and all who helped!), did a text bank campaign, and called/emailed members (big thank you to our volunteers who helped with calls!).
  • Final Count on February 1st, 2025
    • Grand total: 3206 members
    • Expired/Missing information: 291 members
    • Official membership count: 2915 members (90.9% clean)
  • Current grand total is 3205 members

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National Treasurer

Executive Committee (ExCom) Reports

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Treasurer’s Report

●Kicked off early 2023

●Tracks donations to Global and DAJ

●Tracks expenditures

●Easy way to manage money

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Treasurer’s Report

  • Currently, individual reconciliation forms
  • More up to date reports

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Treasurer’s Report

  • Finances from April 2024-March 2025
  • Excluding June-October 2024 (that will be the next slide)
  • Steady donations and regular expenditures
  • Balance as of 4/18 $695.45

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Treasurer’s Report

June-October 2024 DAJ applied for and received seven grants for GOTV campaigns

DAJ was awarded $4,918.04 worth of grants in 2024 ($4618.17 of DAJ money spent)

  • $2,729.40 for two rounds of ads in Stars and Stripes (independent news and information service for the U.S. military community) website in Japan and South Korea who also paid a portion of the ads
    • Round 1 was $1,501.20 (with $200.00 assistance from DAROK)
    • Round 2 $1228.20
      • $751.00 supported by DA global grants
  • $847.44 for two rounds of ads in JALT website
    • Round 1 was about $564.96
    • Round 2 was about $282.48
      • $127.00 supported by DA global
  • $2,671.13 for two round of ads in The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
    • Round 1 was $1,335.57
    • Round 2 was $1,335.57
      • $593.00 from DA global

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  • $2,811.20 for ads in on the Japan Times website all paid from DA global
  • $447.04 for ads on Google, all paid from DA global

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Treasurer’s Report

  • June-October 2024 DAJ applied for and received grants for GOTV campaigns

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  • Grants were distributed in increments through the months so it’s hard to visualise it in this graph

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Member-At-Large for Hokkaido

Marshall Klassen

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Member-At-Large for Hokkaido

  • Potential for further outreach in Hokkaido Area
    • Successful outreach to voting age students studying abroad in Hokkaido University
      • Currently searching for other volunteers in the Sapporo area
    • Collaborative Town Hall for voters in Hokkaido and Tohoku Area is needed
    • Outreach to US Consulate in Hokkaido could be helpful

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Chapter Leadership Reports for 2024-25.

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Kanto Chapter Report

2023 - 2025 Chapter Goal

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  • Attract and retain a strong and active member-base via community-building events and GOTV opportunities

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Leadership

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  • Chair: Ryusei Iizuka
  • Vice Chair: (vacant)
  • Secretary: Jessica Awanohara
  • Treasurer: James Regent

2,000 members + counting!

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Kanto Chapter Report

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Monthly Social Events

The Aldgate monthly pub night

Get Out the Vote

(GOTV) Opportunities

2024 Oct. Voter Registration (Legacy Lounge)

Canvassing in Tokyo

Community Building

4th of July Picnic (30+)

Thanksgiving Dinner (20+)

2024 Election Watch Party (100+)

2025 Women’s March

Voter Education & Awareness Campaigns

BHM, WHM, SAVE Act, etc.

Member Outreach & Support

Volunteer

Donate

Kitchen Table Talks

DA 2024 Platform committee participation

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Kansai Chapter Report

The Kansai chapter has had a successful two years growing its community. We were able to do so by holding events such as:

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  • Democratic Global Primary
  • Election Watch Party
  • July 4th Events
  • Superbowl Watch Parties
  • Juneteenth Event
  • Monthly Speakeasys in Osaka and Kyoto

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We look forward to expanding our outreach.

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Tokai Chapter Report

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Tokai Chapter Report

Events

Jul 26: Trivia Night

Fundraising for GOTV

Dec 15: Dinner out

(Moroccan food!)

Mar 22: Ozone Brewpub

More events planned for the future!

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Committee�Reports for 2024-25.

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Communications Committee

  • DAJ Newsletter
    • Sent out bi-monthly via email to membership and posted on website
    • Gives updates on news and events in DAJ, DA Asia-Pacific Region, and DA Global
  • News and Events

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GOTV Committee

2024 Activity

  • Spring (April, May, June) : Early outreach to swing-state/swing-district voters
    • Phone-Banking campaign; volunteer callers, text messages
    • Direct mailings to non-callable members, trackable QR codes
  • Summer (June, July, August) : Phone-Banking
    • Large-scale, international volunteer callers, text messages
    • Follow-up round of direct mailings to non-callable members, trackable QR codes
  • Paid Advertising (June, July, August, September)
    • Stars & Stripes (U.S. military & base readership)
      • Joint Advertising with DA Korea (Japan, Okinawa and Korea editions)
    • American Chamber of Commerce Japan (ACCJ) website and journals
    • Japan Assn for Language Teaching (JALT) social media (1st time)
  • Other GOTV
    • Feb 2025: Phonebanking for Wisconsin Supreme Court elections
    • Consulted with DA Hong Kong’s phonebanking and DA Korea’s GOTV texting
    • Volunteer-written essay about voting submitted to Nagoya Buzz website
    • Coordination with Int’l communications committee to prep for election disputes
    • AP Regional Vice Chair (Suma Shamanna) congratulated our GOTV efforts

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Some statistics:

Jan-March phonebanking: Attempted calls made to 1196 eligible swing-state DAJ members (THANK YOU to all our call volunteers!)

June: Postal mail to 692 non-callable DAJ members, Late Sept. 83 2nd mailing to non-callable swing-state voters. (Thank you Michele C!)

Sept: Additional mailing to 661, QR hit rate = 3.4% (Thank you Dave B!)

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10/04-10/25 Japan Times PC advertisement: 208,725 impressions

Japan Times mobile ads: 110,002 impressions

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8/01-08/31 Stars & Stripes ads: Views: 4,719 Clickthrough Rate: 0.28%

9/01-9/30 Stars & Stripes ads: Views: 4,429 Clickthrough Rate:

0.09%

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Future GOTV will be more data-focused wherever possible!

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GOTV Committee

Vote From Abroad Cards

  • Originally designed by 2021-2023 DAJ Executive Committee

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  • Approved in May 2024 by International DA

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  • Traceable QR Code

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  • Waterproof and flexible

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GOTV Committee

Events

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Voter registration

Phonebanking

Canvassing

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Volunteer Management

Ad-Hoc Committee

  • Recruited new members across Japan through social media (Reddit, Instagram, and Facebook)�
  • Helped orient new members to find roles they were comfortable filling.�

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Membership/Outreach Committee

2024 Activity

  • Posted about chapter specific events on Reddit, Instagram, and Facebook.�
  • Recruited new members across Japan.�
  • (Mostly Eric) spearheaded a global campaign to find expats around the world using Reddit.�
  • Hosted monthly Speakeasys and cultural events in Kyoto (Cinco de Mayo, Juneteenth, 4th of July)

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Membership/Outreach Committee

2024 Activity

  • Began targeted outreach to American voters employed or studying at universities and study abroad programs in the Sendai area (NE Honshu/Tohoku)�
  • Started a campaign focused on registering and assisting underrepresented voters especially those 18-35 years old.�
  • Worked with DAJ Leadership to start a Discord server (coming soon) as an online open forum
    • Members are able to organize events (book club, game night, online speakeasies) and share ideas nationwide in real time.
    • Vetting and assembling a server moderation team (in progress)

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Events & Fundraising Committees

Activities

Events

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Social

  • Speakeasies, Thanksgiving Dinner, Holiday Party, 4th of July BBQ

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Political

  • Participation in Women’s March Tokyo, Discussion on issues

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Fundraising

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  • Raise money to fund our activities

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Committee Chair positions available for all 2 committees

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If you have any ideas related to these committees, please contact us! (info-japan@democratsabroad.org)

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Events & Fundraising Committee

Past Events

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DPCA and AP Regional News

DAJ DPCA Voting Rep: Sarajean Rossitto

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DPCA Global Leadership

DNC Members

Global Chair,

Vice Chair +

6 others

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2024 DPCA �Platform

Passed at the 2024

DPCA Convention

June 1, 2024

https://www.democratsabroad.org/our_charter_and_platform

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DA Coordinators

External Communications, Internal communications, Design, IT, Regional, GoTV, State teams, Vote From Abroad, Data & Analytics, Fundraising, Advocacy

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DA Committees

Platform, Charter, Resolutions

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Members engage with a particular area of interest in campaigns, initiatives and advocacy projects.

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All DA members welcome to join.

https://www.democratsabroad.org/caucuses

DA Caucuses

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https://www.democratsabroad.org/caucuses

DA Task forces

DA prioritizes issues that affect U.S. citizens living overseas. These issues begin with the most fundamental democratic right - voting, and extend to taxation, health care, equal rights and more.

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All DA members welcome to join.

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DA Global Annual Meeting

June 6-8 meeting online

Details forthcoming May 2

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DA Global Annual Meeting

Resolutions , charter etc. - information forthcoming

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DA State Teams

Initiated 2021 after successful GOTV work in Georgia.

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Focus: voter education, voter participation and advocacy

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Open to all DA members who vote in or have a strong connection to the states represented

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Key role in phone banking & voter assistance

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Other states can be adopted!

Join: states@democratsabroad.org

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Join the Resistance

be the change you want to see

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DA Resists

Take Action Team https://www.democratsabroad.org/take_action

  • Check out the suggested Actions
  • sign up to be notified when new actions come out

Resistance Roundtables

  • self-organized local groups
  • create community, take action, and share ideas.
  • DA has templates and action ideas. 

Defending Democracy Initiative:

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Q & A

ASK ANYTHING

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DAJ calendar https://teamup.com/ksp4jkf2z7dm1eehqc

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Contact us info-japan@democratsabroad.org

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Upcoming�meetings & events

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2025 DAJ Annual General Meeting Agenda�

2:00 Meeting starts (confirmation of quorum)

Confirm recording of meeting, Robert Rules, Approve Agenda,

Approve Last Year’s AGM Minutes�

2:10 What is Democrats Abroad & Democrats Abroad Japan?�

2:15 Reports from Leadership�

3:15 Break time�

3:25 DAJ Bylaws Committee�

4:05 DAJ 2025 National Nominations and Election Committee (NEC):

Election Information & Meet the Candidates�

4:45 Q&A�

4:55 Upcoming Events & Ways to Get Involved�

5:00 Adjournment, Group photo�

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Break time!

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2025 DAJ Annual General Meeting Agenda�

2:00 Meeting starts (confirmation of quorum)

Confirm recording of meeting, Robert Rules, Approve Agenda,

Approve Last Year’s AGM Minutes�

2:10 What is Democrats Abroad & Democrats Abroad Japan?�

2:15 Reports from Leadership�

3:15 Break time�

3:25 DAJ Bylaws Committee�

4:05 DAJ 2025 National Nominations and Election Committee (NEC):

Election Information & Meet the Candidates�

4:45 Q&A�

4:55 Upcoming Events & Ways to Get Involved�

5:00 Adjournment, Group photo�

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DAJ Bylaws�

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2025 DAJ Annual General Meeting Agenda�

2:00 Meeting starts (confirmation of quorum)

Confirm recording of meeting, Robert Rules, Approve Agenda,

Approve Last Year’s AGM Minutes�

2:10 What is Democrats Abroad & Democrats Abroad Japan?�

2:15 Reports from Leadership�

3:15 Break time�

3:25 DAJ Bylaws Committee�

4:05 DAJ 2025 National Nominations and Election Committee (NEC):

Election Information & Meet the Candidates�

4:45 Q&A�

4:55 Upcoming Events & Ways to Get Involved�

5:00 Adjournment, Group photo�

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DAJ National Elections 2025

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Every 2 years, Democrats Abroad Japan re-elects national and chapter-level leadership positions.

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DAJ leaders carry on the mission to help Americans living abroad register to vote and amplify the voice of US citizens living in Japan.

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2025 DAJ National Nominations and Election Committee (NEC)

The National NEC runs the national re-election campaign. There are separate nominations and election committees for the chapter campaigns.

NEC members include:

    • Anna Costello (Chair)
    • Celia Mazy (Secretary)
    • Jessica Awanohara

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DAJ 2025 National Election Schedule

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Nominations Period

Mar 8 - Apr 7

Candidate Statements Due

April 13

Meet-the-

Candidates

April 19

Voting Period

Apr 19 - May 17

Ballot Count

May 18

Result Announced

15 days from Count

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Voting Period

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Voting Period

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April 19th - May 17th, 11:59pm

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Members can vote online via a Google form or by sending a scan or image of the completed ballot��

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Ballots Count

May 18th at 11am

Online via Webex

Ballot counting is run by the NEC and open to observers.

Link:https://democratsabroad.webex.com/democratsabroad/j.php?MTID=mc4fb5ae860359a71e288ad59315df9e5 �Meeting number: 23066591896 �Password: dems�

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Considerations

  • Officers serve two (2) year terms (2025-2027)
  • No officer may serve more than two consecutive terms in the same office
  • Pursuant to Article V, Section 1: The Chair and Vice-Chair shall not be of the same sex (self-identified)
  • If there is a vacancy for Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer or DPCA Voting Representative, after the results are announced, there will need be a special election to fill that position.

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Meet-the-Candidates

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Meet the Candidates: Rules

  • Candidates will give a 1-minute speech, followed by 2 minutes for questions�
  • For each position, nominated candidates will present first�
  • After nominated candidates have presented, or if there are no nominated candidates, we will ask for any interested write-in candidates to present

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National Chair

Meet-the-Candidate

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No nominated candidates for National Chair

Any interested write-in candidates?

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National Vice Chair

Meet-the-Candidate

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Nominated candidate:

Eric Gondree

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National Secretary

Meet-the-Candidate

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No nominated candidates for National Secretary

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National Treasurer

Meet-the-Candidate

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Nominated candidate:

Raymond Kunikane Terhune

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Any interested write-in candidates for National Treasurer?

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Counsel

Meet-the-Candidate

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No nominated candidates for National Counsel

Any interested write-in candidates?

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DPCA Voting Representative

Meet-the-Candidate

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Nominated candidate:

James Regent

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Any interested write-in candidates for DPCA Voting Representative?

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Member-at-Large: Eastern/Northern Honshu

Meet-the-Candidate

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Nominated candidate:

Ian Jason Dizon

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Member-at-Large: Western/Southern Honshu

Meet-the-Candidate

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No nominated candidates for Member-At-Large for Western/Southern Honshu

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Write-in candidate:

Thomas Lyons

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Any other interested write-in candidates for Member-At-Large for Western/Southern Honshu?

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Member-at-Large: Hokkaido

Meet-the-Candidate

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No nominated candidates for Member-At-Large for Hokkaido

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Member-at-Large: Kyushu/Shikoku/Okinawa

Meet-the-Candidate

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No nominated candidates for Member-At-Large for Kyushu/Shikoku/Okinawa

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National Election Reminders

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DAJ Chapter Elections Underway!

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2025 DAJ Annual General Meeting Agenda�

2:00 Meeting starts (confirmation of quorum)

Confirm recording of meeting, Robert Rules, Approve Agenda,

Approve Last Year’s AGM Minutes�

2:10 What is Democrats Abroad & Democrats Abroad Japan?�

2:15 Reports from Leadership�

3:15 Break time�

3:25 DAJ Bylaws Committee�

4:05 DAJ 2025 National Nominations and Election Committee (NEC):

Election Information & Meet the Candidates�

4:45 Q&A�

4:55 Upcoming Events & Ways to Get Involved�

5:00 Adjournment, Group photo�

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Q & A

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Upcoming Events

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Upcoming Events

  • April 24th at 7pm: Kansai Chapter Speakeasy in Osaka

https://www.democratsabroad.org/219251/kansai_chapter_april_speakeasy_in_osaka

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  • April 27th 4pm-5pm: Asia Pacific Action Hour

https://www.democratsabroad.org/ap_action_20250427

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  • May 15th at 7:30pm: Kanto Chapter Speakeasy

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  • May 18th at 10am: Ballot Counting for DAJ Bylaws

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  • May 18th at 11am: Ballot Counting for DAJ National Election

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  • June 6th - 8th: Democrats Abroad Global Meeting

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Save the dates!

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DAJ calendar https://teamup.com/ksp4jkf2z7dm1eehqc

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Contact us info-japan@democratsabroad.org

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Upcoming�Meetings & Events

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Get More Involved!

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DA Resists

Take Action Team https://www.democratsabroad.org/take_action

  • Check out the suggested Actions
  • sign up to be notified when new actions come out

Resistance Roundtables

  • self-organized local groups
  • create community, take action, and share ideas.
  • DA has templates and action ideas. 

Defending Democracy Initiative:

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Members engage with a particular area of interest in campaigns, initiatives and advocacy projects.

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All DA members welcome to join.

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https://www.democratsabroad.org/caucuses

https://www.democratsabroad.org/caucuses

DA Caucuses

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https://www.democratsabroad.org/caucuses

DA Task forces

DA prioritizes issues that affect U.S. citizens living overseas. These issues begin with the most fundamental democratic right - voting, and extend to taxation, health care, equal rights and more.

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All DA members welcome to join.

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https://www.democratsabroad.org/our_priorities

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DA State Teams

Initiated 2021 after successful GOTV work in Georgia.

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Focus: voter education, voter participation and advocacy

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Open to all DA members who vote in or have a strong connection to the states represented

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Key role in phone banking & voter assistance

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Other states can be adopted!

Join: states@democratsabroad.org

https://www.democratsabroad.org/state_teams

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Join DAJ Committees

  • Communications
    • Social Media
    • News/event posting on website
    • Newsletter
  • Get Out The Vote
    • Phonebanking
  • Fundraising (Chair vacant)
    • Ideas on how to raise money
  • Membership & Outreach
    • Ideas on how to reach potential new members in Japan
  • Events (Chair vacant)
    • Social or political
  • Volunteer Management
    • Assist

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Other Actions

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Photo time!

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That’s a wrap!

Thank you!

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