Although I did not garner the expected state convention delegate seat this year, I am still going to be there. The party had to go to a raffle system to determine who would be guests — and who would be volunteers! They’re expecting 15,000-18,000 attendees this weekend at the convention center. I had signed up as a volunteer pretty much as soon as I got home from the county convention and was disappointed when I heard about the raffle.
It turned out that I was picked, or perhaps I was self-selected, as I went to a training meeting this evening and got my shift times. The main hall is Exhibit halls 2 through 5. It’s the most amazing continuous open space I’ve ever seen. Even more bizarre is the sight of 20,000 folding chairs all neatly set up in parade formations throughout the entire space of the hall.
If you’re going as a delegate from Senate Districts 25 or 14, you’d better bring binoculars if you want to even see the projection screens. Of course, if you’re not a delegate, alternate, or guest, you may as well stay home, because every door to the main floor will be guarded and open only to credentialed conventioneers.
Despite attending the training and ’signing up’ for my shifts, I’m still uncertain about what it is I’ll actually be doing this weekend, but I’ll get to help and be part of the biggest state convention ever hosted by the Democratic party. I’m really excited. I hope I get to do something fun and not a lot of sitting.
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