Adopted January 22, 2025
The mission of the Windsor County Democratic Committee (WCDC) is to:
1. Collaborate with, inform, and support the Vermont Democratic Party (VDP).
2. Expand the base of Democratic and allied voters in Windsor County.
3. Encourage the growth of strong Town Democratic Committees through assessable contact and events. The sense of community in town committees is the foundation of the county and state Democratic committees. Strong town committees will strengthen the county committee, allowing for a solid information flow from leadership to membership.
4. Publicly exemplify our party values through action and develop strong candidates for elected positions at the town, county and state level.
5. Develop programs within the county to support and uplift the Vermont Democratic Committee’s platform.
In order to work towards this mission statement, our 2025-2026 Action Plan includes:
1. Actions to Support the Vermont Democratic Party (VDP):
a. Boldly engage and support community efforts as unapologetic Democrats while actively correcting misinformation that divides our communities.
b. Act as a conduit of ideas and solutions between the VDP, county and town committees and population at large.
c. Elect people from WCDC to be committee members of the VDP: November 2025.
d. Engaging in message craft, dissemination, exhibiting our WCDC principles.
e. Recruit people to participate in the platform writing process: summer 2026.
2. Work with town committees to Grow the Base:
a. Enact WCDC Outreach Plan (2025)
b. Recruit residents and organize committees within all unorganized areas of Windsor County correcting a lack of representation in local and State Democratic party activities through the WCDC.
c. Provide information to town committees on how to use local resources to identify new residents in each town – real estate records, voter registration records, etc.
d. Provide information to town committees on how to reach out to these new residents – welcome pack which could contain information pertinent to each specific town, as well as regarding the town party and its members with contact information should they have any questions.
e. Provide training and support at the town level on how to reach out to Democrats and potential Democrats: July/Aug 2025 and then ongoing.
3. Grow Town Committees:
a. Assess strengths and areas of need for each organized town committee: May, June 2025
b. Provide support to existing committees based on assessed needs and willingness of committees to work on improvement: ongoing
c. Develop and share email lists and contact information – and share with the WCDC leadership so that a solid list of interested democrats can be identified at the county level.
d. Develop email lists that can be shared with town chairs.
e. Provide training in how to best use our Groups.io listserv.
f. Identify potential leaders in the 8 current unorganized Windsor County towns, and reach out to them – remembering that smaller towns can, in fact, merge with other towns to organize a joint committee.
g. Organize 2 (or more) new town committees.
h. Provide support for newly organized towns.
i. Identify and promote a plan to involve more young Democrats 18-48 years of age.
4. Identify and Support Democratic Candidates at the Town, County and State Levels:
a. Ensure that all town chairs and other officers are aware of this function
b. Raise funds to support local Democratic candidates in the next election.
c. Study and learn from the 2024 local election outcomes to develop a 2026 election strategy that embraces best practices and identifies ways that the WCDC can best support our local Democratic candidates.
5. Develop programs that promote the values and issues addressed in the VDP Platform:
a. Identify items in the platform and host forums or invite guest speakers to talk about those issues.
b. Have an available short form of the Platform, or provide the link to the platform itself, on the WCDC website.
c. Support and fundraise for scholarship opportunities
6. Develop, fund, and instruct a Digital Outreach Coordinator:
a. Position should maintain, implement, and utilize updated and adaptable media sources during high need periods of time.
7. Raise money to support the above endeavors:
a. Conduct Spring appeal to donors.
b. Use annual and semi annual events to raise funds (BBQ, Women Making a Difference, Pasta Supper, etc).
c. Promote monthly giving at meetings.
d. Explore fundraising opportunities as they arise.
e. Continue financial accountability by filing VT SOS required filings, and monthly and annual reports to WCDC.
f. Promote Act Blue monthly.