MEETINGS & EVENTS
UPCOMING MEETINGS/EVENTS:
Meeting Date: September 24, 2020 / Rescheduled November 19, 2020
Topic: National Popular Vote Interstate Compact -- Pro and Cons for using the NPVIC as a better approach than the Electoral College when counting votes to determine which candidate wins the Presidential election.
Speaker/Program: Prime sponsor of WA's 2009 bill making it the 5th state to adopt NPVIC: Speaker KCounty Councilmember Joe McDermott.
Speaker Photo
Speaker's Bio:
"Joe was the prime sponsor of the 2009 bill making Washington the 5th State adopting NPVIC!"
A third-generation resident of West Seattle, Joe McDermott won election and joined the King County Council in November 2010. He was reelected to four-year terms in November of 2011, 2015, and 2019. McDermott previously represented West Seattle, Burien, White Center and Vashon and Maury Islands in the Washington State Legislature for a decade.
A runner, he lives in West Seattle with his husband Michael and has served on the board of Southwest Youth & Family Services and West Seattle Helpline. His other civic activities and memberships include the Greater Seattle Business Association, West Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Vashon Allied Arts and the Highline Historical Society.
ADDITIONAL UPCOMING EVENTS:
December Midday Meeting
Date: December October 17th, 2020
* (One week earlier due to holiday)
Topic: Celebrating 100yrs anniversary Women's Right to Vote & Kamala Harris's election to Vice President
January Evening Meeting
Date: January 28, 2021
Topic: TBD
Speaker: TBD
February Midday Meeting
Date: February 25, 2020
Topic: TBD
Speaker: TBD
