Democrats in Singapore will gather on Tuesday 14 March for our Annual General Meeting and to participate together in the #IdesOfMarch campaign sending postcards with messages of opposition to Trump at the White House (See also below).

At this meeting members of Democrats Abroad Lion City will elect a new slate of national officers to run DA Lion City for the next 2 years.  Offices include:  Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary-Treasurer, Legal Counsel, Members-At-Large (3 of them).  The Nominations Committee has released its list of national officer candidates.  Members are welcome to add their names to this list by contacting the Committee.  Nominations must be submitted by midnight on Wednesday 1 March.  Please contact Carmelan Polce on 9380 1084 if you are interested in one of these positions or for more information.

Click here for the formal Notice of the Meeting, the proposed AGM Agenda and other materials for the meeting, including a Proxy form to proxy your vote at the meeting to another member of DA Lion City.

Please contact Carmelan at any time with questions.

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#IdesOfMarch 2017 Campaign - from its Facebook Page

"On March 15th, each of us will mail Donald Trump a postcard that publicly expresses our opposition to him. And we, in vast numbers, from all corners of the world, will overwhelm the man with his unpopularity and failure. We will show the media and the politicians what standing with him — and against us — means. And most importantly, we will bury the White House post office in pink slips, all informing Donnie that he’s fired.
Each of us — every protester from every march, each congress calling citizen, every boycotter, volunteer, donor, and petition signer — if each of us writes even a single postcard and we put them all in the mail on the same day, March 15th, well: you do the math.
No alternative fact or Russian translation will explain away our record-breaking, officially-verifiable, warehouse-filling flood of fury. Hank Aaron currently holds the record for fan mail, having received 900,000 pieces in a year. We’re setting a new record: over a million pieces in a day, with not a single nice thing to say.
So sharpen your wit, unsheathe your writing implements, and see if your sincerest ill-wishes can pierce Donald’s famously thin skin.
Prepare for March 15th, 2017, a day hereafter to be known as#TheIdesOfTrump
Write one postcard. Write a dozen! Take a picture and post it on social media tagged with #TheIdesOfTrump ! Spread the word! Everyone on Earth should let Donnie know how he’s doing. They can’t build a wall high enough to stop the mail.
Then, on March 15th, mail your messages to:
President (for now) Donald J. Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
It might just be enough to make him crack.

In 2014, the U.S. enacted FATCA (The U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) requiring foreign banks to report on the accounts of U.S. residents. Not to let a good regulatory idea pass it by, Russia subsequently passed its own FATCA, requiring foreign bank disclosure of information on Russian tax residents.  Then, last spring, Russia committed to the automated exchange of banking information with OECD countries.  This means that, effective in 2018, Russia will be able to automatically get information on the bank accounts of tax residents from over 100 countries.

In response to our members' interests in hearing about FATCA, the automated exchange system, and other such financial issues of concern to U.S. citizens in Russia, this month's informal meeting will bring Veronika Korotchenko, an Ernst & Young Advisory Manager focusing on financial services to discuss FATCA compliance, particularly as it relates to American citizens living abroad.  

Veronika Korotchenko has more than 16 years of project management experience in the financial sector, including 6 years as a head of various business support/compliance/control divisions at a Russian top-15 bank and 10 years of legal and business consulting experience at top-5 international law firms and big-4 companies. Veronika manages large transformational projects for various banks in the CIS, including a number of projects for FATCA implementation in major Russian banks.

Join us for this informative discussion, as well as some some enjoyable conversation and pizza with fellow Democrats in Russia. It is not necessary to order food in order to attend.

Note that this meeting is limited to Democrats Abroad Russia members and their invited guests. No press are invited.

Please RSVP to attend.