Dems Abroad Greece Holds AGM
The Annual General Meeting on Jan 29, set a few new milestones for DAGR. Not least of these was the guest appearance by DA Ιnternational Chair Martha McDevitt-Pugh. McDevitt-Pugh joined from Washington, DC, where she and the Dems Abroad delegation are adding our voice to the election of the next leaders and strategies for the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Her message was upbeat: winning special elections in play for 2025, staving off the bad federal policies already set in motion last week, and winning back the House in 2026 midterm elections.
The internationall chair’s message joined similar good news from around Greece. Attendees stayed engaged for nearly two hours, to hear:
- DA Greece upped its use of the VoteFromAbroad registration tool by nearly 20%. This was largely due to increased media coverage, online advertising, and a healthy spurt of outreach to young people in Study Abroad programs.
- Membership also grew, with pre-election phone-banking and outreach. Interest continues to grow as concerned Americans ask what they can do to thwart current attacks on the rule of law.
- Despite its best and brightest being ‘poached’ to run for ExCom, Communications grew and honed its channels: email and social media for ‘in reach’ to members, press-media for outreach to the community.
- Our bills are paid, a tad remains in our accounts, and some promising efforts showed ways to continue without dunning members.
- Thessaloniki Chapter Happy Hours have shown the path. Athens is settling into steady. At-Large Chapter is working on ways to gather outlying members into community.
The unspoken message was the medium. The live-online hybrid meeting, this time, was aided by professional equipment: microphones, speakers and a zoomable camera. The result was what DAGR has been working up to since our first halting attempts with a patchwork of brought-from-home laptops in 2015. Our techie member has come very close using our version of ‘bailing wire,’ but the camera-mic system was what he’s wanted. Joy to the world!
Oh, and, one more thing: Democrats Abroad Greece has a new ExCom for the 2025-26 term. Brady Kiesling, who led us ably through the challenging past two years, handed off the baton to Alkman Granitsas. The press release just below lists the new officers and titles. Read it here, or gather it from Greek press and media shortly.
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PRESS RELEASE
Democrats Abroad Greece announces composition of new Executive Committee
ATHENS, 30 January 2025 –Democrats Abroad Greece announces its new Executive Committee for the period 2025-2027 after a vote of the members and ratification by the Annual General Meeting.
The AGM was held on Wednesday, January 29 at 18:00 and approved the activities and financial accounts of the organization during the previous year.
The composition of the new Executive Committee is as follows:
| Chair: | Alkman Granitsas |
| Vice Chair: | Karen Lee |
| Secretary: | Jan Sanders |
| Treasurer: | Marion Kavallieros |
| Counsel: | Randall Warner |
| At-Large Chair: | Gina Billy |
| At-Large Representative: | Erin McGrew |
| Athens Chapter Chair: | Nikki Fellouris |
| Athens Chapter Representative: | John Brady Kiesling |
| Thessaloniki Chapter Chair: | Irem Tunc |
| Thessaloniki Chapter Representative: | Linda Manney |
| DPCA Voting Representative: | Daniel Roberts |
| DPCA Non-Voting Representative: | Sarajane Kidd Leone |
Under the organization’s bylaws, DAGR is led by an 11-member Executive Committee that is elected to a two-year term. The Committee is comprised of a Country Chair, Country Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and Counsel as well as the Chairs and Representatives of the three local chapters: Athens, Thessaloniki and At-Large (for those members living outside Greece’s two major metropolitan areas). Also included in the leadership are two representatives appointed by the membership to represent DAGR in the Europe, Middle East and Africa regional forum of Democrats Abroad.
More information about the candidates for the new DAGR Executive Committee can be found on the website: www.democratsabroad.org/gr.
For further information contact:
Alkman Granitsas
DAGR Executive Committee Chairman
Tel.: +30 69 7841 3734
Email: [email protected]
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ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥ
Democrats Abroad Greece ανακοινώνει τη σύνθεση της νέας Εκτελεστικής Επιτροπής
ΑΘΗΝΑ, 30 Ιανουαρίου 2025 – Η Democrats Abroad Greece ανακοινώνει τη νέα Εκτελεστική Επιτροπή για την περίοδο 2025-2027, έπειτα από ψηφοφορία των μελών και επικύρωση από την Ετήσια Γενική Συνέλευση.
Η Ετήσια Γενική Συνέλευση πραγματοποιήθηκε την Τετάρτη 29 Ιανουαρίου στις 18:00 και ενέκρινε τις δραστηριότητες και τους οικονομικούς λογαριασμούς του οργανισμού κατά το προηγούμενο έτος.
Η σύνθεση της νέας Εκτελεστικής Επιτροπής διαμορφώνεται ως ακολούθως:
| Πρόεδρος: | Alkman Granitsas (Αλκμάν Γρανίτσας) |
| Αντιπρόεδρος: | Karen Lee |
| Γραμματέας: | Jan Sanders |
| Ταμίας: | Marion Kavallieros (Μερόπη Καβαλλιέρου) |
| Σύμβουλος: | Randall Warner |
| Πρόεδρος Περιφέρειας: | Gina Billy |
| Εκπρόσωπος Περιφέρειας: | Erin McGrew |
| Πρόεδρος Τομέα Αθήνας: | Nikki Fellouris (Νίκη Φελούρης) |
| Εκπρόσωπος Τομέα Αθήνας: | John Brady Kiesling |
| Πρόεδρος Τομέα Θεσσαλονίκης: | Irem Tunc |
| Εκπρόσωπος Τομέα Θεσσαλονίκης: | Linda Manney |
| DPCA Εκπρόσωπος με ψήφο: | Daniel Roberts |
| DPCA Εκπρόσωπος χωρίς ψήφο: | Sarajane Kidd Leone |
Σύμφωνα με το καταστατικό του οργανισμού, το DAGR διευθύνεται από μια 11μελή Εκτελεστική Επιτροπή που εκλέγεται για διετή θητεία. Η Επιτροπή αποτελείται από έναν Πρόεδρο, Αντιπρόεδρο, Γραμματέα, Ταμία και Σύμβουλο, καθώς και τους Προέδρους και Εκπροσώπους των τριών τοπικών παραρτημάτων: Αθήνα, Θεσσαλονίκη και Περιφέρεια. Στην ηγεσία περιλαμβάνονται επίσης δύο εκπρόσωποι που διορίζονται από τα μέλη για να εκπροσωπήσουν το DAGR στο περιφερειακό φόρουμ των Democrats Abroad για την Ευρώπη, τη Μέση Ανατολή και την Αφρική.
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες για τα μέλη της Εκτελεστικής Επιτροπής μπορείτε να βρείτε στην ιστοσελίδα: www.democratsabroad.org/gr.
Democrats Abroad Greece
Democrats Abroad Greece (DAGR) είναι η επίσημη οργάνωση του Δημοκρατικού Κόμματος των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών για τους χιλιάδες Αμερικανούς που ζουν στην Ελλάδα. Η Εκτελεστική Επιτροπή συνεργάζεται με επιτροπές άλλων χωρών για να διασφαλίσει ότι οι πολίτες των ΗΠΑ μπορούν να ασκήσουν το δικαίωμά τους να ψηφίσουν από το εξωτερικό.
Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες:
Αλκμάν Γρανίτσας
Πρόεδρος της Εκτελεστικής Επιτροπής
Τηλ.: +30 69 7841 3734
Email: [email protected]