Subject: RE: Platform Press release draft quote for DWS
From: April Mellody <[email-masked]>
To: Tracie Pough <[email-masked]>, "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 17:32:17 +0000

Tracie - quote and draft release below.  Happy to make any changes.  Adding Dana too.  April

"We are delighted to assemble this talented group of Democrats," said DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. "These individuals represent some of the best and brightest from across the nation. I am confident that the members of this committee will engage Americans in a substantive dialogue of ideas and solutions that will inform our Party Platform."

Democratic National Convention Committee Announces Platform Drafting Committee Members
 
Members Represent Diversity of Party including Significant Appointments from Both Campaigns

PHILADELPHIA - Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz announced the appointment of the 15-person Platform Drafting Committee. The Drafting Committee is responsible for developing and managing the process through which the Democratic Party's National Platform is established. 

According to DNC rules, the members of the drafting committee are awarded at the discretion of the DNC Chair.  This year, in an effort to include every voice in the process, the DNC Chair consulted with both presidential campaign and offered them 75% of the seats proportionally (according to the state vote) to each of those campaigns.  

Chairwoman Wasserman-Schultz also named Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) as Chair of the drafting committee. 

"We are delighted to assemble this talented group of Democrats," said DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. "These individuals represent some of the best and brightest from across the nation. I am confident that the members of this committee will engage Americans in a substantive dialogue of ideas and solutions that will inform our Party Platform."

[Cummings quote]

Also appointed to serve on the Platform Drafting Committee are:

[Names]
Andrew Grossman was named Platform Executive Director. Grossman is the former Director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.  In 2012, he served as the Director of the Democratic National Convention Platform Committee.   

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About the Democratic National Convention
The 2016 Democratic Convention will be held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia July 25-28, 2016.   Working in partnership with the Philadelphia Host Committee, the City of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, our goal is to make this the most engaging, innovative and forward looking Convention in history.  The 2016 Democratic National Convention will leverage technology to take the Convention experience well beyond the hall in an effort to engage more Americans than ever before in the event.  With the birthplace of American Democracy as a backdrop, the 2016 convention in Philadelphia will highlight our shared Democratic values and help put the Democratic nominee on a path to victory.
 
The Democratic Convention is the formal nominating event for the Democratic candidates for President and Vice President.  At the Convention, the Democratic Party also adopts the official Democratic Party platform as well as the rules and procedures governing party activities including the nomination process for presidential candidates in the next election cycle.
 
The CEO for the 2016 Democratic National Convention is Reverend Leah D. Daughtry. The official website of the 2016 Democratic National Convention is www.demconvention.com.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tracie Pough [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 1:28 PM
To: April Mellody <[email-masked]>; Miranda, Luis <[email-masked]>
Cc: Paustenbach, Mark <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Platform Press release draft quote for DWS

Adding Mark 

- TP

> On May 22, 2016, at 1:27 PM, Tracie Pough <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> April/Luis - do you all have a draft quote for DWS to review/approve. Please send to me and i will review before it is sent to her. 
> 
> - TP